Old New Orleans Rum’s Trip to Sugar Cane Country

Though our molasses supplier has given us nothing to complain about, ONOR distillers and production staff are always searching for another improvement in our process or another improvement in our inputs. We like to experiment, and we strive for perfection in quality and efficiency. In each one of our fermentations, we dilute our molasses in order to achieve …

The Crescent City’s Second-Most Intoxicating Gift to Mankind – Saveur

If there’s one metropolis in America that understands drinking, it’s New Orleans, birthplace of the sazerac and the ramos gin fizz, home of the walk-up side walk cocktail stand and the go-cup — and now the site of the only premium rum distillery on the U.S. mainland.  The brainchild of local artist James Michalopoulos, Celebration …

Local Spirits – VISITOR Magazine

By Will Costiello Standing next to a gleaming 200 gallon still, between blue oil-drums full of molasses and a couple hundred oak barrels of aging rum, Mark Stewart and Jonathan Kline stand with an acquired patience. On a day when they’re not doing any distilling, they’re watching rum age.  At least until a shipment of …

Culinary Concierge

Berry Happy Holidays – Times Picayune

Recipes from Tales: At Tales of the Toddy last week, a Hotel Monteleone ballroom was jammed with people who enjoyed tastes of many fun holiday cocktails and desserts, as well as shopping, networking and cocktail talk.  Organizer Ann Rogers had all the participants make their recipes available, so I wasn’t the only one to leave …