RECIPES: The Top Rum Drinks For A Cocktail Party

[1] One of the top rum the top rum drinks, the Daiquiri, invented by an American engineer in Cuba (photo © TemperedSpirits.com). [2] The Dark & Stormy, made with dark rum (photo © Hyatt Regency| LA). [3] Our favorite rum cocktail is the Banana Daiquiri. Here’s a recipe from CookingWithCurls.com*. [4] The Sidecar. Does anyone…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sipping Rum

Rum is a new world spirit, initially distilled by slaves on Caribbean sugar cane plantations. The distilled rum can be drunk in its clear state (white or blanco rum), or aged in oak barrels for various lengths of time, the process of which creates the different types of rum. Why is one blanco (or añejo,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sip Some Aged Rum & The Different Types Of Rum

The Caribbean is home to rum, a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugar cane. The clear distillate is then aged in oak barrels for various lengths of time, the process that creates the different types of rum. Your acquaintance with rum may be via a Daiquiri, Hurricane, Mojito, Piña Colada or Rum and Coke (a.k.a.…
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