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By Alexander Britell
As you sit inside the bar, you start by watching.
Watching like the way you look at a monument or a sweeping valley – it is stationary but a thing that demands your attention, dynamic without moving.
That’s what happens when there are more than 600 bottles of rum in a single bar, the largest collection of rums you’ll find in any bar in the Caribbean – and, considering the quality and rarity of everything here – perhaps the greatest selection of any bar in the world.
This is the Rhum Room in St Barth.
Yes – because while it sounds like a lot of rums, there is nothing here without quality .
There are even more than 300 rhums Agricoles – a total that is almost certainly the largest of any bar in the hemisphere, with a cornucopia of rare expressions from across the French Caribbean.
As an example, the bar doesn’t just have La Favorite’s La Flibuste- it has multiple vintages.
It has every HSE on the market, even the original Sherry finishes.
It is a full fledged shrine to Rhum JM.
And that extends to the Molasses rums.
The ti’ punch cart is a dream for lovers of the French Caribbean’s classic cocktail.
It doesn’t just have the rarefied Veliers and their ilk (such as the old Caroni bottligs) it even has a rare bottling of pre-Embargo Cuban rum and baskets of extant British Navy Rum.
Even its Zacapa section includes only pre-Diageo expressions – the ones you can’t even get anymore.
And that’s without mentioning its superb Cuban section (with, yes the best of Santiago).
But the biggest story really is the Agricole offering – it is a simply breathtaking array.
And there is no filler-you can’t find a bad rum anywhere in sight.
But inventory alone does not make this bar, the brainchild of global rum expert Christopher Davis, what it is.
Did I mention it’s a speakeasy?
It’s a speakeasy setting — and it’s a cigar lounge, too.
Unmarked from the street in Gustavia, the Rhum Room is accessed through a kitchen door and then a small hallway, revealing this veritable temple of rum.
Once you get inside, more wonders emerge: a well stocked humidor of Cuban and Dominican cigars; a ti’ punch cart with the best blancs agricoles you can think of (including every variety of Martinique’s Rhum A1710).
The rums are so vast, in fact, that there’s even a ladder, making for a kind of library of rum.
You can sift through the rum menu for hours.
Categorized by country of origin and by blanc or aged, it is an astounding thing in its own right.
Indeed, there’s even a special section for the storied rums of Marie Galante in Guadeloupe.
And then there’s the pricing – while the ultra-rare expressions don’t come cheap – the vast majority of the rums here are priced to taste. Davis wants you to try and explore, not to be scared off.
It is hard to overstate how great of a place this really is – and what it means for the world of Caribbean rum. It is a place that puts Caribbean rum on the pedestal it deserves, reminding the region of the abundant quality of its famous export.
If this sounds like a lot of superlatives, well, it delivers the goods.
This is the new Caribbean rum Mecca, a new bucket list destination for every lover of cane.
This is the Rhum Room in St Barth, and it is the greatest rum bar in the Caribbean.
— CJ
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By the Caribbean Journal staff
The newest addition to Belize’s fast-growing hotel pipeline is on track for 2020, and now we’ve gotten the exclusive first look at the new Alaia Belize.
The property, which will be part of Marriott’s Autograph Collection when it makes its debut, will feature a range of residences curated by Brazilian designer Debora Aguilar of Debora Aguiar Arquitetos, who has a specialty in the eco-luxury space.
Developer Andrew Ashcroft’s project will be set on the southern portion of Belize’s Ambergris Caye, with 35 units, along with 56 two-bedroom condos and eight oceanfront villas.
Residences will feature 1,200 square feet of interior space and almost 900 square feet of open-air living.
“Alaia was designed as an ‘eco-luxury’ hotel, where nature was determinant in our choices, whether in natural materials, in the various textures of fibers, stones, woods, fabrics, as in the reuse of stones, woods and coatings in general,” Aguilar tells Caribbean Journal. “Special areas are designed to stimulate and instigate the five senses, from the reception to the lobby, from the apartment to the circulations and from the beach bar to the spa.”
“We are creating a climate of intimacy, hospitality, sensuality and bringing the personality of Belize into the concept,” Aguilar says.
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Barbados tourism is surging, and it’s about to get another big lift from American Airlines.
The carrier has announced plans to launch daily nonstop flights between Charlotte and Barbados beginning Dec. 19.
The new flight comes after American announced it would be adding a third daily flight from Miami to Barbados, also in December.
The new Treasure Beach adults-only hotel in Barbados.
Barbados welcomed a record 188,970 U.S. visitors last year, with a continued boom so far in 2018, tourism officials said.
“Our airline partners have been instrumental in the growth of visitation from the United States. This new service signals tremendous confidence in Barbados and constitutes a 100 percent increase in seat capacity into and out of the island.” said Barbados’ newly-appointed Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Kerrie Symmonds. “Increased service to these important cities will help to ensure another year of record passenger arrivals to our destination.”
The Atlantis hotel on Barbados’ rugged east coast.
It’s the latest new route to Barbados, as more carriers have introduces flights to the Caribbean island out of U.S. hubs including Fort Lauderdale, Boston and Newark.
“One month after announcing additional service to Barbados from our Miami hub, we’re thrilled to continue growing our presence in the island with new daily service from our Charlotte hub, both operating during the winter,” said Alfredo Gonzalez, managing director for the Caribbean at American Airlines. “As the demand continues to grow over the years, today we’re proud to serve as the leading U.S. airline in the island with up to 28 weekly flights.”
Bathsheba, Barbados.
Tickets for the new route went on sale last week.
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