→ November 1, 2011
Pirate legend tells us that the Kraken is a ferocious, giant octopus that hid in the depths of the Scandinavian seas feeding on whales, ships, and any poor souls that happened to be upon them. To name a dark, spiced rum after the mythological beast is slightly odd to say the least, so I decided [...]
→ October 27, 2011
Monday 24 October saw the launch of ‘Gin O’Clock’, The Queen (of Twitter)’s debut book, with Bombay Sapphire at the Bombay Sapphire Blue Room, Vinopolis. Throughout the evening guests sipped specially created ‘Gin O’Clock’ cocktails – a tall, refreshing tipple -in addition to classic Bombay Sapphire based cocktails (known to be popular with The Queen [...]
→ October 23, 2011
You may remember that BSF wrote an article about UK Rumfest taking place over the weekend of 14-16 October. We are pleased to say that the event was a huge success, attracting a sell out crowd of 7000 rum lovers to the Kensington Olympia. As you can imagine, it was a messy affair with over [...]
→ September 27, 2011
I have tried many a cocktail in my time, and nothing quite compares to a cocktail that has my favourite dark rum used as the base ingredient. Maybe it’s the Jamaican blood running through my veins but since I first tasted the ‘Jamaican Breeze’ at the Appleton Estate Rum Tour in St Elizabeth, Jamaica- I [...]
