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here’s a new epicenter in the world of Caribbean rum: the island of St Barth. In a turbulent year around the world, the island played host to the ultimate rum experience of 2020: the 22 | December 2020
Martinque & Puerto Rico Top Winners 2020 Caribbean Rum Awards
Caribbean Rum Awards and St Barth Rum Festival. The event took place in mid-November and was a major success. This year’s third annual Caribbean Rum Awards drew a
“who’s who” of the rum world for an unmatched lineup of highlevel, socially-distanced
rum experiences, rum competitions, cocktail pairing dinners and master classes, all hosted at the Rhum Room, the world’s leading Caribbean rum bar and the adjacent Quarter Kitchen and Cocktail Lab. The week was punctuated by the Caribbean Rum Awards themselves, which put together a never-before-seen field of heavyweight expressions of both Molasses Rum and Rhum Agricole. “We are so pleased with the 2020 edition of our Caribbean Rum Awards in St Barth, which truly celebrated the best of the world of rum,” said Alexander Britell, editor and publisher of Caribbean Journal and co-founder of the Caribbean Rum Awards. “This year’s competition set a new standard, with nearly 60 rums, including some sought-after
expressions that have never before appeared in any rum competition.” Most importantly, the dates have already been set for next year’s Caribbean Rum Awards and St Barth Rum Festival, which will run from Nov. 2-7, 2021. “As we wind up a week filled with Master Distillers, Master Blenders and other Rum Industry experts, I find myself in awe of the knowledge and passion they have for this industry and their generosity in sharing with everyone who met them,” said Christopher Davis, international rum expert, proprietor of the Rhum Room and Quarter Kitchen and Cocktail Lab and founder of the St Barth Rum Festival. “This year’s addition of Master Classes from these experts was very well received and the feedback I received from literally everyone is ‘please next year bring them back and add more if you can.’ The first annual Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum Cocktail Contest was great and the contestants had as much fun as the crowd cheering them on. Expanding the Rum Cocktail CARRIBEAN CONNECTION PAGE 23
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