Fawn Weaver is the Black woman behind one of the most awarded whiskey brands in America, Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, as well as the person funding the
The latest batch of summer spirits includes launches from Harpalion Spirits, Two Days and Equiano Rum Co, while Innis & Gunn and Sandford Orchards have repackaged stalwart serves.
/PRNewswire/ The team behind the multi-award-winning Equiano Rum Co. are delighted to announce their second African & Caribbean blend, Equiano Light, which.
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“We wanted to get some conversation flowing. We wanted people to start asking: Why shouldn’t a rum sit side-by-side with a top bourbon, a single malt whiskey, an amazing rye, some really good aged tequila, or Cognac?” Ian Burrell says, with a sense of confidence. “Because that’s what I want people to look at the rum category. For me, it’s bigger than any one brand. Equiano meant to elevate the whole category.”
Burrell should know a thing or two about this mission: He’s a household name in the spirits industry, founder of the world’s first-ever rum festival (which started way back in 2003), and a multi-award-winning global rum ambassador. And though Equiano only launched in 2020, it’s fair to say Burrell hasn’t just elevated the category he’s reimagined it entirely in his own image. “My ethnicity here in the United Kingdom is African Caribbean,” he explains. Equiano Rum, as such, is the first African Caribbean rum.