59 - Ian Burrell - The Global Rum Ambassador
- Author
- Ian Burrell
- Published
- Tue 24 Aug 2021
- Episode Link
- None
Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #59. On this podcast, Drums and Rums alumn Jame' from Ready Set Rum joins me as co-host as we chat with the Rum Ambassador, Ian Burrell. Ian's been around rum as part of his family and culture from starting out as a bartender in London to becoming an ambassador for the rum industry. He talks about starting up the African-Caribbean blended rum, Equiano, with a collaboration with Foursquare and Gray's Distillery.
Also, he drops some knowledge about what space tastes like.
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The opening track is Once Upon a Bottle of Rum by Brad Brock
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Here are a few things you will hear in this episode of the Drums and Rums podcast.
- What type of rum does he recall being around while growing up?
- Partnering up with Richard Seale at Foursquare
- The history behind the name of the company.
- Equiano's foundation supporting Anti-Slavery International
- After taking a break from college and started bartending, did you have an idea of where this all would end up or be just let’s give it a go?
- The return of the rum festivals and the upcoming one in Miami in February 2022.
- We ask about his music career back in the '90s with a successful hit song that was in movies and tv ads.
- The story on how he set up a Rum Shack in Antarctica?
In four sips or less:
- Neat or on the rocks?
- Prince or Michael Jackson
- As a bartender what’s your most important tool
- Which bar would you bartend at, the Cantina from Star Wars or Cheers?
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