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      <image:caption>A classic Cuba Libre rum and cola in a tall highball glass over clear ice with a fresh lime wedge, beside white and aged rum bottles and fresh limes on a dark wood bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A National Rum Day lineup of diverse rum bottles from white to dark and aged on a dark wood bar with a glass of amber rum over ice and a tropical cocktail</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A classic Mai Tai tiki cocktail over crushed ice with a mint sprig and lime shell, beside premium aged rum bottles and a fresh lime on a dark wood bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A New Orleans Hurricane cocktail glowing red-orange in a tall curved hurricane glass with an orange wheel and cherry, beside light-to-dark rum bottles on a dark wood bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A classic Painkiller tiki cocktail dusted with grated nutmeg and garnished with pineapple and orange, beside dark navy rum bottles on a dark wood bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A classic El Presidente cocktail in a chilled coupe glass with an orange peel twist, beside white and gold Cuban-style rum bottles and dry vermouth on a dark-wood bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A tall Planter&apos;s Punch cocktail over crushed ice with orange, cherry and grated nutmeg, beside dark and aged Jamaican rum bottles on a dark-wood bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A rum old fashioned with aged rum over a large clear ice cube, an orange twist and a cherry, beside aged rum bottles and aromatic bitters on a dark-wood bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bold overproof and 151 dark rum bottles beside a tall tropical cocktail and aromatic bitters on a dark-wood bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A frozen Bushwacker cocktail topped with whipped cream and a cherry beside dark and aged rum bottles on a dark-wood Gulf Coast bar</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Grassy rhum agricole bottles with fresh sugarcane beside richer molasses rum bottles and a dish of molasses on a dark-wood surface</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Four rum bottles and three simple rum cocktails on a dark walnut bar top in warm amber light</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A row of spiced rum bottles with vanilla pods, cinnamon sticks, cloves and nutmeg on a dark-wood surface in warm amber light</image:caption>
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