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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 26-27 PA UL’ s S P IRI T ED T R AVEL 30-33 T h e RUM HIS T ORI A N 34-41 UN T IL T HE B I T T ER END 42-45 RUM IN T HE NEWS 50-55 E X C LUSIVE i n t e r v i e w 56-59 C IG A R a n d RUM PA IRING

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The Proof Is In The Pudding The English expression “The proof is in the pudding” means that the true value or nature of something, can only be experienced by directly interacting with it (by eating it, wearing it or living with it, depending on the item in question).

The phrase is an abbreviation of its predecessor, which better conveyed the meaning: “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”

If you’ve visited liquor stores or if you’ve paid attention to advertisements from distilleries around the world, “Cask Proof/ Cask Strength” is a growing trend that has helped generate a lot of revenue for spirits brands, suggesting that the proof is in the barrel. But what is it about a cask strength spirit that makes it appealing? To answer this question, we need to look at how aged spirits can be consumed: a) neat (sipped out of a snifter or similar glass), b) on the rocks (with ice) or c) in cocktails.

Before we explore these drinking options in more detail, let’s look at the world of barrel aging: spirits are placed in barrels to mature, that is to extract flavors from the wood and to let those flavors mellow over time. During this time, the spirit’s proof changes, along with its pH (acidity increases, resulting in lower pH) and chemical composition (aldehydes, carboxylic aci ds and esters are formed).

Filling the barrels with high proof spirit requires fewer barrels and less warehouse space (more cost-effective) than filling them with lower proof spirit. Bringing the proof down after aging, before bottling, helps producers to ‘stretch’ their aged inventory to fi ll more bottles. Reducing the proof by adding water, however, also decreases the intensity of the flavors, raises the pH and forces esters to dissociate, resulting in a less intense flavor experience for consumers.

As you can deduct, consuming barrel proof spirits neat is the best way to experience their full flavor. Drinking them on ice or in cocktails can still be enjoyable, but the effect from water and from the other ingredients (in the case of cocktails) negates much of the purpose behind having barrel-proof expressions.

Just like with pudding, however, the proof of the success of cask strength spirits is in their consumption, and there is ample proof that large segments of consumers love this pudding!

Cheers!

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T HE A NGEL’ S SH A RE

by Paul S e nf t

Jung & Wulf f Luxur y Rums No. 3 Barbados

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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I di s c ove re d t h e J un g & Wul f f b r an d in 2 0 2 0 w hil e at te n din g a sne ak p rev i ew of t h e S a ze r ac H o us e in N ew O r l e ans dur in g Tal e s of t h e C o c k t ail. T hat w inte r, my w i fe an d I retur ne d to N ew O r l e ans an d to ure d t h e f ini sh e d at t r ac t i o n, an d o ne of t h e s o uve nir s we p i c ke d up was a b ot t l e of B ar bad o s r um. W h e n yo u r e ad t h e m ar ket in g m ate r i al an d b ot t l e lab e l, yo u w i ll l e ar n ab o ut t h e b r an d, it s hi sto r y, an d t hat t h e r um i s s o urc e d f r o m t h e C ar ib b e an I s lan d of B ar bad o s. T h e r um was t r ansp o r te d to S a ze r ac’s b l e n din g f ac ilit y in Lo ui sv i ll e, Ke ntuc k y, b l e n de d to 4 3% A BV, an d b ot t l e d fo r di st r ibut i o n in 2 019. N o ot h e r info r m at i o n i s p r ov i de d ab o ut t h e di st i ll e r y it i s s o urc e d f r o m, i f it was o bt aine d t hr o u gh a b r o ke r, o r i f it was o bt aine d dire c t ly f r o m t h e r um m ake r.

Appearance T h e b ot t l e i s a t hin ne c ke d 75 0 m l b ot t l e w it h ar t wo r k of a g am e of c r i c ket o n t h e c ove r an d a few det ai ls ab o ut t h e p r o duc t . T h e bac k lab e l i s l o ade d w it h info r m at i o n ab o ut t h e b r an d an d s o m e bas i c t ast in g n ote s. A c l e ar p last i c s e c ur it y w r ap c ove r s t h e ne c k an d i s uns e al e d e as i ly w it h a built in pull t ab.

T h e sy nt h et i c c o r k i s h e l d to t h e b ot t l e w it h a p last i c c ap t hat i s s e c ure d w it h a c ap fe atur in g N o. 3 t hat de s c e n ds d ow n t h e ne c k w it h t h e b r an d nam e.

T h e li qui d h o l ds a g o l de n - amb e r c o l o r in t h e b ot t l e an d li ghte ns s li ght ly in t h e glas s. S w ir lin g t h e li qui d c re ate s a m e dium - s ize d r in g ar o un d t h e glas s t hat dr o ps a s e r i e s of f ast m ov in g l e g s, an d a s e c o n d, muc h s l owe r wave of l e g s. T h e r in g s l ow ly t hi c ke ns, an d a t hir d wave of

l e g s fo r m an d dr o p s s li g ht ly d ow n t h e glas s b efo r e evap o r at in g an d l e av in g p e b b l e s b e hin d.

Nose T h e ar o m a of t h e r um i s d o minate d by a st r o n g c an di e d c ar am e l n ote. A f te r t h e glas s re ste d fo r a few minute s, I fo un d n ote s of ac i di c o ak c har, m e dium r o ast c of fe e, dr i e d to bac c o l e af, subt l e l e m o n ze st , an d tof fe e.

Pa l a t e O n t h e palate, t h e f lavo r s of t h e r um an d alc o h o l are we ll balanc e d. I di s c ove re d n ote s of c ar am e l, a b it of dr i e d f r uit al o n g t h e lin e s of r ai s ins, ap r i c ot s, an d papaya, al o n g w it h to aste d o ak t annins. A s t h e f lavo r s b e gin to f ad e, t h e wo o d an d mine r al n ote s d o minate an d t r ans it i o n into a l o n g, li ght ly dr y f ini sh.

I f I we re g o in g to g u e s s at t h e ag e of r um, I t hink it i s b et we e n fo ur an d s i x ye ar s o l d.

T h e imm atur it y of t h e wo o d n ote s an d t h e ir inf lu e nc e o n t h e li qui d, ac c o m pani e d by t h e st re n gt h of t h e c ar am e l n ote s in t h e ar o m a an d palate, ar e t h e bas i s to my r e as o nin g fo r t hi s. T h e re i s a d e li c ate balanc e b et we e n t h e f lavo r s an d al c o h o l t hat i s inte re st in g, but t h e r e i s n o mi dpalate o r c o mp l ex it y to evaluate. W h e n I e nj oy r ums f r o m a sp e c i f i c i s lan d, I like to ex p e r i e nc e t h e c o mm o n de n o minato r s t hat c an b e fo un d b et we e n t h e b r an ds t hat i d e nt i f y w h e re t h e li qui d i s f r o m. In t hi s c as e, t h e r um gi ve s t h e im b ib e r a subt l e n o d towar ds it s s o urc e but d o e s lit t l e e l s e. I am aware t hat t h e J un g & Wul f f b r an ds have p lans fo r f uture b ot t lin g s an d h o p e t hat t h ey c apture m o re of t h e i de nt it y of t h e s o ur c e i s lan ds w it h t h e m t han t h ey di d w it h t hi s o n e.

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G o t Ru m ? J a n u a ry 2 0 23 - 7

T HE A NGEL’ S SH A RE

by Paul S e nf t

Kraken Black Roast Cof fee Rum I was sh o p ping t he aisl e s of o ne of my l o c al sto re s and c am e ac r o s s t his b ot t l e of K r aken B lac k Roast C of fe e Rum. T h e r um fo r t his p r o duc t is s o urc e d f r o m t he A ng o stur a dist ill e r y in Tr ini dad and To bag o, and I have b e e n to l d t hat it is ag e d b et we en o ne an d t wo ye ar s in use d A m er i c an w hite o ak b o ur b o n bar re ls. A f ter aging, it is ship p e d to t he Unite d S t ate s, w h e re it i s b l e n de d w it h an inf usi o n of c of fe e b e an e s s enc e and ot her natur al f lavo r s b efo re b e ing b l ende d to 6 6.6% alc o h o l by vo lum e (A BV ). D ur ing t his p r o c e s s, t h e si gnature K r aken b lac k c o l o r ing is ad de d, gi v ing t he c of fe e r um it s ink y c o l o r.

Appearance T h e r um c o m e s in t he c usto m K r ake n b ot t l e de si gn w it h t he doub l e f ing e r h o l e s, sc rew o n m et al c ap and e mb o s s e d b ot t l e. T he f r o nt lab e l of t h e r um p r ov i de s a lit t l e bit of info r mat i o n, but t he ar t wo r k of a K r ake n w re c k ing a ship f ull of c of fe e is p e r fe c t ly ap p r o p r iate c o nsi der ing t h e nature of t he p r o duc t . T he bac k lab e l p r ov i de s a lit t l e m o re info r mat i o n ab o ut t h e r um, al o ng w it h t he n o r mal l e g al re quire m ent s.

T h e li qui d is a dense b lac k c o l o r, b ot h in t h e b ot t l e and t he glas s. S w ir ling it c re ate s a m e dium - size d band t hat t hi c ke ns and dr o ps f ast m ov ing b r ow n l e g s d ow n t he si de of t he glas s.

N o r mally, t he bands evap o r ate an d p e b b l e up af ter a few minute s, but in t hi s c as e, t hey remain f i xe d in p lac e fo r ove r te n minute s b efo re eventually b re ak ing d ow n.

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Nose T h e ar o ma has a st r o ng r o aste d c of fe e c o mp o ne nt , al o ng w it h a swe et vanilla n ote, subt l e sp i c e s, an d a bit of et han o l at t h e e n d.

Pa l a t e W it h t h e f ir st sip of t h e r um I disc ove re d t h e ex p e c te d c of fe e f lavo r s, but als o n ote s of swe et c ar am e lize d vanilla, c innam o n, an d nut m e g. A f te r t h e sp i c e n ote s pas se d, t h e c of fe e n ote s c o m e bac k st r o ng, c re at ing a swe et m o c ha f inish t hat ling e re d o n t h e palate fo r quite s o m e t im e.

Rev i ew K r ake n B lac k Ro ast C of fe e Rum li ve d up to t h e billing an d de live re d exac t ly w hat I ex p e c te d w it h t h e c of fe e n ote s, but I was p l e ase d to f in d t h e ad de d dy nami c of t h e sp i c e an d swe et vanilla n ote s in t h e f lavo r p r of il e. T his set it apar t f r o m t h e ot h e r c of fe e r ums I ’ve t r i e d, as t his o ne has a c of fe e w it h c re am p r of il e r at h e r t han a st r o ng b lac k c of fe e r um f lavo r. A r um w it h t his hi gh a p r o of usually p r o duc e s a st r o ng up f r o nt punc h, but in t his c ase, par t ially due to t h e swe et ne s s of t h e li qui d, it is a lit t l e subt l e r, an d due to t his, a lit t l e c are sh o ul d b e t ake n w h e n mak ing a c o c k t ail w it h it , o r t his K r ake n p r o duc t may just sne ak up o n yo u. H oweve r, i f yo u are l o o k ing fo r s o m et hing to make a w inte r c o c k t ail w it h t hat has an ad de d t w i st , t his c of fe e r um is up to t h e t ask an d may just sur p r ise yo u.

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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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Rum Glazed Ham I n g r e d i e n t s: •

1 S m o ke d o r Re ady - to - e at H a m

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1 C. B r ow n S u g a r

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3 T b s p. M ust a r d

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½ C. D a r k Rum

D i r e c t i o n s: 1. Pr e h e at ove n to 325° F. 2. Pl ac e h a m, f at s i d e up, i n a s h a ll ow r o ast i n g p a n. Fo r a s m o ke d h a m a ll ow 25 m i nute s f o r eve r y p o un d. I f us i n g a r e ady - to - e at h a m, a ll ow 15 m i nute s p e r p o un d.

3. A b o ut 4 5 m i nute s b ef o r e h a m i s d o n e, t ake h a m o ut of ove n a n d r e m ove r i n d a n d s c o r e t h e f at i n b ot h di r e c t i o ns. M i x b r ow n su g a r, must a r d a n d r um i nto a p aste a n d s p r e ad li b e r a lly ove r t h e to p a n d s i d e s of h a m.

4. Ret ur n t h e h a m to t h e ove n to c o nt i nu e c o o k i n g. B r us h h a m w i t h g l a ze m i x t ur e eve r y 10 m i nute s unt i l d o n e. S e r ve s 8 .

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Triple Berr y Rum Crisp I n g r e d i e n t s: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

1 C. O l d - Fa s h i o n e d R o l l e d O a t s ¼ C. A l l P u r p o s e Fl o u r ¼ C. G r a n u l a te d S u g a r ¼ C. L i g ht B r o w n S u g a r 1 t s p. C i n n a m o n, g r o u n d Dash of Salt 1 1/ 3 S t i c ks U n s a l te d B u t te r, m e l te d 4 ½ C. Fr oze n R a s p b e r r i e s , B l a c k b e r r i e s o r B l u e b e r r i e s ¼ C. A l l - P u r p o s e Fl o u r ¼ C. G r a n u l a te d S u g a r ¼ t s p. S a l t ½ t s p. L e m o n J u i c e 1 t s p. Va n i l l a E x t r a c t 4 T b s p. D a r k R u m

D i r e c t i o n s: P r e h e at ove n t o 3 5 0 ° F. C o m b i n e r o l l e d o at s , f l o u r, g r a n u l ate d s u g a r, b r o w n s u g a r, c i n n a m o n a n d s a l t . Po u r i n t h e m e l te d b u t te r a n d s t i r t o m a ke t h e t o p p i n g. I n a n ot h e r b o w l, a d d t h e f r oze n b e r r i e s , f l o u r, g r a n u l ate d s u g a r, s a l t , l e m o n j u i c e, va n i l l a ex t r a c t a n d r u m a n d t o s s g e nt l y t o c o m b i n e. Po u r b e r r y m i x t u r e i nt o a n 8 x 8 - i n c h c a s s e r o l e d i s h. S p o o n t h e t o p p i n g eve n l y ove r t h e b e r r y m i x t u r e. B a ke f o r 4 0 - 4 5 m i n u te s u nt i l t h e t o p p i n g i s g o l d e n b r o w n a n d b e r r i e s a r e b u b b l i n g a r o u n d t h e e d g e s . Re m ove f r o m t h e ove n a n d p l a c e o n w i r e r a c k a n d a l l o w t o c o o l f o r 10 m i n u te s b ef o r e s e r v i n g . S e r ve w i t h va n i l l a i c e c r e a m , i f d e s i r e d. C ove r l ef t ove r s a n d s t o r e i n f r i g f o r u p t o 5 d ay s .

