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.”
KIKIKŌLADA
If a Blue Hawaiian and a piña colada had a baby,” it might look and taste something like Fanny Chu’s KiKiKōlada, a free-spirited drink that toasts to both the Caribbean and the 50th state. A starting-point split base of grassy, vegetal Hawaiian agricole rum and funky, overproof rum from Jamaica leads to the piña portion of the program: fresh-juiced fruit and the 40-proof Giffard Caribbean Pineapple
WORTHY COCKTAILS FOR WORTHY DADS
For the past three weeks we’ve shared with you the fatherhood journey of some of the worthiest dads around. This week in our finale feature, we share a moment with Berisford Grey, CEO, Sygnus Group. As a ‘girl dad’ of one, 13-year-old Dani, he prides himself on making daddy-daughter time a priority, despite his busy schedule.
#RUMFAMILY : FAVOURITE BRAND AMBASSADORS-ZAN KONG
Next up in the #rumfamily series is our fourth brand ambassador, Zan Kong. This is someone that has not only introduced us to some of our favourite Rums but is just a super cool guy #welovezan
How long have you been a brand ambassador?
Well technically I am in the role of the Export Sales Manager
WISYNCO PARENT ACQUIRES 30% STAKE IN WORTHY PARK
Rudolph Brown/ Photographer William Mahfood, chairman of Wisynco Group Limited, speaks at a press conference to announce a distribution deal with Worthy Park Estates. Co-Managing Director of Worthy Park Estates, Gordon Clarke is at left.
WORTHY PARK GOES UPMARKET WITH SINGLE ESTATE RESERVE RUM
WORTHY PARK Estates is looking to rum for more revenue, saying its reputation as Jamaica’s most efficient estate is not enough to overcome changes in the sugar market that are driven by external events.
