"Got Rum?" April 2023

Got Rum? A P R I L 2023

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Contents

APRIL 2023 5 From The Editor 6-9 T h e A n g e l’ s S h a r e - R u m R e v i e w s 10-13 C OO K ING WI T H RUM 14-19 T HE IM B I B ER ’ S A LM A N A C 20-23 MUSE O F MI X OLOG Y 24-25 T HE RUM UNIVERSI T Y ® LI B R A R Y 28-31 T h e RUM HIS T ORI A N 32-39 UN T IL T HE B I T T ER END 40-43 RUM IN T HE NEWS 48-57 H AWA II A N RUM T R AVELS PA R T II 60-63 C IG A R a n d RUM PA IRING

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F RON T C OVER : A C row ned B arrel INSIDE S P RE A D : The Spi ri t of Versati lit y

F ROM T HE EDI T OR

Inventions and Sugarcane Mills It took a lot of imagination and tinkering b y t h e o r i gi n a l d e si g n e r s a n d b u i l d e r s to c om e u p w i t h a l l t h e e l e m e n t s a n d p r oc e s s e s of t h e f i r s t s u g a r ca n e m i l l .

F r om c r us h e r s a n d p r e ss e s t o b o i l e r s a n d ev a p o r a t o r s , t h e m o d e r n m i l l s a r e g iant as s em b l y l i n e s c o m p r i se d o f m u l t i d is c i p l i n a r y a p p a r a t u se s t h a t a p p e a r t o w o r k t oget her se a m l e s s l y.

I n S p a n i s h - s p e a k i n g co u n t r i e s , t h e y a r e k now n as I n g e n i o s A z u c a r e r o s , a t r i b u t e to t h e i ngenu i t y o f t h e i r i n i t i a l d e s i g n e r s (a n d o f t e n o f t h e i r o p e r a t o r s a s w e l l ) .

We c o v er ed t h e e v o l u t i o n o f t h e m i l l s i n l a s t y e a r ’s se r i e s “ T h e S u g a r M i l l : O r i gi ns and E v o l u t i o n ” a n d I h a v e a l s o s har ed new s w i t h o u r r e a d e r s a b o u t t h e a lar m i ng pac e a t w h i c h s u g a r ca n e m i l l s a r ound t he w o r l d a r e s h u t t i n g d o w n .

A t a r e c ent M o o n sh i n e U n i ve r si t y c l a s s , I ment i o n e d t h e c l o si n g o f t h e m i l l s t o s om e o f t h e s t u d e n t s , a n d t h e y a s k e d what I thought had to happen in order to s l o w d o w n o r t o s t o p t h e a t t r i t i o n ra t e . M y a n sw e r w a s s i m p l e : w e n e e d p e opl e t o a p p r o a ch t h e s u b j e ct w i t h a n o p en, c l ear m i n d , s o t h a t w e m a y t r u l y i nnov a t e . I n t h i s m o n t h ’s H a w a i i a n Ru m Tr a v e l s P a r t 2 , M i ke K u n e t k a s h a r e s h i s v i s i t t o K ō H a n a D i st i l l e r s a n d s o m e o f the i nnov a t i v e t h i n g s t h a t t h e y a r e d o i n g , s uc h a s , c r u sh i n g t h e ca n e o n t h e f i e l d (ra t h e r t h a n a t t h e m i l l ) a n d p i t ch i n g t h e y eas t i m medi a t e l y a f t e r cr u sh i n g . T h e s e a r e ex a mpl e s o f c r e a t i v e / i n n o va t i ve a p pr oac h e s , a n d t h e su g a r ca n e w o r l d n e eds t o h a v e m o r e o f t h e m .

Steve Jobs famously said that “no one w a n t s t o di e . E v e n p e o p l e w h o w a n t t o

go to heaven don’t want to die to get t h e r e . A n d y e t d e a t h i s t h e d e s t i n a t i on w e a l l s h a r e . No o n e h a s e v e r e s c a pe d i t . A n d t h a t i s a s i t s h o u l d b e , b e c a us e Death is very likely the single best i n v e n t i o n o f L i f e . I t i s L i f e ’s c h a n g e a g e n t . I t c l e a r s o u t t h e o l d t o m a k e wa y for the new.”

H o p e f u l l y o u r g e n e r a t i o n wi l l b e a b l e to s e e n e w t e c h n o l o g i e s a n d a p p r o a c h e s in t h e s u g a r c a n e m i l l i n g i n d u s t r y, wh i c h w ill a l l o w f o r t h e s u r v i v a l o f t h e a c t i v e m ills a n d , h o p e f u l l y, t h e r e - b i r t h o f o l d o n e s .

Cheers!

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T HE A NGEL’ S SH A RE

by Paul S e nf t

Bac oo 12 Year Old Rum

M y nam e i s Paul S enf t - Rum Rev i ewer, Tast ing h o st , J udg e and Wr iter. M y ex p l o r at i o n of Rums b e gan by l ear ning to c r af t T ik i c o c k t ails fo r f r i ends. I qui c k ly l ear ne d t hat n ot all r ums are c reate d e qually and t hat t he uni quene s s of t he spir it c an b e as var i e d as t he l o c al e s t hey are f r o m. T hi s inspire d m e to t r ave l w it h my w i fe ar ound t he C ar ibb ean, C ent r al A m er i c a, and U nite d S t ate s v i sit ing di st ill er i e s and l ear ning ab out h ow eac h o ne c reate s t heir r ums. I have als o had t he p l easure of l ear ning f r o m bar tender s, b r and ambas s ado r s, and ot her ent husiast s f r o m ar ound t he wo r l d; eac h o ne p r ov i ding t heir ow n uni que p o int of v i ew, adding an ot her c hapter to t he m o der n sto r y of r um.

T he de sire to share t hi s info r mat i o n l e d m e to c reate w w w. Ru m Jo u r n ey.c o m w here I share my ex p er i enc e s and rev i ews in t he h o p e s t hat I woul d inspire ot her s in t heir ow n ex p l o r at i o ns.

It i s my w i sh in t he pag e s of “ G ot Rum? ” to b e your h o st and p r ov i de you w it h my imp re s si o ns of r ums availab l e in t he wo r l d mar ket . H o p ef ully my t ast ing n ote s w ill inspire you to t r y t he r ums and make your ow n o pini o ns. T he wo r l d i s f ull of g o o d r ums and t he j our ney i s al ways b e st ex p er i enc e d w it h ot her s.

Che er s!

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B ac o o r um i s a p r o duc t of t h e D o m ini c an Re pub li c t hat i s p r o duc e d by S ans W in e an d S p ir it s, bas e d in I r v ine, C ali fo r nia.

W hi l e t h e exac t di st i ll e r y it i s p r o duc e d at i s n ot di s c l o s e d, t h e c o mpany d o e s share t hat t h e su g arc ane us e d to m ake t h e r um i s gr ow n in t h e C e nt r al D o mini c an Re pub li c . T h e c o mpany m ake s t h e r um by p re s s in g t h e c an e an d fe r m e nt in g t h e f re sh p re s s e d jui c e. A f te r di st i llat i o n, t h e r um i s ag e d in us e d o ak bar re ls an d b l e n de d to 4 0% A BV b efo r e b e in g b ot t l e d an d b oxe d o n t h e i s lan d fo r di st r ibut i o n. T h e c o mpany c laims t hat it d o e s n ot us e any ad dit i ve s an d t hat t h e ag e st ate d i s t h e t r ue ag e of t h e sp ir it .

Appearance T h e c usto m de s i gne d 75 0 m l b ot t l e w it h g o l d an d w hite lab e l s p r ov i de s t h e basi c info r m at i o n ab o ut t h e r um. A w hite n e c k han g e r c o nne c te d to t h e b ot t l e p r ov i d e s ad dit i o nal info r m at i o n ab o ut t h e p r o duc t .

T h e wo o d c ap i s s e c ure d to t h e b ot t l e w it h a c l e ar ne c k w r ap as we ll as a s e c ur it y st r ip. T h e c ap h o l ds a sy nt h et i c cork.

T h e li qui d in t h e b ot t l e an d glas s has a dar k c o p p e r c o l o r. S w ir lin g t h e r um c re ate d a m e dium ban d t hat t hi c ke ns s li ght ly b efo re dr o p p in g a s in gl e wave of f ast m ov in g l e g s. T h e ban d c o nt inu e s to t hi c ke n an d evap o r ate s qui c k ly, l e av in g a r in g of re s i due an d b e ads in it s wake.

Nose T h e ar o m a de li ve r s n ote s of swe et vanilla w it h a balanc e of li ght nut t in e s s, b r ow n su g ar, bak in g sp i c e s, an d war m f i g j am.

Pa l a t e T h e f ir st sip of t h e r um l e ads w it h a dar k tof fe e f lavo r w it h an un d e r to n e of b it te r c o o k in g c h o c o late. T hi s bit te r n e s s t r ans it i o ns s l ow ly f r o m t h e c o o k in g c h o c o late to bak in g sp i c e s an d c har r e d o ak t annins, w hi c h to g et h e r c re ate t h e fo un dat i o n of t h e f lavo r p r of il e. A s t h e tof fe e n ote s f ad e, t h e dar k su g ar b e r r y f i g f lavo r qui c k ly fo r ms, t h e n f ad e s as t h e o ak n ote s t ake ove r w it h a li ght p e p p e r c o r n n ote t hat f inally l e ads to a l o n g, li g ht ly to aste d, ast r in g e nt f ini sh.

T h e nam e B ac o o i s bas e d o n C ar ib b e an an d G uyana fo lk l o r e t hat invo l ve s mi sc hi evo us gh o st s r e mini s c e nt of b o g ar t s an d p o lte r g e i st s fo un d in b ot t l e s. I am hap py to r e p o r t t hat w hil e t h e m ar ket in g of t h e b r an d i s m e m o r ab l e, s ip p in g it w i ll n ot l e ad yo u to fe n din g of f g h o st s. O ve r all, I fo un d t h e r um to b e a balanc e d s ip p in g sp ir it .

T h e swe et f lavo r s an d t h e e ar t hy o ak an d sp i c e n ote s c o m b in e to c r e ate a uni que ex p e r i e nc e. I par t i c ular ly like t h e dar k su g ar b e r r y f i g n ote, as it i s n ot s o m et hin g I have e nc o unte r e d of te n in r um f lavo r p r of i l e s. If yo u e nj oy r ums p r o duc e d in t h e D o m ini c an Re p ub li c , t hi s o n e i s wo r t h t ak in g s o m e t im e ex p l o r in g.

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T HE A NGEL’ S SH A RE

by Paul S e nf t

The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum T h e f ir st t im e I h e ar d of K r ake n G o l d S p i c e d Rum was w it h t h e wo r ds, “ D e e p in t h e K r ake n’s Ke e p li e s it s g r e ate st t re asure yet — g o l d.” N ew fo r 2 0 2 3 f r o m Pr ox im o S p ir it s i s K r ake n G o l d S p i c e d Rum, a li g hte r sp i c e d r um b l e n d t han t h e ot h e r p r o duc t s t h e b r an d has r e l e as e d ove r t h e ye ar s. T h e r um i s p r o duc e d in t h e D o mini c an Re p ub li c an d b l e n de d to 3 5% A BV, w hi c h o ut of t h e g ate i s a hu g e d e par tur e f r o m t h e 47% A BV c o re p r o duc t t hat i s f r o m Tr ini dad an d To bag o. T h e c o m pany i s c l e ar t hat t h e r um i s b l e n d e d w it h sp i c e s, ot h e r natur al f lavo r s, an d c ar am e l c o l o r in g.

Appearance T h e 75 0 m l b ot t l e i s t h e s am e c usto m d e si g n as t h e o r i ginal p r o duc t , w it h it s d o ub l e f in g e r r in g s an d e mb o s s e d g las s.

T h e lab e ls have a m et alli c r o s e c o p p e r bac kg r o un d w it h b lac k , c o p p e r, an d w hite d e si g ns an d l et te r in g f r o nt an d bac k .

In t h e b ot t l e an d g las s, t h e r um h o l ds a s o li d c ar am e l c o l o r. S w ir lin g t h e li qui d c re ate s a m e dium ban d t hat qui c k ly t hi c ke ns an d dr o p s a s e r i e s of f ast m ov in g l e g s. T h e last r o un d of l e g s s l ow d ow n an d c r e e p d ow n t h e s i d e of t h e g las s as t h e ban d evap o r ate s, l e av in g b e hin d a r in g of r e s i du e.

Nose T h e ar o m a st ar t s w it h a r o bust c ar am e l n ote, t hat i s fo ll owe d by n ote s of c o o ke d bananas, bak in g sp i c e s, c o la, c innam o n, an d to aste d o ak , w it h vani lla r o un din g it o ut .

Pa l a t e T h e f ir st s ip was a lit t l e sur p r i s in g, as it hit di f fe r e nt ly t han t h e ar o m a. T h ey

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have a bit m o re o ak t annin in p lay t han I ex p e c te d o r had e nc o unte re d w it h ot h e r K r ake n p r o duc t s. Vani lla an d sp i c e n ote s inte r min gl e w it h n ote s of c ar am e lize d banana, nut m e g, an d allsp i c e. A s t h e r um b e gins to f ade, a li ght mine r al an d t anni c ast r in g e nc y min gl e s w it h t h e swe et c ar am e l n ote s in a sh o r t f ini sh.

Rev i ew O ve r t h e past de c ade, I have evaluate d quite a few sp i c e d r ums, f r o m un de r p r o ofe d st al e b l e n ds, to c innam o n b o mbs, ani s e dr i ve n ni ght m are s, to we ll - c r af te d sp ir it s t hat sh owc as e t h e c re at i v it y an d sk i ll s of t h e b l e n de r s.

C o ul d t h e K r ake n defe at t h e C apt ain?

K r ake n G o l d S p i c e d Rum i s sur p r i sin g ly balanc e d, an d i f it g et s t r ac t i o n, it c o ul d c o mp ete w it h ot h e r sp i c e r ums t hat have d o minate d t h e m ar ket fo r quite s o m e t im e.

W h e n evaluat in g sp i c e d r ums, I al ways m ake a r um an d c o ke, an d t h e c o la neut r alize d any ast r in g e nc y an d r o u g h sp i c e n ote s in t h e p r of i l e, tur nin g it into an e asy to dr ink hi ghball w it h all t h e f lavo r nuanc e s t hat neve r l et yo u fo r g et it i s a K r ake n r um p r o duc t . H oweve r, t h e ve r s at ilit y of t h e sp ir it g o e s b eyo n d t hat of s o das like C o c a - C o la, an d it i s f lavo r f ul e n o u gh to ad d a sp i c y t w i st to s o m e o l d f avo r ite s like a D ai quir i, M ojito, o r w h e reve r yo ur c ur i o s it y an d c re at i v it y t ake yo u. M o de r ate ly p r i c e d an d e nte r in g t h e m ar ket n ow, i f yo u are up fo r t r y in g a new sp i c e d r um, I t hink t hi s o ne w ill s e r ve yo u we ll.

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COOKING WITH RUM Bringing the Spirit of the Cane Into the Hear t of the Kitchen!

by Chef Susan W hitley

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Mango Citrus Rum Vinaigrette Salad I n g r e d i e nt s f o r t h e S a l a d: • • • • • • •

Spring Mix 1 M a n g o, p e e l e d, p i t te d a n d c u t i nt o we d g e s 1/4 C. Re d o n i o n s , c h o p p e d 1/4 C. Re d A p p l e s , d i c e d 1/4 C. D r i e d C r a n b e r r i e s 1/4 C. C a n d i e d Pe c a n s (o r Wa l n u t s) 1/ 2 C. Fr e s h l y G r a te d Pa r m e s a n C h e e s e

I n g r e d i e nt s f o r t h e V i n a i g r et te D r e s s i n g: • • • • • • • • •

1 C. Fr e s h M a n g o, c u t i nt o o n e i n c h p i e c e s 1/ 2 L e m o n, j u i c e d 2 Ta n g e r i n e s , j u i c e d 1 O r a n g e, j u i c e d 1 T b s p. B a l s a m i c V i n e g a r 2 T b s p. D a r k R u m 1 1/ 2 T b s p. M a p l e S y r u p 1 T b s p. C o c o n u t O i l S e a S a l t , t o t a s te

I n s t r u c t i o n s f o r d r e s s i n g: 1.

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J u i c e l e m o n, t a n g e r i n e s a n d o r a n g e i nt o a s m a l l b o w l. S l i c e m a n g o i nt o o n e i n c h p i e c e s . P u t a l l i n g r e d i e nt s i n a f o o d p r o c e s s o r a n d b l e n d u nt i l s m o ot h.

In a large bowl add Spring Mix, red onions, red apples, cranberries, candied p e c a n s a n d p a r m e s a n c h e e s e. Po u r t h e d r e s s i n g ove r t h e s a l a d a n d t o s s t o g et h e r.

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Rum Grilled Peaches I n g r e d i e nt s: •

4 R i p e Pe a c h e s ( h a l ve d & p i t te d)

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3 tbsp Maple Syrup

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2 T b s p. D a r k R u m

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1/ 2 t s p. C i n n a m o n

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1/ 2 t s p. S u g a r

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Va n i l l a I c e C r e a m

D i r e c t i o n s: 1.

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P l a c e p e a c h e s , c u t s i d e d o w n, o n g r i l l.

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C l o s e g r i l l l i d a n d c o o k f o r 5 m i n u te s . I n a b o w l, m i x m a p l e sy r u p w i t h r u m . Fl i p p e a c h e s a n d b r u s h w i t h m a p l e sy r u p a n d r u m m i x t u r e. S p r i n k l e c i n n a m o n a n d s u g a r ove r p e a c h t o p s . C l o s e l i d a n d c o nt i n u e c o o k i n g f o r 1 m i n u te.

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Re m ove f r o m g r i l l. P l a c e p e a c h e s i n a b o w l w i t h va n i l l a i c e c r e a m a n d s e r ve i m m e d i a te l y.

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Almanac A mont hly gui d e fo r t hir st y exp lo re r s loo king fo r n ew rea son s to r ai se t h eir gl a s se s!

The Imbiber’s Almanac - The Rum University ®

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A PR 6 N ew B e e r ’s Eve A PR 7 N at ional B e e r Day A PR 9 N at ional G in & Tonic Day (US) A PR 17 M alb e c Wo r l d Day A PR 19 N at ional A m a ret to Day

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Almanac Featured C oc k t ail:

“ Land lo r d , t o t hy bar r oom ski p, M ake it a f oaming mug of f li p .

M ake it of ou r c ount r y ’s st aple: Rum, N ew E ngland sugar maple .

Then p ou r mo r e r um, the b ot t le st op ping,

Hot Ale Flip (For National Beer Day) Ac c o r di n g to C o r i n H i r s c h, aut h o r of F o r g o t ten D r i n ks o f C o l o n ia l N ew Eng la nd, t h e H ot A l e Fli p (o r j ust “ Fli p” ) was ve r y p o p ul a r ac r o s s t h e c o l o ni e s i n t h e 170 0 s.