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N at ional Bloo d y M a r y Day

JA N 11

N a t ional Hot To d d y Day

JA N 17

N a t ional Hot Bu t t e re d Rum Day

JA N 21

Bal t ic Po r t e r Day

JA N 2 2

N a t ional I r i sh Cof f e e We ek

JA N 2 4

N a t ional B e e r Can A p p re ci at ion Day

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N a t ional I r i sh Cof f e e Day

JA N 25

Bur n s Ni ght

JA N 31

Br a nd y A l exand e r Day

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Hot Buttered Rum (Celebrated on Januar y 17) T he H ot But tere d Rum is a c o c k t ail t hat is sy no ny m ous w it h c o ld weat her and w it h end of year c e leb r at i o ns. O ur C o c k t ail Sc i ent ist , J o e l L ac kov ic h, pub lishe d t he fo ll ow ing re c ip e in his N ovemb er 2019 ar t i c le, p l ease read it to lear n m o re ab out t he o r i gin, c hemist r y and nut r it i o nal c o mp o sit i o n of t his c o c k t ail (link af ter re c ip e).

Ingre di ent s: • • • • • • • •

Dar k r um – 2.0 oz (6 0 m L) But ter, uns alte d – 1 T B S P Li ght brow n sugar – 1 Tsp A llspic e – 1/8 Tsp G round c l ove s – 1/8 Tsp G round c innam o n – 1/8 Tsp G round nut me g – 1/8 Tsp B o iling water

D ire c t i o ns: 1. Plac e t he but ter, li ght b row n sugar, and all t he spic e s in a glas s mug.

2. M uddle all ingre di ent s to g et her insi de t he glas s mug.

3. Add r um to t he mi x ture.

4. Fill glas s mug w it h b o iling water.

5. S er ve imme diate ly.

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THE M U SE OF MI XOLOGY

by Cr i s D e h l av i

Mary Pickford Cocktail H a p py N ew Ye a r, G ot Rum? Re ad e r s!

Fo r my f i r st a r t i c l e of 2 0 2 3 I wa nte d to d o a t h r ow bac k to o n e I w r ote a b o ut i n 2 016 . T hi s uni qu e, st unni n g r um c o c k t ai l h as sto o d t h e te st of t i m e a n d h as a f as c i n at i n g bac k sto r y.

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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M a r y Pi c k f o r d was a C a n adi a n - A m e r i c a n s i l e nt f i lm ac t r e s s c o i n e d “A m e r i c a’s S we et h e a r t .” S h e was b o r n o n A p r i l 8 ,18 8 2 a n d was o n e of H o lly wo o d ’s f i r st g r e at m ov i e st a r l et s. S h e was m a r r i e d to D o u g l as Fai r ba nks, a n d to g et h e r w i t h D.W. G r i f f i t hs a n d C h a r li e C h a p li n, t h ey f o un d e d U ni te d A r t i st s i n 1919. M a r y was t h e f i r st st a r to p l ac e h e r h a n ds a n d fe et o n t h e c e m e nt at G r aum a n’s C hi n e s e T h e at r e (A p r i l 19 27), a n d s h e was a l s o g i ve n a st a r o n t h e wa lk of f a m e o n H o lly wo o d B o ul eva r d i n Fe b r u a r y of 19 6 0. Pi c k f o r d m ad e ove r a d oze n s i l e nt f i lm s, a n d to day t h e r e i s a f o un dat i o n i n h e r n a m e t h at h e lp s yo un g ac to r s f i n d t h e i r f ull p ote nt i a l i n t h e i n dust r y.

D ur i n g Pr o hi b i t i o n, i t was qui te c o m m o n f o r A m e r i c a n ba r te n d e r s to f l e e to ot h e r c o unt r i e s to c o nt i nu e p r ac t i c i n g t h e i r c r af t . O n e of t h e s e p l ac e s was H ava n a, a n d dur i n g t h e e a r ly 19 2 0 s, Fai r ba nks a n d Pi c k f o r d t r ave l e d to Cuba to f i lm a m ov i e. Two di f fe r e nt p e o p l e a r e c r e di te d w i t h c r e at i n g t h e c o c k t ai l n a m e d af te r M a r y. O n e i s Ed di e Wo e lke, a n A m e r i c a n ba r te n d e r w h o m ove d to H ava n a, a n d t h e ot h e r i s f a m e d H ava n a ba r te n d e r Fr e d K au f f m a n. Wo e lke wo r ke d at t h e J o c key B a r, a n d K au f f m a n at t h e H ote l S ev i ll e. Re g a r dl e s s of w h o was t h e f i r st to s h ake up t hi s d e li c i o us c o n c o c t i o n, i t h as sto o d t h e te st of t i m e a n d i s st i ll p o p ul a r a lm o st 10 0 ye a r s l ate r. T h e “ M a r y Pi c k f o r d ” was w r i t te n a b o ut i n t h e S avoy C o c k ta i l

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B o o k i n 19 3 0 a n d “G o u r m et ” i n 19 4 3 . Re c i p e s di f fe r d e p e n di n g o n t h e p ub li c at i o n a n d t h e sto r y, b ut t h e i n g r e di e nt s st ay t h e s a m e. Li g ht Cuba n r um, f r e s h p i n e a p p l e j ui c e, Lu xa r d o li qu e ur, a n d G r e n adi n e.

T h e M a r y Pi c k f o r d i s a c r i s p, ba l a n c e d, yet s p i r i to us c o c k t ai l. I t h as t h e c l as s i c p i n e a p p l e - r um c o m b o, b ut t h e Lu xa r d o M a r as c hi n o li qu e ur ad ds l aye r s of c o m p l ex i t y. I t i s a l s o r e a lly i m p o r t a nt to m ake yo ur ow n g r e n adi n e vs. t h e sto r e - b o u g ht st u f f, a n d I h ave i n c lu d e d t h at r e c i p e b e l ow.

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A s w i t h m o st c l as s i c c o c k t ai l r e c i p e s, t h e r e a r e hun dr e ds of va r i at i o ns i n m e asur e m e nt s i f yo u l o o k i t up o n li n e o r i n b o o ks. T hi s i s h ow I m ake i t ; I f i n d i t to b e t h e m o st ba l a n c e d. Enj oy !

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By Greg Easter (Pub li s h e r ’s Rev i ew) T hi s i s t r uly uni qu e a m o n g a ll c o c k t ai l b o o ks b e c aus e t h e e m p h as i s i s o n te ac hi n g h ow to d e s i g n c o c k t ai l s of a ny t y p e: A r evo lut i o n a r y syste m t h at was d eve l o p e d ove r 15 ye a r s w i t h p r ofe s s i o n a l ex p e r i e n c e as ba r te n d e r a n d ow n e r of o n e of t h e m o st p r e st i g i o us c o c k t ai l ba r s i n S c a n di n av i a.

To l d w i t h hum o r o us sto r i e s, t hi s i s a f un r e ad as we ll as b e i n g i llust r ate d w i t h m o r e t h a n 14 0 r e c i p e s n eve r b ef o r e p ub li s h e d p lus a n ot h e r 4 0 r e c i p e s f o r li qu e ur s a n d c o r di a l s t h at c a n b e m ad e e as i ly at h o m e w i t h o ut di st i ll at i o n o r a ny s p e c i a l e qui p m e nt us i n g a n ew a p p r o ac h.

A l s o wo r t h n ot i n g f o r T ik i e nt hus i ast s, a b l e n d of avai l a b l e r um s t h at m atc h t h e t aste of a r a r e aut h e nt i c s a m p l e of t h e Wr ay & N e p h ew 17 Ye a r r um us e d by Tr ad e r V i c i n hi s o r i g i n a l M ai Tai. T h e 4 0 h o m e m ad e li qu e ur s i n t hi s b o o k p r ov i d e s t h e r e ad e r w i t h a n o r i g i n a l “c h e m i st r y s et ” to ex p l o r e n ew f l avo r s, w i t h o ut h av i n g to i nve st t h o us a n ds i n c o unt l e s s b ot t l e s of exot i c s p i r i t s t h at m ay o n ly b e us e d o n c e o r t w i c e (w hi c h i s a p r o b l e m w i t h m a ny ot h e r c o c k t ai l b o o ks to day). W h et h e r yo u a r e a h o m e c o c k t ai l e nt hus i ast l o o k i n g to ste p up yo ur k n ow l e d g e, o r a s e as o n e d p r ofe s s i o n a l, yo u a r e sur e to f i n d n ew i nf o r m at i o n a n d i d e as h e r e t h at d o n’ t ex i st a ny w h e r e e l s e.

N ot to m e nt i o n m a ny i nte r e st i n g hi sto r i c a l n ote s a n d t a l e s f r o m hi s f a m i ly ’s c e nt ur y i n t h e li qu o r i n dust r y, g o i n g a ll t h e way bac k to t h e days of Pr o hi b i t i o n.

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Le d i n t a n d e m by Fo ur s qu a r e G l o ba l B r a n d A m bas s ad o r G ay l e S e a l e a n d R i c h a r d S e a l e, o ur to ur b e g a n w i t h a di s c us s i o n a b o ut t h e hi sto r y of t h e p r o p e r t y a n d i t s r o l e i n t h e hi sto r y of t h e m a ny b r a n ds hi sto r i c a lly of fe r e d o n t h e i s l a n d. W hi l e t h e S e a l e f a m i ly h as b e e n i nvo l ve d i n r um p r o du c t i o n f o r f o ur g e n e r at i o ns, s i n c e t h e 18 0 0 s, i t was n ot unt i l Re g i n a l d Le o n S e a l e f o un d e d a r um b l e n di n g c o m p a ny i n 19 2 6 t h at t h ey e st a b li s h e d t h e i r p l ac e f i r m ly i n t h e i s l a n d ’s r um hi sto r y. T h e c o m p a ny h as b e e n p as s e d d ow n t h r o u g h f o ur g e n e r at i o ns a n d h as evo l ve d f r o m a r um b l e n di n g o p e r at i o n to a f ully o p e r at i o n a l r um di st i ll e r y i n 19 9 6 . Cur r e nt ly, C l a r e n c e D av i d S e a l e s e r ve s as C h ai r m a n, w hi l e R i c h a r d S e a l e i s Fo ur s qu a r e’s C EO, di st i ll e r, a n d b l e n d e r. It was t h e v i s i o n of t h e s e t wo m e n t h at t r a ns f o r m e d t h e f a m i ly b us i n e s s i nto t h e g l o ba l b r a n ds f o r w hi c h Fo ur s qu a r e p r o du c t s a r e k n ow n to day. D ur i n g o ur to ur, we v i s i te d a ll as p e c t s of t h e di st i ll e r y, f r o m m o l as s e s sto r a g e, fe r m e nt at i o n t a nks, to t h e p ot a n d

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c o lum n st i ll s, ba r r e l h o us e s, a n d b l e n di n g a n d b ot t li n g li n e s. O ur to ur a l s o to o k us to t h e C o p p e r S t i ll B a r, w h e r e we we r e g ui d e d t h r o u g h a t ast i n g of Fo ur s qu a r e p r o du c t s a n d we r e a b l e to p ur c h as e t h e m i n t h e adj o i ni n g s h o p. A f te r we r et ur n e d to t h e h ote l, my to ur g r o up e nj oye d a f r e e af te r n o o n b ef o r e t h e eve ni n g ac t i v i t i e s.

I s p e nt t h e t i m e e nj oy i n g t h e b e ac h a n d watc hi n g t h e suns et , s avo r i n g t h e d ow nt i m e b ef o r e o ur l ast day of s e m i n a r s.

T h e f i f t h a n d f i n a l of f i c i a l day of t h e B RE was t h e l ast day of f ull s e m i n a r p r o g r a m m i n g. D r. G e of f Wa r d k i c ke d t h e day of f w i t h a li ve ly di s c us s i o n a b o ut t h e B a r bad o s wate r syste m, t h e li m e sto n e t h at i s e s s e nt i a l to i t , a n d h ow t h e g e o g r a p hy of t h e i s l a n d hi sto r i c a lly c r e ate d i t s c i t i e s a n d c e nte r s of t r ad e dur i n g t h e c o l o niz at i o n of t h e i s l a n d. S p e c i f i c a lly, h ow B e c k l e s S p r i n g h e lp e d e st a b li s h B r i d g etow n as a m a j o r p o r t c i t y f o r t h e i s l a n d w h e r e s hi p s c o ul d t ake o n sup p li e s a n d e nj oy t h e “ h o s p i t a li t y ” of t h e i s l a n d ’s i nh a b i t a nt s.

