The Caribbean: we often talk about the Caribbean in passing when we’re talking about rum and rum drinks. But how much do we really know about these places? We’ve put together a couple of snaps, a few stats and more importantly, a few drinks that you might see at each of the following stops in the Caribbean.
Tag: Cuba
There’s nowhere else quite like Havana. Hinky Dinks’ Dan Knight whiles the night away on her streets and in her bars, and finds there’s still life in the old girl yet…
It looks like this is the month when the rum switch got flicked! From the team that brought you such bars as Lily Blacks and Mr Wow’s Emporium (see our December issue on that), comes a new bar that draws on all things Cuba, Los Barbudos…
It feels as those every other week we’re writing about a new bar opening up in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. The latest bar to hit the CBD — The Lobo Plantation —promises plenty of good eats and most importantly, rum.
“Julius Lobo was a sugar baron who owned about 17 or 19 sugar mills in Cuba in the early 1900s,” said Jared Merlino (ex-Ivy Pool Club), one of the owners of the new venture. “So he sort of defined that era in Cuba when Americans were coming down during Prohibition. Then it came to an end when the revolution came through and kicked him off the island,” he said.
Think Spirits are on a roll this year following yet another acquisition this time of the range award winning Matusalem Rums.
Our lucky winners of the Havana Club Masterclass trip to Cuba have put their new knowledge to work and created some Cuban-inspired cocktails…
The lucky winners of the Havana Club Rum Masterclass are hitting Club Habana for lunch, wishing they had just a little bit more time in Cuba…
The lucky winners of the Havana Club Rum Masterclass are hitting the Plaza de Revolution, smoking some Cubans and trying to ignore the fact that their tour is coming to a close…
The lucky winners of the Havana Club Rum Masterclass are hitting Havana’s rum hotspots from El Floridita to La Bodeguita De Medio. Join Lachlan Kemsley as he details their action packed day…
The lucky winners of the Havana Club Rum Masterclass are about to take a tour of the new Havana Club distillery in San Jose, dedicated to making the dark rums in the portfolio…
The lucky winners of the Havana Club Rum Masterclass are about to learn all about sugar cane, salsa and the Hershey Train! Join Thomas Kiltorp as he gets stuck into the second day of their Cuban adventure.
The lucky winners of the Havana Club Rum Masterclass have arrived in Cuba to join the other 111 participants from around the world. Join them as they fly Air Cubana, have a stopover in Cancun and sip their first Mojitos…