Host: Indy Anand – RumCask

Guest: Gergő Muráth

About Gergő:

Gergő Murath is a London-based rum advocate, working as Brand Ambassador for Jamaica’s Worthy Park Estate, as well as in legendary Notting Hill rum bar, Trailer Happiness. He has done tiki takeovers across the world, and continues to spread the word of good rum and cocktails in all corners of the globe. His work includes cocktail and brand consultancy, as well as a wide range of trade presentations on rum and cocktails.   

About Indy Anand:

Having worked for over 10 years in the City, Indy has gained a wealth of experience in building relationships with professional clients. His love for rum led him into the London RumFest almost 10 years ago but through his WSET 2 spirits qualification, he has learnt to appreciate all spirits for their diversity and complexity.

Indy has travelled the world to judge a variety of cocktail competitions, and most recently, judge at the World Drink Awards in 2018. He has also visited various distilleries globally including Foursquare, La Rouget De L’Isle and Mount Gay. With a keen eye and sophisticated palate, Indy is always on the hunt for new products to help bring to the growing UK market.

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Host: Indy Anand – RumCask

Guest: Shawn Martin, Distiller at Papa’s Pilar

What You’ll Learn: Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the innovation and production team at Papa’s Pilar Rum Distillery.

About Shawn Martin:

Former U.S. Army paratrooper, marine biologist, and SCUBA instructor, Shawn Martin is now the distiller for the Papa’s Pilar rum distillery in Key West, Florida, where he leads the innovation and production team. 

About Indy Anand:

Having worked for over 10 years in the City, Indy has gained a wealth of experience in building relationships with professional clients. His love for rum led him into the London RumFest almost 10 years ago but through his WSET 2 spirits qualification, he has learnt to appreciate all spirits for their diversity and complexity.

Indy has travelled the world to judge a variety of cocktail competitions, and most recently, judge at the World Drink Awards in 2018. He has also visited various distilleries globally including Foursquare, La Rouget De L’Isle and Mount Gay. With a keen eye and sophisticated palate, Indy is always on the hunt for new products to help bring to the growing UK market.

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Host: Indy Anand – RumCask

Guest: Lance Surujbally, TheLoneCaner.com

What You’ll Learn: Lance Surujbally, the rum reviewer who runs the Lone Caner website, has been blogging about rum since 2010 and takes the entire subject as his field of interest: in a style uniquely his own, he writes rum reviews, company backgrounders, about old out-of-production rums, on rum history, and pens opinions and technical aspects, and whatever else he feels like writing about. In this program, he goes into depth about how one gets started, the difficulties and issues surrounding the ongoing blogging experience, what it takes to continue in the long term…and whatever else comes up in the discussion.

About Indy Anand:

Having worked for over 10 years in the City, Indy has gained a wealth of experience in building relationships with professional clients. His love for rum led him into the London RumFest almost 10 years ago but through his WSET 2 spirits qualification, he has learnt to appreciate all spirits for their diversity and complexity.

Indy has travelled the world to judge a variety of cocktail competitions, and most recently, judge at the World Drink Awards in 2018. He has also visited various distilleries globally including Foursquare, La Rouget De L’Isle and Mount Gay. With a keen eye and sophisticated palate, Indy is always on the hunt for new products to help bring to the growing UK market.

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Host: Indy Anand – RumCask

Guest: Guy Hodcroft, Head Spirits Buyer at Master of Malt

What You’ll Learn: Join Indy Anand for a conversation on spirits buying with Guy Hodcroft. Guy has worked in all areas of the wine and spirit sector at some point, moving between bars, restaurants, independent retailers, department stores, and sometimes even countries. He started his buying career at Selfridges, and is now Head Spirits Buyer at multi-award-winning online retailer masterofmalt.com, and himself won the 2018 Drinks Business Spirit Buyer of the Year award.