O n c e e st a b li s h e d, B r i d g etow n b e c a m e a n e s s e nt i a l t r adi n g hub f o r s e lli n g c a r g o b et we e n t h e c o l o ni e s a n d En g l a n d, a d di n g a n ot h e r key e l e m e nt to B a r bad o s’ p l ac e i n wo r l d hi sto r y. T h e s e c o n d s e m i n a r was

l e d by S i r H e nr y Fr as e r, w h o di s c us s e d t h e hi sto r y a n d h e a lt h i m p ac t of r um o n B a r bad o s’ e a r ly s o c i et y. H e di s c us s e d h ow t h e g r owe r s ove r t h e ye a r s e nj oye d t h e s p i r i t a n d s h a r e d s o m e g r e at a n e c d ote s a b o ut r um’s p l ac e i n m o d e r n t i m e s, as we ll as t h e r i s e a n d f a ll of r um s h o p s o n t h e i s l a n d. O ur t hi r d s e m i n a r was t au g ht by D r. Ta r a I nni s s, w h o g ui d e d us t h r o u g h t h e hi sto r y a n d a r c h ae o l o g i c a l d et ai l s of t h e s l ave b ur i a l g r o un d f o un d i n N ew to n, C h r i st C hur c h, o n t h e s o ut h e r n p o r t i o n of t h e i s l a n d. T hi s s i te h as b e e n n o m i n ate d to b e c o m e a U N ESC O Wo r l d H e r i t a g e l o c at i o n, a n d t h e r e a r e p l a ns f o r a m e m o r i a l o n t h e s i te. T h e f i n a l s e m i n a r of t h e we e k was l e d by R i c h a r d S e a l e, e nt i t l e d “ Evo lut i o n of D i st i ll at i o n.” D ur i n g hi s t a lk , h e s h a r e d w i t h t h e au di e n c e d et ai l s a b o ut t h e e a r ly days of di st i ll at i o n, s h ow i n g us t h e d e s i g ns of a va r i et y of e a r ly st i ll s a n d h ow t h ey evo l ve d i nto w h at i s us e d to day. H e s h a r e d w i t h us w h at h e k n ew of m o d e r n day i nn ovat i o ns a n d p r o c e s s e s, t y i n g m a ny of t h e t hi n g s we w i t n e s s e d a n d l e a r n e d dur i n g t h e we e k to g et h e r.

O ut s i d e of t h e dai ly p r o g r a m m i n g, eve r y ni g ht of t h e B a r bad o s Rum E x p e r i e n c e of fe r e d a va r i et y of ex p e r i e n c e s, su c h as M e et t h e D i st i ll e r s di nn e r s, c o c k t ai l s at t h e Was hi n g to n H o us e, a n d b ot t l e s h a r e s a n d t ast i n g s w i t h t h e B a r bad o s Rum C lub.

T h e l ast m a j o r eve nt of t h e we e k h ad p a r t i c i p a nt s t r ave l to B r i d g etow n to d e p a r t o n a c at a m a r a n to ur of t h e i s l a n d. A s we t r ave l e d t h e c o ast , D r. H o n eyc hur c h s h a r e d w i t h m e hi sto r i c a l p o i nt s of i nte r e st , p a r t s of t h e o l d su g a r ex p o r t at i o n o p e r at i o n, a n d ot h e r d et ai l s t h at h ad b e e n r efe r r e d to dur i n g s e m i n a r s dur i n g t h e we e k . T h e g r o up e nj oye d s n o r ke li n g i n a c o up l e of di ve l o c at i o ns, as we ll as lun c h o n b o a r d t h e b o at . T h e eve nt c o n c lu d e d w i t h a b e ac hs i d e g at h e r i n g, a n d I f o un d mys e l f r ef l e c t i n g o n h ow mu c h i nf o r m at i o n h ad b e e n p r ov i d e d to us a b o ut t h e hi sto r y a n d r um p r o du c t i o n of t h e b e aut i f ul i s l a n d of B a r bad o s. I a p p r e c i ate d t h at a h a r d, unf i lte r e d l o o k was t ake n at a ll as p e c t s of t h e i s l a n d ’s hi sto r y, su g a r, a n d r um p r o du c t i o n, as we ll as exac t ly w hy t h e p a r t i c i p a nt s b e li eve a G e o g r a p hi c a l I n di c ato r i s i m p o r t a nt to t h e f ut ur e of

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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 7. H A ND B OO K FOR DISTILLERS, Fi rst Pa rt I n my p r ev i o us a r t i c l e - S u g a r, R ac e a nd G r ow th i n t h e D e c e m b e r i s su e of o ur m a g a zi n e – we s aw h ow, i n t h e f i r st h a l f of t h e 18 0 0 s, Cuba ex p e r i e n c e d st r o n g d e m o g r a p hi c , e c o n o m i c a n d te c hni c a l g r ow t h.

O n e of t h e p r ot a g o ni st s of t hi s g r ow t h was t h e R ea l S o c i e da d Ec o n o m i c a d e A m i g o s d e Es te Pa is (Roya l Ec o n o m i c S o c i et y of Fr i e n ds of t hi s C o unt r y).

A f te r b e i n g f o un d e d i n H ava n a i n 179 2, t h e Roya l S o c i et y (w h o s e n a m e c h a n g e d s eve r a l t i m e s) s p r e ad t h r o u g h o ut t h e i s l a n d, a n d, like i t s fe ll ow s o c i et i e s i n S p ai n, i t c o unte d a m o n g i t s m e m b e r s r e p r e s e nt at i ve s of t h e l o c a l e c o n o m i c é li te s, r e s p e c te d s c h o l a r s, m e n of l et te r s a n d Roya l of f i c i a l s, a ll i nte nt o n p r o m ot i n g t h e d eve l o p m e nt of Cuba.

O ve r s i m p li f y i n g, we c a n s ay t h at t h e Roya l S o c i et y was at t h e s a m e t i m e a c ult ur a l s o c i et y, a c i v i c as s o c i at i o n, a c h a r i t y, a g e nt l e m e n’s c lub a n d a p o li t i c a l p r e s sur e g r o up.

I n 18 32, t h e Roya l S o c i et y i nst i t ute d a n awa r d f o r t h e b e st p r o p o s a l s ai m e d at p r o m ot i n g t h e d eve l o p m e nt of va r i o us s e c to r s of t h e l o c a l e c o n o my a n d c ult ur e, a m o n g w hi c h, of c o ur s e, su g a r, a n d, w h at i nte r e st s us m o st , r um.

Re g a r di n g r um, o n ly o n e p r o p o s a l was sub m i t te d to c o m p ete f o r t h e p r ize: t h e C a r t i l la pa r a A la m b i qu er o s (H a n db o o k f o r D i st i ll e r s) w hi c h, n ot w i t hst a n di n g s o m e d o ubt s, was c o ns i d e r e d v i a b l e a n d g ot t h e p r ize. T h e H a n db o o k was t h e n p ub li s h e d i n 18 3 3 i n t h e p r o c e e di n g s of t h e S o c i et y.

I a m i n d e bte d f o r t hi s k n ow l e d g e to my g o o d f r i e n d, as we ll as g r e at ex p e r t of Cuba n r um, D av i d B e r mu d ez, w h o m I wa nt to t h a nk h e r e f o r t h e g e n e r o s i t y w i t h w hi c h h e h as p r ov i d e d m e w i t h t hi s d o c um e nt a n d a ll t h e ot h e r m ate r i a l o n t h e hi sto r y of r um t h at h e h as g at h e r e d ove r t h e ye a r s.

I n my o p i ni o n t hi s i s a n exc e pt i o n a l d o c um e nt a n d I t h o u g ht i t wo ul d b e us ef ul to t r a ns l ate a n d p ub li s h i t i n i t s e nt i r et y.

I t w i ll t ake t wo a r t i c l e s, b ut t r ust m e, i t i s we ll wo r t h i t . M y i nte r ve nt i o ns w i ll b e ke pt to a m i ni mum. I o n ly i ns e r te d a few c o m m e nt s of m i n e w i t hi n s qu a r e b r ac ket s w h e n I d e e m e d i t us ef ul f o r a b et te r un d e r st a n di n g.

Tr a ns l at i n g i s n eve r s i m p l e. A s I h ave w r i t te n o n va r i o us o c c as i o ns, t h e m e a ni n g of s o m e wo r ds i s s o m et i m e s o b s c ur e; m o r e ove r, t h e s a m e wo r ds s o m et i m e s c h a n g e i n m e a ni n g ac c o r di n g to w h e r e, w h e n a n d w h o m t h ey a r e us e d by. I n e a r ly 18 0 0 s Cuba, r um was 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), r o m o r eve n, s i m p ly, a g ua r d i ente. M o r e ove r, t h ey m ad e a di st i n c t i o n b et we e n l ow d e g r e e, c h e a p, c o m m o n a g ua r d i ente a n d hi g h d e g r e e, ex p e ns i ve, r ef i n o (r ef i n e d).

I l ef t t h e m o st s p e c i f i c , te c hni c a l te r m s i n S p a ni s h t h e f i r st t i m e t h ey a p p e a r, g i v i n g t h e t r a ns l at i o n i n b r ac ket s; af te r wa r ds I w r ote t h e m i n t h e En g li s h t r a ns l at i o n.

I a nt i c i p ate t h at a few p as s a g e s a r e n ot qui te c l e a r to m e. I a m n ot a n ex p e r t a n d I k n ow li t t l e a b o ut t h e hi sto r y of te c hn o l o g y.

M ay b e t h e tex t i s r e a lly o b s c ur e, o r m ay b e I s i m p ly d o n ot un d e r st a n d t h e te c hni c a li t i e s of su g a r m ak i n g a n d

di st i ll at i o n i n t h e 18 3 0 s. I n o r d e r to b et te r un d e r st a n d, I as k o ur r e ad e r s f o r h e lp eve n n ow.

M o r e ove r, t h e tex t was w r i t te n i n S p a ni s h i n 18 32 a n d t h e S p a ni s h of t h e e a r ly - ni n ete e nt h c e nt ur y was s li g ht ly di f fe r e nt f r o m c o nte m p o r a r y S p a ni s h. Fo r t h e t r a ns l at i o n of t h e d o c um e nt i nto A m e r i c a n En g li s h I e n li ste d t h e h e lp of a p r ofe s s i o n a l t r a ns l ato r, b ut t h ey, as i s a lm o st a l ways t h e c as e, d o n’ t k n ow a ny t hi n g a b o ut di st i ll at i o n, t h e r ef o r e i n a few c as e s I h ad to i nte r ve n e mys e l f. I h ave t r i e d to d o my b e st ; n eve r t h e l e s s, t h e f ac t r e m ai ns t h at n e i t h e r S p a ni s h, t h e l a n g u a g e of t h e o r i g i n a l tex t , n o r A m e r i c a n En g li s h, t h e t a r g et l a n g u a g e of t h e t r a ns l at i o n, a r e my m ot h e r to n g u e.

T h e r ef o r e, I a p o l o g i s e i n ad va n c e f o r a ny e r r o r s a n d i n ac c ur ac i e s I m ay h ave m ad e.

T h o s e of yo u i nte r e ste d, p l e as e l et m e k n ow a n d I ’ll s e n d yo u t h e o r i g i n a l tex t .

N ot w i t h st a n di n g a ll t h e s e p r o b l e m s, t h e H a n db o o k f o r D i st i ll e r s i s a f un da m e nt a l tex t f o r t h e hi sto r y of Cuba n r um. Fi r st of a ll, b e c aus e i t i s a r a r e f i r st- h a n d te st i m o ny of t h e st ate of t h e a r t of Cuba n r um - m ak i n g i n t h e 18 3 0 s. T h e r e i s a n ot h e r r e as o n, t h o u g h. M a ny, i n t h e r um wo r l d, b ut eve n i n ac ad e m i c c i r c l e s, b e li eve a n d w r i te t h at t h e r e a l hi sto r y of Cuba n r um st a r te d o n ly w i t h B ac a r di. We ll, t h at j ust i s n ot t r u e. A lr e ady i n t h e p r ev i o us a r t i c l e s of t hi s s e r i e s we h ave s e e n t h at t h e p r o du c t i o n a n d ex p o r t of r um i n Cuba date f a r bac k , at l e ast s i n c e t h e b e g i nni n g of t h e 170 0 s. N ow, t h e H a n db o o k p r ove s t h at , as e a r ly as 18 32, ex t r e m e ly m o d e r n c o nt i nu o us di st i ll at i o n a p p a r at us e s we r e a lr e ady i n us e, a n d t h at t h e p r o b l e m of h ow to i m p r ove t h e qu a li t y of t h e p r o du c t was b e i n g s e r i o us ly ex p l o r e d. T hi s, j ust to b e c l e a r, 3 0 ye a r s b ef o r e D o n Fac un d o B ac a r dí st a r te d hi s r um b us i n e s s. We’ll g et bac k to t h at .

A n d n ow, w i t h o ur m i n ds, l et ’s i m m e r s e o ur s e l ve s f o r a w hi l e i n a r um di st i ll e r ’s m i n d i n Cuba, m a ny ye a r s a g o. H a p py r e adi n g!

H A N D BOO K FO R D ISTILLE RS .

Wr i t t e n i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h A r t i c l e 5 o f t h e Aw a r d s Pr o g r a m o f f e r e d by t h e Roya l Pa t r i o t i c S o c i e t y i n t h e ye a r 18 32

G o t Ru m ? J a n u a ry 2 0 2 3 - 3 1

Q u e st i o n. W h at d o yo u as k of us?

A nswe r. T h at yo u m ay b e k i n d e n o u g h to te st m e to b e a b l e to p r ac t i c e t h e a r t of di st i ll e r o r r um di st i ll e r, w hi c h I h ave l e a r nt un d e r t h e m aste r D. N .

Q . H ow l o n g h ave yo u s p e nt l e a r ni n g t hi s ar t?

A . I h ave b e e n a n a p p r e nt i c e f o r t wo ye a r s, as st ate d i n my c e r t i f i c at i o n.

Q . W hi c h b o o ks di d yo u r e ad to l e a r n t h e b e st way to di st i l s p i r i t s?

A . I st u di e d t h e H a n db o o k awa r d e d by t h e Roya l Pat r i ot i c S o c i et y i n 18 32, a n d t h e n eve r y t hi n g c o n c e r ni n g di st i ll at i o n i n Po r te r ’s wo r k o n su g a r. [ I t hi nk t h e b o o k i s G e o r g e R . Po r te r ’s T h e N a tu r e a nd Pr o p er t y o f S u g a r C a ne 18 3 0 ] Q . W h e r e d o e s r um c o m e f r o m?

A . O n t hi s i s l a n d, i t i s ex t r ac te d f r o m t h e m o l as s e s f r o m t h e c ur i n g h o us e, a n d f r o m t h e sk i m m i n g s t h at a r e r e m ove d w i t h a s k i m m e r i n t h e b o i l e r h o us e s.