I t was s e r ve d f a r a n d w i d e, f r o m hi g h s o c i et y l o c a l e s like N ew Yo r k Ci t y ’s f a m e d Fr au nc es Taver n (p at r o nize d by G e o r g e Was hi n g to n hi m s e l f ) to t h e l ow ly di ve s of B o sto n, w h e r e Fli p - f u e l e d ba r b r aw l s l e d to “ mur d e r- by - f i r e - p o ke r ” i n at l e ast o n e i nst a n c e!

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D i r e c t i o ns: 1. Ad d a ll i n g r e di e nt s to a l a r g e mu g 2. C o m b i n e i n g r e di e nt s we ll 3. O pt i o n a l: H e at a f i r e p o ke r i n c o a l s unt i l r e d - h ot . Pull i t o ut of t h e f i r e a n d p lun g e i t i nto t h e mu g. Re m ove i t w h e n t h e b ub b li n g sto p s.

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THE MUSE OF M I XO L OGY

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M y n a m e i s C r i s D e h l av i a n d I a m a n at i ve of A r i zo n a , b u t h ave l i ve d i n C o l u m b u s , O h i o s i n c e 2 0 0 2 . I j u st to o k o n a n exc i t i n g n ew r o l e a s t h e B r a n d Ed u c ato r f o r C o l u m b u s f o r D i a g e o b r a n d s. I r a n t h e b a r p r o g r a m at “ M ”, of t h e C a m e r o n M i tc h e l l Re st au r a nt g r o u p f r o m 2 0 0 2-2 0 2 0.

I a m c u r r e nt l y t h e V i c e Pr e s i d e nt of C o l u m b u s US BG a n d wa s o n e of t h e f o u n d i n g m e m b e r s of t h e c h a pte r.

I n 2 013 , I at te n d e d t h e r i g o r o u s B . A . R . 5 D ay S p i r i t s C e r t i f i c at i o n a n d h ave b e e n r e c o g n i ze d a s o n e of t h e to p m i xo l o g i st s i n t h e U. S . A . I a m o n e of t h e s e n i o r m a n a g e r s of t h e p r e st i g i o u s a p p r e nt i c e p r o g r a m at Ta l e s of t h e C o c k t a i l a n d wo r k a s a m e nto r to m a ny b a r te n d e r s a r o u n d O h i o.

M y c o nt r i b u t i o n to G ot Ru m? m a g a z i n e w i l l i n c l u d e eve r y t h i n g f r o m r ev i ew s of n at i o n a l c o c k t a i l eve nt s , a r t i c l e s o n m i xo l o g y, g a r n i s h t r e n d s , r e c i p e s a n d te c h n i q u e s , to i nte r v i ew s w i t h s o m e of t h e l e a di n g b a r te n d e r s i n t h e i n d u s t r y.

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S p r i n g i s i n t h e ai r, a n d yo u c a n f i n d a M oji to, o r a va r i at i o n of su c h, o n j ust a b o ut eve r y s p r i n g /sum m e r c o c k t ai l m e nu i n t h e US A . S t r aw b e r r y, wate r m e l o n, b lu e b e r r y, a n d p e ac h a r e s o m e of t h e m o r e c o m m o n f l avo r s p e o p l e te n d to hi g h li g ht . A s f a r as hi sto r i a ns c a n te ll, t h e o r i g i n of t h e M oji t i o date s bac k to 16 t h - c e nt ur y Cuba.

I t i s a t r adi t i o n a l Cuba n hi g hba ll a n d o n e of t h e m o st p o p ul a r dr i nks ac r o s s t h e A m e r i c as. O n e of t h e o r i g i n t h e o r i e s g o e s bac k to 15 8 6 w h e n R i c h a r d D r ake s ai l e d to H ava n a af te r hi s r ai d o n C a r t a g e n a d e I n di as a n d d e a lt w i t h a s c ur v y a n d dys e nte r y e p i d e m i c o n t h e s hi p. T h e n at i ve I n di a ns of S o ut h A m e r i c a h ad i n g r e di e nt s f o r “ m e di c i n a l r e m e di e s,” i n c lu di n g a g u a r di e nte (c r u d e hi g h - p r o of “ f i r e wate r ” ), m i nt , su g a r c a n e, a n d li m e j ui c e. O t h e r hi sto r y ex p e r t s b e li eve t h at A f r i c a n s l ave s w h o wo r ke d i n t h e su g a r c a n e f i e l ds i n Cuba m ay h ave c o n c o c te d s o m et hi n g s i m i l a r, as i t was swe et a n d ve r y r ef r e s hi n g to e nj oy i n t h e h e at of t h e sum m e r.

T h e n a m e M o j i to a l s o h as f as c i n at i n g o r i g i ns…. MO J O i s a Cuba n s p i c e m ad e f r o m li m e s - - a n d MO J O i s a l s o a n A f r i c a n wo r d t h at m e a ns “ to c ast as t h e s p e ll.”

T h e i n g r e di e nt s a r e qui te s i m p l e: r um, m i nt , li m e, su g a r, a n d a s p l as h of s p a r k li n g wate r. T h o s e p r o p o r t i o ns va r y r e g i o n a lly. S o m e ba r te n d e r s mu d dl e t h e m i nt , a n d s o m e s i m p ly s h ake t h e dr i nk w i t h t h e m i nt i n t h e s h ake r. M a ny p e o p l e b e li eve t h at t h e m i nt s h o ul d b e st r ai n e d o ut of t h e ac t u a l dr i nk w i t h j ust a f r e s h s p r i g o n to p, a n d j ust as m a ny p e o p l e i ns i st t h at t h e m i nt s h o ul d a ll st ay i ns i d e. I d o n’ t k n ow i f t h e r e i s a c o r r e c t o r i n c o r r e c t way, as l o n g as t h e r e sult i s a ba l a n c e d a n d d e li c i o us dr i nk . I like to st r ai n t h e m i nt o ut s o t h at t h e p e r s o n dr i nk i n g i t d o e s n ot e n d up w i t h p i e c e s of m i nt i n t h e i r te et h! A c r e at i ve way to

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Got R um ? A p ril 2 0 2 3 - 22

sw i tc h up t h e c l as s i c r e c i p e i s to ad d s e as o n a l f r ui t s, a n d I h ave i n c lu d e d a few r e c i p e s b e l ow. I a l ways f o ll ow t h e st a n da r d r e c i p e a n d adj ust t h e li m e a n d su g a r s li g ht ly bas e d o n t h e swe et n e s s / t a r t n e s s of t h e f r ui t yo u a r e us i n g. A n ot h e r way to c h a n g e up a M oji to i s to sw i tc h o ut t h e m i nt f o r a n ot h e r h e r b. A M oji to m ad e w i t h bas i l i s o n e of t h e m o st r ef r e s hi n g a n d a r o m at i c dr i nks I h ave eve r h ad. N ow l et ’s t a lk a b o ut t h e b e st p a r t : w h at t y p e of r um s h o ul d yo u us e? T h e e a r li e st M oji to was w r i t te n as us i n g un a g e d Cuba n r um. I d o n’ t n e c e s s a r i ly t hi nk i t H AS to b e Cuba n b e c aus e yo u c a n h ave s o m e f un, f unk y f l avo r s f r o m ot h e r st y l e s of r um to o. I b e li eve i t s h o ul d b e a n un a g e d r um, w hi c h w i ll l e n d to a li g hte r, c r i s p e r c o c k t ai l t h at s h owc as e s f r e s h h e r b s. H e r e a r e a few of my t w i st s o n t hi s b e aut i f ul c l as s i c c o c k t ai l.

PI NE A PPLE MO J I TO 1. 5 oz. U n a g e d Cuba n Rum . 5 oz. S m i t h a n d C r o s s Rum . 5 oz. S i m p l e S y r up (adj ust t hi s ac c o r di n g to t h e swe et n e s s of t h e p i n e a p p l e) 1 oz. Fr e s h Li m e J ui c e 8 -10 M i nt Le ave s 4 - 5 C hunks of Fr e s h Pi n e a p p l e I n t h e b ot to m of t h e m i x i n g g l as s, mu d dl e m i nt l e ave s, p i n e a p p l e c hunks, a n d s i m p l e sy r up. Ad d r um, li m e j ui c e, a n d i c e. S h ake we ll, t h e n d o ub l e st r ai n i nto a t a ll g l as s. Ad d i c e, t h r e e p i n e a p p l e c hunks, a n d a f r e s h m i nt s p r i g. To p w i t h a s p l as h of c lub s o da.

BAS I L MO J I TO 2 oz. U n a g e d J a m ai c a n Rum . 5 oz. S i m p l e S y r up 1 oz. Fr e s h Li m e J ui c e 3 B as i l Le ave s M u d dl e bas i l l e ave s a n d s i m p l e sy r up i n t h e b ot to m of t h e m i x i n g t i n. Ad d r um, li m e j ui c e, a n d i c e. S h ake we ll, t h e n d o ub l e st r ai n i nto a t a ll g l as s. To p w i t h a s p l as h of c lub s o da a n d a bas i l l e af.

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LI BR A RY Rev i ew s of b o o ks r e l ate d to su g a r c a n e, m i lli n g, fe r m e nt at i o n, di st i ll at i o n, a g i n g, b l e n di n g a n d ot h e r to p i c s r e l ate d to t h e p r o du c t i o n o r hi sto r y of r um. w w w. Rum U ni ve r s i t y.c o m

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Biotechnology to Enhance Sugarcane Productivity and Stress Tolerance

By Kalpana Sengar

(Pub li s h e r ’s Rev i ew)

S u g a r c a n e i s t h e m o st i m p o r t a nt p l a nt s o ur c e f o r su g a r a n d a l c o h o l p r o du c t i o n a n d i s c ult i vate d i n m o r e t h a n 8 0 c o unt r i e s i n t r o p i c a l a n d subt r o p i c a l a r e as. H oweve r, e nv i r o nm e nt a l f ac to r s n e g at i ve ly i nf lu e n c e i t s y i e l d a n d j e o p a r dize t h e p r o s p e c t to m e et t h e i n c r e as i n g d e m a n d f o r su g a r, ot h e r su g a r c a n e d e r i ve d by p r o du c t s a n d b i o et h a n o l.

T h e d eve l o p m e nt of st r e s s to l e r a nt p l a nt s i s f un da m e nt a l f o r t h e m ai nte n a n c e a n d i n c r e as e of c r o p y i e l ds. B i ote c hn o l o g y to Enh a n c e S u g a r c a n e Pr o du c t i v i t y a n d S t r e s s To l e r a n c e p r ov i d e s a c o m p r e h e ns i ve ac c o unt of b ot h t h e o r et i c a l a n d p r ac t i c a l as p e c t s of su g a r c a n e p r o du c t i o n. I t c o nt ai ns ex te ns i ve c ove r a g e of g e n o m e m a p p i n g a n d m o l e c ul a r b r e e di n g i n su g a r c a n e a n d p r e s e nt s t h e st at us of t h e e lu c i dat i o n a n d i m p r ove m e nt of p l a nt g e n o m e s of e c o n o m i c i nte r e st .

T h r o u g h 14 c h a pte r s w r i t te n by e m i n e nt s c i e nt i st s w i t h g l o ba l i nf lu e n c e, t hi s b o o k exa m i n e s va r i o us m et h o ds f o r su g a r c a n e i m p r ove m e nt t h r o u g h b i ote c hn o l o g y.

T h e b o o k f o c us e s o n g e n et i c a n d p hys i c a l m a p p i n g, p o s i t i o ni n g, c l o ni n g, a n d m o ni to r i n g of d e s i r a b l e g e n e s us i n g b i ote c hn o l o g i c a l a p p r o ac h e s f o r hi g h su g a r c a n e p r o du c t i v i t y a n d t h e d eve l o p m e nt of st r e s s to l e r a n c e.

Ad di t i o n a l i nf o r m at i o n i n c lu d e s t h e b i o e n g i n e e r i n g of su g a r c a n e, p r o c e dur e s to b o o st p r o du c t i v i t y, g e n et i c s a n d as s e s s m e nt s f o r r e s i st a n c e to dr o u g ht a n d s a li ni t y, g e n et i c s f o r hi g h y i e l ds, a n d va r i o us to p i c s of r e s e a r c h o n su g a r c a n e g e n et i c s. I t s e r ve s as a d et ai l e d r efe r e n c e s o ur c e f o r c a n e g r owe r s, su g a r

a n d su g a r c a n e te c hn o l o g i st s, st u d e nt s, a n d p r ofe s s o r s.

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THE R UM H I STO R I A N

by M arc o Pi er ini I was b o r n i n 19 5 4 i n a li t t l e tow n i n Tus c a ny (I t a ly) w h e r e I st i ll li ve. I n my yo ut h, I g ot a d e g r e e i n Phi l o s o p hy i n Fl o r e n c e a n d I st u di e d Po li t i c a l S c i e n c e i n M adr i d, b ut my r e a l p as s i o n h as a l ways b e e n H i sto r y a n d t h r o u g h H i sto r y I h ave a l ways t r i e d to un d e r st a n d t h e wo r l d, a n d m e n. Li fe b r o u g ht m e to wo r k i n to ur i s m, eve nt o r g a niz at i o n a n d vo c at i o n a l t r ai ni n g, t h e n, a lr e ady i n my f i f t i e s I di s c ove r e d r um a n d I fe ll i n l ove w i t h i t .

I h ave v i s i te d di st i ll e r i e s, m et r um p e o p l e, at te n d e d r um Fe st i va l s a n d j o i n e d t h e Rum Fa m i ly. I h ave st u di e d to o, b e c aus e Rum i s n ot o n ly a g r e at di st i ll ate, i t ’s a wo r l d.

Pr o du c e d i n s c o r e s of c o unt r i e s, by t h o us a n ds of c o m p a ni e s, w i t h a n ex t r a o r di n a r y va r i et y of a r o m as a n d f l avo r s, i t i s a f as c i n at i n g f i e l d of st u di e s. I b e g a n to un d e r st a n d s o m et hi n g a b o ut su g a r c a n e, fe r m e nt at i o n, di st i ll at i o n, a g e i n g a n d s o o n.

S o o n, I di s c ove r e d t h at r um h as a l s o a te r r i b l e a n d r i c h H i sto r y, m ad e of voya g e s a n d c o n qu e st s, b l o o d a n d swe at , i m p e r i a l f l e et s a n d r evo lut i o ns. I s o o n r e a lize d t h at t hi s H i sto r y d e s e r ve d to b e r e s e a r c h e d p r o p e r ly a n d I d e c i d e d to d evote mys e l f to i t w i t h a ll my p as s i o n a n d w i t h t h e h e lp of t h e bas i c s c h o l a r ly to o l s I h ad l e a r nt dur i n g my o l d uni ve r s i t y ye a r s.

I n 2 017 I p ub li s h e d t h e b o o k “A MERI CA N RUM – A S h o r t H i sto r y of Rum i n E a r ly A m e r i c a” I n 2 019 I b e g a n to r un a B l o g: w w w. t h e r um hi sto r i a n.c o m I n 2 0 2 0, w i t h my s o n C l au di o, I h ave p ub li s h e d a n ew b o o k “ FREN C H RUM – A H i sto r y 16 3 9 -19 0 2 ”.

I a m c ur r e nt ly d o i n g n ew r e s e a r c h o n t h e H i sto r y of Cuba n Rum.

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HISTORY O F C U B A N RUM 10. T HE Q UEST FOR Q UA LIT Y Fo r o ur n ew r e ad e r s, I ’d like to st ate a g ai n t h at , unt i l t h e m i d -18 0 0 s, i n Cuba r um was c o m m o n ly c a ll e d a g ua r d i ente d e c a ña (su g a r c a n e b ur ni n g wate r) o r, m o r e of te n, s i m p ly a g ua r d i ente. O t h e r n a m e s we r e us e d to o, b ut t h at i s a n i s su e t h at we’ll l o o k i nto a n ot h e r t i m e.

We ll, as we h ave s e e n i n t h e p r ev i o us a r t i c l e s, p l e nt y of r um was p r o du c e d i n Cuba i n t h e e a r ly d e c ad e s of t h e 18 0 0 s, a n d s i g ni f i c a nt qu a nt i t i e s we r e ex p o r te d. T h e g e n e r a l o p i n i o n, qui te p r eva l e nt to day a m o n g ac ad e m i c s a n d e nt hus i ast s a like, i s t h at Cuba n r um was a ve r y l ow qu a li t y, c h e a p p r o du c t , i nte n d e d o n ly f o r t h e l ow li e st p e o p l e, w h o c o ul dn’ t af f o r d a ny t hi n g b et te r. I ’m n ot e nt i r e ly c o nv i n c e d a b o ut t h at , b ut t h e r e i s n o d o ubt w h at s o eve r t h at t h e Cuba ns of t h e t i m e t h o u g ht t h e s a m e a n d t h e up p e r c l as s e s wo ul dn’ t dr i nk i t .

O f te n, t h e m o st i m p o r t a nt a n d m o st e n li g hte ni n g hi sto r i c a l d o c um e nt s a r e t h o s e t h at di d n ot p r ete n d to b e su c h, f o r exa m p l e n ove l s. O n e of t h e c l as s i c s of t h e Cuba n li te r at ur e of t h e 19 t h c e nt ur y, a n d i n d e e d

of a ll t i m e, i s “C ec i l ia Va l d ès ” by Ci r i l o V i ll ave r d e, w r i t te n i n a l a r g e p a r t i n 18 3 9. I n t h e n ove l, w hi c h te ll s t h e t r a g i c sto r y of a yo un g, b e aut i f ul, mul at to g i r l, a g ua r d i ente i s of te n m e nt i o n e d as t h e s l ave s’ dr i nk . Let ’s r e ad s o m e ex t r ac t s f r o m t h e b o o k . “ W hi l e h e was wai t i n g f o r t h e M aste r, o r was s l e e p i n g, o r h ad i n hi s s kull m o r e a g ua r d i ente t h a n n e c e s s a r y.”

A n d l ate r “ D i d yo u g o to t h e i nnke e p e r of t h e v i ll a g e to swa p w i t h a g ua r d i ente t h e r as pa du r a (a s o r t of r aw su g a r) w hi c h yo u ste a l f r o m t h e p l a nt at i o n? ” I nste ad, t h e m aste r s dr a nk w i n e, b r a n dy, c h a m p a g n e a n d a l s o r um, b ut J a m ai c a n r um. “ Fr o m t h e b e g i nni n g to t h e e n d of lun c h, t h ey p o ur e d w i n e w i t h g r e at li b e r a li t y ; at t h e e n d of w hi c h, t h e t a b l e c l ot hs we r e r e m ove d to s e r ve t h e d e s s e r t s ( p o s tr es) o n t h e ba r e m a h o g a ny t a b l e: t h ey i m m e di ate ly s e r ve d p ur e c of fe e i n c up s of t r a ns lu c e nt C hi n e s e p o r c e l ai n, s p a r k li n g c h a m p a g n e, Fr e n c h c o g n ac a n d J a m ai c a r um. T h e n D o n C a n di d o G a m b o a b r o u g ht o ut hi s l a r g e, swe et- s c e nte d ba g a n d of fe r e d a c i g a r to a ll t h e g u e st s.” (by t h e way, n ot bad, n ot bad at a ll!)

