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THE FIRST SCOTTISH RUM FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL WITH CHARITABLE SPIRIT
The inaugural Scottish Rum Pageant attributable to launch at The Retailers’ Corridor in Edinburgh this summer time will now be a digital occasion. Set to showcase Scotland’s nascent rum motion, the programme can now be accessed by rum lovers throughout the UK and past. The pageant will even elevate cash for The BEN, Scotland’s drinks and hospitality charity.
The net occasion might be staged on Friday twenty fourth July for commerce delegates and Saturday twenty fifth July for public ticket holders, and can current talks, tastings and distinctive model experiences via a sequence of live-streamed classes with Scotland’s main rum distillers and blenders, utilizing the pageant’s social channels.
Pageant tasting packs might be despatched to ticket holders and can characteristic an expertly curated number of rums to assist connoisseurs and curious newbies alike to discover Scottish rum and assist this rising sector.
The pageant will characteristic quite a few Scottish producers presenting their rums together with VS Distillers, Brewdog Distilling Co., Matugga Distillers, Wester Spirit Co., Ninefold Distillery, Glasgow Distillery Co., Rumburra Scotland, Spirit of Glasgow and Deeside Distillery.
Dr Package Caruthers, proprietor and head distiller at Ninefold Distillery, stated: “It is a nice alternative for the burgeoning Scottish rum sector, and I’m delighted to play a component within the inaugural Scottish Rum Pageant. There’s a rising band of producers who make rum authentically and actually right here in Scotland, and we’re wanting ahead to giving everybody an important rum expertise.”
Public tickets are priced at £34.95 and at the moment are accessible on-line at: ScotRumFest.com. £5 from the sale of every ticket might be donated to The BEN.
Chris Gardner, Chief Govt of The BEN, stated: “It’s great to see Scotland’s rum trade come collectively. Donations from the pageant will assist us to offer social, monetary or emotional assist to commerce professionals affected by the coronavirus pandemic, for which we’re very grateful.”
James Withers, CEO of Scotland Meals and Drink, added: “Scotland’s drinks trade has a world status for high quality, innovation and craftsmanship. We’re now coming into an thrilling time for the nation’s rising rum scene, to be explored by shoppers and producers alike. The Scottish Rum Pageant will showcase the brand new wave of distillers and blenders which are placing Scotland firmly on the worldwide rum map, whereas elevating cash for an important trigger.”
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Additional Info
The Scottish Rum Pageant takes place on Friday twenty fourth July for commerce delegates (by invitation) and Saturday twenty fifth July (12:30 – 21:30 BST) for public ticket holders. The pageant programme might be introduced quickly and might be supported by spirits specialists and educators Dave Broom and Peter Holland. The programme will even characteristic Mungo’s Hello Fi, a soundsystem and music manufacturing collective primarily based in Glasgow.
A pack containing ten rum samples and a Glencairn pageant tasting glass might be despatched to ticket holders (UK addresses solely).
Producers Attending
Matugga Distillers (Matugga Rum, Liv Rum)
Ninefold Distillery (Ninefold Pure Single Rum)
Spirit of Glasgow (Sugar Home Rum)
VS Distillers (J. Gow Rum)
Wester Spirit Co. (Wester Rum)
Brewdog Distilling Co. (5 Hundred Cuts Botanical Rum)
Deeside Distillery (Satan’s Level Rum)
The Glasgow Distillery Co. (Banditti Membership Rum)
Rumburra Scotland (Rumburra Orach)
Others to be confirmed
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