NIPA RUM, GIGAQUIT'S FINEST
by: Bob Martin, Mindanao Blog
Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte — Unknown to most, nipa rum making known as Gigaquit Rum is an old industry since time immemorial. Blessed with more or less 500 hectares of nipa land, Gigaquitnons embraced and ventures this type of business as a source of income. In fact, some folks were able to send their children to school and even finished college studies.
In the course of time nipa farmers formed themselves into an organization imbibed with the spirit of promoting the product outside of their backyard. However, their endeavors became an elusive dream though how voluminous their produce, reaching to far places still remained hidden before the public eyes. Handicapped with modern technology, lacking of technical know-how and funding, members of Gigaquit Wine Producers Association did not survive and subsequently broken into pieces. For so long a time, they’ve been into rum making by individual or small groups using the primitive distilling method with their own standard of taste and quality.
The birth of Gigaquit Agra Multi Purpose Cooperative (GIAMUPCO) gradually turned of another wave of hopes. Though anxious and hesitant to join hands at first for fear that same old thing would happen again, yet members of the defunct wine producers association expressively came forward willing to be reunited back should there anybody stand with them. The Department of Agrarian Reform now Department of Land Reform took lead in the organizational phase, likewise spearheaded and facilitated in the registration of GIAMUPCO at the CDA.
It started with 33 brave-hearted members who were molded and indoctrinated the philosophy of cooperative, determined to craft back the long dream of bringing Gigaquit Rum (GR for short) to the Philippine market arena and hopefully market to the world. Groping for financial assistance members started the business with their hard-earned money in the form of Capital Build Up (CBU). Inspired by the vision of the Local Government Unit to make Gigaquit the center of wine industry in the Province of Surigao del Norte and Caraga Region, GIAMUPCO vowed to toss up Gigaquit Rum in the hall of fame even within Surigao del Norte. Amidst financial turmoil the Coop has faced, it remained courageous to march forward. Coop members believed that if graced effort proved superior to fate then everything will come into reality.
In the advent of the different agencies the prevalent hopes of the said coop shined brighter and brighter. Their blissful interventions in the life of the aforementioned organization as change agents for development pave the way to zoom its apex of fulfilling its dream. Enormous opportunities entered into the doors of GIAMUPCO to participate in the trade fairs and exhibits to gain public recognition and appreciation from great personalities; construction of distillery building materialized; purchasing of two units of distilling equipments, alcoholmeter to attain standard alcohol contents and premium taste, additional working capital and continuous education and capability enhancement, improved packaging and labeling, product dressing and assessment for product intensification and the like. For all of these, grateful members would like to lay their hats off to salute the converge efforts conveyed by: LGU-Gigaquit, DAR, LGSP-TOUGH Foundation, TESDA, DOST-ITDI, DTI, DOLE, DENR, SDC-Asia and FAO-PATSARRD among others. The public is assured with 100% doubt-free GIAMUPCO’s Gigaquit Rum is methanol free that carried the theme “Go Organic, Go Natural”. No chemical mixture added to attain its historical superior taste. It can be matched up with colas or juices or can be drank straightly. FORWARD GIAMUPCO’s FINEST GIGAQUIT RUM!! (DARMO-Gigaquit/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
by: Bob Martin, Mindanao Blog
Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte — Unknown to most, nipa rum making known as Gigaquit Rum is an old industry since time immemorial. Blessed with more or less 500 hectares of nipa land, Gigaquitnons embraced and ventures this type of business as a source of income. In fact, some folks were able to send their children to school and even finished college studies.
In the course of time nipa farmers formed themselves into an organization imbibed with the spirit of promoting the product outside of their backyard. However, their endeavors became an elusive dream though how voluminous their produce, reaching to far places still remained hidden before the public eyes. Handicapped with modern technology, lacking of technical know-how and funding, members of Gigaquit Wine Producers Association did not survive and subsequently broken into pieces. For so long a time, they’ve been into rum making by individual or small groups using the primitive distilling method with their own standard of taste and quality.
The birth of Gigaquit Agra Multi Purpose Cooperative (GIAMUPCO) gradually turned of another wave of hopes. Though anxious and hesitant to join hands at first for fear that same old thing would happen again, yet members of the defunct wine producers association expressively came forward willing to be reunited back should there anybody stand with them. The Department of Agrarian Reform now Department of Land Reform took lead in the organizational phase, likewise spearheaded and facilitated in the registration of GIAMUPCO at the CDA.
It started with 33 brave-hearted members who were molded and indoctrinated the philosophy of cooperative, determined to craft back the long dream of bringing Gigaquit Rum (GR for short) to the Philippine market arena and hopefully market to the world. Groping for financial assistance members started the business with their hard-earned money in the form of Capital Build Up (CBU). Inspired by the vision of the Local Government Unit to make Gigaquit the center of wine industry in the Province of Surigao del Norte and Caraga Region, GIAMUPCO vowed to toss up Gigaquit Rum in the hall of fame even within Surigao del Norte. Amidst financial turmoil the Coop has faced, it remained courageous to march forward. Coop members believed that if graced effort proved superior to fate then everything will come into reality.
In the advent of the different agencies the prevalent hopes of the said coop shined brighter and brighter. Their blissful interventions in the life of the aforementioned organization as change agents for development pave the way to zoom its apex of fulfilling its dream. Enormous opportunities entered into the doors of GIAMUPCO to participate in the trade fairs and exhibits to gain public recognition and appreciation from great personalities; construction of distillery building materialized; purchasing of two units of distilling equipments, alcoholmeter to attain standard alcohol contents and premium taste, additional working capital and continuous education and capability enhancement, improved packaging and labeling, product dressing and assessment for product intensification and the like. For all of these, grateful members would like to lay their hats off to salute the converge efforts conveyed by: LGU-Gigaquit, DAR, LGSP-TOUGH Foundation, TESDA, DOST-ITDI, DTI, DOLE, DENR, SDC-Asia and FAO-PATSARRD among others. The public is assured with 100% doubt-free GIAMUPCO’s Gigaquit Rum is methanol free that carried the theme “Go Organic, Go Natural”. No chemical mixture added to attain its historical superior taste. It can be matched up with colas or juices or can be drank straightly. FORWARD GIAMUPCO’s FINEST GIGAQUIT RUM!! (DARMO-Gigaquit/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
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