May 5-9, 2010 - Miami Rum Renaissance Festival - a Celebration of Cane Spirits in the New World
Celebrity And Trade Seminars
Rums of Puerto Rico Overview
John Meisler, Serralles, USA -- DonQ Rums
3pm
Bacardi History Overview
David Cid, Brand Master Apprentice, Bacardi Rum
3pm
In 1830, a young man left the shores of Spain for the New World with a dream. That young man was Don Facundo Bacardi and the dream is now the world's favorite rum - BACARDI Rum.

Discover the rich history of the family and the company behind the rum. Along with a guided tasting, deepn your understanding of Bacardi's pioneering accomplishments and how these have revolutionzied the rum world.
Discovering Ron Cartavio – the Peruvian Rum
Jürgen Deibel, International Independent Spirits Consultant, Germany
4pm
In the Northern coast of Peru is the sunny Chicama valley, where amazing ancestral Peruvian cultures use to live, adoring the nature and building fascinating places called Huacas. This wealthy ground was also the best place for make sugar cane grow and also the perfect background to produce marvellous rum: Ron Cartavio!

Discover with us the secrets of Ron Cartavio, the Rum from Peru. Find out how this excellent Rum is made and how modern day technology combines perfectly well with historic traditions in Rum making and “solera y criadera” system maturation. In this seminar we will taste the different varieties of Ron Cartavio, discover the history how Rum came to Peru and enjoy Ron Cartavio, the Rum from Peru.
The History Of The Daiquiri
Phil Greene, Museum Of The American Cocktail
4pm
It was 101 years ago, in 1909, when the U.S. battleship Minnesota, fresh from a worldwide tour with the U.S. Navy's Great White Fleet, paid a visit to Santiago, Cuba. During the visit, a young naval medical officer named Lucius Johnson was introduced to a local libation known as the Daiquiri. Johnson was smitten with the drink, and learned how to make it from its creator, American mining engineer Jennings Cox. Johnson brought the cocktail to the United States, where it made its U.S. debut at the heralded Army and Navy Club, in Washington, D.C. And the rest is history…

Join Phil Greene of the Museum of the American Cocktail in an in-depth discussion on the Daiquiri. You’ll get to sample and learn how to make the classic Daiquiri and hear tales about its storied past, including the U.S. presidents who played a role in its popularity. You’ll learn about the role rum played in the British and U.S. Navy, and the Daiquiri’s possible origins in the drink known as grog. You’ll also hear about the evolution of the so-called Hemingway Daiquiri, aka the Papa Doble, which was served at El Floridita in Havana. You’ll learn how the Daiquiri served as a springboard for the great Tiki movement of the 1930s and 1940s, and how it served as a platform for numerous Tiki greats; you’ll learn about the classic drink of the French Caribbean, the ‘Ti Punch, and about the national drink of Brasil, the Caipirinha, and you’ll get to compare and contrast it with the traditional Daiquiri, and much, much more.
White Rums: The Foundation Of The Rum Category
Uk Rum Ambassador Ian Burrell
5pm
The seminar will discover, through blind tasting, if all white rums taste the same. Ian will be blind tasting numerous rums with the guests and putting the results on a special tasting/flavor map. The result will prove that even white rums have their differences and can effect the end result in a cocktail or mixed drink. The white rums will include Jamaican, American, Spanish, Demerara, Agricole, Cachaca and others. You might conclude there is a need for more than one white rum on our bar.
Cocktails and Tiki Drinks
Rikki Brodrick of Trailer Happiness, London, England
5pm
The Tiki Team from London will talk about Trailer Happiness, Mahiki, Keko, Moko and Kanaloa. Their discussion will include the "Love of Rum" and the session will end with a question and answer period.
Tiki’s Big Daddy: The Rum Life Of Don The Beachcomber
Jeff "Beachbum" Berry, author and cocktail historian
6pm
Donn Beach, better known as Don The Beachcomber, single-handedly invented the Tiki bar -- and the Tiki Drink. Without Donn there’d be no Mai Tai, no Zombie, and no world-wide Tiki Revival. Because without him, there’s be nothing to revive! Join Jeff "Beachbum" Berry, author of the acclaimed tropical drink book Sippin’ Safari, as he tells the story of Don's early days as an actual beachcomber, his meteoric rise as restaurateur-to-the-stars in 1930s Hollywood, and the evolution of his exotic drink repertoire, which sparked a rum renaissance that lasted from the '30s to the '70s -- an unprecedented lifespan for a drink fad. We’ll reveal the source of the Beachcomber's inspiration, crack his secret recipe code, hear the untold stories of people who worked for him, and sip samples of vintage Beachcomber's drink recipes.
master distillers and blenders
brand ambassadors
authors and lecturers
professional trainers
famous mixologists
spirits writers and journalists

Rum Renaissance Miami 2010 is produced by Quantum Leap Network, publishers of Robert Burr's Gifted Rums Guide, in association with Contemporary Cocktails of New York and Ian Burrell's London Rum Experience. © 2010 Quantum Leap Network. All rights reserved.