Click Image for Awesome Recipes
Click the Image for Great Interviews with the Movers of Industry
Click on the Image to see my interview on Good Food Revolution
Posted by Arctic Wolf on September 12, 2011
Ron Sherbrooke’s International DRINK LIKE A PIRATE Rum Festival 2011
__________________________________________________________________________________________
YESS(Youth Emergency Shelter Society)
Posted in Festivals and Events, Fund Raisers, Rum | Tagged: Charity Fundraiser, Rum, Rum Festival | Comments Off on Talk and Drink Like a Pirate!
Posted by Arctic Wolf on September 8, 2011
Nestled on the Island of Kaua`i, the Kōloa Rum Company is making history. It started ten years ago when the company was first incorporated. A seven-year struggle through red tape and government bureaucracy ensued before the necessary permits and licenses were granted, and finally on April 1, 2009, the Kōloa Rum Company obtained a license to distill their rum. The first legally distilled rum in the Island’s history.
I have previous reviewed the Kōloa Kaua`i White Hawaiian Rum, the Kōloa Kaua`i Gold Hawaiian Rum, and the Kōloa Kaua`i Dark Hawaiian Rum. In each case I have marveled that such a young company was able to produce rums of such quality. Early this summer the Kōloa Rum Company sent me a sample of their new spice rum and that rum is the subject of this review.
Here is an excerpt:
And here is a link to the full review:
I have included a nice recipe which combines pineapple and raspberry with the spice rum and I call it, The Raspberry Smooch.
Please enjoy the review and the cocktail provided!
Posted in Cocktails & Recipes, Flavouerd Rums, Rum, Rum Reviews | Tagged: Cocktails and Recipes, Hawaiian Rum, Koloa Rum Company, Rum, Rum Review, Spiced Rum | Comments Off on Review: Kōloa Kaua`i Spice Hawaiian Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on September 1, 2011
Barbados is generally considered the birthplace of rum dating back to 1651 where the first recorded written usage of the word Rum Bullion appears. More than two hundred years later in 1884 a Dane, Valdemar Hanschell, founded a business in Barbados, supplying visiting ships with ropes, sails, salt, fresh fruit, meat and of course Barbados rum. Through the years, business thrived and so too did the popularity of his Cockspur Rum.
Cockspur Fine Rum is the flagship brand for the company. It is distilled from Island cane molasses, aged in American Oak, and brought to bottling strength with Barbados’ own coral filtered water. Both column still and pot still rums are used to in the distillation of the rum which bottled at 40 % alcohol by volume.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
Here is a link to the full review:
The review includes a nice ‘punch’ style recipe which I hope you enjoy!
Posted in Cocktails & Recipes, Dark Rums, Rum, Rum Reviews | Tagged: Bajan Rum, Cockspur Rum, Cocktails and Recipes, Dark Rum, Rum, Rum Review | Comments Off on Review: Cockspur Fine Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on August 25, 2011
The original recipe for Old Sam Demerara Rum stretches back to 1797 when Edward Young & Co. (from London & Liverpool, England) imported their rum from the Caribbean (primarily from Guyana) and brought the first barrels marked ‘Old Sam’ to London, England. Today the rum no longer travels to England to be blended and bottled, rather it travels to Newfoundland where it is blended and bottled by the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation (NLC). The entire blend hails from Guyana, and I have been informed that the age of these rums in the blend is no younger than 2 years old. In fact some of the rum in the blend may be as old as 12 years, but as the rum is blended to a specific taste profile, the oldest rum in the blend may change from batch to batch. I was given a sample of the Old Sam Demerara Rum by Greg Kerr of the NLC for the purpose of my review.
Here is an Excerpt from that review:
You may read the full review here:
I have included a nice recipe which I call the Maritime Mai Tai.
Please enjoy my review!
Posted in Cocktails & Recipes, Dark Rums, Rum, Rum Reviews | Tagged: Cocktails and Recipes, Dark Rum, Newfoundland and labrador Liquor Corporation, Newfoundland Rum, Rum, Rum Review | 9 Comments »
Posted by Arctic Wolf on August 18, 2011
The Plantation Nicaragua (1998) Rum is a column distilled rum which has been aged in used bourbon casks. The rum was transported from Nicaragua to France, and then it was aged for a short time in used Cognac casks to enhance the rum before it was bottled as part of Cognac Ferrand’s growing line-up of Plantation Rum. Cognac Ferrand has long had a special relationship with a variety of Caribbean rum producers which is based upon the rum producer’s need for quality oak casks to age their rum. Based upon this relationship, Cognac Ferrand is able to acquire certain old and unique batches of rum from various Caribbean sources, which they bring back to France and finish in their own warehouses and of course their own Cognac Casks.
I was given eight sample bottles, each 200 ml in size, which represent a good portion of the Plantation Rum line-up. The Plantation Nicaragua is the fourth of these sample bottles which I have chosen to review here on my blog.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
Here is a link to my full review:
Please enjoy the review!
Posted in Dark Rums, Rum, Rum Reviews | Tagged: Dark Rum, Nicaraguan Rum, Plantation Rum, Rum, Rum Review | Comments Off on Review: Plantation Nicaragua (1998) Rum
