{"id":2638,"date":"2023-08-15T21:35:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.campariacademy.com\/en-us\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2023-10-20T19:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T19:59:56","slug":"joy-spence-rum-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.campariacademy.com\/en-us\/training\/past-events\/joy-spence-rum-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queen of Rum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mB_KZnlPHzM\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Joy Spence, Master Blender of Appleton Estate\" title=\"Play video &quot;Joy Spence, Master Blender of Appleton Estate&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mB_KZnlPHzM<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mB_KZnlPHzM\" title=\"Joy Spence, Master Blender of Appleton Estate\">Joy Spence, Master Blender of Appleton Estate (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mB_KZnlPHzM)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In honor of National Rum Month, we were honored to host <strong>Dr. Joy Spence, Master Blender of Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum<\/strong>, for a discussion about rum, Jamaica, and the art of blending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joy joined Appleton Estate as Chief Chemist in 1981, gaining the title&nbsp;of Master Blender in 1997\u2014She is the first woman to hold the position of Master Blender in the spirits industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want more? 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