The Cocktail Spirit with Robert Hess
Rum with Wayne Curtis
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There is no better authority on the history of rum than Wayne Curtis, author of And a Bottle of Rum - A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. Wayne dedicated three years of his life to travelling the globe researching (read: drinking) rum. In this exclusive interview he imparts some of his great knowledge of the spirit. We hope you enjoy it.
Comments on This Episode
Do you have a particular recipe and/or sugar cane syrup for the Ti-Ponche that works better than others? I’ve been playing around with the cocktail and can’t seem to find the magical balance between the sugar cane syurp, rum, and lime.
Prost,
Mike
Sorry for the slightly dark lighting here. Things were so hectic at Tales of the Cocktail that it took us a while to find a relatively quiet place to set up for the interview, and unfortunately the lighting there didn’t want to cooperate.
Wayne is a fabulous guy, with great research and insights into the history of rum. We barely get a chance to scratch the surface here!