La Confrérie du Rhum is a Facebook group born in 2013, which brings together experienced or novice amateurs, rum or bar professionals and enthusiasts from all walks of life. This group is the place of all the discoveries and all the debates, and was at the origin of the creation of most Rum […]
A look back at the Black Sheriff from HSE
The Saint-Etienne habitation It was born at the beginning of the 19th century in Gros Morne, in Martinique. After some turbulence, the distillery stopped smoking in 1988. Then after being bought by the Hayot family in 1994, its production was transferred to the Simon distillery, in François (which also distills […]
The latest bottlings from the La Favorite distillery: our interview with Emmanuelle Parent
Between Le Lamentin and Fort de France, in Martinique, is one of the last independent distilleries on the island (along with Neisson) which still operates solely on steam. Originally, in 1842, there was La Jambette, a sugar factory with a small molasses distillery that Charles Henri renamed La Favorite in the mid-19th century. […]
Interview with Richard Seale, head of the Foursquare distillery, on the classification of rums
Introduction: towards a new classification of rums It's becoming increasingly difficult for consumers to find their way through the sea of rums on offer. Today, we tend to classify them by origin, or rather by "tradition". To put it more clearly: by ex-colonial country (note that we have [...]
We were at the Cocktail La Mauny workshop
Thursday, May 26, 2016: Martinique came to Paris for an evening, and on this occasion, La Mauny introduced us to the "art de vivre martiniquais". The evening's key words: warmth, conviviality, gastronomy and, of course, rum and its cocktails. The Rhum Attitude team was able to [...]
A look back at the May 23 tasting at Le Borromée, Paris XV
It was a Monday (just to get the week off to a good start), in a nice brasserie in the 15th arrondissement of Paris: Le Borromée. The whole Rhum Attitude team was there: Olivier, Laurent, Corentin The program: - a gentle start to the evening with a light Panamanian rum, Abuelo 12 ans d'âge - we then proposed a [...] - a [...] - a [...
Free Cuba
Cuba Libre: much more than a simple rum and coke After the mojito, the Cuba Libre is the most popular rum-based cocktail. Its ease of preparation as well as its association with Coca-Cola explain this global success. Much more than a simple rum and coke, Cuba Libre is a historic cocktail that connects the United States to […]
We were at Whiskey Live at the end of September 2015. Here's what we thought of the new features...
A friendly meeting where we were able to meet many interesting personalities from the rum microcosm such as for example Julien from the Reference Rhum site, Cyrille Lawson from HSE, Freddy from the A Rhum boutique, and obviously the essential Luca Gargano (the Italian house Velier) We absolutely loved: Enmore 32 years Silver Seal […]
The daiquiri
The Daiquiri: Behind the Myth In popular culture, the daiquiri is associated with the memory of the writer Ernest Hemingway. In 1932, while he was away in Cuba to complete his masterpiece “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” Hemingway happened to be strolling around and discovered a small bar decorated with precious wood called […]
The Dark & Stormy
The Dark & Stormy: a destiny ultimately not so dark The story of the Dark & Stormy began in the Bermuda archipelago in the 1970s, when a bartender, exhausted by the heat, inadvertently poured rum into a glass of beer. ginger, or “ginger beer” in Anglo-Saxon countries where it is widely consumed. […]