A Toast To Florida Rum

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August is National Rum Month.
Antigua, Barbados, Cuba,
Jamaica, Martinique, Venezuela,
Puerto Rico
… and Central Florida.

Bill McCoy,

a Prohibition-era rum-runner,
who hailed from Florida,
sailed a schooner
from the Bahamas

Enjoy a Taste of Florida: Rum and Key Lime

to Savannah, Georgia.

Pay real-time homage

at the annual Real McCoy
Bill McCoy Rum Festival
in Daytona Beach.

Today,

several Florida distillers
make artisan rums:
“Wicked Dolphin” in Cape Coral,
“Siesta Key” in Sarasota.



Ah, the demon rum.  When I was beach-bumming in the Caribbean (in my early 20’s), I used to love Mount Gay rum from Barbados.  Rum and Coke—30 cents a glass.

© 2012 Catherine Giordano

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