Earlier this month, in association with the renowned Trailer Happiness, I managed to bring to life one of the projects I’ve had on my mind for a while now. The British Rum Expo was born from an idea to gather together some of the many rum distilleries in the UK under the same roof in … More The British Rum Expo 2023 Summary
I have to say I love that I have this section for cocktails on my website – it just pushes me to come up with delicious drinks for my favourite rums and sometimes the result is simply chef’s kiss! Now enough bragging, let’s carry on with some drink recipes. As per usual if you’d like … More The Cocktail Barrel #8
This has been a crazy period for me and between competitions, changing jobs and working the Notting Hill Carnival I still managed to sneak in a few cocktails on the blog’s Instagram. All the recipes are compiled here. First drink I made around the National Daiquiri Day and probably the hottest day ever in the … More The Cocktail Barrel #6
Manchester Rum Festival 2022 allowed me to reacquaint with a few rum brands as well as finding ones that I didn’t know about. One of such brands that flew under my radar is Streamertail rum. Archie Burden was a chef in London before he decided to follow his rum passion and make his own rum … More Review: Streamertail White Rum
Happy New Year everyone! Here are some cocktail recipes I came up with spanning over 3 months. For the full list of recipes go to The Cocktail Barrel section and if you have any questions feel free to contact me. After reviewing the Pusser’s 151 I had to use it in a drink. Pusser’s 151 … More The Cocktail Barrel #4
Here is the final installment of The Daiquiri Series launched this year by Copalli which features seasonal twists on the classic drink. You can check out the other recipes here and here as well as a full review of the Copalli White where you can learn more about the brand. The Daiquiri might not be … More Rum News: Copalli Rum Launch Its Winter Daiquiri Series
Earlier this year in April I featured Copalli’s Daiquiri Series, a list of drinks curated by 4 big names in the industry, Jean Vital, Tammy Jackson, Matt Hollidge and Copalli’s own cocktail curator, Waluco Maheia and now they are back with 4 more Daiquiri twists inspired by the current season and the ingredients that can … More Rum News: Copalli Rum Launch Its Autumn Daiquiri Series
I have been very busy lately for various reasons so I couldn’t update The Cocktail Barrel, so here are the recipes acquired over 3 months. For the full list of drink recipes visit The Cocktail Barrel section. Feel free to contact me for any questions. There aren’t a lot of drinks, but I still played … More The Cocktail Barrel #2
Firstly I would like to point out that I don’t fully agree with the white, golden, dark classification generally attributed to rum, I believe colour has little or even nothing to do with the flavour profile. Practices such as filtering aged distillate, or adding caramel colouring to unaged ones render this categorisation pretty much useless. … More Article: My 7 Favourite Daiquiri White Rums