Profiles

Why Are Hundreds of American Distilleries Suddenly Producing Rum?

By Will Hoekenga Aug. 13, 2019

Something has been happening in the dark. While American craft beer and whiskey gobbled up most of the headlines over the last several years, rum—the spirit that first captured the nation’s heart … Read More

The sharing of tiki. Photo by Noah Fecks.

Shannon Mustipher Seeks Tropical Flavors and an Equitable Bar Industry

By Maggie Hennessy Jul. 2, 2019

Shannon Mustipher, beverage director and rum expert in residence at Glady’s Caribbean in Brooklyn, was well …

Same Dream, Different Roads Lead to Rum

By Maggie Hennessy Feb. 19, 2019

Three of the country’s foremost craft distillers—the trailblazing Karen Hoskin (Montanya Distillers); the …

Rum Is Scotland’s Latest Enlightenment

By Natalie Compton Feb. 6, 2019

The spirit you think of when Scotland comes to mind is whisky, while the typically-imagined setting for rum is …

Would you trust this man? Illustration by Sayada Ramdial.

The Mixed-Up Files: Rum, Yesterday and Today

By H James Lucas Jan. 29, 2019

There comes a moment in our early education when we’ve worked our way up to constructing a whole paragraph and …

Compère Lapin's curried goat, sweet plantain gnocchi, roasted tomatoes, cashews, and cilantro. Photo courtesy StarChefs.

Caribbean Cuisine Claims Its Fine Dining Voice

By Maggie Hennessy Jan. 15, 2019

Dinner at Compère Lapin, Nina Compton’s heartfelt restaurant that weaves together the cooking of her native …

Blackwell Rum on the GoldenEye patio. Courtesy Blackwell Rum.

Chris Blackwell: An Oracabessa of the Mind

By Ben Schaffer Dec. 11, 2018

“There’s definitely a kind of magic about Jamaica,” Chris Blackwell told me as we sat in the front room of his …

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