Matt Pietrek
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Matt Pietrek
@rumwonk.bsky.social
Writer, publisher, rum historian, educator and consultant. Author of Modern Caribbean Rum, and the Rum Wonk Substack. AKA Cocktail Wonk.
The joy of this is that some seemingly simple questions are rewarded by 50x the amount of expected learning.

Pull a thread, land a whale.
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I really wish that (for a reasonable, non-corporate pricing subscription fee) you could upload your docs to a spot on Google (or similar) and then access them like Google Books.
October 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I hear that. For now I have my own private repository, but thinking about some way to “open source” it at some point. I’d imagine that some entity like Archive.org has could do something like this.
October 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Concur. And not just scan, but OCR and place into a full-text indexed repository.
October 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thanks!!!
September 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Love that rum name!

As for the the “Royal Hawaiian”, fair point! Thanks to Jeff’s TT app, many folks know the “Mai Tai (Royal Hawaiian)” - which has pineapple and OJ. Thus, I used it as generic placeholder for the later, fruitier Mai Tai variations.
August 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You’re welcome! I actually something cooked up that addresses many of the issues addressed here consistently and across all rums. Not ready to reveal it yet, but as a fellow data designer, I think you’ll like it.
August 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1.5 oz pineapple is the new 4 oz.
I'm still sticking to Jamaica rum though. 😎
July 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM