Missing partying out the stress away at your fave clubs in the metro? Missing those glasses of Daiquiri you regularly have with your friends?
With our country slowly but carefully easing into the ‘new normal’, there’s still a long way before we can go back to our regular nights out in our favorite bars. But that does not mean we can’t enjoy the connection and conversations with our friends over Zoom with our favorite cocktails in hand!
Don Papa Rum, a premium liquor brand known for its high-end blend distilled from local sugar cane aged up to 7 years, has recently teamed up with Run Rabbit Run for a virtual bar session with the metro’s top lifestyle journalists and influencers to highlight Cocktails To Go. We were sent our own cocktails-to-go ahead of the Zoom party, which we were able to concoct in the virtual bar sesh!
This partnership captured the exciting yet easygoing vibe of a bar through a fun Zoom session hosted by Bleeding Heart Rum Co.’s Program Development Manager Aaron Goodall, with signature drinks crafted by Run Rabbit Run head bartender Enzo Luna, and bartender Christina Soudji.
With bar businesses being one of the major industries hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cocktails To Go is an online cocktail delivery service that provides bartenders with a platform to stay on top of their game while supporting the call for bar regulars to stay home and enjoy their favorite Don Papa Rum cocktails.
As Goodall puts it, now that we are in General Community Quarantine, Don Papa Rum is very much open to exploring more ways to get customers to enjoy their drinks through online deliveries.
According to Enzo, they were quite fortunate to already be exploring and developing the logistics behind Cocktails To Go before the pandemic hit, allowing them to be ahead of the curve in providing a solution for rum enthusiasts to enjoy their cocktails during the quarantine.
“This ECQ has also been an opportunity for us to hone our craft and share our knowledge with fellow bartenders,” Soudji added.
The Virtual Bar Session featured three Don Papa Rum cocktails concocted by the Run Rabbit Run bartenders:
Banana Rum Daiquiri
A light, classic cocktail that features a perfect balance of rum, sugar, and lime with a touch of banana liqueur for an enticing, tropical touch.
Masskara Old Fashioned
A local take on the classic bar favorite Old Fashioned, this blend features the locally spiced tasting profile of Don Papa Masskara with a touch of aromatic bitters. The cocktail is peppered with subtle citrus notes, hints of honey, and siling labuyo that adds a kick of spice and heat to the drink.
Don Chocoroni
This is a localized take of the Kingston Negroni made even better with Don Papa Rum. The cocktail is infused with cacao husk to give this special negroni a rich balance of vanilla, chocolate, and tart.
The virtual bar session served as a tutorial on how to make the featured cocktails as we got a taste of these cocktail creations— all thanks to Run Rabbit Run’s Cocktails To Go service, with the ingredients and materials for each drink hand-delivered to our homes. We also got tips and secret tricks from the Run Rabbit Run bartenders about customizing cocktails with everyday ingredients we can find at home.
You can also have your very own virtual bar and cocktail experience with your Don Papa Rum favorites through Run Rabbit Run’s Cocktails To Go, available through https://www.runrabbit.run/cocktails-to-go. Who says your social life has to suffer this general quarantine? Go party with your friends via Zoom with these delish cocktail concoctions that can be delivered right at your doorstep!
About Don Papa Rum
Bleeding Heart Rum Company created Don Papa, a small batch rum from the main local sugar-producing island, Negros. Its premium blend is distilled from local sugar cane aged in Ex-American Bourbon oak barrels up to 7 years before being blended. Don Papa spans across 27 countries in Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, and South Africa.
To know more about Don Papa Rum and the Bleeding Heart Rum Company, follow the brand on Facebook: www.facebook.com/DonPapaRum and on Instagram: @DonPapaRum, and read up on more details on the website, www.donpaparum.com.