“What are the best Rum books?” We found 66 of the best books about Rum, so we could answer that very question.
Part 7 in our 7 part series of Alcohol Articles.
Today we aggregated the best books about Rum. The top 14 books that appeared on multiple lists are ranked below with pictures, links, and summaries. The remaining 52 books and the sources we used are also listed at the bottom of the article.
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“Christopher Columbus brought sugarcane to the New World on his second voyage. By 1520 commercial sugar production was underway in the Caribbean, along with the perfection of methods to ferment and distill alcohol from sugarcane to produce a new beverage that would have dramatic impact on the region. Caribbean Rum presents the fascinating cultural, economic, and ethnographic history of rum in the Caribbean from the colonial period to the present.
Drawing on data from historical archaeology and the economic history of the Caribbean, Frederick Smith explains why this industry arose in the islands, how attitudes toward alcohol consumption have impacted the people of the region, and how rum production evolved over 400 years from a small colonial activity to a multi-billion-dollar industry controlled by multinational corporations. He investigates the economic impact of Caribbean rum on many scales, including rum’s contribution to sugarcane plantation revenues, its role in bolstering colonial and postcolonial economies, and its impact on Atlantic trade. Smith discusses the political and economic trends that determined the value of rum, especially war, competition from other alcohol industries, slavery and emancipation, temperance movements, and globalization.”
A collection of recipes, covering soups, starters, main courses, sauces and desserts, cakes and pastries – all enhanced by the addition of many varieties of Caribbean rum.
This is the best collection of rum recipes ever compiled. Filled with over 400 exotic, delicious, and thirst-quenching drink recipes, it also includes descriptios and tasting notes of over one hundred of the finest rums from the Caribbean. Beautifully illustrated in four color, it will leave you in a tropical state of mind.
From the gentle charcoal-filtered purity of a white to the oak-aged spice of a dark, rum is one of the world’s finest and most popular spirits. Made from molasses or the juice of sugar cane, it was first distilled in the 17th century in the Caribbean. A fascinating tour of rum in all its styles—white, golden, and dark—Classic Rum looks at its rich history and culture as well as its manufacture. There is an A-Z of all the classic brands, their histories, and tasting notes (from the rare “single marks” to more familiar names—Bacardi, Wrays, Lamb’s Navy, Captain Morgan, Mount Gay). In addition, there are classic recipes for rum-based drinks and tips on using rum for cooking in the kitchen. It is a complete and essential guide for connoisseurs and novices alike.
Rum is one of the world’s oldest and bestselling spirits, often misunderstood, steeped in tradition, and with a colorful though not always honorable past. This is the first comprehensive, illustrated book to cover rum’s history, production, and full range of flavors. The pure rums are detailed by their island or country of origin with an explanation of the climatic differences and productions methods that provides each with unique character. A guide to tasting and evaluating the full range of rums by style and class is provided along with a section on spiced and blended rums and how they are made and marketed. The book concludes with a directory of 180 of the world’s most notable rums complete with statistics, tasting notes, label photos, and a rating from one to five stars. Beverage managers and bartenders, both professional and at home, will find this an essential buying guide and very entertaining reading.
The first book in English to tell the story of rum. Includes history, rum producers world wide.
Have you ever dreamed about sailing the Caribbean and sampling the finest rums the islands have to offer? Join the crew of the sloop Tafia and learn the secrets of the Caribbean spirit. The descriptive narrative takes you to the distilleries where you learn how rum is made and the differences between the 150 rums described. Historical sketches of the distilleries, recipes and anecdotes combined with more than 100 color labels make this the most complete guide to the best rums in the world.
