Matt Pietrek

@rumwonk.bsky.social

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Writer, publisher, rum historian, educator and consultant. Author of Modern Caribbean Rum, and the Rum Wonk Substack. AKA Cocktail Wonk.

A bottle of “MSR” Jamaican rum
Elon Musk and his team have taken a hacksaw to the federal bureaucracy one agency at a time, and the question has become whether he’s on a crusade that will leave the government paralyzed or deliver a shake-up it has needed for years.
An infographic about the use of dunder, muck, and acid in Jamaica rum.
A 1933 advertisement for Rhum Saint-James
Rhum Saint James Advertisement from 1927