A n d yet , we k n ow t h at f r o m t h e ’ 3 0 s o nwa r ds S p ai n b e c a m e t h e m ai n i m p o r te r of Cuba n r um. T h e S p a ni s h d o m e st i c m a r ket was s m a ll a n d g r ew s l ow ly, t h e r ef o r e t h e g r ow t h of i m p o r t s i n S p ai n was du e m ai n ly to t h e f ac t t h at S p ai n r e ex p o r te d t h e r um to t h e f r e e Eur o p e a n m a r ket s, t h at i s, t h e C o unt r i e s t h at h ad n o su g a r p r o du c i n g c o l o ni e s, like G e r m a ny, Aust r i a, Rus s i a, I t a ly etc . A n d i f t h o s e c o unt r i e s c h o s e to b uy Cuba n r um, i t c o ul dn’ t h ave b e e n to o bad; a ny way, n ot mu c h wo r s e t h a n t h at of t h e ot h e r m a j o r p r o du c i n g c o unt r i e s, G r e at B r i t ai n a n d Fr a n c e.

I n a ny c as e, i f t h e Cuba n r um i n dust r y was to g r ow, i t h ad to i m p r ove t h e qu a li t y of i t s r um. S o, m a ny s et to wo r k to ac hi eve t hi s o b j e c t i ve.

Fi r st of a ll, t h ey ad o pte d t h e n ew c o nt i nu o us di st i ll at i o n a p p a r at us e s. “A c o nt i nu o us st i ll d e s i g n e d i n 18 0 8 a n d p ate nte d i n 1813 by Fr e n c h e n g i n e e r J e a n B a pt i ste C e lli e r- B lum e nt h a l, af f o r d e d p l a nte r s a n o p p o r t uni t y to n ot o n ly

i n c r e as e r um p r o du c t i o n vo lum e s b ut to di st i ll a li qui d w i t h a li g hte r c h a r ac te r i n a s i n g l e di st i ll at i o n. … H i g h -vo lum e, f ast o ut p ut st i ll s we r e st a n da r d by t h e 18 5 0 s i n m o st Cuba n r um di st i ll e r i e s.” (J. B r ow n, A . M i ll e r “S p i r i t o f th e C a ne. T h e S to r y o f C u ba n R u m ” 2 017) S o m e S p a ni s h i nve nto r s eve n t r i e d to i m p r ove t h e m. Let ’s p e r us e t wo d o c um e nt s, t h e Pr i v i l e g i o s 5 9 5 /18 2 6 a n d 5 9 6 /18 27, s e e t h e i m a g e s ac c o m p a ny i n g t hi s a r t i c l e.

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U nt i l 19 0 2, Cuba b e l o n g e d to S p ai n. I t was n’ t exac t ly a c o l o ny, i n t h e o r y i t was a p r ov i n c e like a ny ot h e r of t h e S p a ni s h C r ow n, b ut “ T h e c a pt ai n - g e n e r a l was i n M ay 18 25 g i ve n ‘ fac u l ta d es o m ním o das ’ – a n aut h o r i t y to d o mu c h as h e like d; r e s i d e nt s of Cuba l o st t h e p r ote c t i o n of w h at l aw t h e r e was. … Fo r t y t h o us a n d S p a ni s h t r o o p s t h r o n g e d Cuba a n d t h e c o unt r y swa r m e d w i t h g ove r nm e nt s p i e s a n d i nf o r m e r s. T h e l aw s p r eve nt i n g Cuba n b o r n p e r s o ns f r o n s e r v i n g i n t h e a r my o r t h e c i v i l s e r v i c e we r e r i g i di ly m ai nt ai n e d. Cuba was a n a r m e d c a m p. M a r t i a l l aw l aste d i n ef fe c t f i f t y ye a r s. … Cuba r e m ai n e d a p o li t i c a l a n o m a ly, i n c r e as i n g ly r i c h b ut p r ac t i c a lly un d e r m a r t i a l l aw.” (H u g h T h o m as “C u ba . A H is to r y ” 1970) A s f o r a ny S p a ni s h p r ov i n c e, Cuba n of f i c i a l d o c um e nt s we r e ke pt i n S p ai n a n d t h ey a r e st i ll t h e r e. T h a nks to t h e c o m p ete n c e a n d h e lpf uln e s s of t h e st af f of t h e A r c h i vo H is tó r i c o N ac i o na l a n d of t h e O f i c i na Es pa ñ o la d e Pa tentes y M a r c as i n M adr i d as we ll as t h e A r c h i vo G ener a l d e I nd ias i n S ev i ll a, I m a n a g e d to g et a c o py of s o m e i nte r e st i n g d o c um e nt s, a m o n g w hi c h t wo Pr i v i l e g i o r e qu e st s (t h at i s, Pate nt A p p li c at i o n) date d r e s p e c t i ve ly 18 2 6 a n d 18 27, f o r t h e i nve nt i o n of n ew, b et te r m et h o ds to p r o du c e a g ua r d i ente, by us i n g c o nt i nu o us di st i ll at i o n a p p a r at us e s.

I t h as n ot b e e n e asy f o r m e to r e ad t h e s e d o c um e nt s. T h ey we r e w r i t te n by h a n d, a n d of te n I f i n d i t di f f i c ult to d e c i p h e r t h e h a n d w r i t i n g. M o r e ove r, i n p l ac e s t h e i nk h a s f ad e d. I h ave m a n a g e d to r e ad t h e m o n ly i n p a r t , b ut I h o p e qui te e n o u g h f o r my c ur r e nt n e e ds. T h e s i g n ato r i e s of t h e a p p li c at i o ns d e c l a r e t h at t h e C o lum n st i ll f o r w h o s e p ate nt t h ey a r e a p p ly i n g i s t h e i r ow n i nve nt i o n, a n d t h at i t c a n p r o du c e a b et te r r um t h a n t h e ex i ste nt C o lum n st i ll s m ad e i n Fr a n c e. A s

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ev i d e n c e t h ey p r ov i d e d et ai l s a n d dr aw i n g s. I a m n ot a te c hni c i a n n o r a hi sto r i a n of te c hn o l o g y s o I c a n’ t un d e r st a n d w h et h e r w h at t h ey d e c l a r e i s t r u e. T h e r ef o r e, I a m n ot a b l e to j u d g e w h et h e r t h e C o lum n st i ll s d e s c r i b e d we r e r e a lly a b l e to p r o du c e b et te r r um, n o r i f, w h e r e a n d w h e n t h ey we r e ac t u a lly i nst a ll e d. W h at i nte r e st s m e n ow i s to e m p h as i s e h ow t h e o b j e c t i ve to i m p r ove t h e qu a li t y of r um was p ur su e d at l e ast s i n c e t h e 18 2 0 s.

To b e m o r e c l e a r, t h e H a n db o o k f o r D i st i ll e r s i t s e l f, to w hi c h we h ave d e di c ate d t wo a r t i c l e s – s e e t h e J a nu a r y a n d Fe b r u a r y i s su e s – a n d t h e p r ize awa r d e d by t h e Roya l S o c i et y w hi c h i ns p i r e d i t we r e n ot a n i s o l ate d f ac t , t h e i ni t i at i ve of a s i n g l e i nte ll e c t u a l o r e n li g hte n e d r ul e r. O n t h e c o nt r a r y, t h ey we r e f ully i m m e r s e d i n t h e c o ntex t of a diz z y i n g e c o n o m i c a n d te c hn o l o g i c a l g r ow t h w hi c h c h a n g e d Cuba n r um m ak i n g i n a m at te r of ye a r s.

T h e dr i ve to i m p r ove qu a li t y a l s o i nvo l ve d ad o pt i n g t h e n ew f i lt r at i o n te c hni qu e s i n su g a r a n d r um m ak i n g. “ Te c hn o l o g y was n ot t h e o n ly f ac to r t h at p l aye d a r o l e i n t h e d eve l o p m e nt of Cuba n r um. G e r m a n c h e m i st J o h a nn To b i as Low i t z (1757-18 0 4) di s c ove r e d a n d r e c o r d e d, i n 178 5, t h at c h a r c o a l ads o r b e d n ox i o us o d o ur s f r o m s i c k p e o p l e, p ut r i d m e at s a n d r ot te n ve g et a b l e s.

H e a l s o f o un d t h at t h e sub st a n c e was exc e ll e nt f o r r e m ov i n g t h e c o l o ur f r o m li qui ds, p a r t i c ul a r ly c r yst a lli n e ac et i c ac i d. … M e r e ly s h ak i n g c o r n - bas e d s p i r i t w i t h p owd e r e d c h a r c o a l r e m ove d f us e l o i l s a n d unp l e as a nt e ste r s, i m p r ov i n g t h e li qu o r ’s a r o m a a n d t aste. U n d e s i d e r a b l e c o l o ur was qui c k ly w hi s ke d away, p r o du c i n g a c l e a n e r f o r m of et h a n o l.” In 18 3 6 C h a r l e s D e r o s n e a n d J e a n - Fr a n c o i s C ai l b ui lt i n Fr a n c e a f ac to r y to p r o du c e D e r o s n e’s f i lt r at i o n syste m. “ Cuba was a n e a r ly ad o pte r of D e r o s n e’s f i lt r at i o n syste m. Cuba n su g a r p l a nte r s J o aquín d e A r r i et a, We n c e s l a o d e V i ll aur r ut i a, a n d Pe dr o Lef r a n c A r r i et a ac te d as D e r o s n e’s a g e nt s, s et t i n g up t h e f i r st f i lt r at i o n syste m, i n 18 41 … t h e n ew f i lt r at i o n syste m n e e d e d to b e o p e r ate d

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by a s k i ll e d su g a r m aste r. D e r o s n e hi m s e l f t r ave ll e d to Cuba” to t r ai n m ac hi ni st s a n d sup e r v i s e i nst a ll at i o ns. (J. B r ow n, A . M i ll e r) Cuba n p l a nte r s g ave t h e i r c o nt r i b ut i o n to o.

Ac c o r di n g to M a nu e l M o r e n o Fr a g i n a l s, “E L I N G E N I O C o m p l ej o ec o n ó m i c o - s o c ia l C u ba n d e l azú c a r ” 1978 , a n d Fe r n a n d o C a m p o a m o r, “E l H i j o a l e g r e d e la c a ña ” 19 81, as e a r ly as 18 2 0 Cuba n p l a nte r Fe r n a n d o d e A r r i to l a c h a n g e d t h e d e s i g n of hi s ow n st i ll. Tr y i n g to i m p r ove i t s f un c t i o ni n g, h e ad d e d a c o i l to t h e swa n - n e c k c o ni c a l h e ad, p r o du c i n g a r um f a r b et te r t h a n i t s c r u d e C a r i b b e a n c o m p et i to r s. A n d r e g a r di n g a g e i n g, s o i m p o r t a nt i n t h e sub s e qu e nt d eve l o p m e nt a n d su c c e s s of Cuba n r um, m a ny s o ur c e s r e p o r t t h at t h e f i r st at te m pt to a g e r um i nte nt i o n a lly i n Cuba was un d e r t ake n by p l a nte r Pe dr o D i a g o, w h o b ur i e d s o m e ‘mu d g l a ze d p ot s’ f ull of r um. Eve n i f i t i s was a f ai lur e du e to bac te r i a l i nfe c t i o n, i t was a b e g i nni n g. By t h e way, h e was t h e s a m e Pe dr o D i a g o w h o s o m e ye a r s b ef o r e h ad i nt r o du c e d t h e f i r st w i n d - m i ll to g r i n d t h e c a n e i n Cuba, r e sult i n g i n a n ot h e r f ai lur e.

A p p a r e nt ly, t h e m ai n o b st ac l e to ove r c o m e i n o r d e r to i m p r ove Cuba n r um was t h at i t of te n s m e ll e d a n d t aste d unp l e as a nt ly of m o sto, t h at i s, t h e r e s i du e of p r ev i o us di st i ll at i o ns (I t hi nk , w h at i n J a m ai c a i s c a ll e d dun d e r). A m o n g t h e m a ny w h o t r i e d to s o l ve t hi s p r o b l e m, i t i s wo r t h m e nt i o ni n g at l e ast J o s é Lui s C as as e c a, D e a n of t h e S p a ni s h c h e m i st s, w h o “ i n 18 41 sub m i t te d to t h e Roya l B o a r d of Tr ad e a p r o c e dur e to

e li m i n ate t h e s m e ll a n d t aste of m o sto f r o m Cuba n r um s, t h a nks to w hi c h h e h o p e d to w i n t h e r i c h p r ize of fe r e d. It c o ns i ste d i n p ut t i n g qui c k li m e i nto t h e ba r r e l s, a n o l d p r o c e dur e ad vo c ate d i n 1817 by Le n o r m a n d i n hi s Tr a i té d e l ’a r t du d is t i l la teu r d es eaux- d e - v i e et es p r i ts, a lr e ady t r i e d o ut by Cuba n di st i ll e r s a n d a ba n d o n e d b e c aus e h a r mf ul to h e a lt h.” (C a m p o a m o r).

T h e p r o b l e m was s e r i o us a n d i t was s o l ve d o n ly s l ow ly, s o mu c h s o t h at as l ate as 18 5 5, Le o p o l d o G a r cía Ruíz t ac k l e d i t v i g o r o us ly i n hi s “M a nua l d e la fa b r i c ac i ó n d e l a g ua r d i ente d e c a ña ”. S ur e e n o u g h, G a r cía Ruíz l a m e nt s t h at “ i f o ur r um i s n ot as d e li c i o us as t h e J a m ai c a n o n e a n d i f i t s r e p ut at i o n i s n ot we ll e st a b li s h e d i n Eur o p e, t hi s i s du e to t h e n e g li g e n c e w i t h w hi c h t h e m o s to i s us e d, i t s exc e s s i ve us e a n d i t s p o o r c o n di t i o n.” H e c o n c lu d e s by r e m i n di n g t h e di st i ll e r s of t h e n e c e s s i t y to t ake g o o d c a r e of t h e st i ll a n d ke e p i t s c r up ul o us ly c l e a n, to us e t h e m o s to i n li m i te d qu a nt i t y a n d t h r ow i t away w h e n i t s s m e ll i s to o st r o n g a n d unp l e as a nt .

T h a nks to t h e i m p r ove m e nt i n i t s qu a li t y, t h e ex p o r t of Cuba n r um i n c r e as e d g r e at ly, exc e e di n g 15 m i lli o n li te r s i n 18 6 0.

U n d o ubte dly, t h e c r i s i s of v i t i c ult ur e i n Eur o p e, c aus e d by a s e r i o us di s e as e, t h e O i d i u m (a n d a l s o r ava g e d by t h e Ph i l oxer a l ate r) a n d t h e o p e ni n g up of n ew m a r ket s m ad e a g r e at c o nt r i b ut i o n. I n t h o s e s a m e ye a r s, d o m e st i c c o nsum pt i o n g r ew s i g ni f i c a nt ly to o; we w i ll g et bac k to t h at l ate r.

To c o n c lu d e, a r o un d 18 5 0 num e r o us, n ew, m o d e r n r um di st i ll e r i e s h ad b e e n o p e r at i n g i n Cuba f o r ye a r s. T h e s e n ew di st i ll e r i e s we r e to b e f o un d n ot o n ly w i t hi n t h e su g a r p l a nt at i o ns, as a s i d e li n e, b ut t h ey we r e of te n b ui lt i n t h e tow ns, r e a l i n dust r i e s, i n d e p e n d e nt of t h e p l a nt at i o ns. T h ey d e di c ate d g r e at at te nt i o n to t h e p r o du c t i o n p r o c e s s, t h ey h ad l o n g ad o pte d c o nt i nu o us di st i ll at i o n a n d f i lt r at i o n syste m s a n d h ad a l s o st a r te d to ex p e r i m e nt w i t h a g e i n g.

T h e s e n ew di st i ll e r i e s p r o du c e d b et te r r um, w hi c h was ac t u a lly a n ew st y l e of r um, m o r e i n t un e w i t h a wo r l d w h o s e t aste i n s p i r i t s was r a p i dly c h a n g i n g. Cuba n R o n Lïg er o (Li g ht Rum) was a b o ut to b e b o r n.

B ut p r e c i s e ly dur i n g t h o s e ye a r s w h e n Cuba n r um st a r te d to b e c o m e g r e at , i t s p a r e nt i n dust r y, su g a r m ak i n g, sto p p e d d eve l o p i n g; m o r e t h a n t h at , i t l a g g e d b e h i n d.

J usto G . C a nte r o i n hi s“LO S I N G E N I O S C o l l ec c i o n d e V is tas d e l o s Pr i nc i pa l es I ng en i o s d e A zu c a r d e la is la d e C u ba ” 18 57, w r i te s t h at t h e num b e r of su g a r p l a nt at i o ns o n t h e i s l a n d r e ac h e s a b o ut 1. 570 w i t h a r o un d 2 0 0.0 0 0 wo r ke r s. B i g num b e r s, b ut “ T h e p l a nt at i o ns we r e f i r st e st a b li s h e d i n o r d e r to m ake w hi te su g a r, a n d m o st of t h e m c o nt i nu e p r o du c e i t ; h oweve r, f o r s o m e ye a r s n ow a c h a n g e h as o c c ur r e d w hi c h h as l e d m a ny p l a nt at i o ns to p r o du c e o n ly mus c ovad o o r c o n c e nt r ate d m o l as s e s, ow i n g to a s h o r t a g e of l a b o r, t h e f ac t t h at i t i s e as i e r to s e ll t h e s e l owe r t y p e s of p r o du c t to f o r e i g n su g a r f ac to r i e s a n d a b ove a ll ow i n g to t h e di f f i c ult y of o bt ai ni n g, w i t h o ur e qui p m e nt , w hi te su g a r t h at c a n c o m p ete w i t h t h e su g a r o bt ai n e d i n Eur o p e a n su g a r f ac to r i e s.”

M a r c o Pi e r i ni P OST SC RI P T UM I n my r e s e a r c h I a l ways p ay s p e c i a l at te nt i o n to t h e s o ur c e s, t h e i r r e li a b i li t y, t h e i r c o ns i ste n c y w i t h t h e hi sto r i c a l c o ntex t etc . A ll to o of te n i t h a p p e ns t h at a p i e c e of i nf o r m at i o n i s p r ov i d e d w i t h o ut t h e a p p r o p r i ate s o ur c e s, t h e n i t b o un c e s f r o m a n a r t i c l e to a we b s i te, f r o m t h e l at te r to a b o o k unt i l eve r y b o dy b e li eve s i t i s t r u e. I n o r d e r to avo i d a ll t hi s, I h ave a l ways t r i e d to ve r i f y t h e i nf o r m at i o n by us i n g p r i m a r y s o ur c e s (o l d b o o ks, a r c hi ve s, d o c um e nt s, etc .) a n d by a n d l a r g e I t hi nk I h ave su c c e e d e d.