Includes over 1,300 rum-based recipes for cocktails, cordials and more. This book features recipes from the late 1800’s, through American Prohibition up to modern times. Why settle for other books that feature only a handful of rum drink recipes when you can get the most complete collection of them printed to date?
| Books | Authors | Sources |
| … from little acorns…, | Samuel Bronfman | Rum.cz |
| 100 Classic Cocktails (Tiny Folio). | Rum Shop | |
| After-Dinner Drinks: Choosing, Serving… | Rum Shop | |
| American Rum | Luis and Margaret Ayala | Rum.cz |
| And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails | Wayne Curtis | Rum Drinks |
| Annals of Philadelphia | John P. Watson | Rumicek |
| BACARDI, the hidden war | Hernando Calvo Ospina | Rum.cz |
| Barbados Rum Book | Rum.cz | |
| Bartending For Dummies®. | Rum Shop | |
| Bundy, A Centenary History | Keith Dunstan | Rum.cz |
| Černý zázrak | Cyril Scott | Rum.cz |
| Cuba: The Legend Of Rum | Rum Book | |
| De la canne au rhum | L. Fahrasmane, B. Ganou-Parfait | Rum.cz |
| Deacon Giles’ distillery | George Barrell Cheever | Rumicek |
| Die Illustrierte, Flensburger Tageblat | Rum.cz | |
| El hijo alegre de la CANA de azúcar | Fernando G. Campoamor | Rum.cz |
| Family Spirits | Peter Foster | Rum.cz |
| Forever Young 1797 – 1947 | Rum.cz | |
| Four Years With the Demon Rum (Sources in the History of Atlantic Canada) | Clifford Rose | Rum.cz |
| Foxy and Jost van Dyke | Peter Farrell | Rum.cz |
| Grossman’s Guide to Wines, Spirits, and beers | Harold J. Grossmant | Rum.cz |
| Hafenblatt – Flensburg Historish Maritim | Rum.cz | |
| Histoire du Rhum | Alain Huetz de Lemps | Rum.cz |
| Il etait une fois Le Rhum | Pierre Alibert | Rum.cz |
| Images du rhum | Eric Leroy | Rum.cz |
| Kindred Spirits | F. Paul Pacult | Rum.cz |
| Království slivovice aneb osudy palírníků ve Vizovicích | Marcel Sladkowski | Rum.cz |
| La cuisine au rhum recettes salées | Pierre Alibert | Rum.cz |
| La cuisine au rhum recettes sucrées | Pierre Alibert | Rum.cz |
| La route des rhums | Sandrine Colombo, Sophie Hayot | Rum.cz |
| Le grande livre des cocktails au rhum | Pierre Alibert | Rum.cz |
| Le livre de l’amateur de rhum | Pierre Casamayor, Marie-Jose Colombani | Rum.cz |
| Le rhum aux Antilles francaises | Gustave Garnier-Laroche | Rum.cz |
| Origenes de la Compania Ron Bacardi | Nicolas Torres Hurtado | Rum.cz |
| Rhum Agenda | Pierre Alibert | Rum.cz |
| Rhums, Rhums Fruits & Rhums arranges | Pierre Alibert, Philippe Lauret | Rum.cz |
| Rum War at Sea | Malcolm F. Willoughby | Rum.cz |
| Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776 | Ian Williams | Rum Drinks |
| Samuel Bronfman, The Life and Times of Seagram’s Mr. Sam | Michael R. Marrus | Rum.cz |
| Six days in Havana | J.A. Michener & J. Kings | Rum.cz |
| Tempered by rum – rum in the history of the Maritime Provinces | James H. Morrison & James Moreira | Rum.cz |
| The Amazing Cigar | Rum Shop | |
| The Barbadian Rum Shop | Peter Laurie | Rum.cz |
| The BarKeeper Pocket Peeker | Rum Shop | |
| The Bartender’s Bible : 1001 Mixed. | Rum Shop | |
| The Complete Guide to Rum | Ed Hamilton | Rum.cz |
| The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cigars | Rum Shop | |
| The Complete Practical Distiller | M. La Fayette Byrn, M.D. | Rum.cz |
| The history of John Stubbs | George B. Cheever | Rumicek |
| The Rubáiyát of a Rum-Seller | Ernst Altschul, | Rumicek |
| Whitehaven and Illustrated History | Daniel Hay | Rum.cz |
| Worldwide Directory of Distilleries | John E. Murtagh | Rum.cz |
| Source | Article |
| Rum Book | RUM BOOKS |
| Rum Drinks | The Only Rum Books You’ll Ever Need to Read |
| Rum Shop | The Rum Shop |
| Rum.cz | Rum Books Gallery |
| Rumicek | Rum books |
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