What To Do For National Rum Day? Don't Drink Any Rum, For Starters.

Go ahead and drink this delicious and surprisingly affordable rum from Thailand… just not on August 16th.

I’m a contrarian bastard who doesn’t like being told what to drink. So tell me it’s National Rum Day — one of those industry-created “days” for which well-meaning publicists clog up my email in-box on a regular basis — and I’ll tell you one thing I won’t be drinking today: rum. (In fact, my wife and I are booked for martinis at Bemelmans Bar to celebrate our anniversary tonight, so it’s gin for the win.)

But just because I won’t drink rum one day out of the year doesn’t mean I don’t love it the other 364 days. And there was a big pile of delicious rums about which I hadn’t written littering my apartment. So while you shouldn’t drink rum on National Rum Day (if you’re a contrarian like me, that is), that doesn’t mean you can’t read about it — and make plans to drink it going forward.

Most of my previous rummy round-ups have been written for the fine folks at Robb Report, but their guidelines require that I only mention rums that are fairly easy to find online or at brick-and-mortar stores nationwide. Which means I can’t write about some of my favorite bottles. That’s why this round-up is published courtesy of the awesome humans at Forbes, who give me more carte blanche to write about whatever strikes my fancy. Alas, that may mean a little more work for you, the reader, if you want to track down one of the recommendations therein. But it’s always doable. And if worse comes to worst, pop round my place and I’ll pour you a glass.

The link to the rum article is -> HERE <-. And if you’re looking for something non-rummy to drink for National Rum Day because that’ll show the bastards, check out my most recent Whisk(e)y Of The Week piece, also at Forbes. The link be -> HERE <-.