In 1857 a young wine and spirit merchant called Paul Bardinet began blending and ageing the “tafia” (as it was called at the time) or sugar-cane alcohol, which arrived in Limoges, France from the far flung islands of the Caribbean. Legend goes that Bardinet worked on taming the firewater, which arrived on French shores with various blending…
Most supermarkets in the UK have their own brand spirits. Marks and Spencer (or M&S for short), however do not do anything by halves. So rather than trot out just a standard white and dark Caribbean rum, they have actually got some pretty interesting rums on their shelves. The M&S Bajan Estate XO and Guatemalan Plantation…
Foursquare Rum Distillery, St Philip, Barbados really should need no introduction. Originally set up by Reginald Leon Seale the great-great grandfather of the current Master Blender and Distiller Richard Seale, the distillery has become the byword for classic Caribbean rum. Any new release from Foursquare is always welcome. The 2012 UK release of Rum Sixty Six…