We were suddenly surrounded by hundreds of Dutch tourists ... the 1970s and ‘80s. More drinks came to our table. Time began to blur. There were whispers of green rum. Green rum?

The fates, seeing a life in which I'd never been adorned in anything Ed Hardy, Von Dutch or (grimacing ... Sailor Jerry. My rum experience is mostly limited to mixed drinks.

The distilling of rum goes back more than 350 years to when Dutch explorers first brought ... you can try such splendidly named cocktails as Pigeon Punch, Lazy Fruit Daiquiri and Gold Fashioned.