A brief history of Chairman’s Reserve Legacy rum and two new cocktail recipes featuring the St.Lucian spirit.
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Today, I am celebrating the global Fair Trade movement with Flor de Caña with this little Mai Tai riff by pairing it with banana and peanut flavor. The little marshmallow is on fire because Flor de Caña, a rum distillery is at the base of an active volcano in Nicaragua.
Hailing from the small town of Pisticci in Lucania, Italy, Amaro Lucano is made from a secret blend of 30-plus herbs and essential oils. Established in 1894, it remains as a family run business. It does a great job to achieve a complex taste profile and remain pretty modest in sweetness and bitterness. The most noticeable nose and the flavor is the subtle minty profile along with herbal finish such as cardamon and curry leaf.
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The swizzle is a tiki style drink stirred with a swizzle stick to circulate ice and ingredients. The swizzle stick is made from the twigs of a species of trees native to the Caribbean. The drink is usually served in a tall Collins glass with crushed ice. Due to its island origin, rum is often used in the swizzled drinks.
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This is my second experiment with the “magic bean.” This time, I infused one in 4 ounces of Smith & Cross Rum for 24 hours. My rum is now with this exotic aroma! Somehow it doesn’t overpower the S&C, but rather the rum is now coated with the extra dimension of the flavor.
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