Welcome to Part Two of my look at Trinidadian Rum and Angostura, the last remaining rum producer on Trinidad. In Part One, I reviewed Trinidad’s background and role in Caribbean rum history. I also provided key details about Trinidad’s three…
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Talking Rum with John Georges, Angostura’s Master Distiller
In December of 2019 I visited Trinidad as a guest of Angostura. There, I met John Georges, Angostura’s recently retired Master Distiller. Georges had a front row seat for rum history over the last four decades, and I was privileged…
How the Financial Crisis of 2007 Reshaped the Rum World
In the course of researching various rum-related topics, there’s some recent history that I keep bumping up against. Between 1997 and 2009, one company purchased several extremely important rum companies such as Angostura and Appleton. It then went bankrupt during…
Port Dues Cocktail
This post was made in partnership with Kerrygold Irish Cream. Recipe and ideas are my own. This past Monday, in our Monday Booze News, I referenced that the newest wave of tiki cocktails and culture is turning down a darker road (I…
Raspberry Pisco Sour Cocktail
This post was made in partnership with Truvia®. Recipes and ideas are my own. I have been getting approximately one thousand emails since New Year’s about where you should go for Valentine’s Day. It seems like a prerequisite that you…
Our Super Bowl Picks (for drinks and snacks)
Beer. Popcorn. Mezcal. We’ve rounded up a few favorite game day recipes. Blood Ritual: Mezcal Chocolate Old Fashioned Angostura Dusted Popcorn Brûléed Grapefruit and Mixed Citrus Punch with Vanilla and Piloncillo Reduction Sweet and Spicy Angostura Sauce for Ribs Hot…
Gingerbread Winter Warm Up
This post was made in partnership with Kerrygold Irish Cream Liqueur. Recipe and ideas are my own. Do you have a holiday cookie tradition? I think I may have perfected my gingerbread cookie recipe this year. I mean, I’m using…
Blood Ritual mezcal – agave – chocolate bitters – angostura – grapefruit – $50
Whoa. Yeah, I know. It’s not Halloween anymore so what’s up with the “blood” in the title? Well, I’ll start the story at the beginning here by asking a simple question: Who Are You? Years ago when I first started…
Angostura Swizzle Royale & Matcha Swizzle Recipe
Who doesn’t love a good swizzle?! I sure can’t resist them! Swizzles are, as the Trader Vic once observed, “the most delightful form of anesthesia given out today.” Cheers to that! If you have not been blessed with sipping on a swizzle…