A Historical Take on Rum
I swear I’m going to start doing book reviews one day. In fact, I already have several picked out that I hate. (It’s just so much more fun to rip things apart than praise them.) Until then though, I’ll just have to rely on other people’s book reviews.
This book called “Rum: a Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776″ by Ian Williams looks like a decent title by what seems to be a rum snob. Williams takes a whirlwind tour of the history of rum, starting from its beginnings as a humble drink to what fueled the slave trade, American Revolution, and British navy. It’s a history book for the fine rum-sipping crowd, and he even rips into Bacardi, blaming them for the dismal state of rum being dumped into Coke rather than being drunk straight.
The book doesn’t seem to be boring even for those who aren’t rum afficianados, and “the author’s dry and occasionally acerbic wit often soaks through”.
It looks like an interesting read, and once I have a moment, I’m ordering a copy to peruse. First, I have to put down my whisky, though!
