Category: Spirits

Rum – Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle

“If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!” — Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island Chances are, you along with the rest of the U.S. think of mixed drinks when you think...

Orange Bitters & Gary Regan

There are two bitters that should be a staple in any bar: Angostura and Regans’ Orange Bitters No.6. There are many more bitters, but these are two staples that go especially well with the many forms of whiskey drinks. So...

Scotch – Options

It might be better to buy Scotch whisky sooner rather than later. A no-deal Brexit could be bad for the U.K. whisky industry. While liquor might be safe from E.U. tariffs, it’s reported that Scotch whisky could suffer from other costs...

Smith’s Union Bar, December 6, 1941

Saturday Evening, December 6, 1941, 9:30 PM, Honolulu: Strolling into Honolulu’s Smith’s Union Bar, just a few miles away from the military docks and ports of Pearl Harbor, one is greeted by a calmer, more open-area bar than the other...