About Indy Anand:

Having worked for over 10 years in the City, Indy has gained a wealth of experience in building relationships with professional clients. His love for rum led him into the London RumFest almost 10 years ago but through his WSET 2 spirits qualification, he has learnt to appreciate all spirits for their diversity and complexity.

Indy has travelled the world to judge a variety of cocktail competitions, and most recently, judge at the World Drink Awards in 2018. He has also visited various distilleries globally including Foursquare, La Rouget De L’Isle and Mount Gay. With a keen eye and sophisticated palate, Indy is always on the hunt for new products to help bring to the growing UK market.

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Host: Indy Anand – RumCask

Guest: Sly Augustin, Owner of Trailer Happiness Cocktail Lounge

What You’ll Learn: Sly Augustin is the owner of the Trailer Happiness cocktail lounge, an institution in the world of rum and an ever-present member of the London Cocktail scene since it opened in 2003. Sly will discuss the ups and the downs of living the dream that is bar ownership. What does it mean to own a community-based cocktail bar? How do you balance work and play? Plus, a healthy discussion about the present and future of rum from the frontline.

About Indy Anand:

Having worked for over 10 years in the City, Indy has gained a wealth of experience in building relationships with professional clients. His love for rum led him into the London RumFest almost 10 years ago but through his WSET 2 spirits qualification, he has learnt to appreciate all spirits for their diversity and complexity.

Indy has travelled the world to judge a variety of cocktail competitions, and most recently, judge at the World Drink Awards in 2018. He has also visited various distilleries globally including Foursquare, La Rouget De L’Isle and Mount Gay. With a keen eye and sophisticated palate, Indy is always on the hunt for new products to help bring to the growing UK market.

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Guest: Andrew Nicholls, Founder of William George Rum

What You’ll Learn: International Award Winning Bartender and Rum Trainer Andrew Nicholls will take you on a journey of what age and colour really means in rum, and whether or not they are an indication of quality. Also the founder and owner of William George Rum, Andrew will talk through what you win and lose through aging, and when exactly is the right amount of wood.

About Indy Anand:

Having worked for over 10 years in the City, Indy has gained a wealth of experience in building relationships with professional clients. His love for rum led him into the London RumFest almost 10 years ago but through his WSET 2 spirits qualification, he has learnt to appreciate all spirits for their diversity and complexity.

Indy has travelled the world to judge a variety of cocktail competitions, and most recently, judge at the World Drink Awards in 2018. He has also visited various distilleries globally including Foursquare, La Rouget De L’Isle and Mount Gay. With a keen eye and sophisticated palate, Indy is always on the hunt for new products to help bring to the growing UK market.

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Guest: Karen Hoskin, Founder of Montanya Distillers

What You’ll Learn: Join Montanya founder Karen Hoskin for a deep dive into the Crested Butte, Colorado distillery’s most recent limited release rum: Valentia. 

This first-of-its-kind release was created by women at every stage of production, from distillation, to aging, to bottling, as a celebration of the progress women have made in craft distilling. 

After aging for 3.5 years in used whiskey barrels, it was transferred to used rye barrels from Catoctin Creek Distillery for an additional six months of aging, making it Montanya’s longest-aged release to date. 

In addition to discussing Valentia’s significance and the process that went into creating it, Karen will also give attendees a window into the overall production process that makes Montanya’s rums unique, and what’s next for the distillery.

At the end, she will take questions from the audience, so be sure to stick around for the Q&A!

About Karen:

Karen Hoskin has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years—most recently as the owner and founder of craft distillery Montanya Distillers and as co-founder of Zoetica, a social entrepreneurship company focused on zero-waste products and consulting. She currently owns and helps operate both businesses.

Karen speaks frequently across the nation and overseas about environmental and social sustainability in business, the importance of gender diversity in the workplace, bar/restaurant ownership and leadership, premium rum, and the art of craft distilling. She is known for being a leader and breaking the glass ceiling in the traditionally male-dominated profession of distilling.