Rum Curious: The Indispensable Tasting Guide to the World's Spirit

***Rum Curious* takes the you on a tour of the world of rum by teaching you how to taste and appreciate all of its glorious variety.** Once the drink of sailors and swashbuckling pirates, rum is the most versatile--and the most varied--spirit in the world. It is consumed neat as a sipping drink, on the rocks, and in a dizzying variety of cocktails, like the mai tai, mojito, and pina colada. In *Rum Curious*, author Fred Minnick first takes you on a whirlwind tour of the world of rum, describing its many styles; explaining the great variety of fermenting, distilling and maturing processes; and highlighting distillers and distilleries. Minnick explains the finer point of how to properly taste rum -- how to reveal the experience offered by brands ranging from the familiar to the unusual and obscure. The book's final section is a highly curated collection of recipes for classic and innovative rum cocktails from around the world. *Rum Curious* is the one book the reader will need to understand and appreciate rum in all its glorious variety.