{"id":1650,"date":"2018-10-01T20:37:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T00:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2018-10-03T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:19:42","slug":"barbados-rum-wins-supreme-champion-spirit-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/barbados-rum-wins-supreme-champion-spirit-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados Rum Wins Supreme Champion Spirit Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foursquare Rum Distillery, a family owned Barbados rum producer, has copped the prestigious\u00a0<strong>Supreme Champion Spirit<\/strong> award at the 2018\u00a0International Spirits Challenge!<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0vintage <strong>Foursquare 2005<\/strong> blend was selected as the winner after a\u00a0rigorous judging process. This is the first time that a <strong>rum<\/strong> has won the title.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1651 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/foursquare-rum-2005-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Foursquare Rum 2005\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/foursquare-rum-2005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/foursquare-rum-2005-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/foursquare-rum-2005.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Foursquare was also chosen as the <strong>Rum Producer of the Year<\/strong>, winning this title for an amazing third consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>Of course Barbados has a remarkable history of producing fine rum and is often referred to as <em>the place where rum was born<\/em>. Rum production on the island can be traced back over 300 years. As the\u00a0Foursquare award shows, we keep getting better and better at it! We&#8217;re also pretty good at consuming this spirit, with hundreds of rum shops across the island serving it up by the bottle, and restaurants competing for the title of <em>best rum punch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/foursquare-rum-distillery.htm\">Foursquare Rum Distillery<\/a><\/strong> invites you to tour the distillery and enjoy a sample tasting. You can also join an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partner.viator.com\/en\/14755\/tours\/Barbados\/A-scenic-tour-of-Barbados\/d30-89260P2\">island tour<\/a><\/strong> with a stop at Foursquare.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_37377\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bq7kdVg11NA?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&modestbranding=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foursquare Rum Distillery, a family owned Barbados rum producer, has copped the prestigious\u00a0Supreme Champion Spirit award at the 2018\u00a0International Spirits Challenge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,85,42],"tags":[13],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}