I n t hi s a r t i c l e, unf o r t un ate ly, i t i s n ot s o.

S o m e i nf o r m at i o n h e r e i s bas e d o n s e c o n d h a n d s o ur c e s, t ake n f r o m m o d e r n b o o ks t h at d o n’ t a l ways i n di c ate t h e i r s o ur c e s i n a s at i s f ac to r y way a n d t h at I was un a b l e to c h e c k di r e c t ly. T h e s o ur c e s I us e d a r e wo r ks w r i t te n by p r e st i g i o us aut h o r s, w h o a r e sup p o s e d to b e t r ust wo r t hy ; st i ll, t h ey a r e s e c o n d h a n d s o ur c e s. I a p o l o g i s e to o ur r e ad e r s, b ut I c o ul dn’ t d o ot h e r w i s e; a r ef l e c t i o n o n t h e qu e st f o r qu a li t y i n Cuba n r um m ak i n g was n e c e s s a r y a n d I t r i e d to d o my b e st w i t h t h e m ate r i a l at my di s p o s a l.

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M o s t f o o d s a n d b eve r a g e s h ave a c o m b i n at i o n o f f l avo r i n g c o m p o u n d s t h a t g i ve t h e m t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r “ f o o t p r i nt ,” t h a t c a n e n c o m p a s s s eve r a l o f t h e s e f l avo r g r o u p s . T h i s n ew s e r i e s i s d evote d t o t h e B i t te r f l avo r, a n d t o i t s i m p a c t o n o u r eve r yd ay l i f e.

Evo l u t i o n a r y s c i e nt i s t s s u g g e s t t h a t t h e a b i l i t y t o d ete c t b i t te r n e s s evo l ve d a s a way t o p r ote c t

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u s f r o m t ox i c p l a nt s a n d ot h e r s u b s t a n c e s , w h i c h o f te n t a s te b i t te r. A l t h o u g h i t g et s a b a d r a p, b i t te r n e s s c a n b e u s e d t o c r e ate we l l - r o u n d e d a n d d e s i r a b l e f l avo r p a l ate s . Yo u m ay n ot b e awa r e o f i t , b u t b i t te r n e s s i s p r e s e nt i n m a ny o f o u r f avo r i te f o o d s i n c l u d i n g c h o c o l ate, c o f f e e, wine and barrel-aged spirits.

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M e r r i a m - We b s te r d i c t i o n a r y d ef i n e s t h e w o r d b i t te r (w h e n u s e d a s a n a d j e c t i ve) a s: b e i n g , i n d u c i n g , o r m a r ke d by t h e o n e o f t h e f i ve b as i c tas te s e ns a t i o ns t h a t i s p e c u l i a r ly a c r i d , as t r i n g e n t , a n d o f te n d i s a g r e ea b l e a n d c h a r a c te r i s t i c o f c i t r us p e e l s , u ns we e te n e d c o c o a , b l a c k c o f f e e, m a tu r e l ea f y g r e e ns (s u c h as ka l e o r m us ta r d ), o r a l e. T h e o r i g i n o f t h e w o r d g o e s b a c k t o M i d d l e En g l i s h, f r o m O l d En g l i s h b i te r, g o i n g b a c k t o G e r m a n i c *b i t r a (w h e n c e O l d S a xo n & O l d H i g h G e r m a n b i t t a r “ a c r i d - t a s t i n g,” O l d N o r s e b i t r “ b i t i n g, s h a r p” ) a n d *b a i t r a - (w h e n c e G ot h i c b a i t r s “ s h a r p - t a s t i n g ” ), d e r i vat i ve s f r o m t h e b a s e o f *b ī ta n - “ t o b i te.”

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B i t te r n e s s i s n e i t h e r s a l t y n o r s o u r, b u t m ay at t i m e s a c c o m p a ny t h e s e f l avo r s e n s a t i o n s .

M a ny p e o p l e a r e i n n a te l y o p p o s e d t o b i t te r f l avo r s , b u t a l i k i n g f o r i t c a n a n d i s a c q u i r e d.

C o m p o u n d s t h a t h ave a n a l k a l i n e p H , s u c h a s b a k i n g s o d a , o f te n h ave a b i t te r f l avo r.

S c i e nt i f i c r e s e a r c h h a s f o u n d t h a t s o m e h u m a n s a r e m o r e s e n s i t i ve t o b i t te r f l avo r s t h a n ot h e r s .1 T h e s e i n d i v i d u a l s a r e r ef e r r e d t o a s “ s u p e r t a s te r s” a n d a r e o f te n o f A s i a n, A f r i c a n, o r S o u t h A m e r i c a n d e s c e nt .

B e i n g a s u p e r t a s te r m ay ex p l a i n w hy s o m e i n d i v i d u a l s f i n d t h e f l avo r o f ve g et a b l e s h i g h l y d i s a g r e e a b l e. M o s t ve g et a b l e s c o nt a i n a t l e a s t s o m e b i t te r n e s s , e s p e c i a l l y w h e n r aw.

B i t t e r Fo o d s D a r k , l e a f y g r e e n s a r e we l l k n o w n f o r t h e i r b i t te r f l avo r. G r e e n l e a f y ve g et a b l e s o f te n i n c r e a s e i n b i t te r n e s s a s t h ey m a t u r e. Fo r t h i s r e a s o n, m a ny p e o p l e p r ef e r te n d e r yo u n g g r e e n s t o t h e i r m o r e m a t u r e - a n d b i t te rc o u nte r p a r t s . B i t te r g r e e n ve g et a b l e s i n c l u d e k a l e, d a n d e l i o n g r e e n s a n d b r o c c o l i.

C o c o a i s a n ot h e r f o o d t h a t i s e n j oye d f o r i t s b i t te r f l avo r. P u r e c o c o a h a s a d i s t i n c t b i t te r n e s s , w h i c h c a n b e u s e d t o b a l a n c e f l avo r s l i ke s we et o r s p i c y i n o t h e r f o o d s .

A d d i n g s u g a r a n d c r e a m t o c o c o a s i g n i f i c a nt l y r e d u c e s i t s b i t te r n e s s , m a k i n g i t m o r e p a l at a b l e.

L i kew i s e, b l a c k c o f f e e c a n b e q u i te b i t te r.

Although sugar and cream can be added to r e d u c e t h e b i t te r n e s s , m a ny g r o w t o e n j oy t h e s h a r p f l avo r o f b l a c k c o f f e e. T h e t y p e o f b e a n a n d t h e u n i q u e r o a s t i n g m et h o d w i l l a l s o i m p a c t c o f f e e’s l eve l o f b i t te r n e s s .

C i t r u s p e e l s a r e we l l k n o w n f o r i t s b i t te r n e s s , m o s t o f w h i c h r e s i d e s i n t h e w h i te p i t h. A s w i t h m o s t b i t te r f l avo r s , i t c a n b e u n d e s i r a b l e o n i t s o w n, b u t w h e n c o m b i n e d w i t h ot h e r f l avo r e l e m e nt s , i t c a n p r ov i d e d i m e n s i o n a n d b a l a n c e. O t h e r f r u i t s a n d ve g et a b l e s t h at m ay p r ov i d e b i t te r f l avo r s m ay i n c l u d e g r a p ef r u i t , b i t te r m e l o n, m u s t a r d g r e e n s , a n d o l i ve s .

B eve r a g e s s u c h a s t o n i c wate r, b i t te r s , a n d m ate te a a r e a l l a l s o c o n s i d e r e d b i t te r. B ef o r e s hy i n g away f r o m b i t te r i n g r e d i e nt s i n t h e f u t u r e, ex p l o r e h o w t h ey c a n b e c o m b i n e d w i t h c o m p l i m e nt a r y t a s te s t o b u i l d a c o m p l ex a n d e n j oya b l e f l avo r p r o f i l e.

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W i t h a b o ut 4 0 0 s p e c i e s i t i s c o ns i d e r e d a l a r g e g e nus. T h ey a r e n ot a b l e f o r t h e i r m o st ly l a r g e, t r um p et- s h a p e d f l owe r s, w hi c h a r e of te n of a n i nte ns e b lu e. T h e g e nus n a m e i s a t r i b ute to G e nt i us, a n I lly r i a n k i n g w h o m ay h ave b e e n t h e di s c ove r e r of to ni c p r o p e r t i e s i n g e nt i a ns.

M a ny b eve r a g e s a r e m ad e w i t h g e nt i a n r o ot . G e nt i a n a lute a i s us e d to p r o du c e g e nt i a n, a di st i ll e d b eve r a g e p r o du c e d i n t h e A lp s a n d i n t h e Au ve r g n e. S o m e s p e c i e s a r e h a r ve ste d f o r t h e m a nu f ac t ur e of a p é r i t i f s, li qu e ur s, a n d to ni c s. G e nt i a n r o ot i s a c o m m o n b eve r a g e f l avo ur i n g f o r b i t te r s. T h e s of t dr i nk M ox i e c o nt ai ns g e nt i a n r o ot . T h e Fr e n c h a p é r i t i f S uze i s m ad e w i t h g e nt i a n. A m e r i c a n o a p é r i t i f s c o nt ai n g e nt i a n r o ot f o r b i t te r f l avo r i n g.

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sto r a g e of t h e r o ot . G e nt i a n h as h ad a li m i te d us e i n p e r f um e r y, m o st n ot a b ly as a g lyc e r i n e s o a p (C r a bt r e e & Eve ly n) a n d a p e r f um e (C o r day ’s Po s s e s s i o n, 19 37).

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Fa n c y S m o k y Fo r m u l a a d d s a n u n ex p e c t e d t o u c h t o c o c k t a i l s a n d r eve a l s i t s d i ve r s e, c o m p l e m e nt a r y o r i g i n s w h e n s i p p e d n e a t . h t t p s: // w w w. p l a nt a t i o n r u m .c o m / GOS L I NGS N o t eve r y c o u n t r y c a n c l a i m a n o f f i c i a l c o c k t a i l , but Bermuda most cer tainly does, the Dark ‘n S t o r my. R o l l i n g o u t t h r o u g h A p r i l , G o s l i n g s R u m w i l l i nt r o d u c e a n e w r e a d y - t o - d r i n k ( R T D) D a r k ‘ n S t o r my c a n n e d c o c k t a i l p o r t f o l i o w i t h a t r i o o f t r o p i c a l f l avo r s: P i n e a p p l e, M a n g o, a n d B l a c k C h e r r y, w h i c h j o i n t h e o r i g i n a l D a r k ‘ n S t o r my i n a r eva m p e d c a n . E a c h c o c k t a i l w i l l b e ava i l a b l e i n 3 5 5 m L 4 p a c k , c a n n e d a t 7 % A BV. T h e f a m i l y - o w n e d r u m p r o d u c e r t r a d e m a r ke d t h e D a r k ‘ n S t o r my o n J u n e 9, 19 8 0 , t o p r o t e c t t h e s i g n a t u r e c o c k t a i l ’s i n t e g r i t y a c r o s s t h e w o r l d, a n d t o f o r eve r e n s u r e t h a t a c o c k t a i l c a n o n l y b e r e p r e s e nt e d a s a n a u t h e n t i c D a r k ‘ n S t o r my i f i t c o nt a i n s t h e key i n g r e d i e n t , Goslings Black Seal Rum. The newly released Dark ‘ n S t o r my c a n n e d c o c k t a i l s a r e m a d e w i t h G o s l i n g s B l a c k S e a l R u m , G o s l i n g s S t o r my G i n g e r B e e r a n d a h i n t o f f r u i t f l avo r. T h e M a n g o va r i et y o f f e r s a c l e a n s t o n e f r u i t f l avo r, B l a c k C h e r r y i s s we et a n d s p i c y, a n d P i n e a p p l e i s r e f r e s h i n g a n d b r i g h t . A l l f o u r va r i et i e s a r e m a d e w i t h n o p r e s e r va t i ve s a n d a r e n a t u r a l l y s we et e n e d w i t h c a n e s u g a r. “ G o s l i n g s f i r s t r e l e a s e d t h e D a r k ‘ n S t o r my i n a r e a d y - t o - d r i n k f o r m a t i n 2 012 a n d t o d ay ’s c o n s u m e r d e m a n d f o r c o nve n i e nt , h i g h q u a l i t y r e a d y - t o - d r i n k c o c k t a i l s m o t i va t e d u s t o g et c r e a t i ve,” s ay s M a l c o l m G o s l i n g J r., e i g h t h g e n e r a t i o n r u m m a ke r. “ B e r m u d a o f f e r s a n i s l a n d s p i r i t u n l i ke a ny w h e r e e l s e, a n d n o w t h a t f u n - l ov i n g v i b e c a n b e e a s i l y t r a n s p o r t a b l e t o b o a t s , b e a c h e s , g o l f c o u r s e s , h i k i n g t r a i l s , o r a ny o t h e r p l a c e w h e r e m i x i n g i s n’ t i d e a l. T h e s we e t n e s s o f t h e m a n g o, p i n e a p p l e, a n d b l a c k c h e r r y p a i r s deliciously with the spiciness of the ginger beer so t h e r e’s a ‘ z i p i n eve r y s i p’ (o u r f avo r i t e t a g l i n e).” h t t p s: // w w w.g o s l i n g s r u m .c o m / CO PA L L I R UM I n h o n o r o f E a r t h D ay 2 0 2 3 , C o p a l l i R u m i s continuing its Cocktails for A Cause program, w h i c h p a r t n e r s w i t h b a r s , r e s t a u r a nt s a n d r et a i l e r s to raise funds for organizations which suppor t e nv i r o n m e n t a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e i n i t i a t i ve s . T h e p r o g r a m w i l l r u n d u r i n g t h e m o nt h o f A p r i l i n h o n o r o f E a r t h D ay, A p r i l 2 2 . D u r i n g t h e m o nt h , p a r t i c i p a t i n g a c c o u n t s i n C a l i f o r n i a , F l o r i d a a n d N e w Yo r k w i l l c r e a t e c o c k t a i l s u s i n g a ny o f t h e C o p a l l i R u m ex p r e s s i o n s , W h i t e, B a r r e l Re s t e d o r C a c a o. E a c h cocktail will be finished with a custom garnish w h i c h c a n b e t a ke n h o m e a n d p l a nt e d t o p r o d u c e a b o u q u e t o f w i l d f l o we r s . O n t h e b a c k s i d e o f t h e g a r n i s h i s a Q R c o d e t h a t ex p l a i n s m o r e a b o u t t h e p r o g r a m a n d t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n s t h ey a r e b e n e f i t i n g .

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R a i n f o r e s t Tr u s t i n F l o r i d a , a n d t h e B i l l i o n O y s t e r P r o j e c t i n N e w Yo r k . C o n s u m e r s u n a b l e t o v i s i t a p a r t i c i p a t i n g a c c o u n t m ay a l s o g e t i n o n t h e f u n as Copalli Rum will be donating $5 for each bottle purchased online during the month of April to the R a i n f o r e s t Tr u s t . “ S u s t a i n a b i l i t y i s c o r e t o t h e DN A o f C o p a l l i R u m , n o t j u s t a m a r ke t i n g i n i t i a t i ve,” s a i d B r i a n B a ke r, C MO, C o p a l l i US A . “ L a s t ye a r t h i s p r o g r a m raised more than $7K thanks to the creativity of our par tners in the hospitality community and the s u p p o r t o f o u r f a n s . We’r e exc i t e d t o r e - e n g a g e with consumers and our par tners in the on and of f p r e m i s e a g a i n t h i s ye a r t o r a i s e f u n d s f o r l o c a l organizations while reinforcing the impor tance o f b e i n g e nv i r o n m e n t a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e.” h t t p s: // c o p a l l i r u m .c o m /c o c k t a i l s - f o r- a - c a u s e / A R I Z ON A R UM D I S I L L E R I ES W I N GO L D AT I W SC W h e n I m ove d t o A r i z o n a t h r e e ye a r s a g o, I t h o u g h t I w a s m ov i n g t o t h e g r e a t r u m d e s e r t .

L i t t l e d i d I k n o w t h a t w e h ave t w o i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y a c c l a i m e d r u m d i s t i l l e r i e s . T h i s ye a r, t h e International Wine and Spirits Competition r e c e i ve d r u m e n t r i e s f r o m 4 8 c o u n t r i e s .

Combined, Deser t Diamond Distiller y and Elgin Distiller y won 1 Gold Outstanding, 3 Gold, 3 S i l ve r a n d 4 B r o n z e M e d a l s f o r t h e i r r u m s a s w e l l a s 7 m e d a l s f o r o t h e r s p i r i t s . J o h n Pa t t ’s D e s e r t D i a m o n d D i s t i l l e r y ’s G o l d M i n e r 11-Ye a rO l d Re s e r ve e a r n e d 9 9 p o i n t s , b e a t i n g o u t P l a n t a t i o n’s X ay m a c a , B l a c k To t ’s B l e n d e r Re s e r ve a n d H ava n a C l u b’s 15 -Ye a r- O l d G r a n Re s e r va f o r t h e t o p r u m a n d a G o l d O u t s t a n d i n g Medal. Deser t Diamond also won 2 Gold Medals (G o l d M i n e r 10 -Ye a r- O l d Re s e r ve a n d G o l d M i n e r Re s e r ve), o n e S i l ve r M e d a l a n d 3 B r o n z e M e d a l s f o r t h e i r r u m s . A t t h e E l g i n D i s t i l l e r y, G a r y E l l a m’s 9 Tr i p l e 3 R u m e a r n e d 9 5 p o i n t s a n d a G o l d M e d a l . H e a l s o w o n 2 S i l ve r a n d a B r o n z e M e d a l f o r r u m s i n h i s Re g a l o D e V i d a G r a n Re s e r va s e r i e s . I f yo u c o m e t o o u r s t a t e t o s e e t h a t c a nyo n , I s t r o n g l y r e c o m m e n d yo u v i s i t t h e s e d i s t i l l e r i e s . J o h n Pa t t a n d G a r y E l l a m a r e passionate distillers and their rums are wor th a t r y. h t t p s: // w w w.d e s e r t d i a m o n d d i s t i l l e r y.c o m / h t t p s: // w w w.e l g i nw d.c o m / K R A K EN T h e K r a ke n R u m , e m e r g e s f r o m i t s l a i r i n t h e depths of the ocean to enter into the gold spiced r u m c a t e g o r y w i t h a n e w r e l e a s e. I n t r o d u c i n g T HE NEW GOLD S TA NDA RD f o r s i p p i n g: a g o l d s p i c e d C a r i b b e a n r u m , r i c h b eyo n d w o r d s a n d perhaps the only bit of lightness the legendar y b e a s t , k n o w n a s “ t h e K r a ke n ,” l ove s w i t h a s m u c h p a s s i o n a s i t s s t o r i e d b l a c k i n k . O n t h e n o s e, T h e K r a ke n G o l d S p i c e d R u m r eve a l s a s w e e t b r o w n m e d l ey o f c a r a m e l , o a k , a n d b a n a n a b r e a d.

