All aboard for the Belgium Rhum Festival

Rhum is often overlooked as a “fine” spirit, eclipsed by the giant that is whisky. While nothing will ever top my favourite single malt, I have always been pleasantly surprised when trying rhum, which I used to think was limited to cuba libre and mojitos.  Diplomático rhum and orange zest (and nothing else!) is the way to go in my opinion, and in a spring night it will bring the Caribbean sun to you. I have celebrated beer since I live in Brussels, simply because it is fun to try when you have the choice, and Belgian beers are wonderful. But I have not had the chance to do this with either whisky or rhum. So I was quite happy when I saw a poster for the  Belgian Rhum Festival.

This 25^th and 26^th of March the Belgian Rhum Festival will be held in Mons (just 1h20 min away from Brussels by train). It will be held at the Frameries on the PASS site, a science museum in a rehabilitated mine that had closed in the 1960. With over 50 different rhums, including the excellent Diplomático and Matusalén, you will be spoiled for choice.