Q . W h at i s ba t i c i ó n (was h)?

A . I t i s m i x t ur e of m o l as s e s o r s k i m m i n g s, m o s to mu er to (d e ad wo r t , dun d e r), li ve wo r t a n d wate r.

Q . W h at i s dun d e r ?

A . T hi s i s t h e r e s i du e l ef t i n t h e st i ll af te r a ll t h e r um h as b e e n r e m ove d.

Q . W h at i s li ve wo r t ?

A . Li ve wo r t i s t h e s a m e was h at t h e st r o n g e st st a g e of fe r m e nt at i o n.

Q . W h at a r e t h e p r o p o r t i o ns i n w hi c h t h e s e m ate r i a l s a r e m i xe d?

A . Fo r f o ur ba r r e l s of m o l as s e s, p ut i n s i x ba r r e l s of wate r, s i x of dun d e r, a n d f o ur of li ve wo r t ; t hi s w i ll m ake up a p i pa, o r c u r ba to (m ay b e, t un). W h e n t h e m o l as s e s i s n ot t hi c k du e to t h e ad di t i o n of s o m e wate r, ad d o n e, t wo o r t h r e e ba r r e l s to e ac h p i p a. W h e n s k i m m i n g s a r e us e d i n t h e W i n d wa r d I s l a n ds, t h ey a r e p ut i n e qu a l p r o p o r t i o n w i t h t h e wate r a n d t h e

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dun d e r ; a n d w h e n t h e s e i n g r e di e nt s h ave b e e n m i xe d we ll, t h e fe r m e nt at i o n s h o ul d b e st r o n g af te r 24 h o ur s, a n d t h e n t h r e e g a ll o ns of m o l as s e s a r e ad d e d to eve r y 10 0 g a ll o ns of t h e fe r m e nt i n g c a l d o (b r ot h). O n e o r t wo days l ate r, w h e n t h e li qui d i s v i g o r o us ly fe r m e nt i n g, ad d a n e qu a l a m o unt of m o l as s e s. S i x g a ll o ns of s k i m m i n g s i s t h e s a m e as o n e g a ll o n of m o l as s e s.

T h e m o st c o m m o n was h i s 10 g a ll o ns of m o l as s e s, 2 0 g a ll o ns of dun d e r, 3 0 g a ll o ns of s k i m m i n g s, a n d 4 0 g a ll o ns of wate r. T h e su g a r c o nte nt of t hi s was h i s 15 p e r 10 0; a n d i n t h e p r e c e di n g was h i t i s 11 p e r 10 0.

I n J a m ai c a, 5 0 g a ll o ns of dun d e r a r e ad d e d to s i x g a ll o ns of m o l as s e s, 3 6 g a ll o ns of s k i m m i n g s, a n d e i g ht g a ll o ns of wate r. A n d i f t h e r e a r e n o s k i m m i n g s, p ut s i x m o r e of m o l as s e s, w hi c h to g et h e r m ake 12 . H e r e, t h e su g a r c o nte nt i s exac t ly 12 p e r 10 0. Ad d a ll t h e m o l as s e s as s o o n as t h e b r ot h b e g i ns to fe r m e nt ; t hi s i s b et te r t h a n p ut t i n g i t i n t w i c e, as m e nt i o n e d a b ove. [ T h e hi sto r y of syste m s of m e asur e m e nt s b ef o r e t h e ad o pt i o n of t h e m et r i c syste m i s a r e a l qu a g m i r e. W i t h t h e ad d e d c o m p l ex i t y t h at uni t s of m e asur e s of te n c h a n g e d n a m e a n d di m e ns i o ns d e p e n di n g o n t h e c o nte nt (f o r exa m p l e, li qui ds o r g r ai n), t h e C o unt r y a n d t h e ye a r s.

A ny way, ac c o r di n g to t h e c l as s i c wo r k of J o s é G a r cía d e A r b o l eya, “M a nua l d e la I s la d e C u ba ” p ub li s h e d i n L a H ava n a i n 18 52, o n e Pi pa of r um was e qu a l to 5 4 0 b ot t l e s o r 12 ba r r e l s. I t s e e m s to m e t h at m ay b e t h e f i g ur e s d o n’ t ad d up.]

Q . H ow i s i t t h at i n o ur c o unt r i e s, n o li ve wo r t i s ad d e d to t h e was h?

A . T hi s i s b e c aus e t h e ot h e r i n g r e di e nt s fe r m e nt we ll w i t h o ut t h at ai d. A n d as sum i n g t h at t h e r um f r o m J a m ai c a i s s o sup e r i o r, i t wo ul d s e e m c o nve ni e nt to e m p l oy t h e m et h o d w hi c h t h ey h ave ad o pte d.

Q . H ow d o e s t h e was h wo r k ?

A . O n c e t h e n e c e s s a r y i n g r e di e nt s h ave b e e n c o m b i n e d i n t uns, l e ave eve r y t hi n g

qui et . I f t h e p r o p o r t i o n of swe et n e s s d o e s n ot exc e e d 15 p e r c e nt , i t b e g i ns to fe r m e nt af te r 24 o r 3 0 h o ur s; i t f i ni s h e s fe r m e nt i n g af te r 7, 8 , 10 o r eve n 12 days.

W h e n t h e fe r m e nt at i o n l ast s to o l o n g, i t i s b e c aus e t h e r e i s to o mu c h swe et , a n d i n t h at c as e, i t t ake s 10 o r 12 days. T h e p ai l s i n w hi c h t h e was h i s p l ac e d must b e l ef t a qu a r te r e m pt y s o t h at t h e f o a m c aus e d by fe r m e nt at i o n d o e s n ot s p i ll o ut . T h e fe r m e nt at i o n s h o ul d n ot exc e e d 9 4 d e g r e e s Fa h r e nh e i t [ 3 4 d e g r e e s C e l s i us], a n d to c o nt ai n i t a li t t l e i f i t exc e e ds t hi s l eve l of h e at , ad d c o l d wate r ; a n d i f i t d o e s n ot r e ac h t hi s d e g r e e of h e at at t h e st r o n g e st st a g e of fe r m e nt at i o n, ad d h ot wate r. To p r eve nt a n i n c r e as e of h e at b eyo n d w h at i s n e c e s s a r y, t h e dun d e r s h o ul d b e ad d e d w h e n i t h as l o st p a r t of t h e h e at i t t ake s o ut of t h e st i ll; a n d i f i t i s ad d e d c o l d, t ake c a r e t h at i t i s n ot s p o i lt .

Q . W h e n i s fe r m e nt at i o n k n ow n to h ave f i ni s h e d?

A . I t i s c o ns i d e r e d to b e f i ni s h e d w h e n t h e c r ust t h at f o r m s o n t h e sur f ac e of t h e was h h as di s a p p e a r e d, l e av i n g i t c l e a n a n d s m o ot h w i t h o n ly a few s m a ll b ub b l e s of f o a m; t h e t aste of t h e was h i n t hi s st ate i s a li t t l e b i t te r, as i f i t wa nte d to st a r t t h e ac et i c fe r m e nt at i o n. I t i s t h e n i n t h e b e st st ate to b e b ur nt .

Q . O n c e t h e fe r m e nt at i o n p r o c e s s i s c o m p l ete d, w h at n e e ds to b e d o n e?

A . I n t hi s c as e, a ll t h at i s l ef t ove r s h o ul d b e r e m ove d, a n d t h e n t h e m o ut h of t h e ve s s e l s h o ul d b e c ove r e d as we ll as p o s s i b l e s o t h at n o s p i r i t e s c a p e s; f o r t hi s r e as o n, t uns o r c as ks w i t h t wo b ot to m s a r e b et te r t h a n t uns w i t h o n ly o n e.

Q . W h at c a r e d o t h e ba r r e l s r e qui r e o n c e t h ey h ave b e e n e m pt i e d?

A . O n c e t h e was h h as b e e n r e m ove d f r o m a ba r r e l f o r t h e p ot st i ll, i t must b e t h o r o u g h ly c l e a n e d; a n d i f i t i s b e li eve d to h ave c o nt ai n e d a ny ac et i c o r p ut r i d fe r m e nt at i o n, t h e n i t must b e was h e d w i t h li m e wate r, a n d g r o ute d o n t h e i ns i d e w i t h li m e a n d wate r, as i s d o n e to t h e wa ll s, s o t h at t h e bad ef fe c t w i ll n ot b e t r a ns fe r r e d to t h e n ew batc h o r was h.

Q . I s i t a b s o lute ly n e c e s s a r y to us e dun d e r to c r e ate t h e was h e s?

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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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L i ke s eve r a l o t h e r s p e c i e s i n A p i a c e a e, i t s a p p e a r a n c e i s s i m i l a r t o s eve r a l p o i s o n o u s s p e c i e s (C o n i u m , H e r a c l e u m , a n d o t h e r s), a n d s h o u l d n ot b e c o n s u m e d u n l e s s i t h a s b e e n i d e nt i f i e d w i t h a b s o l u te c e r t a i nt y. S y n o ny m s i n c l u d e A r c h a n g e l i c a o f f i c i n a l i s H o f f m. a n d A n g e l i c a o f f i c i n a l i s M o e n c h.

T h e e s s e nt i a l o i l c o nte nt o f a n g e l i c a r o ot va r i e s b a s e d o n t h e a g e o f t h e r o o t s . G e n e r a l l y, t h e r o ot s h ave h i g h l eve l s o f te r p e n e s , i n c l u d i n g α - p i n e n e a n d β - p h e l l a n d r e n e. S t u d i e s h ave f o u n d u pwa r d s o f ove r e i g ht y d i f f e r e nt a r o m a c o m p o u n d s p r e s e nt i n s a m p l e s . O f p a r t i c u l a r i nte r e s t t o p e r f u m e r s a n d a r o m a c h e m i s t s i s c yc l o p e nt a d e c a n o l i d e, w h i c h a l t h o u g h p r e s e nt i n s m a l l q u a nt i t i e s (< 1% i n r o o t s , <. 5% i n s e e d s), g i ve s a n g e l i c a r o o t a d i s t i n c t i ve m u s k y a r o m a . T h e r o o t s a r e g e n e r a l l y p r ef e r r e d f o r culinar y and aroma uses.

A n g e l i c a s e e d s h ave a s i m i l a r c h e m i c a l c o m p o s i t i o n t o t h e r o o t s , i n c l u d i n g α - p i n e n e, β - p i n e n e, c a m p h e n e, my r c e n e, β - p h e l l a n d r e n e, l i m o n e n e, c a r yo p hy l l e n e, b o r n e o l, c a r vo n e a n d ot h e r s .

B ot h t h e s e e d s a n d r o o t s c o nt a i n c o u m a r i n s and furocoumarins. Among these are 2 ′ - a n g e l oy l - 3 ′ - i s ova l e r y l va g i n a te, a r c h a n g e l i c i n, ox y p e u c e d a n i n hyd r a te, b e r g a pte n, bya k a n g e l i c i n a n g e l a te, i m p e r at o r i n, i s o i m p e r a t o r i n, i s o p i m p i n e l l i n, 8 - [ 2- (3 - m et hy l b u t r ox y) - 3 - hyd r ox y - 3 m et hy l b u t ox y] p s o r a l e n, o s t h o l, o s t r u t h o l,

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ox y p e u c e d a n i n, p h e l l o pte r i n, p s o r a l e n a n d x a nt h ot ox i n, c a n b e i s o l ate d f r o m a c h l o r o f o r m ex t r a c t o f t h e r o ot s o f A . a r c h a n g e l i c a a s we l l a s s eve r a l h e r a c l e n o l d e r i vat i ve s . T h e wate r r o ot ex t r a c t o f A . a r c h a n g e l i c a s u b s p. l i t o r a l i s c o nt a i n s a d e n o s i n e, c o n i f e r i n, t h e t w o d i hyd r o f u r o c o u m a r i n g l yc o s i d e s a pte r i n a n d 1′ - O - β - d - g l yc o py r a n o sy l - (S) - m a r m e s i n (m a r m e s i n i n), 1′ - O - β - d - g l u c o py r a n o sy l (2S , 3 R) - 3 - hyd r ox y m a r m e s i n a n d 2 ′ - β - d - g l u c o py r a n o sy l ox y m a r m e s i n.

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D i r e c t i o ns 1. Pl ac e a ll t h e b ot a ni c a l i n g r e di e nt s i ns i d e a l a r g e - m o ut h j a r w i t h a t i g ht ly f i t t i n g li d ( “ M as o n” o r c a nni n g j a r s a r e p e r fe c t f o r t hi s).

2. Ad d t h e a l c o h o l, c l o s e t h e j a r a n d s h ake we ll (at l e ast 10 s e c o n ds of s h ak i n g).

3. S h ake o n c e e ac h day f o r 3 -7 days, s m e lli n g t h e i nf us i o n e ac h day unt i l t h e i nte ns i t y r e ac h e s t h e d e s i r e d l eve l.

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5. Tr a ns fe r i nto a da r k c o nt ai n e r a n d sto r e i t i n a dr y, c o o l l o c at i o n. D a r k (b r ow n o r b lu e) eye - dr o p p e r b ot t l e s a r e i d e a l f o r t hi s, s i n c e t h ey a r e e as h to c a r r y w i t h yo u a n d c o nve ni e nt to t ake to yo ur c o c k t ai l - p r e p a r at i o n a r e a.

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T h e s e a r e t h e m o s t r e c e nt a n d n o tew o r t hy h e a d l i n e s i n t h e r u m i n d u s t r y. I f yo u wa nt u s t o s h a r e yo u r n ew s w i t h o u r r e a d e r s , p l e a s e s e n d m e a n e m a i l t o: M i ke @ g o t r u m .c o m.