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c a r a m e l i ze d s u g a r, w i t h a s l i g h t f i n i s h o f t o a s t e d o a k a n d va n i l l a . “A s g o l d s p i c e d r u m o c c a s i o n s a r e n o w t h e h i g h e s t a m o n g t h e r u m c a t e g o r y, w e a r e p r o u d t o i nt r o d u c e t h i s n e w o f f e r i n g f r o m T h e K r a ke n , w i t h a f l avo r p r o f i l e a l l i t s o w n ,” s a i d L a n d e r O t e g u i , S e n i o r V i c e P r e s i d e nt o f M a r ket i n g a t P r ox i m o S p i r i t s . “ We a r e c o n f i d e nt t h a t t h i s p r o d u c t w i l l b e T HE NEW GOLD STA NDA RD i n s p i c e d r u m t h a n ks t o i t s s u p e r b t a s t e t h a t we k n o w m a t c h e s w h a t o u r c o n s u m e r s a r e l o o k i n g f o r.” A s t u d y conducted on the popularity of spiced rum brands s h o we d T h e K r a ke n G o l d S p i c e d R u m a s a c l e a r c a t e g o r y f avo r i t e. P r ox i m o S p i r i t s c o m m i s s i o n e d a third-par ty double blind taste test study against c a t e g o r y c o m p et i t o r, C a p t a i n M o r g a n ®. T h e s t u d y r eve a l e d m o r e t h a n 70 % o f c o n s u m e r s p r e f e r T h e K r a ke n G o l d S p i c e d R u m ove r C a p t a i n M o r g a n O r i g i n a l S p i c e d R u m . Fu r t h e r m o r e, p a r t i c i p a nt s a l s o ove r w h e l m i n g l y i n d i c a t e d T h e K r a ke n G o l d S p i c e d R u m b o t h h a s “ s u p e r i o r t a s t e” a n d i s “ t h e s m o o t h e s t .” To b r i n g T h e K r a ke n G o l d S p i c e d R u m from sip to screen, the brand is launching a new v i s u a l c a m p a i g n , “ Ta l e o f G o l d.” T h e a d ve r t i s e m e n t , d i r e c t e d by R i c h L e e w h o’s k n o w n f o r h i s w o r k o n the first three The Pirates of the Caribbean films, d r a w s c o n s u m e r s i nt o t h e d a r k w o r l d o f t h e K r a ke n .

M o o d y, f o r e b o d i n g v i s u a l s d i v u l g e t h e a c t i o n - p a c ke d n a r r a t i ve o f u nw o r t hy p i r a t e s w h o t r y t o s t e a l t h e precious treasure of gold from its lair and are t hw a r t e d by t h e K r a ke n . B e f o r e i t d i ve s b a c k i n t o t h e d a r k n e s s , T h e K r a ke n i s c e l e b r a t i n g i t s n e w l y r e l e a s e d G o l d S p i c e d R u m by g i v i n g c o n s u m e r s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o w i n a G o l d e n H o u r ex p e r i e n c e i n t h e D o m i n i c a n Re p u b l i c . To e nt e r T h e K r a ke n G o l d e n H o u r S we e p s t a ke s f o r a c h a n c e t o w i n a t r i p t o t h e h o m e o f T h e K r a ke n R u m , s c a n t h e Q R c o d e o r v i s i t w w w. K r a ke n G o l d e n H o u r.c o m A PPL ETON Tr ave l e r s f l y i n g f r o m J a m a i c a’s b u s i e s t a i r p o r t , S a n g s t e r I nt e r n a t i o n a l i n M o nt e g o B ay, c a n n o w ex p l o r e t h e w o r l d o f A P P LE TON ES TAT E J a m a i c a Rum in a new high-tech, premium boutique just o p e n e d i n t h e a i r p o r t ’s m a i n d u t y - f r e e s t o r e.

A w o r l d - f i r s t f o r t h e r u m b r a n d, t h e s h o p t a ke s s h o p p e r s o n a s e l f - g u i d e d, c a n e - t o - c u p j o u r n ey i nt o t h e h e a r t o f w h a t m a ke s A P P LE TON ES TAT E such a unique Caribbean rum, seamlessly blending p hy s i c a l , m u l t i s e n s o r i a l a n d d i g i t a l e l e m e n t s .

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d e s c r i p t i o n a b o u t t h e r u m t h ey h ave c h o s e n , including individual tasting notes and a cane t o - c u p ex p l a n a t i o n o f t h e d i s t i l l e r y ’s p r o d u c t i o n p r o c e s s n a r r a t e d by A P P LE TON ESTAT E M a s t e r B l e n d e r, J oy S p e n c e, h e r s e l f. “ We a r e t h r i l l e d t o o p e n t h e A P P LE TON ESTAT E ex p e r i e n c e a t M o n t e g o B ay A i r p o r t , j u s t 5 0 m i l e s f r o m w h e r e o u r i n c r e d i b l e r u m s a r e l ov i n g l y c r a f t e d ,” s a i d M a r c o C ava g n e r a , M a n a g i n g D i r e c t o r o f G l o b a l Tr ave l Re t a i l a t C a m p a r i G r o u p. “ I t ’s a p e r f e c t p r e m i u m l o c a t i o n t o e n g a g e s h o p p e r s by s h o w c a s i n g eve r y f a c e t o f A P P LE TON ESTAT E i t s r i c h h i s t o r y, p a s s i o n f o r n a t u r a l i n g r e d i e n t s , l o c a l p r ove n a n c e, t h e s k i l l o f o u r M a s t e r B l e n d e r, J oy S p e n c e, a n d t h e ve r s a t i l i t y o f t h e a w a r d - w i n n i n g p o r t f o l i o c r e a t e d u n d e r h e r g u i d a n c e, e n s u r i n g t h e r e i s a n A P P LE TON ESTAT E r u m f o r a ny e l eva t e d occasion, from premium cocktail-making to s i p p i n g r u m s .” h t t p s: //a p p l et o n e s t a t e.c o m / B ACA R D I B a c a r d i w e l c o m e s b a c k R o b e r t o R a m i r e z L ave r d e a s G l o b a l S e n i o r V i c e P r e s i d e n t , e f f e c t i ve i m m e d i a t e l y. R o b e r t o t a ke s o n a n o p e n r o l e following the promotion of Ned Duggan to G l o b a l C h i e f M a r ke t i n g O f f i c e r o f B a c a r d i a n d P r e s i d e n t o f B a c a r d i G l o b a l B r a n d s L i m i t e d.

R o b e r t o r e p o r t s t o N e d a n d j o i n s t h e M a r ke t i n g L e a d e r s h i p Te a m . H e w i l l b e b a s e d i n B e r m u d a , p e n d i n g a u t h o r i z a t i o n by t h e B e r m u d a D e p a r t m e n t o f I m m i g r a t i o n . D u r i n g h i s p r ev i o u s t e n u r e a t B a c a r d i f r o m 2 013 - 2 019, R o b e r t o c o n t r i b u t e d to building the premiumization strategy for the c o m p a ny ’s a g e d B AC A R D ĺ r u m s a n d FAC U N D O rum collection. He contributed to launching the i c o n i c r u m b r a n d ’s p o r t f o l i o o f p r e m i u m , a g e d rums and building the architecture that continues t o d e f i n e t h e p r e m i u m r u m c a t e g o r y. E a r l i e r i n h i s Bacardi career he led the Rums Categor y for Latin A m e r i c a a n d C a r i b b e a n Re g i o n , o r i g i n a l l y j o i n i n g B a c a r d i i n 2 013 a s M a r ke t i n g D i r e c t o r f o r M ex i c o. “ I n a d d i t i o n t o b e i n g a b r i l l i a n t m a r ke t e r, R o b e r t o u n d e r s t a n d s t h e va l u e o f c o n s u m e r m i n d s e t s , a n d e q u a l l y i m p o r t a n t , h e g e t s B a c a r d i ,” s ay s N e d D u g g a n . “ H e k n o w s o u r p e o p l e, o u r c u l t u r e a n d brings a strong track record of collaborating that i s key t o c o n t i n u e u n l o c k i n g eve n g r e a t e r g r o w t h f o r t h e b r a n d a c r o s s t h e g l o b e.”

“I am thrilled to be back at Bacardi and to work with the incredibly talented team who has been b u i l d i n g a n d l e a d i n g t h e b r a n d. To g e t h e r, I k n o w w e w i l l b u i l d B a c a r d i ’s n ex t g r e a t s t o r y,” s a i d R o b e r t o.

I n o t h e r n e w s , B AC A RD Í ® R u m h a s t o d ay a n n o u n c e d t h e l a u n c h o f B AC A RD Í C a r i b b e a n S p i c e d , t h e b r a n d ’s f i r s t p r e m i u m s p i c e d a g e d product, that blends spices with coconut, p i n e a p p l e, a n d c o c o n u t b l o s s o m . I t s u n i q u e f l avo r p r o f i l e m a ke s i t p e r f e c t f o r a l l yo u r f avo r i t e C a r i b b e a n - i n s p i r e d c o c k t a i l s t h i s s u m m e r. H i t t i n g s u p e r m a r ke t s h e l ve s a n d b a r s n a t i o n w i d e f r o m M a r c h , t h e n e w B AC A RD Í C a r i b b e a n S p i c e d combines the unique sweetness of coconut

blossom and juicy pineapple with cinnamon, va n i l l a , a n d t h e s u b t l e o a k y c h a r f r o m t h e b a r r e l .

C o c k t a i l l ove r s c a n ex p e c t t o b e d e l i g h t e d w i t h n o t e s o f c a r a m e l i ze d p i n e a p p l e a n d l i g h t l y toasted coconut – a feast for the palate that will t r a n s p o r t yo u t o t h e t r o p i c s w i t h eve r y s i n g l e s i p.

W i t h ve r s a t i l i t y a t i t s c o r e, C a r i b b e a n S p i c e d i s m a d e f o r m i x i n g . W h et h e r i t ’s e l eva t i n g a refreshing rum and cola, adding a t wist to a c l a s s i c w i t h a ze s t y C o c o D a i q u i r i o r s h a ke n u p i n a C a r i b b e a n C o l a d a - r i c h w i t h t h e f l avo r s o f c i n n a m o n a n d p i n e a p p l e, i t ’s s et t o b r i n g t h e s u n s h i n e t o a ny o c c a s i o n w h et h e r yo u’r e a t h o m e o r e n j oy i n g i t a t a b a r. J u s t m i x a n d s i p t o t a s t e t h e exc e p t i o n a l c r a f t s m a n s h i p a n d t a nt a l i z i n g t r o p i c a l f l avo r s . O r f o r p u r i s t s , B AC A RD Í C a r i b b e a n S p i c e d w o r ks w o n d e r f u l l y n e a t . “ W i t h s u m m e r j u s t a r o u n d t h e c o r n e r, we’r e d e l i g h t e d t o l a u n c h B AC A RD Í C a r i b b e a n S p i c e d. I t ’s t h e first of its kind in our range – a per fect blend o f a g e d r u m , c o c o n u t , p i n e a p p l e, a n d w a r m i n g s p i c e s w o r k i n g h a r m o n i o u s l y t o g et h e r t o c r e a t e a b a l a n c e d, s m o o t h t a s t e ex p e r i e n c e. We k n o w that there is growing desire for classic tropical d r i n ks a s we l l u n i q u e f l avo r s a n d a g e d r u m s ,” s ay s D i c k i e C u l l i m o r e, G l o b a l B r a n d A m b a s s a d o r f o r B AC A RD Í . “ M a k i n g i t s d e b u t i n t h e U K , w e’r e l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o t a k i n g t h e n a t i o n’s t a s t e b u d s o n a t r i p t o t h e t r o p i c s , t o b e e n j oye d n o t o n l y by l o n g - t i m e r u m d r i n ke r s b u t c o nve r t i n g s o m e n e w fans with its unique combination of spices and C a r i b b e a n f l avo r s .” h t t p s: // w w w. b a c a r d i .c o m / KŌ H A N A L a s t m o nt h , Kō H a n a l a u n c h e d t h e i r r e a d y - t o d r i n k M a i Ta i i n t h e i r t a s t i n g r o o m a n d o n l i n e. T h e M a i Ta i i s a p e r f e c t b a l a n c e o f r u m s , l i m e, o r g e a t a n d o r a n g e c u r a ç a o. A s a t r u e c o c k t a i l , i t i s b o t t l e d a t 2 2 % A BV. a n d p e r f e c t t o p u l l f r o m yo u r r e f r i g e r a t o r t o p o u r ove r i c e. G a r n i s h t h e g l a s s w i t h a p i n e a p p l e s p e a r o r s p r i g o f m i nt a n d yo u’l l instantly be transpor ted to the sandy beaches o f O a h u . M a r k yo u r c a l e n d a r s f o r t h e A p r i l 8 t h l a u n c h p a r t y a t t h e d i s t i l l e r y. S e e p a g e 4 8 f o r my i n t e r v i e w w i t h R o b e r t D a w s o n , c o - f o u n d e r o f Kō H a n a . h t t p s: // w w w. ko h a n a r u m .c o m / PUSSE R S R UM P u s s e r ’s R u m h a s i nt r o d u c e d a 12 o z . (3 5 5 m l) c a n n e d r e a d y - t o - d r i n k ( R T D) ve r s i o n o f t h e Pa i n k i l l e r, a s t o r i e d c o c k t a i l o r i g i n a t e d f r o m t h e British Virgin Islands and now known across the g l o b e ! T h e Pa i n k i l l e r C o c k t a i l o r i g i n a t e d i n t h e e a r l y 1970 ’s a t t h e t i ny, 8 - s e a t S o g g y D o l l a r B a r, a t W h i t e B ay i n t h e B r i t i s h V i r g i n I s l a n d. I t w a s l o c a t e d o n a l o n g s t r et c h o f d e s o l a t e, u n i n h a b i t e d w h i t e s a n d y b e a c h , p r o t e c t e d by a c o r a l r e e f p r ov i d i n g a c o z y a n c h o r a g e f o r v i s i t i n g ya c h t s .

The Soggy Dollar was so named because there w a s n o d o c k ; yo u h a d t o s w i m i n t o g et t o i t . I t w a s o w n e d by D a p h n e H e n d e r s o n , a d e l i g h t f u l

a n d w i t t y, m i d d l e - a g e d En g l i s h l a d y. O n e S u n d ay, C h a r l e s To b i a s , t h e P u s s e r ’s f o u n d e r, a n d r e s i d e n t o n t h e n e a r by m a i n i s l a n d o f To r t o l a w h e r e h e w a s b o t t l i n g P u s s e r ’s R u m , p a i d a v i s i t t o D a p h n e and the Soggy Dollar as he was curious to see what she was doing with the prodigious amounts o f P u s s e r ’s R u m t h a t s h e w a s r e g u l a r l y o r d e r i n g .

To b i a s w a s d u l y i m p r e s s e d w i t h t h e c o n s t a n t f l o w of patrons who would anchor and swim ashore just to imbibe her delight ful cocktail creation “The Pa i n k i l l e r ” ! To b i a s a n d D a p h n e b e c a m e g o o d friends, and both agreed that the only rum that w o r ke d w i t h t h e d r i n k w a s P u s s e r ’s b e c a u s e i t s full rich taste could punch through the scintillating m i x o f c r e a m o f c o c o n u t , p i n e a p p l e, a n d o r a n g e j u i c e s o f t h e Pa i n k i l l e r. I n t i m e, D a p h n e p r o m i s e d t o g i ve To b i a s h e r r e c i p e, b u t a l w ay s f o u n d a n exc u s e t o n o t d o i t , s o h e c a m e u p w i t h h i s o w n r e c i p e. O n e a f t e r n o o n , t h ey c o m p a r e d t h e t w o a t a c o m p e t i t i ve t a s t i n g w h i c h D a p h n e h a d a r r a n g e d a t t h e S o g g y D o l l a r w i t h e i g h t p a t r o n s . To b i a s’ r e c i p e w o n by a s c o r e o f 8 t o 0 ! W i t h D a p h n e’s b l e s s i n g , s o l o n g a s h e c r e d i t e d h e r w i t h t h e d r i n k ’s c r e a t i o n , h e t r a d e m a r ke d t h e d r i n k – a n d b e g a n t o p r o m o t e i t a t eve r y o p p o r t u n i t y i n t h e US a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l m a r ke t s . h t t p s: //p u s s e r s r u m .c o m / R ENEG A D E CA NE R UM Re n e g a d e h a s a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e i r o n l i n e s h o p i s n o w o p e n , o f f e r i n g a d i r e c t l i n k t o a l l ava i l a b l e Re n e g a d e R u m b o t t l i n g s , b o t h P r e C a s k a n d o a ka g e d Ét u d e s . Ava i l a b l e i n ve r y l i m i t e d q u a n t i t i e s i n Eu r o p e, t h e s e f i r s t b o t t l i n g s a r e a n i nv i t a t i o n to the curious to join them in their search for r u m’s u l t i m a t e p r o f u n d i t y. Fo r t h o s e o f yo u i n t h e US A a n d b eyo n d , w o r r y n o t , t h e r u m s a r e a b o u t to go on sale in select states. But for those of yo u i n Eu r o p e, yo u n o w h ave t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o p u r c h a s e t w o n e w l y l a u n c h e d Ét u d e s f r o m t h e i r f avo r i t e t e r r o i r s o f t h e N e w B a c o l e t a n d Pe a r l s f a r m s . N e w B a c o l e t i s e n c l o s e d a n d s h e l t e r e d by a forest at its nor th, and slopes down towards the s o u t h . B e i n g b a s e d a l o n g a m o u n t a i n s i d e, s t e e p e r t h a n m o s t o f t h e i r f a r m s , t h e exc ava t i o n o f t h e l a n d w a s t h e m o s t d i f f i c u l t . Fo u r t e r r o i r s w e r e i d e n t i f i e d ove r 10 a c r e s , a n d t h ey i n i t i a l l y p l a n t e d t h e va r i e t i e s o f Ye l l o w L a d y a n d L a c a l o m e Re d.

O n t h e c o a s t a l p l a i n , a s t o n e’s t h r o w s o u t h o f t h e d i s t i l l e r y, t h e r e i s a n i n t r i g u i n g t e r r o i r b e t w e e n m a n g r ove a n d w a t e r m e a d o w, w i t h a t i t s c e n t e r a d i s t i n c t i ve b a n k o f i r o n - r i c h vo l c a n i c l a t e r i t e.

C a n e g r o w s v i g o r o u s l y o n t h i s w a t e r- r e t e n t i ve s o i l , d e r i ve d f r o m Wo b u r n & Pe r s eve r a n c e C l ay s .

