Lauded rum maker resurrecting Kauai sugar cane

By Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 28, 2012

~~<p>For centuries, rum has been associated with tales of adventure, romance and intrigue. The rum-loving pirate Blackbeard terrorized ships around the West Indies and eastern coast of the American colonies between 1716 and 1718. Fearsome and fearless, he sprinkled gunpowder into a flask of rum, ignited the drink and guzzled it while it popped and burned.</p>
<p>Before Paul Revere galloped on his famous midnight ride during the American Revolution, he stopped at the home of Isaac Hall, owner of a rum distillery. There, Revere fortified himself with several cups of Hall's rum, which was reportedly so strong it "would have made a rabbit bite a bulldog."</p>
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<h4>KOLOA RUM</h4>
<strong>» Address:</strong> Kilohana Plantation, 3-2087 Kaumualii Highway, Lihue, Kauai
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For centuries, rum has been associated with tales of adventure, romance and intrigue. The rum-loving pirate Blackbeard terrorized ships around the West Indies and eastern coast of the American colonies between 1716 and 1718. Fearsome and fearless, he sprinkled gunpowder into a flask of rum, ignited the drink and guzzled it while it popped and burned.

Before Paul Revere galloped on his famous midnight ride during the American Revolution, he stopped at the home of Isaac Hall, owner of a rum distillery. There, Revere fortified himself with several cups of Hall's rum, which was reportedly so strong it "would have made a rabbit bite a bulldog." KOLOA RUM » Address: Kilohana Plantation, 3-2087 Kaumualii Highway, Lihue, Kauai Login for more...