The role of sugar cane We cannot talk about the manufacture of rum without first talking about sugar cane. Originally cultivated for its sugar production, sugar cane is a plant 2.50 to 6 meters high and with a diameter of 1.5 to 6 cm. She […]
TOWT, for TransOceanic Wind Transport, is a French carrier that is a few nautical miles ahead of its time. Paradoxical you might say when we talk about transport under sail on old rigs. However, as sailors, the TOWT crew knows the metaphor well: humanity would be the crew of the Titanic heading straight […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 [...]
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 [...
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 [...]
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 […]
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 […]
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