My guest on this episode is Garth Foster. For the last 15 years garth has worked at luxury drinks group Moet Hennessy, in both brand ambassador and business development on a range of brands, among them Ardbeg, Belvedere vodka and Hennessy. But he recently left Moet Hennessy to launch a new Australian rum brand with his longtime friend David Fesq. They’re a company of two, and Red Mill Rum Co. is the product — So I talk to Garth to see how he’s adjusting to small start up drinks brand life after more than a decade on some of the world’s most luxurious brands. He talks about the lessons he learned working at Moet Hennessy, and how that is shaping his thinking for Red Mill Rum Co, how they make their rum — they’re aiming for an uplifting accessible style of rum, says garth — and what bartenders are thinking about their first product.