Calgary Dark Oil Dark Rum

Calgary is a mighty fine town.  In fact Uncle Ron thinks Calgary and Boston are amoung the best places to discover rum…. Look what just arrived… Bundaberg Red Extra Smooth. Other than the Bundy web site there are not really any reviews.. so check this out.. could be a new dynamic at Uncle Ron’s Night. Next all the way from Peru ron Millonario Sistema Solera 15 Reserva Especial. According to their web site it is a ““damn quaffable, very moreish” drink”. Not many reviews but here is a short one from Scotland Stephenson (they have a good intro on tasting rum). Jamaica, the home of many many fine rums… check out the hand blown bottle from Venice. Edwin Charley Proprietor Collection The virtue Luxury Jamaica Rum. This collection is a series but again hard to find a good review. Here is a blurb from a wine site. The Jamaica Gleaner tells a little story. The same distillery that produces Appleton’s produces this product.

Cuba ha llegado por segunda vez...................

Uncle Ron is pleased to announce two new arrivals from Cuba! Ron Caney  Anejo Centuria and Ron Varadero Anejo 7 Anos.  Part of the challenge is to find reviews on some of the Cuban Rons. Here is a little blurb on both.  We should start getting two at a time and forming our own reviews.  Here is a neat history on Ron Caney and a video.  A little history of Ron Varadero can be found here.  I will hav to ask the blog keepers for help as I am having an awful time getting the pics to be right sdie up.

Happy April's Fool DAy ( we're not fooling here)

The Boston States…. Maritimes…. Much has moved between those two places for generations including rum…. Look what Uncle Ron has in his cellar: A couple from craft brewers: Privateer (batch two) from Essex Country, Mass. Not any reviews from our regular reviewers but The Passionate Foodie wrote a nice piece on his blog. It should be mentioned that in looking at many “foodie blogs” that after attending an event  at the Distillery that many were converted to be rum sippers and not mixers…


Next up is Hurricane Rum all the way from Triple Eight Distillery in Nantucket. Again not easy to find a review but The Drink Hacker has a few words….

Finally on the same trip of discovery (Uncle Ron asked that we thank John at the InterContinental’s Rumba in Boston and for the tastings Bauer’s Wine and Spirits for doing a special order for us) we have Ron Barcelo’s Dorado all the way from the D.R. I can’t find a review for the Dorado. If you see one send it along….

New microbrewery coming to north-end Halifax | The Chronicle Herald

Armed with a passion for craft beer, sustainability and entrepreneurship, Peter Burbridge has the ingredients he needs to get his zero-emissions microbrewery up and running.


Burbridge, a business graduate who developed an interest in sustainability and a palate for craft brew during his days as a Dalhousie University student, will launch Bridge Brewing Company Ltd. in north-end Halifax this summer. Chck out the link:


New microbrewery coming to north-end Halifax | The Chronicle Herald

Good Things Come in Threes

In this case It is three times three…. Uncle Ron is feeling lucky.


First in from a Calgary away team: PYRAT . In the last three years it has been in Uncle Ron’s top four. Here is a review by Roger and Dave. In from Bedford’s Academy and a new release at the NSLC Ron Matusalem Gran Reserve. The Rum Dood says. The away team was in Rhode Island and brought back the Newport Distillery’s Thomas Tew Not a lot of luck finding a review but Josh Fulford wrote a song about it!

A crystal-clear tribute to the Titanic | The Chronicle Herald

Check out the Link below for the the Chronicle Herald's story on Nova Scotian Crystal's Titanic themed crystal. As we know they are the creator of Uncle Ron's favorite rum glass.

A crystal-clear tribute to the Titanic | The Chronicle Herald

RUM RUNNING

CBC TV's Land and Sea is going to air a documentary on Rum Running  In the 1920's and 30's - many sailors in Nova Scotia did the unthinkable - they stopped fishing and became international smugglers.


They took liquor into the United States during Prohibition.This episode tells the dramatic story of Rum Running.

By the way the pic above is of the I'm Alone which I think will be discussed in the Documentary.. however what they don't know is that it's the main sail from the I'm Alone that is part of Uncle Ron's Logo...

.Here's the link to the CBC : http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2012/02/rum-runners.html