A Mountain Of Crushed Ice

This is a cross post with the Mixoloseum blog. Every month the members of the CSWOG (Cocktails and Spirits Online Writers Group) posts on several interesting topics related to the world of cocktails and spirits. From after this post i`m not going to cross post but i will always write an update here on my [...]

Delicana Cachaça is a pure natural product without chemical additives, produced in Minas Gerais and there are four different types of this artisanal cachaca (silver, gold, premium and cinnamon- orange liqueur/ spiced) They are sold in 1litre bottles. All artisanal cachaca uses cold-pressed sugarcane.

In front of me i have samples of 3 of the cachacas, [...]

Leblon cachaca is a premium white cachaça spirit and its name originates from Leblon Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its  an artisanal cachaca and single-distilled from the juice of fresh-pressed sugar cane in small batches using alambique copper pot stills. One ton of sugar cane yields 80 liters of cachaça at 45 [...]

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RHUM AGRICOLE AND CACHACA?
I´ve read so many articles and seen so much confuison when it comes to what exactly is the difference between rhum agricole and cachaca. And then there`s rhum Barbancourt, is it or is it not a rhum agricole?

This last thursday we had the joy of attending the first ever sponsored TDN, sponsored by Leblon cachaca.
Cocktailnerd and Rumdood participated in this TDN live from Trader Vics in Las Vegas mixing up the cocktails sent in by the online bar crowd with the bartenders at Vic’s, courtesy of Leblon cachaca. The chat room was [...]