Warm Cider and Rum Punch

How to Make a Rum Old-Fashioned

Step-by-step instructions for an old-fashioned changeup

58 Amazing Things To Do With Apple Cider

The Finger Lakes Is to Cider What Napa Is to Wine

How to Make Spiced Cider

The whole spices can be expensive, but they are strong, so they go a long way. If you’re not familiar with the spice mace, it tastes similar to nutmeg but is considered milder in flavor. (Photo by

How to make the perfect rum punch

The planter’s punch is a pleasingly laid-back classic. But what colour rum to use? Lemon or lime? And how do you keep it is as cold as possible without losing the punch?

How to Make Mulled Apple Cider, the Perfect Boozy Beverage for the Holidays

And why it’s worth it to break out the juicer for those apples.

20 Facts About Your Favorite Liquors

Jack Sparrow has his rum, Ron Burgundy has his scotch, and you probably have your own favorite liquor, too. But how much do you know about your beverage of choice from that magical shelf behind the bar?

Different types of rum: a guide

Rum has undergone a bit of an image overhaul in recent years, and people are becoming more open to the spirit’s diverse flavour profile and myriad uses.

The Starter Guide to Home Tiki Cocktails

From rums, to syrups, juices, orgeat and more, this is everything you need to be making great tiki drinks at home.

A Comprehensive Beginner's Guide to Rum

Why I Bake With Coconut Rum

I would never drink the stuff. But in pies, cookies, and cakes, it works magic.

How to Choose the Right Rum for You?

What kind of rum do you like? Is it dark, gold or perhaps flavoured? Using colours to describe rum doesn’t actually provide enough information on your chosen bottle. You might like sweeter rums, but these can be anything from ‘white’ rum to darker ones. The category has been lacking in classification and terminology. With growing interest in spirits and with consumers becoming more experimental, now is the perfect time to change how we talk about rum.

Why Your Next Drink Should Be A Rum Cocktail

Unless you're following these six tips, you're not appreciating rum to the fullest.

How to Make Sparkling Cider

A Tasting Guide to Cider

Craft cider can be sweet or dry. Clues on the label will tell you what’s inside.

Is Cider the New Craft Beer?

Autumn is arriving. And with it comes an abundance of everyone’s favorite fall crop—apples. An increasingly popular, and mouth-watering, approach to handling the overflow of orchard-fresh apples is to make a batch—or five—of hard cider. Claude Jolicoeur’s The New Cider Maker’s Handbook is the orchard-to-bottle book that amateur cider makers have been waiting to read. …

Is My Apple Cider Infected?

After being out of town for the holidays, I returned home, opened my fermentation chamber, and inspected the three ciders I have fermenting. Much to my horror, I noticed a strange growth in the blueberry/cardamom cider. Is it infected? What’s … Continue reading →

‘Grass-to-Glass’ Rums: What You Need to Know

Agricole rums offer complex, delightfully funky flavors all their own—with or without a mixer.