Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks to its wide range of styles made in more than 80 countries, rum is one of the most diverse and complex spirits to sip.

Whiskey or wine connoisseurs may wax poetic about aging techniques and growing regions, but do these qualities matter for rum ...

In a field crowded with world-class contenders, Barbados’s Foursquare Rum Distillery has claimed the International Wine & Spirits Competition’s (IWSC) highest honor for rum. Its Equidem 14-Year-Old—an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Claudia Alarcón covers food, drinks and travel in places near and far. Premium rums are having their day in the limelight, and ...

Rum is a common liquor often associated with tiki cocktails and pirates. The latter is thanks to popular fictionalized characters like Captain Jack Sparrow and real historical figures like Captain ...

Sipped against the soundtrack of the breeze gently riffling through palm fronds, the tinny ring of reggae through blown-out speakers and the slap of domino tiles on tables, rum somehow just tastes ...

Pirates and rum go together like eye patches and treasure maps, except history says otherwise. Turns out wine and brandy were ...

Rum as a spirit has long been connected with fruity cocktails and college drinks made with either flavored or spiced rum with pirates adorning the bottle. These associations are common because of the ...