A New Rum From Barbados Revives a Nearly Forgotten Tradition

Hogo Monsta raises a fair question the moment you open the bottle: is this really rum? Distilled in Barbados by Planteray and ...
Washingtonian

Tiki Bar Hogo Returns With Hawaiian Diner Food and Cocktails in Pineapples

Few things are better than a cocktail sipped out of a pineapple. So thank goodness Hogo is back. Now the Brown brothers—minus their other famous DC bartender brother Derek Brown—have brought back the ...
Eater

Tiki Bar Hogo Returns With Flaming Drinks, Totem Poles Galore

Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. Hogo, the tropically themed retreat that rum drinkers flocked to before it shuttered in 2014, is ...
The Washington Post

Funky rum that packs a punch

If you taste enough wines and spirits, you’ll eventually experience certain coveted flavors and aromas that, at first blush, would seem funky and undesirable. Think about these wine descriptors: ...
Washington City Paper

Hogo Begins Serving Jewish Deli Fare Tonight

Goodbye Hawaiian diner, hello Jewish deli. Hogo‘s new guest chef, Renee Peres, begins serving white fish and brisket sandwiches at the rum bar tonight. Peres works in real estate but has hosted a ...
AOL

A New Rum From Barbados Revives a Nearly Forgotten Tradition

Planteray Rum’s new Hogo Monsta revives the 18th-century tradition of high-ester “heavy rums,” once made for blending rather than sipping. Distilled in Barbados at the Stade’s West Indies Rum ...