A new breed of American small-batch distiller is staking a claim to rum. The burgeoning growth made small-batch rum the focus of the American Distilling Institute’s national conference this year.

While the coronavirus may be driving us to drink, there’s a more pressing issue: washing our hands. Now, one of the world’s largest rum factories, the Bacardi plant in Puerto Rico, has tweaked its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jillian Dara is a freelance journalist covering wine and spirits. “Rum is the first distilled drink in the new world to be ...

In most modern cocktails, the spirit is meant to provide buzz without tasting like booze. Vodka's ability to lie hidden has made it the No. 1 spirit category since 1976. Rum sales are far behind. For ...

Like rum, chocolate is a product of the Caribbean, and, like sugarcane, cocoa plants are highly affected by the specific terroir in which they are grown. As a result, premium single-source chocolate ...

Rum is famously the drink of swashbuckling pirates and the buccaneering Captain Morgan made his name defending British interests in the Caribbean. So it was no surprise when Diageo, the owner of the ...

MACOUBA, Martinique — There are two ways to get toasted on the French Caribbean island of Martinique. The first requires a beach towel and gobs of sunscreen. The second involves sipping glass after ...

The revelation that rum companies in Puerto Rico received tens of millions of dollars in undisclosed payments funneled through Rums of Puerto Rico (article, “Battle over rum tax to continue after ...

CATAÑO, Puerto Rico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A shift in production by Bacardi at the world’s largest premium rum distillery is helping supply ethanol required to produce the much-needed hand sanitizers that ...