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Buying a bottle of rum can be a tricky affair. Regardless of whether you’re a discerning drinker or if you’re looking to add a little pep to your Coke, you’ll be presented with a multitude of options.
The humblest packy and the most cavernous retail giant will both have rums, rons, and rhums from the Caribbean, South America, India, Ipswich, etcetera, etcetera.
So, what’s a tippler to do? Sure, you could spend hours on one of the many message boards devoted to the discussion of each rum’s merits. Or you could haunt cocktail bars and liquor stores, sampling the vast array of options until you’re properly groggy.
Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, and with it, a chance to break out your grill for the season. To help get things started, some local restaurants have put together their own Memorial Day Weekend kits. Four different grill kits are available at Sweet Cheeks Q in the Fenway, featuring dishes like pulled pork, potato salad, buttermilk biscuits, beer can chicken, Texas-style hot links, and more. The Smoke Shop BBQ is offering a weekend barbecue box, stuffed with smoked chicken, pulled pork, cornbread, coleslaw, butter cake, and other barbecue delights, while Myers + Chang is selling a picnic box full of chicken wings, edamame dip, spicy green papaya slaw, pork spare ribs, Chinese mustard potato salad, and Oreo cookies. Kits will sell out, so be sure to order as soon as possible.