The Beachbum’s rum article in this month’s Saveur magazine rates ten rums based on their sippability and mixability. Unfortunately the article went to press before a recent sojourn to the Mediterranean, where we encountered several rums previously unknown to us. Since then, we haven’t been able to bring ourselves to review these rums on our [...]
Last July, the Beachbum was transported to a magical place where every cocktail was a lovingly constructed medley of exotic tastes. The place, for once, was not his drunkard’s dream, but the Mediterranean isle of Ibiza. And the drinks were made at the inaugural session of “Beachbum Berry’s and Captain Vadrna’s Faux-Tropical Bar School,” the [...]
In a rare burst of energy, the Beachbum has hand-picked four of the world’s most entertaining rum authorities and brought them together, for the first and only time, to celebrate Tiki’s favorite spirit. The Rumposium — a part of the Hukilau four-day Tiki festival, June 9-12 — will be a rollicking ride down the rapids [...]