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" Connor O&amp;#039;Brien, 35Bar ManagerRumba Seattle, Washington Your bar, Rumba, specializes in rum. Why rum? Like every other bartender, I started out with American whiskey. But over the past several years, I&amp;#039;ve grown increasingly interested in rum. Once I started learning more and more about rum, I realized that I may be one of a dozen or so bartenders in this town that know a lot about American whiskey or scotch or whatever, but I could be the guy that knew the most about rum. How many different kinds of rum do you have? Over 300. Wow. Do you have a favorite? I have a few favorites that I always come back to. El Dorado 15 from Guyana is one of them. The Plantation 1998 Guadeloupe is one of them. Anything from the Barbancourt line from Haiti. Those are all very tropical sounding. Is Seattle known for its rum? It definitely hasn&amp;#039;t been up until now. There&amp;#039;s been a couple of bastardized Tiki bars but nothing that&amp;#039;s really trying to elevate the presentation of rum in particular. But it seems like we get a good reception. People like coming here and feeling like they&amp;#039;re escaping to the tropics. What&amp;#039;s a cocktail that everyone should know how to make? The Daiquiri, of course. It&amp;#039;s dry, it&amp;#039;s refreshing, it&amp;#039;s bright. It&amp;#039;s just happy making. It mellows and soothes and brightens all at the same time. Another one that&amp;#039;s a super delicious drink, that I think a lot of people outside of rum don&amp;#039;t really know, is called the Queen&amp;#039;s Park Swizzle. I&amp;#039;ve never had that. It&amp;#039;s a total under-the-radar classic. It&amp;#039;s kind of like a mojito with chest hair. Are there any drinks that you don&amp;#039;t like to make? No, no, not at all. It&amp;#039;s not like that. I don&amp;#039;t view my job as to be a tastemaker. It&amp;#039;s cool when I can be, and I&amp;#039;ve been able to do that. I&amp;#039;m proud that I&amp;#039;m very good at making drinks. But my job is also basically to facilitate people laughing and possibly, possibly having sex. And if a vodka soda is the route via which you want to go, then I&amp;#039;m happy to oblige you. For the next morning, can you recommend a hangover cure? Yes. Lots and lots of water. And running. Running? That sounds tough. Yep. The hangover is not good at all for the running, but the running is miraculous for the hangover. What do bartenders know about drinking that the rest of us don&amp;#039;t? I&amp;#039;ve learned over the years that if it weren&amp;#039;t for life, work, responsibilities \u2014 having to pay bills and watch the kids and go clothes shopping and go grocery shopping and drive from Point A to Point B \u2014 pretty much everyone would just opt to be drunk all the time. I think they basically go to the bartender looking for a facilitator. MORE RUM: All the Rum You Can Drink, Everything You Need to Know About Rum, The Best Rum Summer Cocktails, Wondrich on Rum Cocktails "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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