LCBO Food & Drink Travel 2026

KINDRED SPIRITS

South and Central

American Rum While a whole swath of the globe can’t be neatly encapsulated, many favourite rums from this region are barrel-aged and lightly sweetened before bottling. Though hot-climate barrel-maturation times are typically shorter than for spirits like whisky aged in cooler temperature places, these rums often mature for a decade or longer. They develop complex flavours that can balance well with bold cocktail flavours, such as bitter coffee and tonic.

BLOOD ORANGE SPRITZ, P. 98 These rich, flavourful rums take on food-friendly, bittersweet complexity in this coffee-tinged, citrusy spritz.

DESSERT PAIRING Our Key Lime Pie is a sweet end to any meal and makes a bright, tangy and not-too-sweet pairing with this spritz and these decadent rums.

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El Dorado 8 Year Old Cask Aged Demerara Rum (LCBO 366666, $39.95) from Guyana sips like buttery fruitcake. It comes from a distillery housing some of the world’s oldest stills.

The molasses used in Flor de Caña Eco 15 Rum (LCBO 20191, $59.95) is made from sugar cane grown in volcanic soils in Nicaragua. This spicy, chocolately bottling is certified carbon-neutral.

Sugar cane syrup and barrel- aging at high Guatemalan altitude give Ron Zacapa Solera Gran Reserva (LCBO 273516, $89.95) a delicate honey-nut character. It’s a blend of rums from 6 to 23 years old.