"Legalize Cachaca Hits New York"
September 14, 2009
At the Highbar Rooftop
In attendance of legalizing cachaca awareness is to educate and inform the public outside of Brazil, cachaca is not categorized as 'cachaca.' In Brazil, they call it a light rum, which it should be 3 categories, rum, light rum, and cachaca. Cachaca should not be in the rum family, but it is related because, unlike the rum, it is made out of 100% sugarcane juice, which differentiates itself from the others.
Leblon, in my opinion, is one of the best chacaca that I have ever tasted. It is distilled in Minas Gerais, Brazil, it is aged 3 months, in a XO cognac cask, which makes it lighter, and has a very delicate sweet taste on the palate. Leblon could be used for many tropical cocktails, which the standard is of course the Caipirinha.
At the High Bar, it was a happy and celebratory environment. Photographs were taken, memorabilia was given out, cocktails were flowing, and everyone had such a great time. The whole idea of this event was to sign your name on a petition to legalize Cachaca, and have it stand in its own category.
It was time for me to head on over to Beekman Bar and Books, for the Glenmorangie tasting, given by Dr. Bill Lumsden, who is the head distiller for Glenmorangie, where they gave out several cocktails, different variations of the Glenmorangie products. The Blood and Sand, which is one of the most popular classic whiskey cocktails, which consists of sweet vermouth, orange juice, cherry herring, and of course, the Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban. After the cocktail hour, we had a tasting of all brands, and education by Dr. Lumsden.
Dr. Lumsden was very informative and educational, and a bit humorous, with his teaching methods of the brand. I had a really good time, I learned a little bit more about the brand, and enjoyed the opportunity to finally meet the great distiller of Glenmorangie.
Slaandjivaa !!
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