Add the garlic, sage, and rosemary and stir until the garlic just starts to brown, 2 to 3 minutes.

Their coconut rum packs big coconut flavor with a touch of sweetness.Since it's 40% abv you can use it as a base for decently strong drinks.

Malibu could never.. Transcontinental Rum Australia ($60).Australia might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of rum, but that's only because you aren't from there.This rum is produced at Beenleigh, the country's oldest distillery, founded in 1884.

The exuberant, tropical nose from the pot-stilled Australian molasses is tamed on the palate, no doubt from the final two years spent finishing in Cognac casks in France.Produced under the Transcontinental Rum label—the brand of famous Parisian spirits purveyor, La Maison du Whisky—look out for their more limited single barrel offerings from Fiji and Trinidad, which are absolutely delicious if you can find them.

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