Rum Renaissance Festival Begins Tomorrow
First, we have to talk about this name. Rum Renaissance Festival? Is anyone else imagining ladies in large, corseted gowns swilling flasks of rum? Just us? Of course, this isn't a dress-up-in-period-costume Renaissance festival; it's a let's-make-rum-cool-again festival. To which we say: let's start drinking.
The festival begins tomorrow with a two-day rum tasting competition at the Delano, where judges will blind taste over 100 rums from around the world and award gold, silver and bronze medals to the best of the bunch. The main event is on Saturday, when the public will be allowed to sample rums from all over the Carribbean and beyond. Or you can check out one of the seminars like "Puerto Rico: Rum Capital of the World" and "Rum's Cocktail Revival." Tickets to the grand tasting — which include admission to the seminars — are $45 each. VIP tickets, which will get you into several parties in which the rum will be flowing freely, cost $150. The grand tasting will be held on Saturday from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Shore Club Sky Bar and Red Room at 1901 Collins Ave in Miami Beach. For more information, check out the festival's website.
