Rum

How to Make a West Indian Swizzle

Travel Distilled brings you a recipe for how to make a West Indian Swizzle, from the 1917 book Seventy Recipes for Cocktails, Cups and Punches

How to Make a Yorkshire Toddy

Travel Distilled explains how to make a Yorkshire Toddy using rum and brandy from an 1896 recipe book, Drinks of All Kinds for All Seasons

Rum in Vietnam

Travel Distilled looks at the increasing popularity of rum in Vietnam, with domestic varieties joining the popular imported brands in bars and restaurants.

Papa's Pilar Rum Legacy edition for surfers 9 Photo by John Severson

Rum for Surfers

Papa’s Pilar Rum Legacy Edition 2023 honors legendary surfer Greg Noll, blending rum from the Caribbean and South America and aged in different barrels.

Five Classic Rum Cocktails

Here are five classic rum cocktails, with their brief histories and recipes, to enable you to enjoy this tasty spirit to the full.

Two Bottles of Rhum Agricole from Martinique

What is Rhum Agricole?

Travel Distilled explains what Rhum Agricole is, the history of this Caribbean spirit, how and where it’s made, how to drink it and its use in cocktails.

Detail from the label of A bottle of the Tia Maria coffee liqueur

What is Tia Maria?

Travel Distilled explains what Tia Maria is, the history of this coffee liqueur, how and where it’s made, how to drink it and its use in cocktails and cooking.

Madeiran Rum

Travel Distilled presents a beginner’s guide to Madeiran rum by Madeiran rum expert Harold Vieira, co-founder of Harold and Hansa, specialists in Madeiran Rum.