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Trader Vic’s and my Mai Tai
Last night I dropped into Trader Vic’s recently opened Shanghai restaurant for a Shanghai Expat hosted cocktail party. The service at Trader Vics is five star, the Polynesian decor takes you a world...
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The Heart of Darkness
There is a club in Phnom Penh called the Heart of Darkness where I spent a couple of memorable evenings back in August. I drank Guinness and Tequila Slammers. The environment was a confused medley of...
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The Affinity Cocktail #2
I found this one while searching online for cocktails using agricole rum. Apparently it was created by Philip Ward of the Pegu Club in NYC. The drink stood out to me because of the use of Chartreuse....
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Passion Fruit Cocktails III: Rum and Rhum
Having tried passion fruit with pisco, my next experiment was to try it with rum. Ed Hamilton mentioned that one of his favorite drinks was rhum agricole, mixed with passion fruit, lime and a little...
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Pineau des Charentes: an overlooked cocktail ingredient?
It looked better full. . . Pineau des Charentes is an interesting aperitif from France that I have only recently tried. It seems to be relatively unknown outside of France. Pineau des Charentes is...
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Santo Domingo Rum Flight: Zacapa Centenario 23 Anos, Karukera 1995, and J.M....
I dropped by Sofitel in Santo Domingo a few days ago trying to track down Brugal Siglo de Oro. I did not find the Siglo de Oro, but I did see they were offering interesting rum flights. I went back...
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What is Clairin from Haiti? And is it going to make a great drink?
When the world thinks of Haitian rum it generally thinks of Barbancourt, an exceptional product compared by some with the finest cognac. Barbancourt is universally well received and can hold up its...
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Barbancourt Rum Tasting
Barbancourt in a coconut on the beach, an excellent reason to visit Haiti. Strangely though, I only tried Barbancourt once before visiting Haiti*. I first tasted Barbancourt while in Cambodia, a trip...
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Barbancourt Rum, Jean Barbancourt Liqueurs, and Berling Rum: Sorting out a...
In Haiti I was surprised to find all sorts of obscure products bearing the Barbancourt name. Besides the well known Barbancourt rums there was a comprehensive range of Barbancourt liqueurs, and a rum...
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Rhum Barbancourt Distillery Visit
Barbancourt is an interesting distillery. Calling the House of Barbanourt eccentric would be a stretch, but it is definitely an anomaly in the rum world. Standing out as it does from the pack,...
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