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Topic: Celebrating Salvadoran sugar cane & coffee with Ron Colón Salvadoreño

Guest Speaker: Thurman Wise & Felicity Gransden

What You’ll Learn: Thurman and Felicity, will deep dive into the past and present industry in Salvador, their goals and vision with the Ron Colon brand and give an insight into their coffee infused rum. 

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Topic: Live from Hawaii – Kō Hana Distillers In-Depth Tour

Guest:  Kyle Reutner – General Manager

What You’ll Learn: TheRumLab will be filming live from Kō Hana Distillers. The plan is to have an in-depth presentation of the distillery and each expression with Kyle Reutner 

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Topic: Visiting Australia – Milton Rum Distillery

What You’ll Learn: 

The Milton Rum team is a small community of passionate distillers, producers and rum-lovers working together to reimagine rum and create a world worth inheriting. We aim to bring a fresh approach to the Australian rum scene by producing craft spirits with a unique mix of traditional distillation techniques and the latest innovations. Sustainability, quality and creativity guide every step of our process as we work to create spirit to excite and inspire a new age of rum drinkers.

In March 1890, the fledgling city of Brisbane was in mourning. Unprecedented flood waters had inundated the riverside suburbs to a depth of more than three meters, the electricity and telegraph lines were destroyed, hundreds of homes were underwater, and multiple residents has drowned. The Milton Rum Distillery, then one of Queensland’s largest rum producers, never reopened, and no rum was produced in Milton for over a hundred years.

Fast forward a few generations and Milton Rum has awakened, fueled by fresh passion and a vibrant desire to reimagine rum. Our urban distillery sits only a few blocks from where the original Milton Rum Distillery once stood and we are honoured to have inherited a rich tradition of innovation and quality rum production. Our crest, the Eastern Koel bird, is a shout-out to our city’s colourful history. The Eastern Koel, also known as the ‘storm bird,’ was said to fly ahead of rising flood waters, warning residents of the danger to come. We would like to think that our Storm Bird flies above us today.

Topic: Three of Strong Distillery Tour + Special Interview

Guest Speaker:  Graham, Sam and Dave

What You’ll Learn: THREE OF STRONG SPIRITS BEGAN AS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO GOOD FRIENDS. Sipping some rum and ruminating about the things that matter most to us. Our community, camaraderie, and the joyful, unexpected adventure of making a life in Maine. Wouldn’t it be great if we could create and distill world-class rums that reflect those priorities right here in Portland, Maine? Unlike many lesser ideas that we’ve hatched over a glass, this one still made sense the next day. We’ve been working hard ever since to build Three of Strong and celebrate the spirit of spirits.

During the livestream Graham will focuses on production and distillery tour, then Sam and Dave will jump in to talk more about the other sides of the business. 

Topic: Industry Rum Rebels

Guests:  

Martyna Halas:

Martyna is a freelance journalist, content writer, and musician. She is a women’s rights activist and mental health advocate, currently contributing to HealthyPlace.com and Are We Europe magazine. She was also the Rock 4 Choice festival organizer in Ireland in 2017, which preceded the country’s historic abortion referendum. 

Privately, she enjoys craft beer and is always on the hunt for a Cabernet Franc. She discovered vintage rum thanks to Rene and is often accompanying him to spirits events and distilleries as a photographer. Their recent business trip to Grenada, The Caribbean, inspired her to create their new website TripsAndTaste.com (currently being updated).

Rene van Hoven:

Rene is an F&B teacher, international wine & spirits judge, and a vintage rum collector known as Rene’s Rarities. He has contributed articles to magazines such as More Than Drinks, Whisky Passion, and Rum Porter. Rene also published a book entitled “Journey To Above The Clouds,” which documents his study of Zacapa Rum and their Guatemala facilities. 

He is a recurring guest at various spirits festivals and competitions, where he gives rum masterclasses and offers visitors a chance to taste rarities from his private vintage collection. Some of the most notable worldwide events include Miami Rum Renaissance, Michelangelo South Africa, and the German Rum Festival in Berlin. 

What You’ll Learn: 

Female empowerment and gender equality continue to be a hot topic worldwide. One of the last few macho industries that are finally catching up is the rum world. 

Female master blenders are on the rise, so it’s safe to assume that rum production is no longer a boys-only playground. That’s where our book comes in: we’re here to tell the stories of the best female master blenders in the rum industry and celebrate their achievements. 

Introducing Joy Spence as the first female Master Blender in 1997 revolutionized the rum world and the entire spirits scene. Ironically, research tells us that women are better equipped to handle this job as they are naturally better tasters than men. 

Therefore, it’s about time to take them more seriously. This book aims to give them the attention they deserve.

Each chapter will focus on a different master blender and the brand they represent. The reader will learn about their upbringing, education, and journey towards the top of the ladder in the rum-making process. We will also highlight their struggles and perseverance in reaching their goals, as it can’t be easy to be the only woman in a male-dominated world. 

We want this book to be visually engaging, so we hope to use promotional pictures and photos from private archives (childhood, first steps, behind the scenes). The aim is to give the readers a feeling as if they know the ladies personally.

Topic: Rones de Guatemala | History, Traditions & Sustainability

Guest: Alexandra Alfaro – Marketing Manager

What You’ll Learn: 

Guatemalan lands have characteristics that make them unique, such as vertisol soil, which is only found in 2% of the earth’s surface.

The productive area of the Protected Denomination of Origin of Rum of Guatemala is located on the South Coast of Guatemala, in the departments of Retalhuleu and Suchitepéquez, within the heart of the sugarcane-sugar zone.

The Rum of Guatemala is produced only using “virgin sugar cane honey” as raw material. Living up to its name, this syrup-like liquid is delicious, sweet and has a pleasant flavor.

Virgin sugar cane honey is the product of pressing ripe cane. The juice obtained from the milling is heated, clarified and filtered to eliminate the solid cane remains that may have remained in suspension. Finally, the clean juice is subjected to evaporation to remove excess water and center the sugars.

Only 3% of the world’s rums are made with pure sugar cane juice.

During the livestream Alexandra will teach us about Rones de Guatemala. 

Topic: Saint James Rhum Distillery Virtual Tour

Guest:  

–  Marc Sassier – Oenologist for Saint James + President of the A.O.C. Rhum Agricole Martinique

–Donatien FERRARI (Communication Manager) 

What You’ll Learn: TheRumLab will visiting the Saint James Rhum Distillery in Martinique. The event will be hosted with  Marc Sassier – Oenologist for Saint James + President of the A.O.C. Rhum Agricole Martinique AND  Donatien FERRARI (Communication Manager) 

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