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Tw o D r i f t e r s R u m i s n o w ava i l a b l e f o r p r e - p u r c h a s e o n a l l s h o r t a n d l o n g - h a u l B r i t i s h A i r w ay s f l i g h t s v i a t h e a i r l i n e’s H i g h L i f e S h o p. S t a r t i n g i n M a r c h , t h e r u m d i s t i l l e r y w i l l a l s o m a ke t h e m i n i a t u r e s o f i t s Tw o D r i f t e r s S i g n a t u r e R u m ava i l a b l e t o p u r c h a s e o n b o a r d i n t h e S p e e d b i r d C a f é f o r p a s s e n g e r s t o e n j oy d u r i n g f l i g h t s . G e m m a Wa ke h a m , Tw o D r i f t e r s C MO, t o l d S p i r i t B u s i n e s s , “ We’r e t h r i l l e d t o b e w o r k i n g w i t h a m a j o r B r i t i s h a i r l i n e. I t ’s r e a l l y exc i t i n g t o h ave o u r premium, British-made rum onboard the planes of s u c h a n i m p o r t a n t a i r l i n e, s h o w i n g t h a t g r e a t r u m d o e s n’ t h ave t o c o s t t h e E a r t h .” I n o r d e r t o e n s u r e t h a t i t m a i n t a i n s i t s g o a l f o r r e m a i n i n g c a r b o n n e g a t i ve, t h e D evo n - b a s e d Tw o D r i f t e r s D i s t i l l e r y h a s p l a c e d a carbon tax on its products through a par tnership w i t h C l i m e w o r k s , w h i c h s p e c i a l i z e s i n c a r b o n r e m ova l through carbon- capturing technologies. All of the energy supply at the distiller y is on a renewable o n l y t a r i f f t h r o u g h t h e g r i d; s p e c i f i c a l l y, t h e r e a r e no emissions associated with energy production, n o t eve n b i o - f u e l s a r e u s e d. T h e e n e r g y m a ke u p i s a m i x t u r e o f w i n d , t i d a l , s o l a r a n d n u c l e a r e n e r g y.

T h i s r e d u c e s t h e c a r b o n f o o t p r i n t o f t h e d i s t i l l e r y by around a third compared to most other distilleries.

Tw o D r i f t e r s R u m i s m a d e f r o m m o l a s s e s , ye a s t , w a t e r a n d n u t r i e n t s , t h a t a r e f e r m e n t e d f o r s eve n d ay s w i t h

a p o r t i o n o f d u n d e r f r o m t h e l a s t f e r m e nt a t i o n . T h e rums go through t wo distillations on a pot still and the Pure White Rum includes rum distilled a third t i m e i n a c o l u m n s t i l l. C u r r e nt p r o d u c t s i n c l u d e: Signature Rum, Pure White Rum, Lightly Spiced R u m a n d O ve r p r o o f S p i c e d P i n e a p p l e R u m . h t t p s: // t w o d r i f t e r s r u m .c o m / H AVA N A CLU B T h e t r a d i t i o n a l k n o w l e d g e h e l d by C u b a’s l i g h t r u m M a s t e r s h a s b e e n a d d e d t o UNES C O ’s l i s t o f i n t a n g i b l e h e r i t a g e, a p r e s t i g i o u s d e s i g n a t i o n t h a t r e c o g n i ze s a t r a d i t i o n d a t i n g b a c k e i g h t g e n e r a t i o n s o n t h e i s l a n d. T h e c a n d i d a c y c a m e t o t h e C o m m i t t e e w i t h a n u n f avo r a b l e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f r o m t h e eva l u a t i o n g r o u p, b a s e d o n t e c h n i c a l a s p e c t s o f t h e f i l e, w h i c h s u g g e s t e d r et u r n i n g i t t o t h e c o u nt r y, b u t m e m b e r s o f t h e b o d y m a d e u p o f 24 U n e s c o S t a t e s , l e d by B r a z i l - p r o m o t e d a n i n d e p e n d e nt s o l u t i o n i n t h e f o r m o f a n a m e n d m e nt , s u p p o r t e d by t h e c l a r i f i c a t i o n o f d o u b t s by t h e C u b a n d e l e g a t i o n . “ I t is a recognition of the generations of Cuban rum m a s t e r s a n d o f t h e t r a d i t i o n o f C u b a n r u m ,” s a i d Ru m M a s t e r A s b e l M o r a l e s . T h e i s l a n d ’s f i r s t M a s t e r R u m M a ke r s h o n e d t h e i r s k i l l s n e a r S a nt i a g o d e C u b a i n t h e e a s t e r n p a r t o f t h e i s l a n d a r o u n d 18 6 2 . To d ay, t h ey a r e s c a t t e r e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e C a r i b b e a n n a t i o n in local rum distilleries. Generation upon generation o f l i g h t r u m m a ke r s h ave t r a n s m i t t e d t h e s e c r e t s of the distillation process to their successors. In t h e i r s u b m i s s i o n t o t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s’ c u l t u r e b o d y UNES C O, t h e C u b a n d i s t i l l e r s s a i d “ m a s t e r k n o w l e d g e i s m o r e t h a n j u s t a g r o u p o f a b i l i t i e s ,” a n d eve n i n c o r p o r a t e s m o r a l s t r i c t u r e s a b o u t p u b l i c a n d p r i va t e c o n d u c t . M a s t e r R u m M a ke r s a l s o k n o w “ i t s h i s t o r y a n d i t s g o o d p r a c t i c e s , g o i n g b eyo n d b r a n d n a m e s a n d m a r ket i n g .” To d ay t h e r e a r e 14 M a s t e r R u m M a ke r s i n C u b a: t h r e e “ Fi r s t M a s t e r s ,” s eve n “ M a s t e r s” a n d f o u r A p p r e nt i c e s . Fo r a l o n g t i m e a n exc l u s i ve l y m a l e d o m a i n , t h e c r a f t h a s g r a d u a l l y b e c o m e m o r e i n c l u s i ve, t o d ay w i t h t w o f e m a l e “ M a s t e r s” a n d t h r e e f e m a l e A p p r e nt i c e s . A l m o s t a l l t h e m e m b e r s o f t h i s g u i l d h ave s t u d i e d c h e m i s t r y, b u t t h ey a l s o m u s t h ave r i g o r o u s t a s t e a n d s m e l l t r a i n i n g , a n d l o n g ye a r s o f ex p e r i e n c e. I n t o t a l , a decade of training and practice is required to become a M a s t e r R u m M a ke r. “ R u m i s n o t o n l y a s p i r i t , b u t a l s o a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f o u r c u l t u r a l ex p r e s s i o n .

I t r e p r e s e n t s a n i m p o r t a nt p a r t o f o u r c u l t u r e,” s a i d M o r a l e s , w h o h a s b e e n a M a s t e r s i n c e 19 9 3 . M a s t e r R u m M a ke r s k n o w “ t h e c o nt e nt a n d h i s t o r y o f eve r y c a s k , c a s k r o t a t i o n s o r r e p a i r s , a n d ( k n o w) w h i c h m i xe s p r o d u c e c e r t a i n a r o m a , c o l o r a n d b o d y,” t h e UNES C O s u b m i s s i o n s a i d. h t t p s: // h ava n a - c l u b.c o m / FIGHT AG A I N ST A TA X I N C R E A SE O N GL A SS B OTTLES I N THE CA R I B B E A N Barbados Loop Caribbean News repor ted that C A RI C OM r u m p r o d u c e r s a r e f i g h t i n g a n o r c h e s t r a t e d i n i t i a t i ve t o i n c r e a s e t a xe s o n i m p o r t e d g l a s s b o t t l e s .

T h ey m a i nt a i n t h a t t h e s e c h a n g e s c o u l d m a ke i m p o r t i n g g l a s s b o t t l e s m o r e ex p e n s i ve f o r t h e m

a n d a n u m b e r o f o t h e r p l aye r s i n t h e m a n u f a c t u r i n g s e c t o r, i n c l u d i n g s m a l l e nt r e p r e n e u r s , a n d t h e r e f o r e r e d u c e t h e c o m p et i t i ve n e s s o f m a n u f a c t u r e r s a c r o s s the entire region. Rum producers belonging to the We s t I n d i e s R u m a n d S p i r i t s P r o d u c e r s A s s o c i a t i o n ( WIRS PA), r e c e n t l y m e t t o d i s c u s s t h i s a n d o t h e r t o p i c a l i s s u e s a f f e c t i n g t h e i n d u s t r y.

S p e a r h e a d e d by t h e C a r i b b e a n P r i va t e S e c t o r O r g a n i z a t i o n (C P SO), t h e i n i t i a t i ve s w e r e p r e s e n t e d t o C a r i c o m Tr a d e M i n i s t e r s a s a w ay o f p r o m o t i n g r e g i o n a l p r o d u c t i o n o f g l a s s b o t t l e s . “ We’r e c o n c e r n e d t h a t t h e m ove t o i n c r e a s e t a xe s w i l l facilitate the formation of a monopoly situation where t h e s u p p l y o f b o t t l e s t o t h e m a r ke t w i l l b e c o n t r o l l e d by t h e s o l e r e g i o n a l s u p p l i e r o f g l a s s b o t t l e s . T h e r e i s a r e a l d a n g e r t h a t f o r ex p o r t p r o d u c t s , t h i s c o u l d c a u s e a r e l o c a t i o n o f va l u e - a d d e d b o t t l i n g o p e r a t i o n s ove r s e a s a n d t h e l o s s o f r e g i o n a l j o b s ,” s ay s Ko m a l S a m a r o o, C h a i r m a n o f WIRS PA a n d h e a d o f t h e G u ya n e s e c o n g l o m e r a t e, D e m e r a r a D i s t i l l e r s . “ T h e i r o ny o f t h i s p r o p o s a l i s t h a t w e a s a n i n d u s t r y a r e a l r e a d y b u y i n g a l l t h e g l a s s p a c k a g i n g t h e Tr i n i d a d b a s e d r e g i o n a l s u p p l i e r i s a b l e t o s u p p l y, a n d s eve r a l p r o d u c e r s h ave h a d t o r e s o r t t o i m p o r t i n g glass because that supplier cannot meet demand, o r b e c a u s e o f q u a l i t y p r o b l e m s . A d d i t i o n a l l y, a s a n ex p o r t - o r i e n t e d i n d u s t r y o p e r a t i n g a t t h e p r e m i u m a n d s u p e r- p r e m i u m e n d o f t h e m a r ke t , w e r e q u i r e b e s p o ke a n d u n i q u e d e s i g n s f o r o u r b o t t l e s i n o r d e r t o r e m a i n c o m p e t i t i ve,” a d d e d S a m a r o o. T h e r u m p r o d u c e r s h ave c o n f i r m e d t h a t t h ey a l r e a d y do signif icant business with the Ansa McAl owned g l a s s s u p p l i e r b u t h ave b e e n f o r c e d t o i m p o r t standard glass bottles due to an inability of the regional supplier to meet orders in a timely fashion.

The position of the rum industr y is also suppor ted by t h e o t h e r l a r g e u s e r s o f g l a s s i n t h e r e g i o n , including the beer and sof t drink industries, which all t o g e t h e r e m p l oy t h o u s a n d s o f w o r ke r s a c r o s s t h e i r o p e r a t i o n s . h t t p s: //c a r i c o m .o r g /, h t t p s: // w w w.w i r s p a .c o m / R U MS OF PU E R TO R ICO W I N LOCA L EMM Y AWA R D R u m s o f P u e r t o R i c o, a p r o g r a m r u n by t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Ec o n o m i c D eve l o p m e n t a n d C o m m e r c e ( DDEC, i n S p a n i s h), w o n a Re g i o n a l S u n c o a s t Em my Aw a r d i n t h e “ D o c u m e n t a r y To p i c a l ” categor y for its “Sounds of the Rum Capital” d o c u m e n t a r y. “ W h e n t w o o f P u e r t o R i c o’s g r e a t e s t s t r e n g t h s , m u s i c a n d r u m p r o d u c t i o n , m e r g e, t h e s e w o n d e r f u l t h i n g s h a p p e n ,” s a i d M a i t é J o r d á n , D i r e c t o r o f t h e R u m s o f P u e r t o R i c o P r o g r a m . “A t t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Ec o n o m i c D eve l o p m e n t a n d C o m m e r c e, w e s e t o u t t o a c h i eve g r e a t t h i n g s f o r P u e r t o R i c o, a n d t h i s d o c u m e n t a r y i s p r o o f o f t h a t .

We t h a n k eve r yo n e w h o w a s p a r t o f t h i s p r o j e c t including our Puer to Rican ar tists and distiller y o w n e r s .”

“Sounds of the Rum Capital” was shot entirely in f ilm format, with local talent and under the direction o f P r o d u c e r Pa c o L ó p e z a n d h i s c o m p a ny, N o L i m i t En t e r t a i n m e n t . M o r e t h a n 15 0 p e o p l e w e r e p a r t o f

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t h e d eve l o p m e n t o f t h i s p r o j e c t i n c l u d i n g p r o d u c e r s , l o g i s t i c s c o o r d i n a t o r s , t e c h n i c a l c r e w, a s s e m b l y, a n d ar tists among others. The 35 -minute documentar y presents a tour of the process of making a worldc l a s s r u m , t h r o u g h i m a g e s o f t h e 10 d i s t i l l e r i e s o n t h e i s l a n d , a s we l l a s e m b l e m a t i c a n d h i s t o r i c a l l y i m p o r t a n t p l a c e s , a c c o m p a n i e d by t h e m u s i c o f i m p o r t a n t f i g u r e s o f P u e r t o R i c a n m u s i c . El G r a n C o m b o d e P u e r t o R i c o, w i t h i t s s o n g “ S i n s a l s a n o h ay p a r aís o,” a d d e d f l avo r t o t h e t o u r o f C a s a B a c a r dí i n C a t a ñ o. S i n g e r- s o n g w r i t e r Pe d r o C a p ó, w i t h h i s s o n g “ D ay by D ay,” f r a m e d t h e t o u r o f t h e H a c i e n d a S a n t a A n a i n B aya m ó n , t h e p l a c e w h e r e R o n D e l B a r r i l i t o i s c r e a t e d. W h i l e s i n g e r K a ny G a r c ía p e r f o r m e d “ M i d u e ñ a” f r o m t h e e m b l e m a t i c C a s t i l l o S e r r a l l é s i n Po n c e, r e g g a e t ó n a r t i s t W i s i n r o u n d e d o u t t h e l i n e u p w i t h “ Q u e v i va l a v i d a ,” f r o m t h e C u a r t e l d e B a l l a j á O l d S a n J u a n . h t t p s: //r u m c a p i t a l. p r.g ov/, h t t p s: // w w w. yo u t u b e.c o m / w a t c h? v = 2 3 USX Z P l 0 RU CA S A B ACA R D I PU E R TO R ICO C a s a B AC A RD Í P u e r t o R i c o, t h e b r a n d h o m e o f t h e w o r l d ’s m o s t a w a r d e d r u m a n d o n e o f t h e m o s t p o p u l a r t o u r i s t d e s t i n a t i o n s o n t h e i s l a n d, w e l c o m e s G a b r i e l “ G a b e” S o l a n o a s G e n e r a l M a n a g e r, r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e c o m p l et e v i s i t o r ex p e r i e n c e.

