Christin Head
Moonshine University
502-301-8139
registrar@moonshineuniversity.com
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The Rum University and Moonshine University have joined forces to offer the most comprehensive rum training to existing and future rum distillers and brand owners from around the world.
The 5-Day course will guide attendees through the financial, marketing, production, aging, and blending of rum, so each person can leave with a complete understanding of how rums can fit into the economic landscape. The course will offer a great combination of theory and practice, making it the ideal learning tool for anyone whose livelihood will depend on their ability to properly produce and commercialize excellent rums.
AGENDA:
Day 1 - The Business of Rum
Day 2 - The Classifications of Rum
Day 3 - The Art of Rum Making
Day 4 - History and Science of the Barrel
Day 5 - Essential Rum Laboratory, Introduction to Rum Blending
TUITION INCLUDES:
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: Registrations received by March 6, 2016 include 5 nights stay at the Brown Hotel
BIOGRAPHY: LUIS AYALA
Luis Ayala is quite possibly the rum industry’s most devoted ambassador of the modern era. He has relentlessly pursued the establishment –and adoption- of quality standards in the production and marketing of rum. His efforts to improve the quality and appreciation of rum have taken him from being a celebrated author and organizer/judge at international rum festivals to being one of the driving forces behind the creation of new rums and the improvement of many existing ones.
As a consultant, Luis derives great pleasure from lending over two decades of rum expertise to his clients. “Nothing gives me more pleasure than seeing how much more enjoyment consumers can get out of fine-tuned rums,” says Luis.
Luis has written for numerous international publications, he is also the recipient of the International Rum Festival’s Platinum Award for excellence in “Global education and promotion of rum,” and of the Congreso Internacional del Ron award for “2011 World Rum Specialist.” He also worked closely with Georg Riedel (Riedel Crystal) in 2006 for the creation of the first ever Riedel Rum Glass.
Luis Ayala is as comfortable sharing his rum curriculum in front of university students or corporate executives as he is working in the laboratories and distilleries with chemists and rum engineers.
Along with his wife Margaret, Luis is a founding member of Rum Runner Press, Inc., is President of The Rum University and publishes “Got Rum?” magazine, the only monthly publication in the world devoted 100% to rum.