Rum Books

101 Rums to Try Before You Die

Ian Buxton, the UK's No.1 bestselling author on spirits, takes us on a tour of the different colours, flavours, creation methods and characteristics, and makes his pick of the best rums in the world.

And a Bottle of Rum, Revised and Updated: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails

And a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of this most American of liquors.

A Rum Tale: Spirit of the New World

A Rum Tale: Spirit of the New World is a look at the history of one of the Caribbean’s most famous and favourite drinks.

Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause

In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba's tumultuous experience over the last 150 years to produce a deeply entertaining historical narrative.

Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History

Caribbean Rum presents the fascinating cultural, economic, and ethnographic history of rum in the Caribbean from the colonial period to the present.

Cuba: The Legend of Rum

Who really invented the Daiquiri and the Mojito, the world's most beloved rum drinks? Is it true that Christopher Columbus brought the first sugar cane seedlings to Cuba? What makes authentic Cuban rum different from all others? Spirits and drinks historians Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown explore the birth of Cuban rum and the inseparable relationship it has with the Cuban people and their culture together with rum historian Dave Broom and mixologist Nick Strangeway.

Enjoying Rum: A Tasting Guide and Journal

From classic to new-generation rums hailing from countries around the world, this book gives you the information you need to enjoy rum with knowledge.

Modern Caribbean Rum

The ultimate encyclopedia of Caribbean Rum. Twenty countries and 75 distillery deep dives.

Polynesiacs - Tiki at Home

Join author and photographer TIKI TOM-TOM on an immersive road trip as he crosses the continental United States to visit 75 home Tiki bars, sharing tales of the slightly obsessed and always fun Polynesiacs who have been inspired to create their own tropical escapes.

Puerto Rico Rum-Clopedia | A brief history of Puerto Rico's Rum Industry

The book showcases a brief history of Puerto Rico's Rum Industry. As a reader, you will enjoy great information and images all the way from the 1500s until the 2020s.

Rum: A Distilled History of Colonial Australia

Australia and its formation - through the distorted view of a rum bottle. Could the Rum Rebellion have been averted if Major Johnston wasn't hungover? Would the Eureka Stockade have been different if the rebels weren't pissed? How were prisoners to get drunk if Macquarie closed the only pub in the goal? And why should sailors under fourteen be deprived of their sixteen shots of rum per day? These are just some of the questions raised in Matt Murphy's account of Australia's colonial history.

Rum: A Global History

This book chronicles the evolution of rum, from a raw spirit concocted for slaves five hundred years ago, to a beverage savoured by connoisseurs.

Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776

Ian Williams describes in captivating detail how Rum and the molasses that it was made from was to the 18th century what oil is today.

Rum A Tasting Course

Ian Burrell, a passionate advocate for all things rum, reveals the spirit’s long and complex history, the production, distillation, and ageing process, and the myriad flavours of this delicious drink available today.

Rum by Dave Broom

Dave Broom is well known for his writing on all matters relating to whisky, however he has also written this gem on rum.

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

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.

Rum Distilling Essentials: Essential facts, supplies, equipment, and procedures for making top-shelf rum

Rum Histories: Drinking in Atlantic Literature and Culture

This outstanding and engaging study uses the lens of rum to untangle the legacies of Caribbean colonialism and to challenge discourse that has demonized and eroticized the Caribbean region.

Rum Rebels: A Fearless Women's Guide to Working in the Spirits Industry

Behind Every Great Rum Is a Powerful Woman Once known as a sailor's drink, rum has matured into a refined spirit. In some Caribbean countries, rum is offered as a libation to the gods. In others, it is aged and savored on the rocks. But in the most magical places, rum is distilled by women. Inside Rum Rebels, you'll find personal anecdotes from master blenders, fabulous recipes for artisan rum cocktails, and the inside scoop on how rum is made from the women behind Appleton, Zacapa, Cachaça, Brugal, and more.

Rum, Rhum, Ron

A guide to a wide range of different rums from Pascal Kahlin, including information about the most important places of production around the world.

Rum Runners and Moonshiners of Old Florida

Travel back to one of the most colorful and captivating periods of Florida history, a time when the rebellious spirit of Old Florida challenged the federal government. When Prohibition ended legal production of spirits and ordinary citizens turned to a life of crime.

Rum: The Complete Guide

This guide provides an overview of more than 300 different types of rum and then categorises them using an innovative taste model.

Rum: The Epic Story Of The Drink That Conquered The World

Fascinating, erudite and entertaining, this definitive account takes readers on a journey to rum's origins, from 1492 when Columbus brought sugar cane to the Americas and began a vast colonial enterprise that circled the globe, to mid-Seventeenth century Barbados, where a liquor made from distilled sugar cane was called "Rumbullion", to the important role it played in the history of the slave trade in the 1500s, to how it helped sustain the British empire for 300 years.

Rum the Manual by Dave Broom

The Spirits Business Magazine book recommendation: "The new book from renowned spirits writer Dave Broom is the third member of his ‘Manual’ series; Broom has previously looked at whisky and gin, and now it’s rum’s turn. The idea with the series is to give the reader, whether they are consumer or bartender, aficionado or newcomer, an idea of how the spirit has been drunk over the years, where its flavours come from, and how 110 rums taste on their own and mixed. He provides a description and graded tasting notes for each brand, plus a selection of classic and contemporary cocktails to show just how versatile the spirit is."

Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki

Make yourself a Mai Tai, put your favorite exotica record on the hi-fi, and prepare to lose yourself in the fantastical world of tiki, one of the most alluring and often misunderstood movements in American cultural history.

The Art Of Jamaican Rum

This book provides the true experience of how rum is consumed in Jamaica.

The Curious Bartender's Rum Revolution

Explore rum’s remarkable history from its humble origins to its status as life-blood of the Royal Navy and its love affair with Cuba.

The Distiller's Guide to Rum

This book is inspired by the recent popularity of rum among cocktail circles, and by the advent of so many new rum craft distilleries in North America. Included is: the story of rum and how it is made, the ingredients, equipment, and processes used to make rum; the lubricious effects of barrel aging, and the various ways that it is done.

The Rum Experience: The Complete Rum Reference Guide

From New Zealand to Barbados, Venezuela to Puerto Rico, Ayala has sampled the rums of the world to compile a definitive history of rum as well as the most comprehensive tasting portfolio available to rum connoisseurs.