Toby Maloney had just returned from a month crewing on a 67-foot sailboat off Martinique when I met him in the back room of Chicago’s Violet Hour. Six lucky guests had reserved a spot at the bar to ...

While rum is mostly made from molasses, rhum agricole is produced using sugarcane juice. This style is found in countries like Haiti, Guadeloupe, Mauritius, and, as mentioned before, the island of ...

LE FRANÇOIS, MARTINIQUE / ACCESSWIRE / May 30, 2024 / Rhum Clément, renowned for its range of Rhum Agricole from Martinique, proudly unveil its newest liqueur, Bana Canne, joining the iconic Créole ...

If you’re a regular spirits or cocktail consumer, then you’ve probably seen the term “rhum agricole” in print at some point, whether it’s on a menu or a recipe on a cocktail blog. The term is one ...

A Martinique Rum, from Rhum Depaz, has earned the title of the World’s Best at the 2025 version of the awards…again, among many other top crownings. Every year, rum experts and seasoned aficionados ...

A Martinique rum was crowned the world champion at the annual awards that took place at Le Barthelemy Hotel and Spa. As Caribbean rum week wraps up, the world’s rums duked it out to see what bottlings ...

“Bucolic” is not ordinarily a word you might associate with liquor distilling, which, even at its most romantic, remains principally an industrial process, prettied up by polished copper and gleaming ...

The vast majority of the world’s rum is distilled as a near neutral spirit—think vodka but made with low-grade molasses. These rums are meant to disappear into coke and poolside piña coladas and many ...

One might say that rum is to Martinique as moonshine is to Tennessee. Martinique is generally known as a tropical paradise for sun and sea, but the lush, French Caribbean island is also celebrated as ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Robb Report may receive an affiliate commission. While rum is mostly made from molasses, rhum agricole is ...