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Rum Aroma Masterclass Kit - 24 Signature Aromas + Training Guide
$189.99
From Jamaican funk to Spanish-style elegance — learn to taste the whole world of rum.
Molasses, tropical fruit, oak, brown spice, banana ester, burnt sugar — rum is the most diverse spirit category on earth, spanning styles from grassy agricole to decades-aged sipping rums. The Rum Aroma Masterclass Kit trains you to identify the 24 signature aromas that define fine rum, so you can taste a pour and place its style, its cask, and its craft.
What's Inside
- 24 laboratory-calibrated rum aromas — the complete flavor vocabulary of rums from around the globe
- A structured training guide that builds your skills session by session and explains where each aroma comes from — cane, fermentation, distillation, and cask
- Professional aroma strips that let each note evolve the way a rum opens in the glass
- Professional tasting techniques to assess any rum with confidence
How It Works
- Nose an aroma blind and try to name it.
- Learn it — the guide tells you what it is and how it gets into the rum.
- Find it in your glass — pour a rum and pick the note out with confidence.
This is the professional Aroma Academy training method — used by distillers, brand ambassadors, and competition judges worldwide. School of Wine and Spirits is its exclusive US distributor.
A great gift for the rum collector or tiki enthusiast ready to go deeper.
Free US standard shipping. 30-day returns.