T h e v i s i t o r c e n t e r, l o c a t e d j u s t o u t s i d e S a n J u a n , P u e r t o R i c o, s h o wc a s e s m i xo l o g y, s t o r i e s a b o u t t h e r i c h h i s t o r y o f t h e B a c a r d i f a m i l y a n d b r a n d, a n d a n i n s i d e r ’s v i e w o f t h e u n i q u e p r o d u c t i o n p r o c e s s f o r t h e w o r l d ’s m o s t a w a r d e d r u m . G a b r i e l i s a h o s p i t a l i t y p r o f e s s i o n a l , w i t h m o r e t h a n 15 ye a r s o f m a n a g e m e n t ex p e r i e n c e i n f o o d a n d b eve r a g e, l e a d i n g t e a m s at some of the finest hotels and institutions in the i n d u s t r y i n c l u d i n g t h e Ed i t i o n i n T i m e s S q u a r e, t h e M a n d a r i n O r i e nt a l i n N e w Yo r k C i t y, a n d t h e W i n Wa s h i n g t o n , D.C . S o l a n o g r a d u a t e d f r o m t h e U n i ve r s i t y o f D e l a w a r e, w h e r e h e b e g a n h i s j o u r n ey in hospitality as a barman, igniting his passion for c r a f t i n g c o c k t a i l s a n d b r i n g i n g p e o p l e t o g et h e r w i t h u n i q u e d r i n ks ex p e r i e n c e s . “ T h e c a l l t o h e l m C a s a B AC A RD Í i s a n a s p i r a t i o n a c t u a l i ze d. I ’m t h r i l l e d t o r e c o n n e c t w i t h my P u e r t o R i c a n r o o t s a n d c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e s u c c e s s o f C a s a B AC A RD Í a n d i t s i m p a c t i n t h e s u r r o u n d i n g c o m m u n i t y ” s ay s G a b r i e l. “ I l o o k f o r w a r d t o a p p l y i n g my ex p e r i e n c e i n l u x u r y f o o d a n d b eve r a g e t o e n s u r e t h i s i c o n i c b r a n d h o m e c o nt i n u e s t o s h a r e i t s r i c h h i s t o r y i n exc i t i n g , n e w w ay s a n d r e m a i n s a w o r l d - c l a s s d e s t i n a t i o n f o r ye a r s t o c o m e.” “ Fo r u s a t B a c a r d i , i t ’s a p r i v i l e g e t o c r e a t e m e m o r a b l e m o m e nt s f o r o u r g u e s t s w h i l e s h a r i n g u n i q u e s t o r i e s ove r d e l i c i o u s c o c k t a i l s a t o u r b e a u t i f u l c a m p u s ,” s ay s T h i b a u l t R u f f a t . “ U n d e r G a b e’s l e a d e r s h i p, C a s a B AC A RD Í w i l l c o nt i n u e t o f o c u s o n o u t s t a n d i n g s p i r i t s t o u r i s m ex p e r i e n c e s a n d s h a r i n g t h e l e g a c y o f t h e i c o n i c B AC A RD Í r u m w i t h v i s i t o r s f r o m a c r o s s t h e g l o b e.” w w w.c a s a b a c a r d i .c o m W EST I N D IES R U M D ISTILLE RY T h e We s t I n d i e s R u m D i s t i l l e r y ( WIRD) t e a m r e c e i ve d t h r e e a w a r d s a t t h e r e c e nt i n a u g u r a l E x p o r t B a r b a d o s Aw a r d s 2 0 2 2 c e r e m o ny, t h e m o s t a w a r d e d c o m p a ny

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that night. Their honors included the Prime M i n i s t e r ’s Aw a r d , t h e C e r t i f i c a t e o f E xc e l l e n c e, a n d t h e B i o - Ec o n o my Aw a r d. H o s t e d u n d e r t h e t h e m e ‘ Re w a r d i n g Re s i l i e n c e, I g n i t i n g I n n ova t i o n ,’

by M a s t e r o f C e r e m o n i e s G ay n e l l e M a r s h a l l , a n d a t t e n d e d by s eve r a l M i n i s t e r s , t h e a w a r d s c e l e b r a t e d t h e s t e r l i n g w o r k o f ex p o r t e r s a n d e n c o u r a g e d t h e m t o ke e p s t r i v i n g f o r exc e l l e n c e both in their businesses and for Barbados. Expor t B a r b a d o s r e c o g n i z e d WIRD f o r t h e h i g h e s t l eve l o f c e r t i f i e d ex p o r t s , a s w e l l a s f o r p r o d u c i n g m o r e t h a n 8 0 p e r c e n t o f t h e i s l a n d ’s r u m . A n d r e w H a s s e l l , WIRD M a n a g i n g D i r e c t o r s a i d , “A b ove a l l , w e a r e incredibly proud of our team. Being recognized as t h e b i g g e s t r u m ex p o r t e r o n t h e i s l a n d , e s p e c i a l l y n o w, a s WIRD i s a b o u t t o c e l e b r a t e i t s 13 0 t h b i r t h d ay m a ke s u s p r o u d. Fo r ove r a c e n t u r y, w e h ave b e e n d i s t i l l i n g t h e b e s t r u m a s p o s s i b l e i n B a r b a d o s w i t h o u r ex p e r t a n d p a s s i o n a t e t e a m , t o r e c e i ve t h i s r e c o g n i t i o n n o w m e a n s a l o t t o a f a m i l y b u s i n e s s l i ke o u r s .”

H a s s e l l f u r t h e r s h a r e d t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f ex p o r t s f o r i n c r e a s i n g B a r b a d o s’ v i s i b i l i t y w o r l d w i d e. “ W i t h P l a n t a t i o n a n d S t a d e’s R u m , w e a r e b r i n g i n g B a r b a d o s r u m t o m o r e t h a n 10 0 c o u n t r i e s , o n b a r s f r o m N e w Yo r k t o Pa r i s t o S h a n g h a i ! T h i s i s a source of pride for the team and for Barbados as eve r y d o l l a r w e m a ke i s r e i nve s t e d i n o u r o p e r a t i o n s h e r e o n i s l a n d.” T h i s p r i d e i s w h a t h a s m o t i va t e d t h e WIRD t e a m f o r g e n e r a t i o n s . D o n B e n n , M a s t e r D i s t i l l e r a t WIRD, c i t e d a t e a m m e m b e r w h o h a s b e e n w i t h WIRD f o r 4 0 ye a r s , f o l l o w i n g h i s f a t h e r b e f o r e h i m w h o w o r ke d w i t h WIRD f o r a l m o s t 5 0 ye a r s . “ I n j u s t t h e i r f a m i l y a l o n e, t h ey h ave n e a r l y 9 0 ye a r s o f r u m ex p e r t i s e. Re c e i v i n g t h e s e honors from Expor t Barbados is testament to their dedication, and the dedication that will fuel us going f o r w a r d.” h t t p s: // w w w. i n s t a g r a m .c o m / w e s t i n d i e s r u m d i s t i l l e r y/ B O N A I R E R U M W EE K I f yo u’ ve b e e n t o a r u m f e s t i va l , yo u’r e f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e r o u t i n e, a l a r g e i n d o o r c o n f e r e n c e h a l l , crowded booths, typically thousands of miles from t h e C a r i b b e a n . B u t i f yo u l ove r u m , t h e r e i s a n o t h e r o p t i o n: B o n a i r e R u m We e k .

T h e C a r i b b e a n’s c o o l e s t n e w r u m f e s t i va l i s b a c k again for 2023, with a week of fantastic rum and c u l i n a r y eve n t s o n o n e o f t h e r e g i o n’s m o s t exc i t i n g i s l a n d s , w i t h a f o c u s o n p r e m i u m r u m . T h i s ye a r ’s B o n a i r e R u m We e k , p r e s e n t e d by C a r i b b e a n J o u r n a l , w i l l r u n f r o m J u n e 12-16 , 2 0 2 3 w i t h a f u l l slate of rum tastings, beach par ties, bar tending seminars, rum-pairing dinners and cigar pairings.

T h e eve n t c o n c l u d e s J u n e 16 w i t h a n e w a d d i t i o n f o r 2 0 2 3 , w h e n t h e i s l a n d ’s p o p u l a r Ta s t e o f B o n a i r e culinar y street fair joins forces with Bonaire Rum We e k f o r a c u l i n a r y f e t e w i t h a s u g a r c a n e t w i s t , s e t in the hear t of Kralendijk. “The inaugural edition o f B o n a i r e R u m We e k w a s a t r e m e n d o u s s u c c e s s , a n d 2 0 2 3 w i l l b e b i g g e r a n d b e t t e r,” s a i d A l ex a n d e r B r i t e l l , Ed i t o r a n d P u b l i s h e r o f C a r i b b e a n J o u r n a l , w h i c h o r g a n i ze s B o n a i r e R u m We e k i n c o l l a b o r a t i o n

w i t h To u r i s m C o r p o r a t i o n B o n a i r e. “A f t e r a s u c c e s s f u l f i r s t e d i t i o n , we a r e h a p py t o o r g a n i z e t h e s e c o n d e d i t i o n o f t h e B o n a i r e R u m We e k t o g e t h e r w i t h C a r i b b e a n J o u r n a l ,” s ay s M i l e s M e r c e r a , C EO o f To u r i s m C o r p o r a t i o n B o n a i r e. “ D u r i n g t h i s e d i t i o n we h o p e t o h ave m o r e p a r t n e r s j o i n , s o t h a t i t c a n b e a n exc i t i n g w e e k , where our locals and visitors can mingle while ex p e r i e n c i n g B o n a i r e’s c u l i n a r y s c e n e. T h e eve nt s h i n e s a s p o t l i g h t b o t h o n B o n a i r e’s b u r g e o n i n g rum and cocktail culture and on its sizzling c u l i n a r y s c e n e, o n e w i t h a n e nv i a b l e c o l l e c t i o n o f r e s t a u r a n t s . h t t p s: // w w w. b o n a i r e r u m we e k .c o m / N OVO FOGO N ovo Fo g o, a r a i n f o r e s t p r e s e r va t i o n s t e w a r d and producer of award-winning Brazilian sugarcane spirits and ready-to - drink cocktails, w e l c o m e s t h e G r a m my - n o m i n a t e d d a n c e m u s i c s u p e r s t a r s SO FI T U K K ER a s e q u i t y p a r t n e r s i n t h e c o m p a ny. En e r g et i c m u s i c a n d c o l o r f u l d r i n k s s h a r e d a m o n g f r i e n d s a r e key i n g r e d i e nt s o f l i f e c e l e b r a t i o n s . SO FI T U K K ER ’s e p o ny m o u s d u o S o p h i e H a w l ey - We l d a n d Tu c ke r H a l p e r n w i l l s h a r e t h e j oy o f N ovo Fo g o w i t h SO FI T U K K ER m u s i c - l ove r s k n o w n a r o u n d t h e w o r l d a s “ T h e Fr e a k Fa m” a n d b eyo n d. A s N ovo Fo g o’s C h i e f A l e g r i a O f f i c e r s , (C h AO s) t h e i r a r e a s o f f o c u s w i l l i n c l u d e b r a n d g r o w t h a n d s t r a t e g y, p r o d u c t d eve l o p m e n t a n d i n n ova t i o n , c o nt e nt c r e a t i o n a n d r a i n f o r e s t c o n s e r va t i o n i n i t i a t i ve s . T h e d u o w a s d r a w n t o N ovo Fo g o by t h e b r a n d ’s r e p u t a t i o n f o r e nv i r o n m e n t a l s u s t a i n a b i l i t y a n d l i f e s t y l e w e l l n e s s , h i s t o r i c a l o u t l i e r s i n t h e s p i r i t s i n d u s t r y.

N ovo Fo g o i s a c a r b o n - n e g a t i ve c o m p a ny a n d t h e o n l y i n d e p e n d e nt c r a f t c a c h a ç a b r a n d t o w h o l l y own its distiller y and sugarcane fields. With a d i s t i l l e r y l o c a t e d i n t h e h e a r t o f B r a z i l ’s c o a s t a l r a i n f o r e s t , c o n s e r va t i o n i s a c o r e p r i n c i p l e o f N ovo Fo g o’s m i s s i o n . SO FI T U K K ER ’s p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h N ovo Fo g o w i l l a l l o w t h e d u o t o d i r e c t l y p a r t i c i p a t e i n c o n s e r va t i o n i n i t i a t i ve s l i ke T h e U n En d a n g e r e d Fo r e s t™, t h e c o m p a ny ’s r e f o r e s t a t i o n p r o j e c t i n B r a z i l t o s ave 3 6 s p e c i e s o f t r e e s f r o m ex t i n c t i o n . SO FI T U K K ER w i l l j o i n t h e N ovo Fo g o Tr e e - Ke e p e r s™, a n et w o r k o f c e l e b r i t y minority owners who seek to build awareness of the project, including soccer legends Stefan Fr e i , K a s ey Ke l l e r, a n d M a r c u s H a h n e m a n n .

SO FI T U K K ER ’s j oy f u l s o u n d i s i n f l u e n c e d by B r a z i l i a n m u s i c , i n i t i a l l y s h a p e d by S o p h i e’s t i m e s p e n t l i v i n g i n R i o d e J a n e i r o, w h e r e s h e f e l l i n l ove w i t h B r a z i l ’s p e o p l e, c u l t u r e, a n d m u s i c .

