Gone are the days of a good rum coming from some white-sanded Caribbean island. Now is the time when the cane juice comes straight from the original 13 colonies. Massachusetts-made Privateer Rum is kind of on the Plymouth Rock tip, priding itself as being a “true American rum”.  The claim is that the changing seasons […]

From stocks that range in age from 16 to 23 years, Paraíso Fucundo X.A. rum is the finest stock in the Bacardi cellars. 80 proof with a Cognac-cask finish, Paraíso proudly claims to be worthy of rivaling any scotch — a dubious statement, but a possible one for those who favor sugar cane spirits. The flavor is […]

Last Friday marked the closing event for Social Media Week in Los Angeles, which consisted of panel speakers and events throughout the week. Not only did the event provide networking opportunities and major promotion of new social media outlets, but it also supplied a plethora of booze. Enter Shellback Rum, a premium rum that celebrated […]

The fine folks at Professor Cornelius Ampleforth have a record of introducing fine spirits crafted with classic time tested techniques, such as their Bathtub Gin and Proprietary Barley Spirit, and their latest offering only adds another must-have drink to their catalogue. The Caribbean rum, dubbed Rumbullion!, is distilled with Madagascan vanilla, orange grind, cinnamon, cloves […]

Gotta say we’re stoked any time anything Hunter S. Thompson related hits the interwebs, so the trailer for the new film The Rum Diary is noteworthy news. The film is based on a novel Thompson wrote back in 1959, but wasn’t published until 1998, and is written and directed by the great Bruce Robinson — […]

There’s nothing better than greasy breakfast food and a nice hot shower after a weekend bender, but for those who want to keep the alcohol close even the morning after we’ve got the Allsorts Liquor Scented Soap Bars from EthicallyEngineered. Because let’s face it — sometimes you want to smell like a boozehound even after […]

Sometimes a product is so hard to believe it exists, it makes you question the very fabric of our society. They’re actually the products that inspired us to start this site — a simultaneous celebration and measured excoriation of consumerism in all its glory. From the gorgeously handcrafted to the vapidly inspired to the fallaciously […]

If you’re too cheap to buy the top shelf stuff, or too broke to afford an entire bottle of rare scotch, Drinks By The Dram‘s got something for you. While my idea of sample is most happily pronounced with the word “free” in front of it, I will never be too complainy about getting any […]