The True Rum Experience Tour
Mocka Lounge
Thurs 26 Nov
Last Thursday the True Rum Experience Tour came to Cardiff’s Mocka Lounge. This gave people the chance to try a showcase of 20 rums from the Caribbean, hosted by UK rum ‘ambassador’ Ian Burrell. Ian began with a bit of background on rum, followed by a tasting session. This was followed by lashings of neat rum and, once Ian had whisked out his equipment and rustled up some impressive cocktails, things soon loosened up. A pair of audience members got the chance to have a go at Ian’s craft too, grasping their mixers firmly and shaking them for all they were worth, desperately trying to beat their partners in a cocktail making contest. When the climax of the show had finally subdued, the relaxed throng stumbled out of the basement bar, and wandered off home, a smile spread across their faces and a belly full of Ian’s rum to warm them into the night.
