Friday, October 30, 2009

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum (The Garden Island)

Kumu Sabra Kauka led the blessing Wednesday of the Koloa Rum Company's tasting room and company store on the grounds of Kilohana Plantation. Beside her is Greg Schredder, chief executive officer of Koloa Rum Company; behind, is officer, Bob Gunter; Ron Kouchi is on the right. The ceremony in the Kilohana luau pavilion drew a large number of supporters grateful to sample the white, amber and dark ...

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

A tot of rum special for Trafalgar Day (This is West Country)

PERSONNEL from RNAS Yeovilton were on hand to join in the fun for a ‘big brew-up' on Saturday at Speke Hall in Dowlish Wake.

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The rum will fill the barrel for Marc Anthony (Miami Herald)

Marc Anthony will never go thirsty now that Bacardi has honored him as the AmericanAirlines Arena #1 Concert Artist of all time, having sold out 10 shows, 125,000 tickets and more than $9.3 million in ticket sales. Grand prize? His own personal barrel of specially blended Bacardi rum. This exclusive barrel, which consists of a blend of Bacardi rums aged between 10 and 16 years, will be kept at ...

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Hot Apple Cider with Zaya Rum


• 1 apple
• 2 teaspoons whole cloves
• 1 orange, thinly sliced
• 2 quarts apple cider
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• Pinch grated nutmeg
• 1 cup Zaya Rum
• Cinnamon sticks, garnish

Yield: 2 quarts, about 8 servings


Stud the apple with the cloves. In a medium pot, combine the studded apple and remaining ingredients except the rum. Slowly bring to a simmer over low heat. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the Zaya rum. Discard the apple. Ladle into mugs and garnish each with a cinnamon stick and apple slice. Serve immediately.


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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Cuba plans to increase rum exports to Russia (MalaysiaNews.net)

Havana, Oct 22 (RIA Novosti) Cuban rum producers intend to increase supplies to Russia to more than a million litres a year, a vice-president of a rum producing company said.

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Cuban rum producers intend to increase exports to Russia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)

Cuban rum producers intend to increase supplies to Russia to more than a million liters a year, a vice-president of a Cuban rum producing company said.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

13-year-old boy collapses after drinking rum in class (3news)

A 13-year-old boy had to be taken home in the back of an ambulance this week after he spent a morning drinking rum in the back of a Horowhenua College classroom.

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Cuba could send 1M cases of rum to post-embargo US (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Cuba is ready to ship 1 million cases of rum to America if Washington eases its 47-year-old embargo, but would hold off exporting its flagship Havana Club brand because of U.S. trademark battles, one of the island's top rum executives said Wednesday.

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Man stockpiled stolen prescriptions, rum and cigarettes (WPTV West Palm Beach)

A Loxahatchee man has been arrested after investigators located $10 million dollars worth of stolen goods in his home.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Police: 300-pound man in dress tries to steal rum (The Arizona Republic)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Police said a person believed to be a man disguised as a woman in a black dress tried to steal a bottle of rum and cola drinks from a local drug store.

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Friday, October 09, 2009

Drowning in rum (Skidmore News)

Saying the name Hunter S. Thompson gives practically anybody attending Skidmore a mental image of a middle-aged journalist, streaking through the desert with his Samoan attorney, fueled by alcohol and a galaxy of psychotropic drugs, prattling off prophetical passages that would later be recognized as some of the greatest writing of the late 20th century.

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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

From Chabad to rum (The Jewish Advocate)

Yes, there is Jewish life on the Caribbean island of Martinique, home to a community of 400 Jews, mainly of North African descent. And here you will also find one of the Chabad movement's far-flung centers, with a large synagogue near the bustling capital of Fort-de-France.

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Fortune's rum maker strikes deal with Virgin Islands gov't (Crain's Chicago Business)

(AP) — The U.S. Virgin Islands has negotiated a 30-year revenue deal with the owners of locally produced Cruzan Rum, which has a heritage on St. Croix dating to the 18th century. Cruzan is owned by Deerfield -based Fortune Brands Inc., which makes products ranging from Jim Beam bourbon to ...

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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Rangel rakes in cash from island rum scrum (The Washington Times)

The outcome of a legislative tussle over rum taxes between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands remains in doubt, but there is already one clear winner - the House's top tax writer, Rep. Charles B. Rangel, a New York Democrat who is pocketing campaign cash from both territories. At issue are competing bills that could make or break a deal that lured rum producer Captain Morgan from its ...

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