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British Metal Band Motörhead Releases 8 Year Old Dominican Dark Rum


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Following on from the release of the band’s Röad Crew beer earlier this year, Heavy Metal band Motörhead has announced the release of a new eight-year-old Dominican dark rum.

 

The World’s Most Popular Cocktail Is The Simplest To Make


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It’s the time-honoured combination of rum and cola with a lime, otherwise known by its official name, the Cuba Libre.

 
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3 Things You Should Know About Rum Before Drinking It


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Imagine you could go on an inspirational journey through the Caribbean, learn about their history of rum production, while island hopping with a glass of rum in hand. We can all dream…

 

10 Rum Punch Cocktails to celebrate Rum Punch Day, cause we love saying Rum Punch. Rum Punch


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Rum Punch Day – 20 September – calls for a celebration! If I did not know better, which I don’t, I would say it was solely create as an excuse to party.

 
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The Walking Dead Star Goes Full Pirate In Kraken Commercial


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The Walking Dead star Tom Payne booked a new gig as the face of Kraken Rum’s new commercials.

 

10 Things you never knew about rum


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August 16 marks National Rum Day, so here are a few rum facts.

 
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How to make cheesecake with Rum


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There’s no better way to celebrate pretty much anything than with a festive cocktail in one hand and a delicious baked good in the other.

 

65 000 litres of Jamaican Rum Destroyed in Distillery Fire


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A fire broke out at Long Pond Distillery in Jamaica on Monday (16 July) damaging production materials and buildings, and destroying approximately 65,000 litres of fresh rum stocks.

 
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These Prosecco-infused tea bags let you drink alcohol-free fizz at your desk photo

These Prosecco-infused tea bags let you drink alcohol-free fizz at your desk

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Rum: 5 things you didn’t know about the pirates’ favourite tipple


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With the popularity of whisky and gin soaring over recent years, rum has been somewhat forgotten about – that is, until now.

 

Interesting facts about Rum!


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About 2 hours from Joburg, on a farm along the R70 between Henneman and Riebeeckstad in the Free State, I joined the guys at Whistler Rum Distillery for their end-of-the-month jol. With a local singer strumming away, a Free State Sand Storm cocktail in hand and a big red sun setting in front of us, I took a sip and realised I didn’t know much about rum at all.

A week later I went to the Pan-African Rum Festival and tasted as many South African rums and cocktails as possible. Now I’m plotting my own cocktail mixes! But before I get ahead of myself, let’s go back to the basics of rum 101.