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April 16 - 22, 2012
Deauville Beach Resort 6701 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL USA |
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| April 16 - 22, 2012 - Miami Rum Renaissance Festival - a Celebration of Cane Spirits in the New World |
| The Rum Renaissance Competitions |
| The RumXP Tasting Competition | |||
More than 20 members of the International Rum Expert Panel participated and more than 80 of the finest rums in the world were presented for evaluation. The RumXPs were sequestered in their tasting room for three days of blind tasting trials. The rums were grouped and judged in categories of white, gold, aged, old aged, premium aged, dark, spiced, flavored and overproof. Their collective expertise as a group of judges is unrivaled in the spirits world. Their combined experience spans many dozens of countries and hundreds of brands. They are authors, lecturers, trainers, historians, journalists, consultants, collectors, proprietors, mixologists and promoters of rum. Congratulations to all the fine rum brands and their outstanding spirits. |
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| Bermuda Triangle Competition - VIP Party at Deauville sponsored by Rum Renaissance, Barritt's Ginger Beer and Fee Brothers | ||
| More of the world's best bartenders and mixologists, many from the Miami Chapter of the USBG, came together for a challenge on Tuesday, April 26 at the VIP Party hosted by the Deauville Beach Resort Pool. This competition required contestants create a drink made with Barritt's Ginger Beer, one or more ingredients from Fee Brothers and anything else they wanted to add to the mix. Freddy Diaz of AlambiQ won the Bermuda Triangle Competition with "Son of a Beach" using Dos Maderas PX 5+5 aged rum.
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| Baritt's Ginger Beer Bermuda Getaway Recipe Contest sponsored by Barritt's |
 Great mixologists know that Barritt's Ginger Beer is the secret ingredient that makes good cocktail great. Now Barritt's is running a contest for their aclaimed Ginger Beer called "Barritt's Bermuda Getaway."
The contest is simple: the person who comes up with the best cocktail featuring Barrritt's Ginger Beer wins a free trip to Bermuda for two. There are two categories: Consumer and Retailer. Barritt's is offering separate trips for the retailer and the consumer for the best cocktail. The contest ran from February until April 17. The winners were anounced at Miami Rum Renaissance Festival. The Barritt's Bermuda Get Away Recipe Contest Consumer Winner is Matt Konrad of Minneapolis. His winning cocktail is "Here Comes The Boom." ingredients
instructions: Shake all ingredients except ginger beer in a shaker with ice. Pour unstrained into a highball or double old-fashioned glass. Top with Barritt's Ginger Beer. The Barritt's Bermuda Get Away Recipe Contest Retail Winner is Alexei Beratis, the beverage manager at Towne and Stove Spirits in Boston. His drink is the "Bella Dona." ingredients
instructions: add dark rum, amaretto and orange juice to an ice filled shaker glass. cover and shake until well chilled. strain into chilled cocktail glass. Top with Barritt's ginger beer garnish with an orange twist and serve in an 8 oz cocktail (martini) glass. The winners from the 2010 Barritt's competition were: Consumer Winner: Lawrence Spies from Texas. The drink is the "Storm Warning." The drink is 3-4 oz Barritt's Ginger Beer, 2 oz. Gosling's Black Seal Rum, 2 oz. Domaine du Canton with a garnish of a lime or lemon wedge. Instructions: fill tall glass with ice and add 2 oz. Golsing's, 2 oz. Domaine du Canton, and top with Barritt's Ginger Beer. Serve in highball glass. Retailer Winner: Sam McDaniel from Illinois. He is the Beverage Specialist at the Whole Foods Market in Lincoln Park, IL. The drink is the "Sake Blossom." It calls for 2 oz. of Barritt's Ginger Beer, 1 oz Clement Creole Shrubb Clementine Orange Liqueur, 1 oz sparkling cava, 1 oz. junmai gingo sake, .5 oz lemongrass simple syrup, 1 strawberry diced, 1 orange blossom (garnish). Instructions: muddle diced strawberry, lemongrass simple syrup and sake in a shaker. Strain into champagne flute. Add Barritt's, Cava and Clement Creole Shrubb Clementine Orange Liqueur slowly to the champagne flute. Serve in champagne flute. |
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| Bamboo Bartender Cocktail Competition - The Iron Mixologist |
| The Bamboo Bartender Competition is a test of bartending skills and creativity while thinking on one's feet.
Competitors will be provided with an array of potential cocktail ingredients and bar tools and asked to create an original cocktail highlighting a specific featured ingredient (or ingredients). The competition is limited to a maximum of 18 contestants who will compete in groups of 3 with the winner of each heat advancing, tournament style. The competition takes place during the Grand Tasting on April 30 and May 1 in the Island Lifestyle Showcase theatre. Cocktails will be judged on taste, creativity, presentation, and use of the featured ingredient(s) for the round. The winner will be crowned Bamboo Bartender 2011.
Rocky Yeh and Esteban Ordonez shake it up at the Bamboo Bartender Competition. |
| Tiki Face Off Competition - US versus UK |
 US Team (above) makes an incredible effort their kiddie pool Tiki drink, but the UK Tiki Team (below) takes home the trophy once again in 2011 for their skit featuring the "Royal Wedding" of Princess Tiki and Trader Vic, or was it Don the Beachcomber?
Read more about the Tiki Face Off in Bar Life Transatlantic Tiki Teaser |
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Miami Rum Renaissance Festival is produced by Quantum Leap Network, publishers of Robert Burr's Gifted Rums Guide.
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