Author Archives: Jim
National Rum Day 8/16/13
It’s almost here! Get some rum and get ready for some fun. We’re not sure why this is a national day but we certainly have no complaints. Alert your bartenders and bar owners! Most of them will be unaware of … Continue reading
Bacardi’s 150th Anniversary
Carpe Bacardi! Bacardi will be celebrating their 150th anniversary on Saturday 2/4/2011. So will we! When Bacardi family members gather over the next week to celebrate the company’s 150th anniversary, they will crack open limited-edition, $2,000 bottles of an aged … Continue reading
Contest! What’s in a Devil’s Triangle?
So I got to thinking about drink names and realized that that no one ever heard of a Devil’s Triangle. What a great name for a rum drink. Help come up with a recipe. No restrictions, but a few things … Continue reading
A Bacardi Cocktail without Bacardi?
Subject of great controversy thrugh the years, the Bacardi Cocktail was involved in a ruling by the New York Supreme Court on April 28, 1936. This ruling required any drink sold as a Bacardi Cocktail to actually contain Bacardi. It … Continue reading
My First Mojito
Many years ago I was sitting at the Schooner Wharf bar in Key West next to a retired Navy admiral. It was hot and humid and his drink looked delicious. I’m a big Bacardi and Coke drinker so when he told me it was a Mojito … Continue reading