TRES PAPAS: HOMECOMING
Don Papa Rum, the Philippines’ single island premium rum, is celebrating its Filipino provenance by bringing collectively some outstanding names within the business in a collection of bartender visitor shifts known as Tres Papas. For every night time of the collection, three bartenders will take over one of many metro’s high cocktail bars not solely to introduce the totally different flavors of Don Papa Rum and the Philippines however to additionally showcase the top of Filipino expertise.
The primary within the collection brings dwelling the unique Tres Papas, which incorporates David Ong, Cedric Mendoza, and Joma Rivera. They first received collectively in Singapore again in 2017 however final August 9, Don Papa Rum introduced them again to their (and Don Papa Rum’s) homeland the place they took over OTO, Makati for a one-night-only visitor shift aptly known as Tres Papas: Homecoming.
Why did Don Papa Rum select to work with these Tres Papas, and who’re they?
In case you haven’t heard, these guys are amongst these paving the best way for Filipino expertise within the spirits business.
David Ong is the Co-Founder and Managing Accomplice of The Curator Espresso & Cocktails, at the moment ranked #34 in Asia’s 50 Greatest Bars. He’s additionally Co-Founder and Managing Accomplice of different espresso and cocktail ideas in Manila akin to OTO, EDSA Beverage Design Group, #YKWRoasters at The Grid, and PourHouse Hospitality.
We even have Cedric Mendoza, the earlier Head Bartender at Manhattan Bar, who helped put the bar at #1 for 2 consecutive years on the Asia’s 50 Greatest Bars 2017/2018, and helped it climb to the #3 on the World’s 50 Greatest Bars 2018. He’s now a Managing Accomplice of Pourhouse Hospitality and ReCraft.
Lastly, we now have the well-decorated Joma Rivera. He’s the Diageo World Class Bartender of the Yr in 2014 – Philippines, Campari Bartender Competitors Asia – 2018 Singapore Champion, and Angostura World Cocktail Problem 2020 – Singapore Champion. He’s at the moment Bar Supervisor at Kafe UTU and Tamba in Singapore.
Why use Don Papa Rum in cocktails? And what makes these concoctions particular?
Attributable to its vanilla, honey, and candied fruit notes, Don Papa Rum is definitely excellent for mixing in a variety of cocktails. By letting bartenders discover totally different concoctions, Don Papa Rum’s versatility and complexity actually shines by means of. What makes this collection and the concoctions particular although, is its championing of Philippine substances and tales.
Considered one of David’s cocktails is named “Enriquez”, an homage to OTO’s avenue that they name dwelling. This recipe is a riff of certainly one of their authentic signature cocktails that’s modeled after a childhood favourite, the Twin Popsies. Made with tablea-infused Don Papa Rum, candy vermouth, orange bitters, and sugar, the ensuing drink is potent and scrumptious with that tsokolate bittersweet taste that Filipinos know and love.
Cedric however created cocktails which are tributes to the two different Tres Papas. One of many cocktails is known as “Dong Papa”, playfully named after David Ong’s business nickname “Dong”. It’s a nutty riff on the traditional daquiri. Hazelnut and spiced syrup deliver out the caramel notes and vibrancy in Don Papa Masskara.
Joma created the cocktail known as “Hey-A-Ron”. This one is a tribute to Don Papa Rum’s World Model Ambassador, Aaron Goodall, who’s half Filipino and half Australian. Impressed by a drink from down underneath, this highball fashion drink mixes contemporary granny smith apple, manuka honey, and bee pollen with Don Papa Masskara for a brilliant, velvety, and refreshing style. Hey, it’s -A(pple)-Ron(Rum)!
So what now?
Don Papa Rum has come far, from a neighborhood model launched within the Philippines 10 years in the past, to now a well-loved premium rum current in additional than 30 nations. Because it did again then, Don Papa Rum will at all times proudly showcase its roots – its bountiful flavours and substances, its wealth and degree of expertise, and its great tapestry of tales to inform.
There are 2 extra Tres Papas visitor shifts this September. Be looking out and comply with Don Papa Rum on Fb and Instagram at @donpaparum.
Concerning the Tres Papas:
DAVID ONG
David Ong is a Barista/Bartender, Co-Founder/Managing Accomplice of espresso and cocktail ideas in Manila, Philippines particularly: The Curator Espresso & Cocktails, OTO, EDSA Beverage Design Group, #YKWRoasters at The Grid, and PourHouse Hospitality.
He and his group have had the pleasure of working these institutions within the final decade! All whereas touring all over the world for visitor bartending shifts with the objective of placing the Philippines on the map by spreading Filipino Hospitality.
CEDRIC MENDOZA
Cedric Mendoza is the Managing Accomplice of Pourhouse Hospitality and ReCraft Most not too long ago, he’s the Head Bartender of Grain cocktail bar at 4 Seasons Resort Sydney, the place he was liable for menu improvement and cocktail conceptualization; Cedric really started his bartending profession at Singapore’s acclaimed Manhattan Bar in 2013.
Pushed by ardour and a need to excellent the craft, Cedric pushed his boundaries in Manhattan by rising to the function of Head Bartender in three years. It’s not an exaggeration to say that he performed an important function in placing Singapore on the map, as Manhattan maintained its #1 spot for 2 consecutive years on the Asia’s 50 Greatest Bars 2017/18 lists, and its climb to the #3 spot on the World’s 50 Greatest Bars 2018 listing.
JOMA RIVERA
Beginning his profession in thrilling world of Aptitude Bartending, Joma’s ardour for bartending runs nicely past simply cocktails. At The Curator Espresso and Cocktails and 28 Hongkong Avenue, he started to hone his expertise making craft cocktails.
Joma’s dedication and keenness to bartending earned him the titles of Diageo World Class Bartender of the Yr in 2014 – Philippines, Campari Bartender Competitors Asia – 2018 Singapore Champion, and Angostura World Cocktail Problem 2020 – Singapore Champion. These titles propelled him to his place as Bar Supervisor at Kafe UTU and Tamba, a West African impressed restaurant the place he continues to hone his expertise as a world class bartender.
Out there in over 30 nations worldwide, Don Papa Rum is the primary premium single island rum from the Philippines, now ranked the third largest rum market on the planet subsequent to India and USA.
Distilled and aged for as much as seven years in American oak barrels on the island of Negros Occidental (identified domestically as Sugarlandia), the pure, authentic Negros sugar cane is the muse for Don Papa Rum’s lengthy, rich-textured end and flavours of vanilla, honey, and candied fruits.
The namesake of Don Papa Rum is impressed by the unsung hero and mystic, Papa Isio, who was one of many main figures of the late nineteenth century Philippine revolution. Initially a foreman at a sugar plantation, his management and braveness performed a important half in liberating the island of Negros from Spanish rule. Don Papa is impressed by his legend and captures his spirit and sense of magic in each bottle.
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