M a ny o f t h e b a n d ’s h i t s o n g s f e a t u r e Po r t u g u e s e l y r i c s a n d t a ke d i r e c t r e f e r e n c e s f r o m B r a z i l i a n p o e t r y. T h e d u o s ay s o f t h e p a r t n e r s h i p: “ We h ave a l o t i n c o m m o n w i t h N ovo Fo g o. We s h a r e a c o r e l ove o f B r a z i l , f u n , a n d e nv i r o n m e nt a l i s m .

C a c h a ç a i s Tu c k ’s f avo r i t e d r i n k a n d S o p h d o e s n’ t d r i n k a l c o h o l , b u t s h e’s s t i l l a t t h e s a m e p a r t y, b o t h h av i n g t h e b e s t t i m e. T h i s p a r t n e r s h i p w o r ks b e c a u s e N ovo Fo g o i s s o m u c h m o r e t h a n c a c h a ç a a n d s p i r i t s; t h ey a r e a p o we r f u l r a i n f o r e s t

p r e s e r va t i o n s t e w a r d , a n d w e’r e e n t h u s i a s t i c par ticipants in the reforestation project The UnEn d a n g e r e d Fo r e s t .” h t t p s: // w w w. n ovo f o g o.c o m /, h t t p s: // w w w. s o f i t u k ke r.c o m / CA R R I N GTO N ’ S R U M C R E A M Ty r i q u e W i l s o n , a 2 0 - ye a r- o l d U n i ve r s i t y o f t h e We s t I n d i e s l a w s t u d e n t i s t h e f o u n d e r a n d o w n e r of Carringtons Rum Cream, a Barbadian cream l i q u e u r. I t i s b a s e d o n a r e c i p e by h i s g r a n d f a t h e r, H u r l s t o n e “ H a r o l d ” W i l s o n , w h o p a s s e d a w ay i n 2 016 . Ty r i q u e s t a r t e d t h e b r a n d i n 2 0 2 0 , d u r i n g t h e C OVID -19 p a n d e m i c a t t h e a g e o f 18 . W i l s o n t o l d B a r b a d o s L o o p N e w s “ I p l aye d a r o u n d w i t h d i f f e r e nt t y p e s o f e nt r e p r e n e u r i a l e f f o r t s . H o w eve r, when the pandemic hit I realized that those types o f b u s i n e s s e s we r e n’ t i m m u n e t o s u c h o c c u r r e n c e s i n t h e w ay t h a t o t h e r a r e a s c o u l d b e. W h e n I s a t d o w n a n d I s t a r t e d t o t h i n k a b o u t w h a t c o u l d I d o, I realized the answer was right in front of me and t h a t w a s t h e r e c i p e my g r a n d f a t h e r h a d a l w ay s b e e n m a k i n g . S o, i n 2 0 2 0 , I t o o k a c o u p l e m o n t h s , I t h o u g h t a b o u t a n d I d eve l o p e d t h e b r a n d. I d e c i d e d t o t a ke i t u p n o t o n l y a s a w ay t o e a r n a l i v i n g b u t e q u a l l y a s a w ay t o h o n o r h i m eve n t h o u g h h e i s n o l o n g e r w i t h u s ,” Ty r i q u e c o n t i n u e d. O r i g i n a l l y n a m e d S u n b u r y, t h e l i q u e u r w a s r e b r a n d e d o n N ove m b e r 2 2 , 2 0 2 2 t o C a r r i n g t o n s , w h e r e Ty r i q u e g r e w u p, C a r r i n g t o n’s V i l l a g e, S t M i c h a e l . I n t h e s p a n o f t w o ye a r s , t h e d e m a n d f o r C a r r i n g t o n s h a s g r o w n ex p o n e n t i a l l y. T h i s i s q u i t e t h e f e a t a s he launched during the height of the pandemic.

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He was forced to stagger production in 2020 and 2 0 21 b e c a u s e o f t h e g l o b a l s h i p p i n g b l o c k a g e, it was dif f icult to source bottles. But now their greatest challenge is fulfilling the growing demand - Carringtons original and coconut cream are a hit. h t t p s: //d r i n kc a r r i n g t o n s .c o m p a ny. s i t e / D U PPY SH A R E Fo o d & D r i n k I n t e r n a t i o n a l h a s r e p o r t e d t h a t D u p py S h a r e, t h e L o n d o n - b a s e d C a r i b b e a n r u m b r a n d , has just completed a fundraising round of £ 2 m i l l i o n , r e c r u i t i n g a n e w s e t o f i nve s t o r s . G e o r g e Fr o s t , t h e s o n o f b r o a d c a s t i n g l e g e n d S i r D av i d Fr o s t , f o u n d e d D u p py S h a r e R u m s eve n ye a r s a g o a n d t h i s ye a r t h ey w i l l s e l l ove r 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 b o t t l e s o r “ j u s t s hy o f 1, 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 s h o t s ” a s h e p u t s i t . D u p py Share is now the top selling premium rum in the UK. “If I think back to the beginning, when I had t o p e r s u a d e t h e 3 Fs ( Fr i e n d s , Fa m i l y a n d Fo o l s) t h a t t h e r u m r evo l u t i o n w a s c o m i n g , I w a s m et w i t h q u i t e t h e r e a c t i o n , f r o m ‘ s u r e l y yo u m e a n G i n’ t o ‘ b u t yo u d o n’ t eve n r u n ! ’ I f yo u h a d t o l d m e t h e n t h a t w e w o u l d b e w h e r e w e a r e n o w – w e l l , eve n my t o t a l l y b l i n d , n a i ve a n d c r a z e d o p t i m i s m w o u l d n o t h ave e q u i p p e d m e t o t a ke yo u s e r i o u s l y,” s ay s G e o r g e Fr o s t . h t t p s: // w w w.t h e d u p py s h a r e.c o m /

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T h e Rum U ni ve r s i t y ® i s p r o u d to a nn o un c e t h e date f o r i t s n ex t 3 - D ay Ru m C o u r s e, w hi c h w i ll b e of fe r e d at M o o ns hi n e U ni ve r s i t y ’s st ate of t h e a r t f ac i li t y i n Lo ui sv i ll e, K Y. T hi s c o ur s e i s d e s i g n e d f o r b ot h ex i st i n g a n d f ut ur e r um di st i ll e r s a n d b r a n d ow n e r s, t h e 3 - day wo r ks h o p c o m b i n e s t h e o r y a n d p r ac t i c e to p r ov i d e at te n d e e s w i t h a p r ac t i c a l, h a n ds - o n e du c at i o n o n a ll t hi n g s r um. Fr o m t h e f i n a n c i a l, m a r ket i n g, a n d r e g ul ato r y c o ns i d e r at i o ns to t h e di st i ll at i o n, a g i n g, a n d b l e n di n g p r o c e s s e s, eve r y st u d e nt w i ll l e ave t hi s c o ur s e w i t h a nu a n c e d un d e r st a n di n g of r um p r o du c t i o n, t h e s p i r i t s b us i n e s s, a n d h ow r um f i t s i nto t h e g l o ba l, e c o n o m i c l a n ds c a p e.

O f c o ur s e, yo u wo n’ t m i s s o ut o n a ny of t h e f un st u f f : yo u’ll g et to ex p l o r e t h e s c i e n c e of r um p r o du c t i o n w hi l e g et t i n g yo ur

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h a n ds di r t y di st i lli n g at o ur o n c a m p us f ac i li t i e s. We’ll a l s o ex p l o r e t h e hi sto r y, c ate g o r y st y l e s, a n d p r o du c t i o n m et h o ds f o r r um, as we ll as i t s m as h b i ll s, fe r m e nt i n g, di st i lli n g, a n d f i ni s hi n g p r o c e s s e s.

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 .

W h et h e r yo u’r e a s e as o n e d r um di st i ll e r o r n ew b i e to t h e b us i n e s s, t hi s c l as s i s f o r a nyo n e w h o h as o r i s p l a nni n g to o p e n a n d /o r o p e r ate a di st i ll e r y ; p r o du c t i o n te a m m e m b e r s (b l e n d e r s); a n d a nyo n e e l s e i nte r e ste d i n r ef i ni n g t h e i r k n ow l e d g e of r um p r o du c t i o n.

T hi s c l as s i s c o - t au g ht by Lui s a n d M a r g a r et Aya l a, C o - Fo un d e r s of T h e Ru m U n i ve r s i t y ® a n d G o t Ru m?

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6 - Day Dist iller Cour se, 2023 Schedule T h e Rum U ni ve r s i t y ® i s r e s p o ns i b l e f o r i n - p e r s o n te ac hi n g of t h e Ru m Cu r r i c u l u m of t h e 6 - D ay D i s t i l l e r C o u r s e of fe r e d by M o o ns hi n e U ni ve r s i t y at t h e i r st ate of t h e a r t f ac i li t y i n Lo ui sv i ll e, K Y. T h e 6 - D ay D i s t i l l e r C o u r s e i s d e s i g n e d n ot o n ly to g i ve t h e m o st c o m p r e h e ns i ve te c hni c a l t r ai ni n g a n d b us i n e s s m a n a g e m e nt e du c at i o n i n t h e i n dust r y, b ut a l s o to of fe r p a r t i c i p a nt s s o c i a l a n d n et wo r k i n g o p p o r t uni t i e s w i t h ot h e r p a r t i c i p a nt s, sup p li e r s, i n dust r y p r ofe s s i o n a l s a n d wo r l d - r e n ow n e d m aste r di st i ll e r s.

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M r. R o b b i e D e l a n ey (w i t h h i s w i f e C a r o l i n a a n d k i d s), O w n e r/ Fo u n d e r o f M u d d y R i ve r D i s t i l l e r y, l o c a te d i n B e l m o nt , N o r t h C a r o l i n a , US A

Fa m i l y - ow n e d a n d o p e r ate d b u s i n e s s e s a r e at t h e c o r e of o u r e c o n o my. T h ey n ot o n l y r e p r e s e nt ex p r e s s i o n s of t h e e nt r e p r e n e u r i a l s p i r i t , t h ey a r e a l s o e s s e nt i a l p i l l a r s f o r m o s t c o m m u n i t i e s. I a m ex t r e m e l y p r o u d of t h e wo r k d o n e by t h e D e l a n ey s a n d a m t h r i l l e d b eyo n d wo r d s by t h e i r s u c c e s s a n d c o nt i n u o u s g r ow t h. M u d d y R i ve r D i st i l l e r y i s a v i v i d exa m p l e of t h e A m e r i c a n D r e a m a n d I ’m s u r e t h ey a r e - a n d w i l l c o nt i n u e to b e - a n i n s p i r at i o n to m a ny. C h e e r s!

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Q: We l c o m e b a c k t o “G o t Ru m? ”! I l a s t i n t e r v i ew e d yo u i n J u n e o f 2 021. I u n d e r s t a n d m a ny t h i n g s h ave h a p p e n e d s i n c e t h e n , w h a t wo u l d yo u s ay h a s been the biggest?

T h a nk yo u f o r h av i n g m e a g ai n, I ’m g l ad to b e bac k ! Ye s, we h ave b e e n b usy at M u d dy R i ve r D i st i ll e r y w i t h l ot s of up c o m i n g p r oj e c t s, b ut p ur c h as i n g o ur n ew l o c at i o n, t h e H i sto r i c M o unt H o lly C ot to n M i ll a n d st a r t i n g to r e sto r e i t i s by f a r t h e b i g g e st t hi n g h a p p e ni n g.

Q: Wow ! C o n g r a t u l a t i o n o n t h e n ew f a c i l i t y. M o s t o f u s h ave ex p e r i e n c e d “g r ow i n g p a i n s” a t so m e p o i n t i n o u r l i ve s . Wo u l d yo u s ay t h e m ove t o the bigger facility has been the most c h a l l e n g i n g t h i n g yo u’ ve f a c e d b e s i d e s t h e i n i t i a l o p e n i n g o f yo u r d i s t i l l e r y ?

Ye s, i t h as d ef i ni te ly b e e n t h e h a r d e st t hi n g b e s i d e s o p e ni n g t h e di st i ll e r y. Tr y i n g to g et a b ui l di n g w i t h t h e e c o n o my t h e p ast few ye a r s was to u g h. We l o o ke d f o r a b o ut 2 ye a r s a n d m ad e of fe r s o n a few di f fe r e nt p r o p e r t i e s b ef o r e t hi s o n e. T hi s b ui l di n g i s s p e c i a l b e c aus e i t was b ui lt i n 1875 a n d i s o n t h e N at i o n a l H i sto r i c Re g i ste r.

I t ’s a l ot of p a p e r wo r k h av i n g to wo r k w i t h l o c a l, st ate, a n d fe d e r a l c o m m i s s i o ns a n d ke e p i n g w i t hi n t h e c o nst r ai nt s a n d g et t i n g a p p r ova l f o r e ac h c h a n g e o n t h e i ns i d e a n d o ut . We wa nt to ke e p i t s hi sto r i c i nte g r i t y a n d i t w i ll b e ve r y c o o l o n c e we c o m p l ete r e n ovat i o ns.

Q: B u t b e i n g i n a l a r g e r f a c i l i t y h a s m a ny p e r ks . Yo u a r e n ow a b l e t o h o s t d i f f e r e n t eve n t s . Ca n yo u t e l l u s m o r e a b o u t t h e m?

B e i n g a b l e to h o st di f fe r e nt eve nt s at o ur n ew l o c at i o n i s g o i n g to b e hu g e a n d s o m et hi n g we a r e ve r y exc i te d a b o ut . We p ut o n C o c k t ai l C l as s e s a n d 5 - C o ur s e C o c k t ai l D i nn e r s i n o ur c ur r e nt di st i ll e r y b ut t h e s p ac e m ake s i t s li g ht ly di f f i c ult .

