Paul's extensive spirits collection includes over 230 rums, rons, rhums, and cachacas. Paul’s love of spirits ‘spilled’ over into his business, Spirited Adventures LLC, focusing on marketing premium spirits, brand ambassadorships, new product development, and mixology.


Paul has conducted numerous tastings throughout the U.S. and the UK. As ‘The Rum Daddy’, Paul performs entertaining seminar tastings for clientele. He also writes spirits columns for private publications and Examiner.com  Paul has served as a judge at numerous rum & cane spirits competitions, including the 2006 and 2007 International Cane Spirits Festivals, the 2007 and 2008 UK RumFests in London, England, and the Ministry of Rum Competition for the 2008 Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. Paul has presented seminars on American artisinal spirits and Caribbean rums in the U.S. and U.K..  Paul has represented Cockspur Rums (Hood River Distillery) in Miami at the 2008 Gifted Rums Magazine release event.

Paul actually started with success in tequila, earning the Grand Prize Winner status in the charity-focused Margaritaville Tequila ‘Conky-Tonkin’ Concoction Contest’ in Key West 2005. Paul created the ‘Tastings as Marketing’ Program, aimed towards assisting distillers, distributors, and bars/restaurants with increasing sales of both premium spirits and cocktails.


Paul combines his love of teaching with his desire to support the spirits industry. “I continue to be an enthusiastic student of spirits, constantly striving to learn. I thoroughly enjoy this journey, this exploration of the alchemy of fermentation, and love to share this journey with others.”