Modern Caribbean Rum
Modern Caribbean Rum
850 pages take you deep inside the rum world. Detailed overviews of 75 distilleries in 20 Caribbean countries, and much more. Winner of the 2023 Spirited Award for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits.
Matt PIetrek & Carrie Smith
Hardcover, 850 pages
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Modern Caribbean Rum is the is the ultimate rum guide for enthusiasts and professionals alike. 850 pages and 900 images tell the story of Caribbean rum as never before.
Part One: Chapters on rum basics, rum history, misconceptions, and classifications, including why "white rum", "dark rum," "gold rum", and "overproof rum" aren't useful categories.
Part Two: Six chapters covering source material, rum fermentation, rum distillation, rum aging, rum blending, and flavor science at a deep yet engaging level.
Part Three: The business of rum, with chapters on the types of rum brands, sourced and bulk rum, rum geographical indications, trade organizations, and much more.
Part Four: Over 500 pages take you inside 75 distilleries in 20 Caribbean rum-making regions, including Mount Gay, Appleton Estate, Foursquare, Bacardi, Worthy Park, Saint-James, and Diplomatico.
If you want to learn about rum/Rhum then this is the book. It is an encyclopedia of rum but reads much better than that. I bought two of them. I kept one and gave one as a gift to a fellow rum lover.
I'm still working my way through this book. Such is the amount of information. It's basically an encyclodpedia on Rum. It obviously took years of observation, learning, and writing to put this together. And it's well illustrated with photos and charts.
If you ever wanted to peek inside the Rum industry, learn some of the technical aspects of making rum, grab this one while you can. The one fault I have is that it's too big to read in bed! There is that much material. So you're really getting several books worth of information in this one tome.
Well done Matt, and I'm glad you guys sent me an opportunity to submit a review. Thank you!
Incredible book, gives an in depth insight into the world of rum in the Caribbean with amazing imagery to go with it.
Simply the most comprehensive, detailed, and thorough single volume I have ever seen written on rum, and perhaps any spirit. It is hard to fathom the depth of this book - it is a miracle something of this scope exists! The organization is incredible. The details are researched and nuanced. The illustrations are captivating. Despite it being over 800 pages it is amazingly accessible. As rum becomes increasingly more transparent and popular in the US, this book is of indispensable value in bringing to light what is happening with the worlds most exciting spirit. This is a book I will treasure for a lifetime.
It's a super educational book that lets you know where rum comes from, How It's Made, it's history, in depth look at the distilleries making it today, and an interesting part the business. Great writing as well. comprehensive without being obtuse or redundant. Very up-to-date and representative of the word modern in the title. I can guarantee you that even a rum enthusiast would be very well educated reading this book.