Monday, May 31, 2010

Plantation rum makes a Barbados comeback

St. Nicholas Abbeys artisanal rum is produced on a 17th-century great house plantation. The 10-year-old liquid comes in an Italian cut glass bottle with frosted artwork and a hand-cut mahogany-and-leather cork to keep it fresh. Yours for just US$60.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

Jessica Harris signs new rum book at Ogden After Hours

Harris signs new book on June 10.

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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Sarasota rum distiller learns by doing

The rum distillery is up and running in a nondescript building tucked in the back of a commercial complex. There is no sign emblazoned with the company name, and nothing on the blue door to indicate what is behind it.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

New brand of rum hits Downtown Alton

ALTON - Calhoun County native Jesse Jones remembers where he came from, launching his latest amalgamation in the Metro East.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Haiti's rum production swirls back to life in quake aftermath

It has been a long slow slog since Haiti was jolted to its core by a deadly earthquake four months ago. Now at the fabled Barbancourt rum plant, the sweet waft of production is back in the air.

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Monday, May 10, 2010

Historically significant rum added to NLC production line

The Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation (NLC) announced this morning its entered into a five-year contract to produce Lemon Hart Rum.

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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

U.S. Rum Industry: Setting New Standards for Environmental Protection

The U.S. Virgin Islands’ government and Cruzan Rum, owned by the newest Alliance partner, Fortune Brands, have come together to form a public-private partnership to help set a new U.S. rum industry standard for environmental protection with the construction of a new Cruzan Rum wastewater treatment system. The new facility, on the island of St. Croix, comes as part of the U.S. Virgin Islands government’s 30-year partnerships with its rum makers to modernize the industry and set new standards for sustainable rum production.

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