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It is early morning in the Chicago suburbs and I am less than a week out from the Euro Trip that will soon be my life for the next couple of months. As I sit outside with my cup of coffee and bowl of Orlik: Strong Dark Kentucky, the slight chill in the air reminds me that even though it is the “Dog Days of Summer”; fall is right around the corner. So perhaps it is a good time to...
Back in April, I had the pleasure of being able to link up with The Real McCoy Rum Brand Ambassador Joshua Perez while he was in town here in Nashville. Not only was it a personal pleasure to be able to meet him; but the fact that he reached out to me still has my mind spinning. Especially when it was to humbly and sincerely say: “Thank you.” for supporting the brand. A brand I will continue to support because...
The Real McCoy 3-Year is the first marque in the brand line. Produced in Barbados by Foursquare Rum Distillery; this rum (much like its cousin Probitas) is an ode to rums produced in the early 20th Century/Prohibition Era. A blend of column and pot still rums (and I assume a higher ratio of column still rums given the profile), The Real McCoy Three-Year earns its age statement by spending three years in very old ex-bourbon barrels. It is then lightly...
EMPERY noun pl. em·per·ies Absolute dominion or jurisdiction; sovereignty. In the past two years since I began drinking Foursquare rums, I have been able to enjoy it while planning, executing and celebrating milestones in my life. Criterion was there when I took a work transfer that ultimately allowed me to shape my own professional identity as a sort of “Champion of Rum” in Chicago. Dominus was the first rum I cracked open to celebrate when Erika and I moved to Nashville...