Category: rum
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Home Bar Recommendations: One of Each
When Jonny Raglin and Jeff Hollinger were looking to open Comstock Saloon (hopefully this month), they had a big limitation to work with: the size of the back bar. It only has room for one or two types of each base spirit. This is a challenge for Raglin in particular as between his former post…
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A Trip to Guatemala for Zacapa Rum
The other week I went to Guatemala to learn about Zacapa rum at the source. It was great. The sugar cane for Zacapa is sourced from the western part of Guatemala, near the Pacific coast where it is hot and humid. Here they cleaned up the cane field for the demonstration of cutting. In reality…
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Fun with Sugarcane
I bought a stalk of sugarcane at the farmer’s market and tried to extract the juice from it at home. It’s not easy!
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Montego Bay, By Way of Heaven’s Dog
I can't stop thinking about the delicious drink I had during Tiki Week at Heaven's Dog. So I asked bar/general manger Erik Adkins for the recipe and he was nice enough to share. "The Montego Bay is listed in Beachbum Berry's 'Intoxica'. He says that it is a Don the Beachcomber Drink from the Hotel…
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A day with Charbay
The other week I sat down on the patio behind Swirl on Castro with Marko Karakasevic and Jenni soon-to-be Karakasevic of Charbay and tasted through their line of products. Charbay is a family-run winery and distillery in Napa Valley. And boy do these people like to play with the still- in addition to wine, they…