W i t h a s l i g h t e l eva t i o n i n r e f e r e n c e t o t h e c o a s t , t h e a i r t h a t w a s h e s a c r o s s Pe a r l s i s c o o l . T h i s , in conjunction with a swamp touching the base of t h e f a r m , a l l o w s f o r a r i c h m a i n t e n a n c e o f w a t e rretained soil. Amidst the towering palm trees, Pe a r l s h a s b e e n p l a n t e d w i t h t h e va r i e t i e s o f Ye l l o w L a d y a n d L a c o l o m e Re d.

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W i t h r um t ast i n g s a n d s e ns o r y t r ai ni n g s e s s i o ns s et up t h r o u g h o ut t h e c o ur s e, yo u’ll di s c ove r a va r i et y of r um ex p r e s s i o ns a n d st y l e s, a n d g et a fe e l f o r t h e ve r s at i li t y of t hi s d e li g ht f ul s p i r i t .

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L a s t D e c e m b e r, my f a m i l y t o o k o u r l o n g - awa i te d va c a t i o n t o H awa i i. We s p e nt t h e f i r s t h a l f o f t h e t r i p o n t h e B i g I s l a n d o f H awa i i a n d n o w we a r e o n O a h u. We avo i d t h e c r a z i n e s s o f Wa i k i k i a n d s t ay a t a b i g f a m i l y r e s o r t o f t h e E a s te r n s i d e o f t h e i s l a n d. L a s t n i g ht we h a d d i n n e r a c r o s s t h e s t r e et a t Pete r M e r r i m a n’s M o n key Po d Re s t a u r a nt , w h e r e we h a d g r e a t f o o d a n d m a ny o f t h e i r w o n d e r f u l M a i Ta i s , a n i c e r i f f o n t h e Tr a d e r V i c o r i g i n a l w i t h Pa s s i o n Fr u i t f o a m o n t o p. To d ay, t h e g r a n d k i d s a r e z i p p i n g d o w n wa te r s l i d e s , t h e a d u l t s a r e r e c ove r i n g a n d I a m d r i v i n g n o r t h t o Kō H a n a D i s t i l l e r s i n Ku n i a . I n 2 0 0 9, R o b e r t D aw s o n a n d J a s o n B r a n d c r e a te d Kō H a n a w i t h t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h ey w o u l d m a ke r u m f r o m f r e s h c a n e j u i c e a n d t h a t j u i c e w o u l d c o m e f r o m H awa i i a n h e i r l o o m s u g a r c a n e t h a t t h ey w o u l d g r o w o n H awa i i.

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Ku n i a , o r Ku n i a C a m p, a s i t wa s o n c e c a l l e d, wa s o r i g i n a l l y t h e p l a nt at i o n v i l l a g e f o r a D e l M o nte p i n e a p p l e o p e r at i o n. T h e s e d ay s , t h e p l a nt at i o n i s h o m e t o s eve r a l a g r i c u l t u r a l s t a r t u p s , i n c l u d i n g Kō H a n a . A s yo u p u l l i nt o t h e p r o p e r t y, yo u c a n j u s t b a r e l y s e e t h e t o p, c u r v i n g r o o f o f a n o l d Q u o n s et h u t .

T h e h u t wa s b u i l t i n 19 5 9 a n d s e r ve d a s t h e G e n e r a l S t o r e f o r t h e D e l M o nte p l a nt at i o n. I t wa s c o m p l ete l y r ef i n i s h e d i n 2 015 a n d n o w s e r ve s a s t h e Kō H a n a Ta s t i n g Ro o m. I t i s h e r e t h at I m e et J e n n i f e r S a n d a g e (J S), A s s i s t a nt M a n a g e r o f t h e Ta s t i n g Ro o m a n d t h e g u i d e f o r t h i s m o r n i n g’s f a r m t o u r a n d t a s t i n g.

J S: I n H awa i i a n , Kō m ea ns c a n e a n d H a n a m ea ns wo r k . O u r n a m e a c tu a l ly m ea ns t h e wo r k o f t h e s u g a r c a n e. T h e way we d o t h a t h e r e a t Kō H a n a i s we m a ke a g r i c o l e s t y l e r u m , us i n g t h e f r es h p r es s e d j u i c e as o u r m a i n i n g r e d i e n t .

We d i f f e r f r o m t r a d i t i o n a l r u m s t h a t us e a s u g a r by - p r o d u c t , l i ke m o l as s es . We a r e g o i n g t o s ta r t o u r t o u r by t r y i n g a l i t t l e o f t h e b e a u t i f u l s u g a r c a n e j u i c e.

J e n n i f e r p u l l s o u t s eve r a l s h o r t p i e c e s o f c a n e f r o m a r ef r i g e r a t o r a n d f e e d s t h e m i nt o a b e ef y, t a b l e - t o p c r u s h e r. T h e m a c h i n e p u l ve r i ze s t h e c a n e, s e n d i n g t h e s p e nt p u l p i n o n e d i r e c t i o n a n d t h e f r e s h j u i c e i nt o a c u p. J e n n i f e r t h e n p o u r s e a c h o f u s a s a m p l e. T h e l i q u i d i s m i l k y w h i te, t h e a r o m a i s ve r y f l o r a l a n d t h e t a s te i s a c o m b i n at i o n o f b a n a n a s a n d c o c o n u t wa te r.

T h e n ex t s t o p o n o u r t o u r i s t h e C a n e G a r d e n.

J u s t o u t s i d e o f t h e Ta s t i n g R o o m , Kō H a n a h a s p l a nte d s a m p l e s o f t h e 3 4 H awa i i a n h e i r l o o m va r i et a l s t h ey h ave c o l l e c te d. T h e va r i et y o f va r i et a l s i s s t u n n i n g , f r o m m i l k y w h i te t o ye l l o w t o r e d d i s h - p u r p l e. J e n n i f e r p o i nt s o u t a c o u p l e o f va r i et a l s t h at a r e u s e d i n r u m s t h a t we w i l l s o o n t a s te. T h e r e i s Ke a , w h i c h m e a n s w h i te i n H awa i i a n, b e c a u s e i t h a s a w h i te wa x y f i n i s h.

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s t a l k . J e n n i f e r t h e n p o i nt s t o M a n u l e l e, a p u r p l e c a n e, t h at wa s t h e f i r s t c a n e t h at D aw s o n a n d B r a n d u s e d i n t h e i r e a r l y ex p e r i m e nt s i n 2 014.

We l e ave t h e g a r d e n a n d s t a r t t h e s h o r t h i ke t o t h e c a n e f i e l d s . T h e D e l M o nte p l a nt at i o n h a d a b o u t 3 ,0 0 0 a c r e s at o n e t i m e. W h e n i t c l o s e d i n 2 0 0 6 , t h e l a n d wa s s u b - d i v i d e d a n d l e a s e d t o s eve r a l s t a r t - u p c o m p a n i e s . O n e i s Ku n i a C o u nt r y Fa r m s , w h e r e Kō H a n a p a r t n e r J a s o n B r a n d h a s a n i n g e n i o u s a q u a p o n i c l et t u c e f a r m .

L a r g e t a n ks h o l d t i l a p i a f i s h a n d t h e wate r f r o m t h o s e t a n ks i s u s e d t o s p r ay a n d f e r t i l i ze t h e r o ot s o f g o u r m et l et t u c e. T h ey a r e c u r r e nt l y h a r ve s t i n g 5 ,0 0 0 h e a d s o f l et t u c e a we e k .

J u s t p a s t t h e l et t u c e f a r m , t h e c a n e f i e l d s b e g i n. I t i s i m p r e s s i ve t o s e e t h e s e c o l o r f u l, 15 - f o ot p l a nt s , t o we r i n g ove r yo u. U p a h e a d, t h r e e w o r ke r s a r e f e e d i n g c a n e s t a l ks i nt o a l a r g e c r u s h e r o n w h e e l s . N ex t t o t h e c r u s h e r i s a l a r g e, s p h e r i c a l t a n k . A f te r t h e s t a l ks a r e c r u s h e d, t h e p u l p o r b a g a s s e i s t h r o w n i n a b i g p i l e a n d t h e j u i c e i s p u m p e d i nt o t h e t a n k .

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J S: We l i ke t o h a r ves t a n d c r us h o n - s i te b e c a us e we us e a l l as p e c ts o f t h e c a n e. We w i l l s t r i p t h e l eaves f r o m t h e s ta l ks a n d us e t h e m as a n a tu r a l we e d m a t . A l l t h es e p i e c es o f b l a c k p l as t i c yo u s e e h e r e i n t h e f i e l d we r e f r o m t h e D e l M o n t e d ays . T h ey wo u l d us e l a r g e s h e e ts o f p l as t i c f o r t h e i r we e d m a ts . We w i l l c o m p o s t a l l t h e c r us h e d c a n e a n d r e tu r n a l l t h o s e n u t r i e n ts back into the soil. Out here in the field, it might t a ke us s eve r a l h o u r s t o c r us h a d ay ’s h a r ves t .

To p r eve n t w i l d ye a s ts a n d b a c te r i a f r o m ta k i n g ove r, we i n o c u l a te t h e j u i c e h e r e i n t h e f i e l d w i t h o u r p r o p r i e ta r y ye a s t , g i v i n g i t a j u m p s ta r t on fermentation.

We l i n e u p at t h e b a r a n d J e n n i f e r b e g i n s t o p o u r.

O n t h e way b a c k t o t h e Ta s t i n g R o o m , we p a s s the distiller y buildings. The smaller building h a s t h e 2 5 - f o o t c o l u m n o f a c o nt i n u o u s s t i l l ex te n d i n g t h r o u g h t h e r o o f. T h e s e c o n d b u i l d i n g h a s t wo hy b r i d p o t s t i l l s . T h e f i r s t c o n s i s t s o f a 6 0 0 - g a l l o n p o t c o n n e c te d t o a c o l u m n w i t h f o u r p l ate s . T h i s wa s t h e m a i n s t i l l f o r s eve r a l ye a r s .

T h e n ewe r s t i l l i s l a r g e r, i t h a s a 13 0 0 - g a l l o n p ot , w i t h t wo c o l u m n s , e a c h w i t h te n p l ate s . S o m a ny s t i l l s , s o m a ny q u e s t i o n s!

J S: N ex t i s Ko h o , w h i c h m ea ns t o s e l e c t o r c h o o s e. We w i l l ta ke o u r d i s t i l l a te d o w n t o 118 p r o o f a n d p u t i t i n a va r i e t y o f b a r r e l s f o r 2 t o 3 yea r s . T h i s s a m p l e i s f r o m t h e Ko Kea va r i e t a l a n d was a g e d i n A m e r i c a n O a k a n d b o t t l e d a t 9 0 - p r o o f.

Fr o m h e r e we m ove b a c k i n s i d e f o r t h e t a s t i n g.

Kō H a n a h a s t w o c o r e p r o d u c t s a n d s eve r a l s p e c i a l r e l e a s e s . T h e f i r s t c o r e r u m i s Ke a , t h e i r u n - a g e d w h i te r u m. Eve r y b a tc h o f Ke a i s m a d e f r o m o n e h e i r l o o m va r i et a l, e a c h w i t h i t s o w n f l avo r n o te s . Ko h o i s t h e a g e d ve r s i o n o f t h e i r r u m , h av i n g b e e n r e s te d i n b a r r e l s f o r 2 t o 3 ye a r s .

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J S: Kea m ea ns w h i te i n H awa i i a n . Kea i s o u r w h i te r u m . A f te r i t c o m es o f f t h e s t i l l a t 16 0 - p r o o f, we a r e g o i n g t o r es t i t f o r 9 0 d ays i n s ta i n l es s s te e l ta n ks . T h e r es t i n g p e r i o d g i ves a l l t h e c o m p o n e n ts t i m e t o m e r g e. T h e n we w i l l b r i n g i t d o w n t o 8 0 - p r o o f (4 0 % A BV ). To d ay we a r e tas t i n g Kea m a d e f r o m t h e P i l i m a i a n d M a h a i u l a va r i e ta l s .

A f te r a c h o r u s o f o o h s a n d a a h s , J e n n i f e r m ove s o n t o Ko h o.

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Fi r s t , we s a m p l e Ko a , a n a g e d r u m t h a t h a s s p e nt a d d i t i o n a l t i m e i n s p e c i a l c a s ks m a d e f r o m Ko a , H awa i i ’s m o s t f a m o u s e n d e m i c h a r d w o o d. I t g i ve s t h e r u m a n i nte r e s t i n g r e d d i s h h u e. T h i s Ko a i s m a d e f r o m t h e Ke a va r i et a l a n d i s b ot t l e d at 10 0 - p r o o f.

T h e n ex t s p e c i a l r e l e a s e i s K i l a , w h i c h i s t h e H awa i i a n w o r d f o r s t r e n g t h. K i l a i s o n l y b ot t l e d at f u l l c a s k s t r e n g t h. T h e p r o o f i s va r i a b l e a n d h a n d w r i t te n o n t h e l a b e l. To d ay ’s s a m p l e wa s

m a d e f r o m M a h a i ’u l a c a n e, a g e d i n A m e r i c a n O a k a n d b ot t l e d a t 118 - p r o o f.

T h e l a s t l i m i te d r e l e a s e I t a s te d wa s a 10 0 - p r o o f ve r s i o n o f Kō H a n a’s w h i te, u n a g e d Ke a . T h i s c o m e s i n a s p e c i a l etc h e d, n u m b e r e d b ot t l e a n d i s m a d e f r o m M a n u l e l e c a n e.

T h e s e l a s t t wo, h i g h e r p r o o f o f f e r i n g s we r e d ef i n i te l y my f avo r i te s a n d I h a d a b o t t l e o f e a c h s h i p p e d b a c k h o m e. T h e w h i te m a ke s a p e r f e c t Tí P u n c h a n d t h e Ke a i s a w o n d e r f u l s i p p e r.

A s I wa s c h e c k i n g o u t a t t h e c o u nte r, J e n n i f e r wa s n i c e e n o u g h t o i nt r o d u c e m e t o R o b e r t D aw s o n ( R D), o n e o f Kō H a n a’s f o u n d e r s . We t a l ke d b r i ef l y a n d I m e nt i o n e d t h a t “ G o t Ru m? ” h a d i nte r v i ewe d h i m s eve r a l ye a r s a g o a n d t h at I wo u l d l i ke t o d o a n u p d a te a r t i c l e. H e wa s n e e d e d i n t h e d i s t i l l e r y, b u t g ave m e h i s c a r d a n d t o l d m e t o c o nt a c t h i m i f I h a d m o r e q u e s t i o n s . A n d d i d I h ave q u e s t i o n s!

M K : Fo r t h o s e o f o u r r e a d e r s t h a t a r e n o t f a m i l i a r w i t h yo u r d i s c ove r y o f H awa i i a n h e i r l o o m s u g a r c a n e va r i et a l s , c a n yo u te l l u s h o w t h at c a m e a b o u t ?

R D: I m ove d t o H awa i i i n 2 0 0 8 w i t h my w i f e a n d s o n a n d i m m e d i a te l y d e c i d e d t o s w i tc h g ea r s p r o f es s i o n a l l y. I r a n a te c h n o l o g y c o ns u l t i n g b us i n es s , b u t I wa n te d t o d o s o m e t h i n g m o r e ta n g i b l e. H awa i i ’s r i c h a g r i c u l tu r a l h i s t o r y i n t r i g u e d m e a n d I s ta r te d b r a i ns t o r m i n g ways t o t i e a g r i c u l tu r e, t o u r i s m , a n d c o ns u m e r p r o d u c ts t o g e t h e r i n a way t h a t wo u l d c r ea t e s o m e t h i n g n ew i n my a d o p te d n ew h o m e.

T h a t j o u r n ey l e d m e t o t h e H awa i i A g r i c u l tu r e R es ea r c h C e n te r ( H A R C) w h e r e I was i n t r o d u c e d t o t h e vas t n u m b e r o f p l a n ts g r o w n i n H awa i i by t wo o f t h e wo r l d ’s g r ea t ex p e r ts i n t h e f i e l d , S te p h a n i e W h a l e n a n d B o b O s g o o d .

T h e i r vas t l i b r a r y o f r ea d i n g m a te r i a l s g o i n g b a c k 15 0 yea r s s e t i n m o t i o n t h e p a t h t h a t b e c a m e Kō H a n a . A s I s tu d i e d s u g a r c a n e g r o w i n g i n H awa i i , I l ea r n e d t h a t s u g a r c a n e was a l r ea dy h e r e p r i o r t o c o n ta c t w i t h t h e Wes t .

T h e ea r l i es t P o l y n es i a n s e t t l e r s b r o u g h t i t t o H awa i i i n t h e i r voya g i n g c a n o es a n d i t h e l d ve r y s i g n i f i c a n t c u l tu r a l , m e d i c i n a l , a n d s p i r i tu a l va l u es f o r t h e m . A t t h i s p o i n t I d i d n o t k n o w t h a t i t was n’ t g r o w n c o m m e r c i a l l y, b u t i t q u i c k ly b e c a m e a p p a r e n t t h a t i f I wa n te d t o s ta r t a b us i n es s us i n g t h es e a m az i n g c a n o e p l a n ts , I wo u l d h ave t o s ta r t f a r m i n g . T h e g o o d p e o p l e a t H A R C g u i d e d m e i n i t i a l l y. T h ey t o l d m e w h e r e

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Got Rum R um?? AAppril ril 22002223 -- 52 52 Got

I c o u l d f i n d t h e d i f f e r e n t va r i e t i es o f s u g a r c a n e o n O a hu a n d I we n t t o c o l l e c t i o ns a l l ove r t h e i s l a n d . A t t h e Wa i m e a B o ta n i c a l G a r d e ns , w h i l e as k i n g f o r s a m p l es f r o m t h e i r exc e l l e n t c o l l e c t i o n , t h ey t o l d m e I n e e d e d t o m e e t a g uy n a m e d N o a L i n c o l n . N o a g r ew u p i n H awa i i a n d was wo r k i n g o n h i s D o c t o r a te i n E t h n o b o t a ny w i t h a f o c us o n H awa i i a n p l a n ts i n c l u d i n g s u g a r c a n e, c a l l e d Kō i n H awa i i a n . We m e t a n d became friends with shared passion to find a l l t h e va r i e t i es o f Kō t h r o u g h o u t t h e i s l a n d s .

H i s h a r d wo r k a n d g u i d a n c e we r e i ns t r u m e n ta l i n b u i l d i n g t h i s c o m p a ny f r o m t h e g r o u n d u p, l i te r a l ly. A t t h e s a m e t i m e , I m e t my b us i n es s p a r t n e r, J as o n B r a n d . H e h a d a l s o m ove d t o H awa i i i n 2 0 0 8 a n d o u r c h i l d r e n we n t t o k i n d e r g a r t e n t o g e t h e r. I t o l d h i m a b o u t my p l a ns a n d we b e c a m e b us i n es s p a r t n e r s a n d b u i l t t h e b us i n es s t o g e t h e r.