I n t h e n ew l o c at i o n we w i ll h ave s eve r a l s p ac e s d e di c ate d to h o st i n g eve nt s like t h e c o c k t ai l c l as s e s, 5 - c o ur s e di nn e r s, p r i vate eve nt s, m a r ket s, li ve mus i c , a n d fe st i va l s. W i t h t h e ba r a n d eve nt s p ac e b e i n g a b o ut 4, 5 0 0 s qu a r e fe et , t h e o pt i o ns a r e bas i c a lly e n dl e s s.

Q: Yo u r c o c k t a i l c l a s s e s so u n d l i ke t h ey a r e f u n a n d ve r y i n f o r m a t i ve . W h a t wo u l d yo u s ay i s t h e m o s t p o p u l a r c o c k t a i l s t u d e n t s e n j oy m a k i n g a n d w hy ?

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T h e c l as s e s a r e a b l ast a n d o ur c usto m e r s r e a lly l ove t h e m! Pe o p l e r e a lly st a r t to fe e l like ba r te n d e r s o n c e t h ey l e a r n h ow to m ake a c o up l e of M u d dy R i ve r c o c k t ai l s.

N ot o n ly a r e yo u m ak i n g d e li c i o us c o c k t ai l s, b ut we te ac h yo u ba r t r i c ks, to o. O ur C of fe e Rum O l d Fas hi o n e d i s a st u d e nt f avo r i te, i t ’s a sup e r e asy c o c k t ai l w h e r e t h e f l avo r s j ust b l e n d to g et h e r s o ni c e ly a n d un ex p e c te dly. T h e r e c i p e i s o n o ur Yo uTub e!

wo r ks w i t h di f fe r e nt ba r r e l s, to o, s o st ay t un e d.

Q: I u n d e r s t a n d yo u a l l h ave b e e n d o c u m e n t i n g t h e ex p a n s i o n o n Yo uTu b e .

Fo r t h o s e w h o wo u l d l ove t o w a t c h yo u r d o c u m e n t a r y, h ow c a n t h ey f i n d i t ?

Q: Yo u a l so h ave a n ew a r e a d evo t e d t o barrel aging. What kinds of barrels are yo u u s i n g a n d d o yo u h ave p l a n s t o a d d o t h e r t y p e s o f b a r r e l s i n t h e f u t u r e?

Eve r y t hi n g i s o n o ur Yo uTub e c h a nn e l! Yo u c a n f i n d us by s e a r c hi n g M u d dy R i ve r D i st i ll e r y. Yo u’ll f i n d n ot o n ly t h e c o nst r u c t i o n v i d e o s, b ut c o c k t ai l r e c i p e s, h ow we m ake r um v i d e o s, a n d s o mu c h m o r e s o d ef i ni te ly c h e c k i t o ut ! I f t h e r e a r e s p e c i f i c t hi n g s yo u wa nt to s e e, j ust c o m m e nt a n d l et us k n ow.

Ye s, we a r e f i n a lly b ui l di n g a r i c k h o us e w hi c h i s g o i n g to f r e e up a l ot of o ur p r o du c t i o n s p ac e! A ll of o ur ba r r e l s a r e v i r g i n A m e r i c a n W hi te O ak , m e a ni n g we d o n’ t r e us e a ba r r e l. T hi s way, we m ai nt ai n a c o ns i ste nt a n d uni qu e f l avo r f o r o ur b r a n d. We h ave s o m e ex p e r i m e nt s i n t h e

Q: I n o u r p r ev i o u s i n t e r v i ew yo u h a d c u s t o m - b u i l t yo u r s t i l l s a n d yo u h a d a t o t a l o f f o u r s t i l l s: Fr e e d o m , D e m o c r a c y, Li b e r t y a n d I n d e p e n d e n c e . H ave yo u a d d e d a ny n ew s t i l l s t o t h e f a m i l y ? I f so, w h a t s i z e s t i l l s a n d d o t h ey a l so h ave c o o l n a m e s l i ke t h e o t h e r s?

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We c ur r e nt ly o n ly h ave t h e f o ur st i ll s t h at yo u h ave li ste d, b ut we d o h ave p l a ns to ad d a n ot h e r o n e af te r we c o m p l ete t h e p r oj e c t w i t h t h e n ew b ui l di n g. We’ve g ot s o m e n a m e s f l o at i n g a r o un d i n o ur h e ads to c o nt i nu e t h e t h e m e we h ave g o i n g o n. We h ave ad d e d a n ew 1,0 0 0 g a ll o n fe r m e nt at i o n t a nk t h at we h ave n a m e d B i g B o s s, af te r t h e b r ewe r y w h o s o l d us t h e t a nk .

Q: I n o u r l a s t i n t e r v i ew yo u m e n t i o n e d a d d i n g a c o f f e e r u m t o yo u r p o r t f o l i o i n c e l e b r a t i o n o f yo u r 10 t h ye a r a n n i ve r s a r y w h i c h w a s N ove m b e r 4 , 2 021. Fi r s t o f a l l , c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s f o r 10 ye a r s o f h a r d wo r k a n d su c c e s s!!!

D i d yo u eve r l a u n c h t h i s r u m? I f so, c a n yo u t e l l u s m o r e a b o u t i t ?

T h a nk yo u s o mu c h! We j ust c e l e b r ate d 11 ye a r s a n d we c o ul dn’ t b e m o r e exc i te d f o r a ll t h e t hi n g s we h ave ac c o m p li s h e d a n d w h at i s c o m i n g s o o n. Ye s, we di d r e l e as e

a C of fe e Rum i n N ove m b e r 2 0 21 a n d i t h as b e e n a b i g hi t . We ke e p t h e i n g r e di e nt s s i m p l e. We us e r e a l c of fe e, f r o m J ave s c a r o aste d l o c a lly i n C h a r l ot te, N C, o ur r um, a n d s o m e su g a r. I t ’s d e li c i o us!

Q: M y g o o d n e s s! I l ove c o f f e e a n d o f c o u r s e I l ove r u m so w h a t a g r e a t a d d i t i o n t o yo u r p o r t f o l i o! A r e t h e r e p a r t i c u l a r c o c k t a i l s yo u r e c o m m e n d f o r t h i s r u m? D o yo u a l so s e r ve t h e s e c o c k t a i l s a t yo u r b a r ?

We a l ways r e c o m m e n d a C of fe e Rum O l d Fas hi o n e d o r e s p r e s s o m a r t i ni s! B ot h a r e s i m p l e a n d eve n t ast i e r w i t h t h e ad di t i o n of M u d dy R i ve r Rum! We h ave a l a r g e s e l e c t i o n of c o c k t ai l r e c i p e s f o r t h e C of fe e Rum o n o ur Yo ut ub e c h a nn e l as we ll.

Cur r e nt ly we d o n ot h ave a ba r i n o ur f ac i li t y, b ut we w i ll! A f te r r e sto r at i o ns, T h e M o unt H o lly C ot to n M i ll w i ll i n c lu d e a 4, 5 0 0 s qu a r e f o ot c o c k t ai l ba r a n d eve nt s p ac e. Yo u’ll b e a b l e to c o m e i n, g et a

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dr i nk , watc h us m ake li qu o r b e l ow t h r o u g h a g l as s w i n d ow, a n d li ste n to s o m e mus i c .

We’ll h ave eve nt s t h r o u g h o ut t h e ye a r, to o!

Q: I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e c o f f e e r u m yo u a l so h a d p l a n s t o d eve l o p a n ove r p r o o f rum, as well as a cask strength rum.

D i d yo u eve r l a u n c h t h e s e a s w e l l? I f so, c a n yo u t e l l u s m o r e a b o u t t h e s e t wo?

D o yo u h ave a f avo r i t e c o c k t a i l f o r e a c h o f t h e m?

We l aun c h e d o ur N av y S t r e n g t h Q u e e n C h a r l ot te’s Re s e r ve w hi c h i s b ot t l e d at 110 p r o of ! I t ’s t h e s a m e Q u e e n C h a r l ot te’s Re s e r ve yo u k n ow a n d l ove, b ut w i t h t hi s r e l e as e we’ve b l e n d e d ba r r e l s of va r i o us a g e s a n d b ot te d at a hi g h e r p r o of t h a n o ur ot h e r Q C R li n e s. T hi s way we h ave ac hi eve d a ba l a n c e d ba r r e l a g e d r um w i t h i nv i t i n g a r o m as, swe et , o ak y f l avo r s, a n d a p l e as a nt wa r mt h t h at li n g e r s f o r a r o un d a m i nute af te r s i p p i n g. I t ’s a n e m p l oye e f avo r i te. I t ’s j ust s o s m o ot h, s o m et hi n g m a g i c a l h a p p e ns w i t h o ur r um at t hi s st r e n g t h! I t i s a di st i ll e r y exc lus i ve, s o c o m e v i s i t us to g et i t ! We a r e st i ll ex p e r i m e nt i n g w i t h t h e p e r fe c t c o c k t ai l s, b ut yo u c a n’ t g o w r o n g w i t h dr i nk i n g t hi s st r ai g ht o r o n t h e r o c ks. A s we’ve b e e n p l ay i n g a r o un d w i t h i t , we f o un d i t wo r ks

ex t r e m e ly we ll i n c l as s i c b o ur b o n a n d w hi s key c o c k t ai l s. We s h a r e d a v i d e o o n o ur Yo uTub e t a lk i n g a b o ut N av y S t r e n g t h a n d s h ow i n g h ow we b ot t l e d t h e f i r st batc h w hi c h i s r e a lly c o o l to l o o k bac k o n. T h e r e a r e l ot s of c o c k t ai l r e c i p e s us i n g N av y c o m i n g o ut s o o n, s o m ake sur e yo u’r e sub s c r i b e d!

Q: I s t h e r e a ny t h i n g e l s e yo u wo u l d l i ke t o s h a r e w i t h o u r r e a d e r s?

Fo ll ow us o n s o c i a l m e di a to ke e p up w i t h eve r y t hi n g g o i n g o n! Yo u c a n f i n d us o n Yo uTub e, I nst a g r a m, a n d T ikTo k @ m u d dy r i ve r di s i t ll e r y a n d o n Fac e b o o k . S to p by t h e di st i ll e r y f o r to ur s a n d t ast i n g s, a n d d ef i ni te ly v i s i t us at o ur n ew l o c at i o n o n c e we o p e n up, h o p ef ully e a r ly 2 0 24! T h a nk yo u s o mu c h f o r h av i n g m e a g ai n, c h e e r s!

M a r g a r e t: Ag ai n Ro b b i e, t h a nk yo u s o mu c h f o r t hi s o p p o r t uni t y, I w i s h yo u a n d yo ur e nt i r e te a m a ll t h e b e st of lu c k .

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M a r g a r et Aya l a, p ub li s h e r of “ G ot Rum? ”

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The Last Coffee T h e r e i s a c o m m o n d e n o m i n ato r eve r y D e c e m b e r w h e n I s i t d ow n to p r e p a r e t h e p ai r i n g f o r t h e m a g a zi n e: I must t hi nk a b o ut t h e c li m ate b e i n g ex p e r i e n c e d by m o st of o ur r e ad e r s, i n t h e N o r t h e r n h e m i s p h e r e. I r e c e nt ly s aw i m a g e s of t h e st adi um w h e r e t h e B u f f a l o B i ll s p l ay, i t was c ove r e d i n s eve r a l m ete r s of s n ow, w hi l e h e r e (i n C hi l e) we a r e r e g ul a r ly ex p e r i e n c i n g te m p e r at ur e s of 32C (9 0 F) i n t h e s h ad e. H av i n g s e e n t h o s e i m a g e s, I c a n o n ly t hi nk of t wo t hi n g s: a wa r m p ai r i n g a n d o n e t h at i s a l s o s h o r t i n dur at i o n.

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y n a m e i s Ph i l i p I l i B a r a ke, S o m m e l i e r by t r a d e. A s a r e s u l t o f w o r k i n g w i t h s e l e c te d r e s t a u r a nt s a n d w i n e p r o d u c e r s i n C h i l e, I s t a r te d d eve l o p i n g a p a s s i o n for distilled spirits and cigars. As par t of my m o s t r e c e nt j o b, I h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o v i s i t m a ny C e nt r a l A m e r i c a n c o u nt r i e s , a s we l l a s , r u m d i s t i l l e r i e s a n d t o b a c c o g r o we r s .

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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I s et my i m a g i n at i o n f r e e a n d, t hi s b e i n g t h e l ast p ai r i n g I ’m d o i n g t hi s ye a r, I t h o u g ht of a f r e s h ly b r ewe d c of fe e. I t c a n b e o n e m ad e at h o m e us i n g a p o d c of fe e m ac hi n e, j ust ad d t h e f o ll ow i n g to t h e c up f i r st : 1 oz C of fe e Li qu e ur 1 oz Rum C ac i qu e 5 0 0 D e s p i te t h e s i m p li c i t y of t h e i n g r e di e nt s, t h e r e sult i n g c of fe e i s we ll ba l a n c e d w i t h t h e r um, a n d i t i s i d e a l f o r c o l d days. I s i m p ly c o ul dn’ t t hi nk of a b et te r way to ac c o m p a ny a c i g a r i n t h e c o l d. Ke e p i n m i n d t h at i f yo u d o n’ t h ave ac c e s s to C ac i qu e 5 0 0 f r o m Ve n ezu e l a, yo u c a n sub st i t ute i t w i t h a n ot h e r li g ht (c o lum n - di st i ll e d) r um t h at i s yo un g e r t h a n 5 ye a r s.

I t i s t i m e n ow to li g ht up t h e c i g a r.

Fo r t hi s p ai r i n g I g r a b b e d a Pa r t a g as S e r i e P N ° 2 (52 x 15 6 m m), w hi c h i s o n e of t h e m o st f a m o us f ull - b o dy Cuba n py r a m i d c i g a r s. T hi s i s i n o n e s e c t i o n of my hum i d o r w h e r e I ’ve b e e n a g i n g c i g a r s f o r m o r e t h a n 10 ye a r s, s o t h e i nte ns i t y i s we ake r t h a n n o r m a l, m ak i n g i t a t r u e p l e asur e to e nj oy af te r a ll t hi s t i m e.

To m ake t h e p ai r i n g eve n b et te r, I p o ur e d r um i nto a t uli p g l as s, to

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