Holland America Line, which launched its 2024-2025 Caribbean season on Oct. 20, introduced that the seven ships exploring the area have a bunch of recent destination-centric culinary, beverage and shore tour experiences. The cruise line additionally launched its unique Rum Ambassador programming on all Caribbean sailings, developed in collaboration with beverage consultants and historians David Wondrich and Jeff “Beachbum” Berry.
Company can immerse themselves within the wealthy historical past and flavors of rum by way of tastings and seminars led by an onboard Rum Ambassador, making for a novel, interactive expertise for the Caribbean season, the corporate says. A brand new menu of 5 Caribbean cocktails created by Wondrich function the flavors of the area, whereas a pirate-inspired rum punch that debuted final season will make a return to the bars and lounges. The brand new drinks are:
- Inexperienced Swizzle: Alternative of Planteray 3 Star rum or Fords gin, velvet falernum, lime juice, absinthe, soda and Angostura, swizzled.
- El Presidente: Planteray 3 Star rum, vermouth blanc, dashes of orange Curaçao, grenadine.
- Myrtle Financial institution Particular Punch: Planteray 3 Star rum and Smith and Cross rum, pot-still Jamaican rums plus lime, sugar and a splash of Italian cherry brandy.
- Large Youth: Planteray Xaymaca rum and Smith and Cross rum, sweetened condensed milk, coconut water, bitters and nutmeg.
- seventeenth Century Caribbean Pirate Punch: Two sorts of wealthy, pot-stilled Jamaican rum, a splash of orange Curaçao, three sorts of citrus juice and sprinkling of fresh-grated nutmeg.
On every ship within the Caribbean, certainly one of Holland America Line’s bartenders will practice to grow to be a Rum Ambassador. This function will contain main rum tastings for friends.
Regionally themed menus within the Eating Room and Lido Market add to the culinary journey on each Caribbean cruise. Company can get pleasure from a Caribbean themed brunch, bask in native rum tastings and have fun with the normal, pirate-inspired rum punch.
