People have always associated rum with being an island drink, perfect for tropical cocktails or sipping in a flask. It seems that every pirate movie has them dancing around with a bottle, singing, "Yo ...

Rum is a common liquor often associated with tiki cocktails and pirates. The latter is thanks to popular fictionalized characters like Captain Jack Sparrow and real historical figures like Captain ...

It’s impossible to discern a rum’s age from color alone, so why are we still classifying it this way? Dylan Ettinger is a Los Angeles-based writer specializing in spirits, cocktails, and coffee with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Uncorking wine and spirits adventures around the world. Alexandre Gabriel, owner and master blender of Maison Ferrand and the West ...

Is a 51 year old rum really that special? When it’s tropically aged, the equivalent of 153 years in Scotland, and limited to just 25 bottles, it just might be. Originally laid down by Owen Tulloch in ...

We’ve been hearing for years now how rum is going to be the next bourbon. How, any day now, the feverish hype that’s dominated the American whiskey space over the past two decades is going to transfer ...

From coconut forward, and bold and spicy, to complex, aged and elegant bottlings, these are the rums bar pros reach for. Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New ...