Spirits Class - Rums of the Americas

935 37th Avenue South,Moorhead MN 56560

22 October, 2022

Description

Though sugarcane was probably fermented and distilled in Asia long before it arrived in the Western Hemisphere as a cash crop, the modern beverage of rum decidedly traces its roots to the sugar plantations of the New World. The word rum itself was first recorded on Barbados, but debates will always rage about where in the new world the earliest sugarcane distilling occurred. Islands around the Caribbean, as well as the nations of South and Central America, embraced rum to varying degrees throughout colonial and post-colonial times, as today many of these nations possess at least one distillery producing varied styles of rum. In this class, Evan Christie will take your island and nation hopping throughout the Americas in search of delightful distillations from traditional rum haunts like Jamaica and Barbados to less expected realms such as Peru and El Salvador. You will taste the difference based on raw materials, production process, tradition, aging, and blending that each of these rums present. Expect to be amazed by the beautiful panoply of flavors these rums exude. Must be 21+ to attend.