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We're getting set to celebrate the third edition of the New York Rum Festival, a two-day celebration of the very best of the noble spirit.

If Pusser's Gunpowder Proof is as true to its historical roots as they say, then I imagine those old British sailors were living pretty good... and dangerously.

The Goldeneye Cocktail is two parts rum, four parts pineapple juice, and a little lime are all it takes to fashion this beauty. Shake with ice and serve.

As elsewhere in the West Indies, rum plays a prominent role in the history of The Bahamas. Mostly, though, that role hasn't been all that distinguished.

The Miami Rum Renaissance Festival is maturing nicely, much like a great rum evolves and assumes the distinctive character of the barrel in which she's aged.

Proudly made in Brooklyn using genuine New York City tap water, Owney's is among the rare, yet growing number of white rums actually suitable for sipping.

The Plantation Rumba Daiquiri proves that the best rums make the best rum cocktails, which is why you'll always want to have some Plantation Rum on-hand.

I've yet to visit Belize, a hole in my Caribbean travel game that her rums have done precious little to entice me to fill... until now, thanks to Tiburón Rum.