Modern Caribbean rum: A Contemporary Reference to the Region's Essential Spirit

by Matt Pietrek, Carrie Smith

Unrivaled in scope, Modern Caribbean Rum's 850 pages and 900+ images dive deep into all aspects of today's Caribbean rum.

Winner of the 2023 Spirited Award for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits.

Part One: An overview of rum, its history, rum classifications, and misconceptions about the spirit.

Part Two: An intensive dive into rum making, including chapters on source materials, fermentation, distillation, aging, blending, and flavor science.

Part Three: The business of rum, including detailed knowledge on bulk and sourced rum, geographical indications and regulations, tariffs, trade organizations, brands, and much more.

Part Four: More than 500 pages itself, providing in-depth profiles of over 70 distilleries in twenty of the Caribbean’s rum-making regions.

Genres: Food and Drink, Cocktails

850 pages, Hardcover

Published October 31, 2022

Reviews

[Bobby Johnston · Rating 5 out of 5]

I look forward to the day Matt teaches a college course about Caribbean rum; he has already written the textbook for it. This just is the world leading, coherently structured information source for all things rum, from the ground up. I don't have enough good things to say about it. The pricepoint should be contextualized relative to other field-fundamental textbooks, which generally cost multiple times more than this piece. Besides all of the information content, it is simply enjoyable to look at the high-quality pictures.

[Jim Goode · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trying to navigate the rum world is difficult. This book, however, makes learning about Caribbean rum easy. It has just about all the information you could want and is written in a clear, succinct manner that makes a lot of information easy to digest. I always learn something new when I open this book!

[Greg Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the definitive book on the rum spirit and should serve as the go-to reference for all sugar cane spirit enthusiasts. The amount of detail written in an easily accessible format is astounding.

[Arnold Shaner]

Wonderfully detailed text about most of the rums I use.

[Pepijn Van Der Lans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most completed rum-related book ever written. Without a doubt!

[Jeanie Chapman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books is as beautiful, as it is informative.
I’m buying copies for gifts … yes, it is that worthy.