Leading up to Mai Tai Day (August 30), we are sharing five Mai Tai myths. The original Mai Tai was made with a 17 year Jamaican rum from J. Wray & Nephew. This odd-aged release perhaps had something to do with barrels of rum sitting in warehouses during Prohibition and was available alongside Wray’s 15 … Continue reading Mai Tai Myth: The Mai Tai Created a Worldwide Rum Shortage