Mixology Monday: Made From Scratch

Posted on Monday, November 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment

This month Doug at The Pegu Blog is hosting Mixology Monday and as usual it is our task, as fellow bloggers, to come up with drink recipes so that we can all laugh at each other.
Doug’s theme is Made From Scratch and what an awesome theme! - Particularly for me, because I absolutely love making [...]

Cocktail Section Revamp

Posted on Sunday, October 26th, 2008 | No Comments

I’ve been working hard to sort out the much neglected Cocktail Section of the website. After taking a long hard look at it and realising that it was really only some recipes pasted into a long list, the OCD took over.
So, what we now have is a neat title page listing cocktails by individual spirits. [...]

Live blogging at Rum World Class Final

Posted on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 | No Comments

I’m live blogging at the rum world class at pinxto people in Brighton. I’m MC’ing the event but will attempt to post pictures as we go…
Jimmy

“Ginge”

Clem

Jamie

Tim

Finalists will be announced shortly…
Competing today:
Jimmy - Urban Beach
Tim - Hotel Seattle
Jamie - Raouls
Ginge - My Hotel
Clem - Pinxto People
Results coming up…
Tim & Ginge are through to the 2nd round!!!!!

Ginge’s [...]

Rum Timeline

Posted on Sunday, June 29th, 2008 | 5 Comments

There doesn’t appear to be a rum timeline anywhere on the net, or at least not a comprehensive one. All of this information has been colated from other websites and a couple of books, i’ve just put it in order with dates.

It would be pretty cool if this resource could grow, so if you have any interesting and relevant dates or facts in rums history drop a comment and i’ll include it. [...]

Pampero Anniversario Signed

Posted on Sunday, June 29th, 2008 | No Comments

Anniversario Just thought i’d share (the picture of) my signed bottle of Pampero Anniversario, scrawled on by none other than the master distiller of Pampero, Luis Figueroa.

It’s pretty cool because the bottle comes in a kind of suede sack, so I can drink the rum and replace the empty bottle with a new one, but still have the signature on the sack! [...]