Jamaica’s Top Luxury Resort Has a New Limited-Edition Rum
There’s a mural over the bar here by artist Michael Lester. It’s called Junkanoo, and it’s a vibrant, loud, pulsing depiction of Jamaica’s timeless, percussive dance.
Destination Spirits: Half Moon Partnered With Iconic Jamaican Distillery To Create Limited Edition Rum
In Montego, Bay, Jamaica, Half Moon has offered a tranquil slice of the country for travelers seeking to live the island life since 1954.
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The Gleaner celebrated men and boys ahead of International Men’s Day (IMD) with a spirited luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel.
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Top 9 Jamaican Rums to Drink
Although Barbados might be where rum was born, Jamaica took the rum-making process and took that yummy liquor global. The fruity, funky flavors are enhanced with touches of molasses and burnt sugar that take all of my favorite rum-based drinks and make them spectacular.
I’m pretty particular when it comes to certain foods and drinks. More often than not, I find my favorites and tend to stick with them. However, now and then, I can be swayed in new directions.
The Best Rum Bar in Jamaica
For centuries, Jamaica’s finest aged rums have long found immense popularity among connoisseurs around the world.
But for travelers to the island, finding them all in once place hasn’t always been easy.
For the best expressions from storied marques like Appleton to companies like Hampden and Worthy Park, both of which have seen a renaissance in the last decade, it’s often required a distillery journey to secure a bottle.
BEST TOP SHELF SPIRITS BARTENDERS
Once little more than an impractical showcase of luxury spirits typically dispatched neat, the top shelf, like its more hardworking sibling the well, has reinvented itself. Today, that collection of bottles gracing the higher reaches of a backbar is not just a venue’s opportunity to communicate its values and point of view, but also a utilitarian set of spirits used to elevate ordinary blueprints.
Worthy Park rum sales outpace pre-pandemic levels
Rum sales at Worthy Park Estate are above pre-pandemic levels, due to increased distribution locally and overseas.
The producer of Rum-Bar products generated 15 per cent more rum sales than in 2020, the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and about 10 per cent more than 2019, said Managing Director of Worthy Park Gordon Clarke.
In Jamaica, History and Identity Convene in Rum
“Jamaican rum, like our food and music, has a personality that shines through,” he says, “The rum is reflective of that persona and goes hand-in-hand with the whole Jamaican vibe.”
IN JAMAICA, HISTORY AND IDENTITY CONVENE IN RUM
Alexander Kong thinks that Jamaican rum has a certain “funk” that simply cannot be found in other rums.
“Jamaican rum, like our food and music, has a personality that shines through,” he says, “The rum is reflective of that persona and goes hand-in-hand with the whole Jamaican vibe.”
