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WIRSPA Rum Maker Series – Robert Henriques

ZavvyAdmin — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:23:29 +0000

WIRSPA’s Icon series returns with Robert Henriques, the former managing director of the Wray & Nephew Agricultural Division. The Icon series features in-depth interviews with the people whose decades of service have helped shape Caribbean rum in recent years.

Generations of the Henriques family have played an important role in Wray & Nephew’s management and ownership. Robert oversaw all of Wray & Nephew’s agricultural operations for decades, including the Appleton and New Yarmouth distilleries. In addition, Robert has served on numerous industry boards, including Jamaica’s Spirits Pool.

WIRSPA Rum Maker Series – Carol Homer-Caesar

ZavvyAdmin — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 05:23:05 +0000

Following onto our Rum Talk series that took viewers inside Caribbean rum distilleries, and our Icon Series with key people in the Caribbean rum industry, we’re excited to bring a new series to rum enthusiasts.The Rum Maker series highlights the stories of people working today at WIRSPA member distilleries. Our first episode features Carol Homer-Caesar, Angostura’s (recently retired) master blender. Carol is responsible for Angostura’s now iconic lineup of premium rums and has held many important roles over her 25+ years at Angostura.The live interview is on September 26th at 1 PM US Eastern time.

10/8 – The Rum Label Transparency Survey: What Do Enthusiasts Want?

ZavvyAdmin — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:16:36 +0000

Topic: The Rum Label Transparency Survey: What Do Enthusiasts Want?

Host: Matt Pietrek

What You’ll Learn: Rum enthusiasts want label transparency, but what does that mean? After conducting a small-scale, informal survey to tease out the market’s desires, Matt Pietrek will talk through the results, what they mean, and a few surprises they revealed.

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6/26 – Rum Archaeology: Ian Williams and Matt Pietrek on Rediscovering Four Centuries of Rum History

ZavvyAdmin — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 22:21:19 +0000

Topic: Rum Archaeology: Ian Williams and Matt Pietrek on Rediscovering Four Centuries of Rum History

Host: Matt Pietrek

What You’ll Learn: Ian Williams, author of Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776, joins Matt Pietrek to compare notes on unearthing the history of rum.

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6/1 – Cocktail Wonk: The London Docks and Rums of the British Empire

ZavvyAdmin — Wed, 27 May 2020 16:30:29 +0000

Topic: The London Docks and Rums of the British Empire

Host: Matt Pietrek

What You’ll Learn: London Dock rums have always held a mysterious allure. Long before today’s rum brands, Great Britain imported rum from dozens of locales and was the hub of the rum world. In this session, rum expert and historian Matt Pietrek (aka Cocktail Wonk) lifts the shrouds on British Empire rum – both the good and the bad.

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5/14 – Cocktail Wonk: Stocking Your Home Tiki Bar the Minimalist Tiki Way

ZavvyAdmin — Tue, 05 May 2020 18:51:03 +0000

Topic: Stocking Your Home Tiki Bar the Minimalist Tiki Way

Host: Matt Pietrek, Cocktail Wonk

What You’ll Learn: Stocking your home tiki bar can be one of the most intimidating parts of tumbling down the tiki rabbit hole. Which rums are most important to have? What about syrups? Liqueurs? What combination of ingredients will allow you to maximize the number of drinks you can make?

In this livestream + Q&A, Matt Pietrek will show you how to make sense of these questions with the “Minimalist Tiki” approach to stocking your home tiki bar.

About Matt:

Matt Pietrek began his cocktail wonkery with a modest home bar that soon grew out of control, leading him to revive a long-dormant writing career – this time about cocktails and spirits rather than computers. In the decade since, he’s become one of the genre’s most respected writers.

Penning works for books, magazines, and his CocktailWonk.com site, Pietrek was named a finalist for Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer at the 2018 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards, as well as Saveur magazine’s Best Drinks Blog. With his wife, Carrie, he recently published Minimalist Tiki: A Cocktail Wonk Look at Classic Libations and the Modern Tiki Vanguard, as well as a book about the history of British rum (title TBD).

Now based in New Orleans, he can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as @cocktailwonk, or maybe on the barstool next to you.

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4/30 – Cocktail Wonk: Why Rum Categories Suck

ZavvyAdmin — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:40:24 +0000

Topic: Why Rum Categories Suck

Host: Matt Pietrek, Cocktail Wonk

What You’ll Learn: The common systems for categorizing rum are one of the biggest sources of confusion within the category. Whether categorizing by color, colonial history, or other qualities that convey little meaning, these kinds of designations have held rum back from greater acceptance in the world of distilled spirits.

In this presentation + Q&A, Matt Pietrek will explain why rum’s most often used categories do more harm than good, while also exploring a handful of newer, more useful categorizations that promise clarity.

About Matt:

Now based in New Orleans, he can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as @cocktailwonk, or maybe on the barstool next to you.

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