I've met Raphaël Grisoni, Managing Director of Mount Gay rum, on a few occasions and bugged him for an interview for some time. There are a couple of reasons...

Chatting about Worthy Park Estate is almost as good as drinking their rum. Especially when it is with Alexander Kong, their charismatic Export Sales Manager....

Our search for the ideal daiquiri rum is now in its third chapter. We keep doing this because we all feel it’s such an enjoyable exercise. Chapter one and ch...

For a while now, the people of Barbados have been trying to implement a GI for their rum. GI stands for Geographical Indication. “The use of a GI may act as ...

Long Pond is a Jamaican Distillery that hasn’t featured on Rum Revelations yet. I figured it was time to change that. Founded in 1759 and located in the Pari...

People get honoured in so many ways. Statues are erected. Roads, buildings and parks are named after them. In football a certain turn is named after Cruijff,...

It’s that time of the year where a lot of people reflect on what’s happened to them over the past 12 months. At least, that’s what I hear a lot. It might jus...

In Barbados, a lot of work has been done recently in regards to establishing an identity protecting geographical indication for Barbados rum. To make this co...

I’ve never cared much for advent calendars, but when they are filled with rum it becomes a whole different story! The guys and girls from 1423.dk, the same p...

Can you please give a short introduction to who you are and how you gained all your rum knowledge and experience? My love affair with premium rum has lasted,...

Back in June we had an evening of daiquiri tastings and it was tons of fun. We named it the big daiquiri challenge chapter 1. We enjoyed it so much, we knew ...

Can you please give a short summary of who you are, what you do and how you acquired your extensive knowledge? I'm the President and Head Distiller of Privat...

On Sunday August 4th there was a rum festival in Toronto. A first! The idea of a rum event being organized should excite every local rum enthusiast. It did……...

The first times I heard about Grander was through rum aficionados Steve Leukanech and Russ Ganz. I’ve sipped rum with Steve on several occasions and know how...

I’m not much of a cocktail drinker. I respect the art of creating cocktails, but don’t enjoy them as much as sipping rum neat. My gf, Mariangela, is much mor...

When I met Donnie for the first time he was doing a rum presentation at Miss Thing’s in downtown Toronto. This is a few years ago, when he was national brand...

Chicago rumfest, like many others in the United States, is organized by Federico Hernandez. A very passionate rum guy who deserves a lot of respect for all t...

My first introduction to Andrew Toplack was meeting him at a small Bacardi tasting in a downtown Toronto bar. He immediately impressed me with his kindness, ...

A small peek into the life of Toronto's Robin Wynne. Bartender, bar manager, rumfest organizer, rum enthusiast and people person. What made you choose for a ...

The term “gateway rum” is used quite a lot in online rum groups. It usually pops up when someone feels the need to defend drinking a certain style of rum in ...