Rum

Rum, is the annual publication from the team behind the world-renowned drinks titles Gin Magazine and Whisky Magazine. Rum contains features from emerging rum producers through to established household names. With an impressive blind tastings section helping you to make your next purchase, cocktail recipes for you to try at home and interviews with the people who produce our favourite tipples, Rum is the one-stop shop for those looking to take their interest in rum to the next level. As the emerging global trend in drinks – grab your copy today to find out more.

Reclaiming your roots • Protecting rum’s authenticity in a globalised society

Rum

WSTA calls rum the ‘drink of lockdown’

Banana steals the flavoured rum spotlight

Caribbean rum gaining popularity in Europe, report reveals

Ruminating on our ‘new normal’ • Why 2020 proved to be a good year for rum

TURNING TIDES • From craft distilling to Cuban spirits, our contributing editor gives his predictions for upcoming rum trends

THE BENEFITS OF AGE • How cask maturation can transform sugarcane spirits

FROM THE GROUND UP • What is really required to build a sustainable global rum industry?

A RUM REVOLUTION • From carbon-negative distilleries to homegrown sugarcane, we talk to producers at the heart of the UK’s craft rum revival about their innovative techniques

THE ART OF SELECTION • As the global appreciation of rum grows, the demand for rum from independent bottlers is on the rise

FORGING A NEW PATH • Disentangling the modern rum world from its colonial past

Still life • Our writer asks rum producers what happens inside their pot stills

This Travelling Life: nate sorby • Nate Sorby, global brand ambassador at CUT Rum, explains the pros of Ukraine as a travel destination and the joys of a sundowner on an Asian city rooftop

FOR THE RECORD • We bust some common misconceptions about the world of rum

WHISHKY magazine

SHINING A LIGHT ON SUGARCANE

DIAMOND in the rough • How one entrepreneurial distiller rescued a Martinique sugar plantation and laid the foundations for a new spirit style

A home from home • Agricole may have been conceived in the Caribbean, but thanks to the Ferreira family, it has also laid down roots in Madeira

Agricole: how to mix it • The complex flavours of an agricole-style rum can be shown off in any number of serves

DISTILLING IT DOWN

A WINNING COMBINATION • The rum blender paying homage to British Navy traditions

Behind the Caipirinha • Exploring the vast potential of cachaça, rum’s underappreciated Brazilian cousin

CROSSING THE BAR • The NYC bartender who switched from mixing rum to promoting it

This Travelling Life: Cristhel Molina • Cristhel Molina, marketing manager – Europe, Global Travel Retail, NPD at Don Papa, talks about new innovations in rum and trying raw horse sashimi in Tokyo

PLAYING FOR FLAVOUR

State of play • The brand making ‘classically Cuban’ rum in a historic joint venture with the island’s government

KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE • The competitors-turned-business partners who saved rum production in Saint Lucia

Flavoured/spiced: how to mix it • Flavoured and spiced spirits offer opportunities to experiment in cocktails

SHARING THE LOVE • Our editor chats to rum influencers promoting the category and educating drinkers around the world

TESTING THE LIMITS

Mad City • Taking botanical rum to new levels

REHASHING CBD SPIRITS • The English distiller working to ‘de-sensationalise’ cannabis-infused rum

GETTING TO KNOW DAMOISEAU • Inside the only distillery on Grand-Terre

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