M K : Yo u a n d N o a L i n c o l n c o l l e c te d a l l t h e s e va r i et a l s a n d s t a r t g r o w i n g t h e c a n e. N o w yo u h ave e n o u g h s t o c k t o c r e a te c u t t i n g s t o p l a nt a f a r m . H o w d i d yo u e n d u p i n Ku n i a?

R D: T h e p r o p e r t y w h e r e we b u i l t o u r Tas t i n g R o o m j us t h a p p e n e d t o b e t h e s e m i - a b a n d o n e d Del Monte general store across the street f r o m t h e H A R C o f f i c es w h e r e I was g a t h e r i n g r es ea r c h f o r t h i s p r o j e c t . D e l M o n te h a d c l o s e d i ts b us i n es s i n Ku n i a e n t i r e l y by 2 0 0 6 . T h e g e n e r a l s t o r e wa s t h e c e n te r o f t h e a g r i c u l tu r a l v i l l a g e i n Ku n i a . I t h a d a p o s t o f f i c e , b a r b e r s h o p, g r o c e r y s t o r e a n d l u n c h r es ta u r a n t . T h e b u i l d i n g a n d s u r r o u n d i n g l a n d we r e a m es s w h e n I c a m e u p o n i t , b u t i t i m m e d i a te l y c a u g h t my eye a n d I t h o u g h t i t wo u l d b e a p e r f e c t p l a c e t o b u i l d t h e d i s t i l l e r y. Wo r k i n g w i t h H A R C , we l eas e d t h e p r o p e r t y a n d s p e n t yea r s b r i n g i n g i t b a c k t o l i f e.

M K : Yo u s t a r te d w i t h 3 0 a c r e s i n Ku n i a a n d n o w yo u h ave 3 0 0 a c r e s?

R D: T h a t i s c o r r e c t . We h ave f o u r s e p a r a t e l o c a t i o ns . T h e va s t m a j o r i t y o f w h a t we g r o w i s o n t h e N o r t h S h o r e , i n H a l e i wa a n d Wa i a l u a . O f t h e 3 0 0 a c r es we h ave , 2 6 0 a r e u p t h e r e.

M K : T h at wo u l d b r i n g u p t h e q u e s t i o n o f te r r o i r.

I f yo u we r e t o p l a nt t h e s a m e va r i et a l a t a l l f o u r l o c at i o n s , c o u l d yo u h ave d i f f e r e nt r e s u l t s?

R D: We h ave s e e n t h a t a l r e a d y. Ku n i a i s i n c e n t r a l O a hu , h i g h e r e l eva t i o n , f a i r l y d r y, easy t o c o n t r o l m o i s tu r e a n d t h i n g s l i ke t h a t . Ku n i a i s f a r f r o m t h e o c e a n . A t t h e N o r t h S h o r e we a r e o bv i o us ly ve r y c l o s e t o t h e o c e a n . T h e s a l t b r e ezes a r e b l o w i n g o n t h e c a n e a l l t h e t i m e. We k n o w t h e r e i s a n a c tu a l d i f f e r e n c e i n eve r y t h i n g we d o d o w n t h e r e , t h e r e i s a n

a c tu a l s a l i n i t y t o i t , j us t f r o m t h e s a l t a i r. T h e p r eva i l i n g w i n d s b l o w a l l t h e t i m e a n d yo u c a n s e e t h e m i s t b l o w i n g o f f t h e o c ea n , p a r t i c u l a r ly i n t h e w i n te r, w h e n t h e b i g waves a r e u p . Yo u s e e a b l a n ke t o f s ea m i s t c o m i n g u p ove r w h e r e we a r e i n Wa i a l u a , w h i c h i s ve r y m u c h a t s ea l eve l . H a l e i wa i s m o r e o n a s l o p e.

M K : Yo u o n l y m a ke r u m f r o m o n e va r i et a l a t a t i m e. H o w m a ny va r i et a l s we r e yo u a n d N o a L i n c o l n a b l e t o f i n d a n d h o w m a ny h ave yo u h a r ve s te d t o m a ke r u m s o f a r ?

R D: We h ave ex p e r i m e n te d w i t h 11 d i f f e r e n t va r i e ta l s o f H awa i i a n Kō a t t h i s p o i n t .

Eve n tu a l l y, we wa n t t o m a ke a t l eas t s m a l l b a tc h es f r o m a l l 3 4 va r i e t i es we h ave a c q u i r e d .

M K : Yo u h ave a l l t h e s e d i f f e r e nt va r i a b l e s: d i f f e r e nt va r i et a l s , d i f f e r e nt f a r m s , d i f f e r e nt s o i l s , d i f f e r e nt c l i m ate s , d i f f e r e nt s e a s o n s , d i f f e r e nt ye a r s . W i t h a l l t h e s e va r i a b l e s , d o yo u t r y t o ke e p f e r m e nt at i o n a n d d i s t i l l at i o n a s c o n s i s te nt a s p o s s i b l e?

R D: Yes , we d o . F o r exa m p l e, t h i s yea r h as b e e n m u c h we t te r t h a n l as t yea r a n d i t ’s r e a l ly h a d a n i m p a c t o n o u r y i e l d s . We t r y t o m a i n t a i n o u r p r o c es s es a n d t h o s e p r o c es s es h ave b e e n d eve l o p e d ove r t i m e. We h ave n o w c o m e t o u n d e r s ta n d t h a t d i f f e r e n t c a n es d i s t i l l s l i g h t ly d i f f e r e n t a n d we va r y o u r h ea r t c u t b as e d u p o n t h a t . We u n d e r s ta n d t h a t M a h a i ’ U l a , f o r exa m p l e, i s a ve r y r i c h a n d r o b us t , I wo u l d a l m o s t s ay ea r t hy, c a n e. T h e j u i c e o f i t tas t es ve r y d i f f e r e n t t h a n Kea , w h i c h i s g r as sy a n d s we e t a n d tas tes l i ke s u g a r c a n e. M a h a i ’ U l a h as a m u c h ea r t h i e r a n d we t m o s s tas te t o i t t h a t ’s i n t h e j u i c e i ts e l f. T h a t c h a r a c te r m a kes us d i s t i l l i t m u c h d i f f e r e n t l y. Kea i s s o s e m i n e u t r a l t h a t we c a n d i s t i l l i t a t a p r e t t y l o w p r o o f t o g e t a l o t o f f l avo r. T h e m o s t r e c e n t M a h a i ’ U l a t h a t we g o t i n , n o t o n l y i s i t ve r y ea r t hy, b u t i t i s l o w b r i x , w h i c h i s u n f o r tu n a t e.

We d i d n’ t h ave a g o o d y i e l d o n i t a n d t h e b r ix o n i t i s a r o u n d 14 -1/ 2 , w h i c h i s a l m o s t t h e c o s t o f m a k i n g r u m a t t h a t p o i n t . T h e e n e r g y c o s ts a l m o s t m a ke i t n o t wo r t h d o i n g . I t d o es n’ t h ave t h a t m u c h s u g a r, b u t i t h as a t o n o f j u i c e a n d a t o n o f f l avo r. We te n d t o d i s t i l l i t a t a h i g h e r p r o o f, o t h e r w i s e i t i s j us t ove r w h e l m i n g l y s t r o n g . W h a t we t r y t o d o i s t o c r ea te w h a t we c a l l H awa i i a n A g r i c o l e, w h i c h i s o u r s t y l e, w h i c h i s a s i n g l e va r i e ta l us i n g h e i r l o o m c a n e w h e r e we c a n h i g h l i g h t t h e n u a n c es a n d d i f f e r e n c es w i t h o u t t h e m s w i n g i n g s o w i d e ly o n e way o r a n o t h e r.

M K : I d o n’ t t h i n k p e o p l e r e a l l y a p p r e c i ate h o w m u c h g o e s i nt o m a k i n g a g r i c o l e r u m. C a n yo u g i ve u s a n i d e a o f y i e l d s . I f yo u we r e t o g o o u t

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a n d h a r ve s t a n a c r e o f c a n e, h o w m u c h we i g ht wo u l d t h at b e a n d h o w m u c h j u i c e w o u l d yo u g et ?

R D: R i g h t n o w, we g e t a b o u t 2 5 t o ns p e r a c r e.

We ex t r a c t j u i c e a t a r o u n d 70 % . I n o t h e r wo r d s , we g e t a b o u t 70 % o f t h a t we i g h t i n j u i c e. S o , a p p r ox i m a t e l y 4 ,0 0 0 g a l l o ns p e r a c r e.

M K : W h e n I wa s o n t h e t o u r, J e n n i f e r s h o we d u s t h e c r u s h i n g m a c h i n e. A r e yo u s t i l l h a r ve s t i n g by h a n d o r h ave yo u g o n e t o m a c h i n e?

R D: We a r e. U n t i l we b r i n g i n t h e n ew e q u i p m e n t , eve r y t h i n g i s h a n d h a r ves te d . We a r e g e t t i n g a m e c h a n ize d h a r ves te r t h a t w i l l c u t t h e c a n e i n t o 18 - i n c h s e c t i o ns c a l l e d b i l l e ts .

T h a t s t y l e m i l l t h a t yo u s aw i n t h e f i e l d i s a s m a l l c r us h e r w i t h a s i n g l e s e t o f t h r e e r o l l e r s .

I t i s d es i g n e d t o b e h a n d - f e d l o n g c a n e. T h e m i l l we a r e g e t t i n g i s c o nveyo r f e d . We w i l l b e a b l e t o j us t d u m p t h o s e 18 - i n c h b i l l e ts r i g h t o n t h e b e l t t h a t g o es i n t o a p r e - s h r e d d e r a n d a 3 - s t a g e j u i c i n g p r o c es s . T h a t w i l l ta ke o u r 70 % y i e l d r i g h t n o w u p t o ove r 9 0 % . I f yo u t o u c h t h e was t e m a t t e r t h a t i s c o m i n g o u t o f o u r m i l l r i g h t n o w, i t i s s t i l l a l i t t l e d a m p . T h e m a c h i n e we a r e g e t t i n g , t h e o u t p u t i s l i ke s aw d us t . I t g e ts eve r y b i t o f j u i c e o u t o f t h e c a n e. T h a t wo n’ t b e u n t i l p r o b a b l y A u g us t w h e n we w i l l s ta r t d o i n g t h e m e c h a n i c a l h a r ves t i n g . I t wo n’ t b e a ny r e d u c t i o n i n f a r m s ta f f, i t w i l l m e a n d i f f e r e n t j o b s f o r d i f f e r e n t p e o p l e. I n o r d e r f o r us t o s c a l e r i g h t n o w, we w i l l ke e p a l l o f o u r s a m e c r ew, b u t we w i l l h ave m o r e p e o p l e t o d o m a i n te n a n c e, m o r e p e o p l e t o d o f i e l d ex p a ns i o n a n d a l l t h e t h i n g s t h a t f a l l t h r o u g h t h e c r a c ks . F a r m l a b o r i s r ea l ly h a r d t o f i n d; q u a l i f i e d f a r m l a b o r i s j us t n o t w h a t p e o p l e d o a ny m o r e. R i g h t n o w, we c u t a n d h a r ves t c a n e 5 d ays a we e k . O n c e we g o m e c h a n ize d , i t w i l l b e 3 d ays a we e k a n d we w i l l o n ly b e c u t t i n g eve r y o t h e r we e k . U n t i l we s c a l e u p, d u r i n g t h o s e d o w n t i m es , we w i l l b e a b l e t o c h e c k t h e f i e l d s . I t i s e asy t o c h e c k 15 o r 2 0 a c r es o f d r i p ta p e. I t i s a l o t h a r d e r t o c h e c k 2 0 0 a c r es . Yo u n e e d d r o n es , yo u n e e d hu g e AT V ’s t o d r i ve t h r o u g h a n d r e a l l y l o o k a n d m a ke s u r e t h e r e a r e n o d e a d s p o ts . T h e e q u i p m e n t we h ave o n s i te c a n d o w h a t we wa n t t o d o as f a r as m a k i n g r u m a n d t h e vo l u m e we wa n t t o m a ke r i g h t n o w. N o w i t ’s a l l a b o u t g e t t i n g t h e f a r m m e c h a n ize d a n d o p e r a t i o n a l t o d o t h i s m u c h j u i c e. We a r e ta l k i n g a b o u t 2 6 ,0 0 0 g a l l o ns a we e k . A n d t h a t w i l l a l l b e d o n e i n 3 d ays .

I m a g i n e t h a t . Yo u a r e l i te r a l l y g o i n g t o h a u l o f f 2 6 ,0 0 0 g a l l o ns o f j u i c e , w h i c h i s l i ke a s m a l l s w i m m i n g p o o l eve r y 3 d ays .

M K : Yo u c u t t h e s t a l k , b u t b e c a u s e t h i s i s a grass, it grows back?

Got R um ? A p ril 2 0 2 3 - 54

R D: C o r r e c t . B u t b e c a us e t h es e a r e n o t c o m m e r c i a l c a n es , t h e r e was n o t a l o t o f d a t a o n h o w l o n g yo u c o u l d d o t h a t . Yo u h ave t o eve n tu a l l y r e p l a n t . A c u t o f t h e c a n e i s c a l l e d a r a t o o n; t h a t m ea ns yo u c u t t h e c a n e a n d i t r e g r o ws . I h ave h ea r d t h a t i n s o m e p a r ts o f t h e wo r l d , yo u c a n g e t 10 r a t o o ns , yo u wo u l d r e p l a n t eve r y 10 yea r s . A g a i n , we a r e g r o w i n g h e i r l o o m c a n es . We f i n d n o w s o m e o f t h e va r i e ta l s n e e d t o b e r e p l a n te d as s o o n as 3 yea r s . T h a t f i r s t yea r we g e t g o o d r i c h s u g a r c o n te n t , l e t ’s s ay 18 b r i x . We f o u n d t h a t i n t h e s e c o n d yea r, we m i g h t g e t 2 0 o r eve n 2 2 b r ix .

T h e s e c o n d yea r i s b e t te r t h a n t h e f i r s t , w h i c h i s a c tu a l l y t y p i c a l o f s u g a r c a n e. T h e f i r s t r e g r o w t h , t h e f i r s t r a t o o n te n d s t o h ave yo u r b es t y i e l d . T h e t h i r d yea r, yo u m i g h t g o b a c k t o t h a t f i r s t yea r a n d t h e n i t s l o w l y d e c r eas es t o w h e r e yo u m i g h t o n l y s e e 14 b r i x . S o m e o f t h e p r o b l e m s we a r e h av i n g w i t h o u r M a h a i ’ U l a i s t h a t we a r e i n o u r f i f t h yea r, o u r f i f t h r a t o o n a n d we h ave n eve r d o n e i t b e f o r e. N o o n e h as eve r g r o w n te n a c r es o f M a h a i ’ U l a b e f o r e a n d c u t i t eve r y yea r a n d s e e w h a t h a p p e ns . S o , we a r e h av i n g t o l ea r n . We t h i n k we m ay h ave t o r e p l a n t eve r y t h r e e yea r s . We d o n’ t h ave t o r e p l a n t Kea b u t eve r y f i ve yea r s . Eve r y d i f f e r e n t va r i e ta l h as a d i f f e r e n t c h a r a c t e r a n d c h a r a c te r i s t i c s t h a t we h ave t o b e m i n d f u l o f.

T h e r e a r e s o m a ny va r i a b l es i n w h a t we d o .

M K : T h e b i g g e s t p r o b l e m w i t h c a n e j u i c e i s t h at eve r y b a c te r i u m a n d w i l d ye a s t o n t h e c a n e a n d i n t h e f i e l d wa nt s t o e at i t . J e n n i f e r ex p l a i n e d t h at yo u a r e a d d i n g ye a s t t o t h e j u i c e i n t h e f i e l d. T h at ’s s u c h a s m a r t i d e a .

R D: We s ta r te d i n o c u l a t i n g i n t h e f i e l d a n d i t h as m a d e s u c h a d i f f e r e n c e. We d e c i d e d w h a t t h e h e c k , l e t ’s j us t tea c h t h e f a r m h a n d s t h i s i s h o w m u c h yo u a d d a n d i t ’s b r i l l i a n t b e c a us e n o t o n l y a r e yo u i n o c u l a t i n g i t f r o m a l l t h e w i l d yeas ts a n d b a c te r i a , b u t t h e p u m p i n g i n t o t h e ta n k ves s e l i s a d d i n g s o m u c h ox yg e n i n t o t h e yeas t was h t h a t i t c o u l d n’ t b e h a p p i e r. A n d i t i s wa r m o u t t h e r e, s o b e t we e n t h e h ea t a n d t h e ox yg e n , we a r e r ea l l y g e t t i n g i t s ta r te d . B y t h e t i m e i t h i ts o u r f e r m e n te r s , we s e e s u p e r a c t i ve bubbling going on.

M K : Yo u h ave c u t t h e c a n e, b r o u g ht i t t o t h e d i s t i l l e r y a n d n o w i t i s f e r m e nt i n g. Yo u m e nt i o n e d 24, 0 0 0 g a l l o n s o f f e r m e nt i n g c a p a c i t y. T h at s o u n d s l i ke a l ot .

R D: I t i s a l o t . We h ave ye t t o a p p r o a c h f i l l i n g t h o s e, b u t i n A u g us t we w i l l . I n A u g us t we w i l l h ave a l l o f t h o s e a c t i ve. We a r e t y p i c a l ly f i l l i n g o u r f e r m e n te r s b e t we e n o n e a n d t wo t h o us a n d g a l l o ns . T h ey a r e 3 4 0 0 - g a l l o n f e r m e n te r s b u t we a r e n o t f i l l i n g t h e m a l l t h e way b e c a us e we

a r e n o t g e t t i n g t h a t m u c h j u i c e i n a ny g i ve n d ay. We a r e ove r c a p a c i t y i n o u r f e r m e n te r s .

M K : Yo u h ave c u t t h e c a n e, c r u s h e d i t , f e r m e nte d t h e f r e s h j u i c e a n d n o w yo u h ave a wa s h t o d i s t i l l. W h a t h a s b e e n t h e p r o g r e s s i o n o f yo u r s t i l l s?

