6-Day Distiller Course
Moonshine University 801 South 8th St., Louisville, Kentucky 40203
The Rum University is responsible for teaching in-person the Rum portion of the 6-Day Distiller Course offered by Moonshine University at their state of the art facility in Louisville, KY. The course is designed not only to give the most comprehensive technical training and business management education in the industry, but also to give participants social and networking opportunities with other participants, suppliers, industry professionals and world-renowned master distillers.
The Rum section of the 6-Day Distiller Course will cover:
- Rum definition (technical, legal, chemical)
- Alcohol congeners, quantifications and differentiations
- Sugarcane origin, cultivation, harvest and processing
- Business and economic aspects of the rum industry
- Organoleptic assessments of rum via tasting exercises
- Overview of fermentation, distillation, aging and blending
- Distillation equipment overview
- Q&A