Plantation Rum Sweeps Awards At 2016 RumXP Competition in Miami
Apr21

Plantation Rum Sweeps Awards At 2016 RumXP Competition in Miami

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PLANTATION RUM SWEEPS THE AWARDS: The Most Awarded Rum At 2016 RumXP Competition! Portfolio Wins Eight Gold Medals And One Best In Class Award   Chateau de Bonbonnet, Ars, France (April 2016) – Plantation Rum walked away the big winners again from the 2016 RumXP International Tasting Competition, this year held on April 15-17 at the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival. Eight Plantation Rum marques were entered and we are extremely proud to...

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Getting My Stiggins’ Fancy on With a Ginger Infused Pineapple Daiquiri
Jul16

Getting My Stiggins’ Fancy on With a Ginger Infused Pineapple Daiquiri

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Knowing people in the spirits business (liquid spirits, not the ghostly kind) can certainly have its benefits and when a couple bottles of the new Pineapple Rum Stiggins’ Fancy from Plantation Rum showed up at my doorstep, it pretty much made my week.  You see, no other bar in our state had it yet there it was sitting in Beach Bar Bums HQ just begging to be used in a daiquiri. I had originally asked for a bottle of Plantation’s 3...

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Thirsty Thursday – It’s All About The Rum
Jul16

Thirsty Thursday – It’s All About The Rum

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It’s Thirsty Thursday, Tales of the Cocktail is going on in New Orleans and I’m not there so I’m going to celebrate by talking about rum! This image, now available as a high resolution download on the Wallpapers page, was created when I happened to stumble upon it on a public domain page. Variations of the quote haven been popping up all over the place so I came up with my own variation, found what I thought was the best spot to place...

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Thirsty Thursday – Plantation Rum Lemon Daiquiri
Jul02

Thirsty Thursday – Plantation Rum Lemon Daiquiri

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I found this Plantation Rum recipe for a lemon daiquiri on Flickr the other day and seeing as how a Plantation Rum 3 Stars Daiquiri is my go to cocktail at my go to bar and any other bar that carries it, the recipe intrigued me. Plus, it was a really cool picture of the drink and those always grab my attention. “Ooooh, pretty picture!” The recipe is simple and consists of the following: 2 oz. Plantation Barbados 5 Year Old...

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Finding the Perfect Rum for the Perfect Daiquiri
May14

Finding the Perfect Rum for the Perfect Daiquiri

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I’ve been getting into daiquiris lately, even as my gin obsession slowly nudges vodka out of the frame as my spirit of choice when I’m out and about. Avoiding rum as a beach bar/Caribbean blogger is impossible so while gin and vodka continue to battle it out for supremacy amongst my taste buds, I’ll sit back, relax and try to find the best rum possible to go with my latest cocktail compulsion – daiquiris. When...

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