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Rum Is Fine any time of year, especially for young drinkers, who are shifting away from the whiskies favored by their parents to rum, vodka, beer and (...)
Rum Is Fine any time of year, especially for young drinkers, who are shifting away from the whiskies favored by their parents to rum, vodka, beer and (...)

Rum Is Fine any time of year, especially for young drinkers, who are shifting away from the whiskies favored by their parents to rum, vodka, beer and (...)

Date7/11/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rum Is Fine any time of year; especially for young drinkers; who are shifting away from the whiskies favored by their parents to rum; vodka; beer and wine. Here John Paglia operates a bottling line at Toronto waterfront plant of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario; which bottles several kinds of liquors under its own labels.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009216F
Countdown Begins: Warehouses like the one above will stock a much wider variety of beers when American and other foreign suds become freely available to Canadian beer drinkers in three years
Countdown Begins: Warehouses like the one above will stock a much wider variety of beers when American and other foreign suds become freely available to Canadian beer drinkers in three years
1/10/1984
Devoted drinkers? Canada's big three breweries, locked in a tough battle for market share, hope that demand, not strikes, will lead to lineups
Devoted drinkers? Canada's big three breweries, locked in a tough battle for market share, hope that demand, not strikes, will lead to lineups
10/8/1983
25-ounce bottles of rum being produced at the Bacardi Rum plant. Brampton, Ontario
25-ounce bottles of rum being produced at the Bacardi Rum plant. Brampton, Ontario
9/12/1983
Otto Rieder: Owner of Canada's smallest distillery, at Grimsby, he has specialized in kirsch and fruit brandies, but also produces regular brandies, whisky and vodka
Otto Rieder: Owner of Canada's smallest distillery, at Grimsby, he has specialized in kirsch and fruit brandies, but also produces regular brandies, whisky and vodka
9/21/1981
Family blend: Leon Bacardi, left, as the master blender, is one of only 20 people or so around the world who know the exact recipe used for Bacardi rum.
Family blend: Leon Bacardi, left, as the master blender, is one of only 20 people or so around the world who know the exact recipe used for Bacardi rum.
8/25/1987
Canadian Hunter, a rye whisky, will enter U
Canadian Hunter, a rye whisky, will enter U
2/21/1969
Across the street from track, a popular watering place offers this sad announcement to suds drinkers
Across the street from track, a popular watering place offers this sad announcement to suds drinkers
7/4/1988
Worker at the Bacardi Rum plant looking over stacked barrels. Brampton, Ontario
Worker at the Bacardi Rum plant looking over stacked barrels. Brampton, Ontario
9/12/1983
Keep it simple: Chef Kyle Mohr of the Elmwood Dining Room offers cuisine fraiche, such as chicken breast stuffed with spinach, dried tomatoes, topped with kiwi-rum sauce
Keep it simple: Chef Kyle Mohr of the Elmwood Dining Room offers cuisine fraiche, such as chicken breast stuffed with spinach, dried tomatoes, topped with kiwi-rum sauce
12/20/1985
Daniel Tate prepares a light rum drink, one of the new favorites, at the Inn on the Park
Daniel Tate prepares a light rum drink, one of the new favorites, at the Inn on the Park
5/3/1978
Newspaperman-artist Roy Greenaway shown working on an outdoor scene, started painting while covering a rum-running story
Newspaperman-artist Roy Greenaway shown working on an outdoor scene, started painting while covering a rum-running story
11/23/1946
Tom shows kneebone. Hockey non-great Tom Kneebone hams it up at the Royal York Hotel at a lunchtime fashion show to promote the Toronto Symphony's rum(...)
Tom shows kneebone. Hockey non-great Tom Kneebone hams it up at the Royal York Hotel at a lunchtime fashion show to promote the Toronto Symphony's rum(...)
4/26/1977