The Barbados Rum Experience
HONEST & AUTHENTIC
The Barbadian Rum experience by Barbadians dedicated to the Barbadians that make the best rum in the world.
FOUNDED IN 2020
The pinnancle of Rum Education Experiences
At the Barbados Rum Experience we take a deep dive behind Barbados Rum and individuals who make it. We step back in time to Rum’s origins through the lens of the History of Sugar. Thought provoking questions on whether or not the Caribbean, that identity exists and much more. For those that really want to understand Rum right here in at it’s starting point in Barbados. We have the leading Caribbean acadmeics and speakers take us on this journey to learn the history of Sugar & Rum.
OUR PRESTIGIOUS SPEAKERS
Our BRE 2024 Speakers
Dr. Tara Inniss
Professor of History at the University of the West Indies
Richard Seale
Distiller & Blender at Foursquare Rum Distillery
Jacklyn Broomes
Agricultural Manager at Mount Gay Distilleries Ltd.
Dr. Richard Drayton
Professor of Imperial History at Kings College London
Dr. Geoff Ward
Caribbean Naval / Maritime Historian
Dr. Lennox Honychurch
Caribbean Anthropologist
2021 & 2022 Edition Highlights
Some of the great highlights from our first and second editions of the Barbados Rum Experience. Full of seminars, distillery visits and exciting rum events each evening. Will you be joining us this year?
THE STORY OF SUGAR & RUM
Why should you attend?
We created the Barbados Rum Experience to ensure that caribbean voices were telling the caribbean story. We put the history of sugar and rum at the forefront of our seminars and work hard to ensure we support local Barbadian intaitives along the way.
Caribbean Academics & Speakers
Too often the history and stories of the caribbean are being told by visitors returning to their home countries. At the BRE we want to ensure that our Caribbean history of Sugar and Rum is told by caribbean speakers and academics.
Exclusive Distillery Visits
One of the unique parts of the BRE is our ability to have exclusive distillery visits with members of the distilling teams across the island. Go behind the scenes at Mount Gay Rum Distillery, St Nicholas Abbey and Foursquare Rum Distillery. Discover storied pot stills and innovations coming from each distillery alongside the famed Caribbean Double Retort Pot Still.
FEATURED TALK
The Caribbean
You know Barbados and the Caribbean on a map. But where are you really? Why are these places as they are? How did volcanos, the huge rivers of South America, winds, ocean currents, and the sun set the terms of their human history? Rum is a product of the convergence of soils, water, climate and human labour and skill in this very unusual historical context. You will at the end of 40 minutes, understand this region better than 99% of the people who live there.
BRE RUM PACKAGES
TICKET PACKAGES
BRE STANDARD PASS
THE BEST OF BRE, SEMINARS, DISTILLERY VISITS, BRE GROUP LUNCH & TRANSPORATION
$ 795 USD
BRE DELUXE PASS
GO ALL IN, BRE SEMINARS, DISTILLERY VISITS, BRE GROUP LUNCH, TRANSPORTATION & BRAND DINNERS
$ 945 USD
RUM EVENTS Add Ons
BARBADOS RUM DINNERS HOSTED BY LOCAL BRANDS
$ 155 USD
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL SUPPORTERS
BRE PARTNERS
Our Venue
The Barbados Rum Experience returns to the beautiful Radisson Hotel on the south coast of the Island. Wake up early and catch a swim with the racehorses or sneak in a quick dip between seminars. The Radisson is centrally located for all that Barbados has to offer.
Book now and quote the reference BRE24 and the Barbados Rum Experience to access our BRE rate.