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The festival was founded by Global Rum Ambassador Ian Burrell in 2007, who was keen to promote rum as a drink. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Burrell had worked in the drinks trade as a bartender since 1990. In 1998, he had started working with the Jamaican rum distiller, blender and bottler J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. [ 5 ] The company initially employed Burrell on ...
“We found deals on everything, and we're able to do (a) six-dollar lunch with a can of soda even,” he said. The $6 lunch menu is available from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The rum ration, or "tot", from 1866 to 1970 consisted of one-eighth of an imperial pint (71 ml) of rum at 95.5 proof (54.6% ABV), given out at midday. [1] Senior ratings (petty officers and above) received their rum neat, whilst for junior ratings it was diluted with two parts of water to make three-eighths of an imperial pint (213 ml) of grog. [2]
The Rum Story is a visitor attraction and museum in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England. [1] It presents the story of the rum trade and the creation of rum. It is located in an original 1785 trading shop and warehouses. The Rum Story was started with United Kingdom National Lottery funding from the Millennium Commission and opened in May 2000. [2]
President Donald Trump has offered buyouts to all federal workers in a push to drastically reduce the size of the federal workforce. All federal employees have been offered eight months of pay and ...
John Hampden, c. 1690 Arms of Hampden: Argent, a saltire gules between four eagles displayed azure. John Hampden (21 March 1653 – 12 December 1696), the second son of Richard Hampden, and grandson of ship money tax protester John Hampden, returned to England after residing for about two years in France, and joined himself to William Russell and Algernon Sidney and the party opposed to the ...
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A rum row was a Prohibition-era term (1920–1933) referring to a line of ships loaded with liquor anchored beyond the maritime limit of the United States. These ships taunted the Eighteenth Amendment ’s prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages . [ 1 ]