R D: O u r c o m p a ny was r e a l l y a b o o ts t r a p e n t r e p r e n e u r i a l ve n tu r e. J as o n a n d I s ta r te d w i t h j us t t h e t wo o f us s h a r i n g ex p e ns es . We eve n tu a l ly b r o u g h t i n o u ts i d e i nves t m e n t , b u t i t was s m a l l f o r w h a t we we r e t r y i n g t o d o . S o , I l o o ke d f o r a b o o ts t r a p s t i l l m a ke r a n d f o u n d o n e i n S t eve n C a g e o f C a g e & S o n’s . H e was j us t s ta r t i n g o u t b a c k t h e n , t o o . S o f a r, h e h as b u i l t f o u r s t i l l s f o r us . O u r f i r s t s t i l l was a 5 0 0 - g a l l o n p o t w i t h a 4 - p l a te c o l u m n a n d i t was d es i g n e d w i t h h i s as s i s t a n c e t o c r e a te s o m e t h i n g t h a t c o u l d m a ke t h e a g r i c o l e s t y l e we we r e a f t e r i n a s i n g l e p as s , r a t h e r t h a n m u l t i p l e r u ns . A t t h e t i m e, I t h i n k t h i s was o n e o f o n l y t wo s t i l l s h e h a d eve r b u i l t o f t h a t s ize. H e h as b e e n o u r g o - t o s t i l l m a ke r eve r s i n c e. We p h as e d o u t the original 500 - gallon pot for a more ef ficient 6 0 0 - g a l l o n u n i t a n d t h e n b u i l t a 1, 3 0 0 - g a l l o n p o t w i t h t wo 10 - p l a te s i d e c o l u m ns , w h i c h i s now our primar y still. Once the farms are fully

o n l i n e by t h e e n d o f t h i s s u m m e r a n d we a r e h a r ves t i n g 6 ,0 0 0 g a l l o ns o f f r es h c a n e j u i c e a d ay, we w i l l c h a n g e o u r p r o c es s a n d s ta r t us i n g t h e c o n t i n u o us s t i l l S teve n b u i l t f o r us a n d d o a t wo - s ta g e p r o c es s . We w i l l us e t h e c o n t i n u o us c o l u m n as a s t r i p p i n g s t i l l a n d t h e 1, 3 0 0 - g a l l o n p o t as a s p i r i t s t i l l . C a g e & S o ns h as b e e n a g r ea t p a r t n e r f o r ove r 10 yea r s n o w. H e h as g r o w n w i t h us a n d I t h i n k h e c a n b u i l d a ny t h i n g we n e e d .

M K : H i s we b s i te d e s c r i b e s yo u r c o nt i n u o u s s t i l l a s “ a C o nt i n u o u s s t r i p p i n g c o l u m n, c a p a b l e o f d i s t i l l i n g 3 , 2 0 0 g a l l o n s o f wa s h t o l o w w i n e s i n 8 h o u r s o r l e s s .”

R D: S o t h a t was t h e d es i g n , o n e f e r m e n te r p e r d ay. T h e n we w i l l d i s t i l l i t a g a i n , b e c a us e t h a t i s o n l y b r i n g i n g i t d o w n t o l o w w i n es . L e t ’s s ay i t was a 10 % was h , we r u n i t t h r o u g h t h e c o n t i n u o us s t i l l a n d we w i l l b r i n g i t u p t o a 6 0 % was h . T h e n we wo u l d p u t t h a t i n t h e b i g pot still to do the spirit run. The yields will b e m u c h h i g h e r, b e c a us e we a r e s ta r t i n g w i t h a m u c h h i g h e r a l c o h o l w i n e, w h i c h m ea ns i t b o i l s f as te r. T h e s ize o f yo u r c u ts i s g o i n g t o b e t h e s a m e. Yo u a r e p r o b a b l y g o i n g t o g e t b e t we e n 4 3 a n d 52 % y i e l d . B u t yo u a r e s ta r t i n g

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w i t h 5 0 % a l c o h o l a n d n o t 10 % , s o , yo u g e t f i ve t i m es m o r e p r o d u c t i o n a n d i t ’s m u c h m o r e energy ef ficient.

M K : W h at p r o o f i s t h e r u m w h e n i t c o m e s o f f t h e s t i l l (s) a n d a t w h a t p r o o f d o e s i t g o i nt o s t a i n l e s s s te e l t a n ks o r b a r r e l s?

R D: B e c a us e we g r o w o u r o w n c a n e a n d t h e va r i e t a l s va r y s o m u c h i n f l avo r a n d s u g a r c o n t e n t , we d o n’ t d i s t i l l eve r y va r i e ta l t h e s a m e way. A l o w B r i x c a n e te n d s t o b e f u n k i e r t h a n a h i g h B r ix o n e. To eve n t h e m o u t we m i g h t d i s t i l l as h i g h a s 170 p r o o f f o r p a r t o f a l o w B r i x r u n , w h i l e we m i g h t n eve r g e t a b ove 16 0 p r o o f o n a h i g h B r i x r u n . W h e n d o i n g b a r r e l r u ns , we c o u l d b e d i s t i l l i n g i n t h e 14 0 s . A g a i n , t h e d e c i s i o ns a r e s e ns o r y a n d we h ave l e a r n e d t h e s we e t s p o ts ove r t h e l as t 10 ye a r s o f d o i n g t h i s .

S o , t h e s h o r t a ns we r i s 14 0 -170 p r o o f f o r r u m m a k i n g . We b a r r e l a t 118 p r o o f.

M K : N o w yo u h ave s p i r i t s a n d yo u a r e a g i n g i t . I s e e yo u h ave u s e d va r i o u s w o o d s f o r yo u r b a r r e l. T h e o n e t h a t s t i c ks o u t i s t h e Ko a w o o d.

H o w d o yo u f i n d Ko a w o o d, s i n c e yo u c a n’ t j u s t c u t d o w n a Ko a t r e e i n H awa i i a n d h o w d i d yo u f i n d s o m e o n e t o m a ke a b a r r e l o u t o f i t ? N o o n e h a s eve r d o n e t h a t b ef o r e.

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R D: We wo r ke d w i t h a ve r y i n te r es t i n g c o m p a ny c a l l e d C o n t i n e n ta l C r a f ts m e n a n d I d e f i n i t e ly wa n t t o c r e d i t t h e m . S e t h G o nza l ez i s t h e n a m e o f t h e g uy w h o h as m a d e o u r b a r r e l s a n d h e i s a ve r y ta l e n te d wo o d wo r ke r. We p u l l a l l o f o u r Ko a wo o d , m a i n l y, f r o m t h e B i g I s l a n d .

T h a t ’s w h e r e m o s t i t i s a n d i t i s a l l f r o m f a l l e n t i m b e r. We d o n’ t ta ke a ny f r es h l u m b e r. S e t h i s r ea l l y g o o d w i t h Ko a . H e u n d e r s ta n d s t h e wo o d we l l a n d h e i s g o o d a t l o o k i n g a t t h e g r a i n . H e s ta r te d f r o m s c r a tc h w i t h us a n d i t h as b e e n a p r o c es s . T h e f i r s t b a r r e l s l ea ke d l i ke a s i eve. Ko a i s a n e n d e m i c a c a c i a wo o d t h a t d o es n’ t b e n d we l l . I t i s m u c h m o r e r i g i d t h a n o a k , i t wa n ts t o s n a p m o r e t h a n b e n d . H e h as b e e n s tea m i n g i t a n d d o i n g eve r y t h i n g h e c a n , b u t l i ke eve r y t h i n g e l s e we d o , we t o o k o n s o m e t h i n g t h a t ’s r ea l l y h a r d a n d t r y i n g t o f i g u r e o u t h o w t o d o i t . I f e e l l i ke o u r te c h n i q u es are good and the barrels coming out now are s ta b l e. We wo u l d l i ke t o g o f r o m t h e 3 0 - g a l l o n b a r r e l s t h a t we a r e us i n g r i g h t n o w t o b i g g e r, 5 0 - g a l l o n b a r r e l s . We s ta r te d w i t h a s m a l l e r b a r r e l a n d , a g a i n , we a r e j us t g o i n g t o g r o w i n t o i t a n d l ea r n as we g o . Ko a r u m w i l l a l ways b e a b o u t i q u e p r o d u c t , b e c a us e t h e r e i s a s c a r c i t y o f Ko a wo o d . M ay b e i t w i l l a l ways b e s p e c i a l a n d yo u w i l l h ave t o c o m e t o t h e distiller y to get it.

M K : Yo u h ave g o n e f r o m a b a r r e l h o u s e t h at wo u l d h o l d 2 0 0 b a r r e l s t o a n ew h o u s e t h at w i l l h o l d 10 0 0 ?

R D: T h a t ’s c o r r e c t . N o w we j us t h ave t o f i l l t h e m . We f i l l e d e i g h t b a r r e l s l as t we e k , s o t h a t was a g o o d we e k . O n c e we f i g u r e t h i s f u l l sys t e m o u t , we h o p e t o f i l l e i g h t b a r r e l s eve r y we e k . T h e m i n i m u m a g e o f a ny p r o d u c t we p u t o u t i s t wo ye a r s , s o , we r ea l ly h ave t o s ta r t b u i l d i n g u p t h a t i nve n t o r y.

M K : T h e n i t i s t i m e t o b o t t l e. Kō H a n a’s s q u a r e b ot t l e i s ve r y d i s t i n c t i ve o n t h e r u m s h e l f. H o w d i d t h a t c o m e a b o u t ?

R D: M y c o n c e p t was t h a t I wa n te d t o d o a s q u a r e b o t t l e, a t r u e c u b e. N o b o d y m a d e o n e, s o , we h a d t o g o t h r o u g h t h e p r o c es s o f m a k i n g o u r o w n . T h e r e as o n f o r i t i s k i n d o f i n t e r es t i n g . B e i n g i n t h e Pa c i f i c , we a r e t h e g a t eway t o As i a . I t h i n k we h ave a t r e m e n d o us g r o w t h o p p o r tu n i t y i n As i a , w h e r e r u m i s u n d e r- r e p r es e n te d a n d u n d e ra p p r e c i a t e d . W h e n I s ta r te d t h i s c o m p a ny w i t h J as o n , t h e i d e a wa s t o us e H awa i i as a b r i d g e t o i n t r o d u c e r u m i n t o As i a . T h a t m e a ns s t a r t i n g i n J a p a n w h e r e t h e p e o p l e h ave a hu g e a f f i n i t y f o r H awa i i . W h e n I was t h i n k i n g o f p a c ka g i n g , I was t r y i n g t o c r ea t e s o m e t h i n g t h a t was s p e c i a l f o r w h a t t h e J a p a n es e wo u l d c a l l ‘ o m i ya g e’, w h i c h i s a g i f t . I f yo u a r e a J a p a n es e p e r s o n a n d yo u t r ave l , o n e o f t h e r es p o ns i b i l i t i es yo u h ave c u l tu r a l ly i s t o b r i n g b a c k g i f ts t o p e o p l e w h o d i d n’ t t r ave l , w h e t h e r t h ey a r e yo u r f r i e n d s o r yo u r c o l l ea g u es . T h e i d e a i s t h a t i f yo u we n t s o m ew h e r e s p e c i a l , yo u s h o u l d b r i n g s o m e t h i n g b a c k a n d s h o w yo u r f r i e n d s , f a m i l y a n d c o l l ea g u es w h a t t h a t wa s . M o s t J a p a n es e, i f t h ey g o o n va c a t i o n f o r a we e k , t wo d ays w i l l b e s h o p p i n g d ays , j us t t o b u y g i f ts f o r f r i e n d s .

I f yo u m e e t a J a p a n es e b us i n es s p e r s o n , t h ey w i l l p r es e n t yo u w i t h a b us i n es s c a r d a n d t h ey w i l l p r es e n t i t w i t h t wo h a n d s . I f t h ey g i ve yo u a g i f t , t h ey w i l l g i ve i t w i t h t wo h a n d s . I wa n te d t o d eve l o p a p a c ka g e t h a t wo r ke d r e a l l y we l l b e i n g g i ve n t h a t way. I t l e n d s i ts e l f t o b e i n g g i f t e d w i t h t wo h a n d s . T h a t ’s r e a l l y w h e r e t h e c u b e i d ea c a m e f r o m .

M K : I t s o u n d s l i ke yo u g u y s h ave a c c o m p l i s h e d a l ot i n 14 ye a r s .

R D: I c o u l d n o t h ave d o n e t h i s w i t h o u t J as o n B r a n d . I m ay h ave d o n e m o r e o f t h e h e av y l i f t i n g b u t h e b a c ke d i t , h e m a d e i t h a p p e n .

T h a t ’s h o w we s ta r te d t h e c o m p a ny t o g e t h e r a n d we a r e t o e t o t o e wo r k i n g h a r d eve r y d ay.

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b a n ke r a n d h e r e i s t h e i d ea . M a ke s u r e we d o n’ t r u n o u t o f m o n ey a n d I w i l l m a ke s u r e we m a ke g r ea t r u m .’ I c o u l d n o t h ave d o n e i t without Noa Lincoln, HARC and those other p e o p l e, b u t p a r t i c u l a r l y J as o n , my b us i n es s p a r t n e r. I j us t wa n t eve r yo n e t o u n d e r s ta n d t h a t J ay a n d I b u i l t t h i s t h i n g t o g e t h e r. J as o n s ta r t e d t h e a q u a p o n i c f a r m b e f o r e we b e c a m e b us i n es s p a r t n e r s . H e k n ew w h a t I was d o i n g a n d w h a t I was t r y i n g t o p u l l o f f. W h i l e I was l i te r a l ly h e l p i n g h i m r u n a i r l i n es o n h i s f a r m o n e d ay, I a m l i ke ‘ H ey, yo u wa n t t o j u m p i n o n t h i s r u m t h i n g w i t h m e? ’ A n d n o w, h e r e we a r e !

I w o u l d l i ke t o t h a n k J e n n i f e r S a n d a g e f o r a g r e at t o u r a n d t a s t i n g, T i f f a ny Tu b o n f o r h e r h e l p w i t h p i c t u r e s a n d, o f c o u r s e, R o b e r t D aw s o n f o r a n s we r i n g my e m a i l s , t h e p h o n e a n d my m a ny n e r d y r u m q u e s t i o n s .

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B u t my p a s s i o n f o r s p i r i t s a n d c i g a r s d i d n ot e n d t h e r e; i n 2 010 I h a d t h e h o n o r o f r e p r e s e nt i n g C h i l e a t t h e I nte r n a t i o n a l C i g a r S o m m e l i e r C o m p et i t i o n, w h e r e I w o n f i r s t p l a c e, b e c o m i n g t h e f i r s t S o u t h A m e r i c a n t o eve r a c h i eve t h a t f e a t .

Now I face the challenge of impressing t h e r e a d e r s o f “ G o t Ru m? ” w i t h w h a t i s perhaps the toughest task for a Sommelier: d i s c u s s i n g p a i r i n g s w h i l e b e i n g we l l awa r e t h at t h e r e a r e a s m a ny i n d i v i d u a l p r ef e r e n c e s a s t h e r e a r e r u m s a n d c i g a r s i n t h e wo r l d.

I b e l i eve a p a i r i n g i s a n ex p e r i e n c e t h a t s h o u l d n ot b e l i m i te d t o o n l y t w o p r o d u c t s; i t i s s o m et h i n g t h a t c a n b e i n c o r p o r a te d i nt o o u r l i ve s . I hope to help our r e a d e r s d i s c ove r a n d a p p r e c i ate t h e pleasure of tr ying 2023 n ew t h i n g s (o r ex p e r i e n c i n g k n o w n t h i n g s i n n ew way s).

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Ph oto c r e di t : @ C i g a r i li g l a s s w i t h i c e, st i r i t a r o u n d a f ew t i m e s a n d s t r a i n i nto t h e Ro c ks g l a s s w i t h t h e o r a n g e g a r n i s h. I n b ot h c a s e s , f i n i s h t h e c o c k t a i l by a d d i n g l a r g e i c e c u b e s.

Fo r t h e c i g a r, I s e l e c te d o n e f r o m C AO C i g a r s , f r o m t h e S e s s i o n l i n e, i t i s 6 x 4 9 R i n g, w i t h to b a c c o f r o m t h e D o m i n i c a n Re p u b l i c a n d N i c a r a g u a i n s i d e a n d a C o n n e c t i c u t B r o a d l e af w r a p p e r, g r ow n i n f u l l s u n i n t h e R i ve r va l l ey. I n t h i s c a s e, t h e w r a p p e r i s M a d u r o, ve r y d a r k a n d at t r ac t i ve.

A s I wa s c u t t i n g t h e p i g t a i l, w h i c h I h a d p r ev i o u s l y wet te d i n my m o u t h, I p e r c e i ve d a swe et s e n s at i o n o n my l i p s , s o m et h i n g a b i t u n n at u r a l b u t n ot at a l l u n p l e a s a nt , eve n less so when I imagined the pairing with a c o c k t a i l h av i n g a s i m i l a r t a ste p r of i l e.

W i t h t h e c i g a r i n o n e h a n d a n d t h e Ru m O l d Fa s h i o n e d i n t h e ot h e r, I c o u l d n ot avo i d n ot i c i n g t h e d o m i n a nt tof fe e a n d c a r a m e l n ote s i n t h e c o c k t a i l, w h i l e t h e f i r st t h i r d of t h e c i g a r wa s s m o ot h a n d s i l k y, l et t i n g t h e swe et n e s s t a ke c e nte r st a g e.

T h e c i g a r i s ve r y t r u e to i t s c o m p o s i t i o n, t h e i nte n s i t y d o e s n’ t g o a b ove t h e m e di u m l eve l a n d t h e swe et n e s s of t h e w r a p p e r, a l t h o u g h s t i l l p r e s e nt , s t a r t s to s l ow l y di m i n i s h d u r i n g

t h e s e c o n d t h i r d. T h e Ru m O l d Fa s h i o n e d, m e a nw h i l e, h a s a m o r e m a r ke d d e c r e a s e i n swe et n e s s , b u t t h e a l c o h o l c h a r a c te r r e m a i n s , s o i t i s i m p o r t a nt f o r yo u to r e p l a c e w i t h a s i m i l a r o n e, i f yo u d o n’ t h ave t h e exa c t o n e, a p ot st i l l o r h i g h e r t h a n n o r m a l c o n g e n e r l eve l w i l l b e i d e a l.

T h i s c i g a r m ay c o m e a c r o s s a s i nt i m i d at i n g to s o m e, d u e to i t s d a r k c o l o r, g i ve n t h e i m p r e s s i o n of a f u l l b o d y (h i g h i nte n s i t y), b u t t h e t r u t h i s t h at i t g o e s ve r y we l l w i t h a g g r e s s i ve r u m s , a s we l l a s , r u m s w i t h a n at u r a l swe et n e s s f r o m b e i n g a g e d i n f o r t i f i e d w i n e c a s ks.

A s I m e nt i o n e d e a r l i e r, yo u d o n’ t h ave to u s e t h e s a m e i n g r e d i e nt s , yo u c a n r e p l a c e a ny of t h e m, a s l o n g a s yo u u s e p r o d u c t s w i t h s i m i l a r p r of i l e s , p ay i n g s p e c i a l at te nt i o n to t h e swe et n e s s , d u r at i o n of t h e r u m’s f i n i s h i n t h e p a l ate, etc .

I h o p e t h at yo u c a n r e p r o d u c e t h i s p a i r i n g to o a n d t h at yo u c a n p e r s o n a l i ze i t to yo u r l i k i n g.

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