Can’t Keep Mum About This Single Barrel Rum: Cruzan

These spirits will definitely give you a rum for your money

"...want to enjoy the taste of Cruzan Single Barrel Rum, citizen, here’s something you don’t have to do...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Rum Diary

Johnny Depp stars in this adaptation of one of Hunter S. Thompson's earliest novels, which is set in Puerto Rico in 1960 and soaked in booze

"...Paul Kemp, a budding journo-cum-novelist who's living in suspended, rum-infused doldrums while working for the English-language newspaper, The San..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Riding the Wave of Rum Punch

Pleasant Storage Room fuels summer fun with rum

"...www.pleasantrumbar.com..."

May 16, 2014 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

Austin’s Anastasia Hera Makes Her Own Music and Tropical Rum

Inspired by nights at Flamingo Cantina, the rapper-singer finds her spirit

"...filmed her first commercial for the to-be-released HERA Tropical Rum – backed by, yes, her own tropical backing jingle...."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Drink Well Manager Takes First in Annual Don Q Rum Contest

The USBG sends a member to New York in national mixology contest

"...like their delicious Spanish Harlem; a strong, sexy, syrupy rum-spin on a Manhattan. Competitors waited while looking their best,..."

April 24, 2012 Food Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

And Flights of Rum Sing Thee to Tiki Tatsu-ya

Austin’s tikiculture treasure reveals the ’cane in all its craft

"...now we’re sounding a new clarion call of indulgence, trumpeting it loud with conch and cowrie – because Tiki..."

May 15, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Musk Opening Austin Bistro in 2024; Dish Society Arriving Even Sooner; Churro Co. Is Open Now; Tiki Tatsu-ya Debuts Rum Flights; Fiore’s Regional Pasta Club Can Be Delivered; the Texas Veg Fest Draws Nigh; and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...past your gums, it’s time to travel the global rums! Aikawa Tropical Tours, the fictional travel agency behind Tiki..."

April 5, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Musk Opening Austin Bistro in 2024; Dish Society Arriving Even Sooner; Churro Co. Is Open Now; Tiki Tatsu-ya Debuts Rum Flights; Fiore’s Regional Pasta Club Can Be Delivered; the Texas Veg Fest Draws Nigh; and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

April 7, 2023 Food Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ta Ra Rum Pum

New Bollywood film about a race-car driver and his family was shot mostly in the U.S.

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mojito

Enjoy the rum-lime-mint concoction four ways

"...1.5 ounces light rum..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Food Feature

Day Trips: Three Roll Estate Distillery

Local rum returns to the land of sugar plantations

"...Baton Rouge has brought back the historic production of rum to Louisiana...."

Oct. 11, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Margaritas vs. Mojitos

It's Mexico vs. Cuba, tequila vs. rum, mix vs. muddle, in this battle for lime-infused-libation-sensation supremacy in the Lone Star State

"...sweetener, club soda, and the Cuban liquor of choice: rum. Like its Mexican cousin, the mojito is refreshingly citrusy..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Drinking for a Cause

Today's Austin food news

"...Rum tastings, culinary road trips, and more in today's food..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Havana-Inspired Bar Created Pleasant Soft Opening

Pre-opening night fun included ceviche bar and communal punch

"...opening Monday, April 21. They wanted to run the rum-forward cocktail list and Caribbean street food-inspired menu past some..."

April 25, 2014 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Party Time With the Captain

'Step Into the Black' party

"...Captain Morgan is celebrating its new dark spiced rum Captain Morgan Black with a U.S. party tour, bringing..."

May 28, 2012 Food Post by Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Serenity

Matthew McConaughey's beach thriller drowns in red herrings

"...Baker Dill, a down-on-his-luck fisherman who’s been marinating in rum on a remote island for years (decades?). He alternately..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

A madcap animated ramble through Kyoto's drinking district

"...too little underwear, impromptu guerrilla street theater, semi-mythical bootleg rum, library police, homemade cold cures, musical numbers, erotic woodblock..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Live by Night

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this period gangster drama

"...rise from stick-up man in Prohibition-era Boston to a rum-runner and unofficial mayor of Tampa, Fla. Joe Coughlin (Affleck)..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Viva

A hairdresser finds his true self in a shabby Havana drag bar

"...smell the layers of makeup and taste the cheap rum in the shabby Havana drag bar prominently featured in..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Animation

This year's five nominees for the best animated short Oscar are available for viewing. This year’s five Academy Award-nominated animated shorts include “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” the latest stop-motion Claymation piece from Nick Park and Aardman; “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” by Nicky Phelan; “The Lady and the Reaper" by Recio García; “French Roast” by Fabrice O. Joubert; and the winning “Logorama” by the H5 collective.

"...different: From its opening pull-back shot of a Malibu rum bottle, “Logorama” reconstructs Southern California via the brands that..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

After the Sunset

Possibly the ideal film to more or less ignore while lounging poolside and sipping Jamaican rum, After the Sunset is 100-proof pap.

"...or less ignore while lounging poolside and sipping Jamaican rum, After the Sunset is 100-proof pap that’s as inoffensively..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jackie Brown

Based on Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, this is a fairly straight-ahead, Seventies-styled caper film.

"...you can get it. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, this is a far cry from the auteur's..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Miami Rhapsody

"...clear. It longs to be a Gershwin Manhattan. Easy-listening rum & Coke is more like what it achieves. Even..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Custody

"...out to be a drunken ramble, thanks to Nur's rum-besotted fan club who show up at every turn, hoping..."

July 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

King of the Hill

A young boy who's separated from his family spends time in a dilapidated hotel in this Depression-era drama. Soderbergh's film is a lyrical piece of well-crafted passion that doesn't shirk the bleak realities of the time

"...Lester (Brody), a surrogate big-brother with a penchant for rum-running and petty theft, is the closest thing to family..."

Oct. 8, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Thirsty Nickel’s Justin Adame Wins Bartender Appreciation Day Party

Local bartender wins a party and you're invited

"...30 finalists in a contest sponsored by Sailor Jerry Rum and Liquor.com to be named the best for National..."

Dec. 3, 2013 Food Post by Wes Marshall

The Spirits of Texas

Texas spirits to keep your spirits up

"...Daniel Barnes, owner of Treaty Oak Platinum Rum ($20), favors a dry, neutral style of rum using..."

July 29, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Texas Gets Spirited Away

Taste-testing Texas liquors against the world

"...in the Texas adult-beverage business: liquor. Locally produced vodka, rum, limoncello, and orange liqueur are all available now, and..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

The Booze We Choose: Seven and Up

Liquor in the front … of your favorite cabinet, of course

"...KASAMA RUM Yes, rum. But never mind the sailors and pirates..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Drink Texas This New Year

A guide to holiday boozing for the locavore

"...distillers of good-quality vodkas, corn whiskey, malt whiskey, bourbon, rum, and various fruit liqueurs. For those of us who..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

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