Rum Distilling Experience: Create Your Own Bottle

Join our hands-on rum distilling class in Edinburgh. Craft your own bespoke bottle, enjoy tastings, and learn the rich history of rum.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Cumberland Bar - You will be welcomed to a bespoke micro distillery room where you will receive a rum and mixer on arrival. Guests will be allowed to settle in with a run through of the outline of the class. Each guest will then try three different rum tasting samples and then design their own bespoke rum recipe from the available ingredients….
What's Included
  • Welcome rum and mixer
  • Rum samples
  • Rum cocktail
  • Distill your own 500ml bottle of rum to take home
Additional Information

This rum distilling experience is a very hands on, bespoke, personal and very knowledgeable workshop like no other in the country. Upon entry to the building you will be warmly greeted by your host upstairs at the main entrance. You shall then be guided to our bespoke micro distillery and once settled you are given a welcome rum and mixer followed by a…

Location
The Cumberland Bar
Cumberland Street
The Rum School is situated in a private basement room downstairs at the 'Cumberland Bar' in Edinburgh. Please enter the bar through the front door entrance where your host will welcome for your rum experience.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Iainse2459ym
Feb 16, 2025
Fantastic - A wonderful way to spend an afternoon. Neil was informative, knowledgeable, helpful and amusing. Made the experience brilliant and time passed so quickly. I would recommend this for anyone who likes rum or anyone who enjoys learning new things.
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Tour58472236535
Feb 14, 2025
Rum-tastic - A fantastic day was had with Neil at Sip Antics on their rum experience. Neil was very knowledgeable and delivered in a light-hearted and personable manner. We enjoyed the history of rum, a couple of rum based drinks and made your own bottle. Highlight was the nosing of the aromats in their vast glory. Names like Grains of Paradise, Sichuan Pepper and Red Clover conjure exotic places and tastes...only a few more days to wait. Enter with an open mind and no preconception of what your rum might taste like as you'll have a cornucopia of choices that will expand your mind.
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Jdcd
Feb 7, 2025
Fantastic evening - Amazing evening with Neil at Sip Antics making our own bottles of rum. Engaging and funny, took a lot of time to help us with the botanicals and even learnt some history too. Highly recommend for a fun, different, evening in Edinburgh.
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Lindsayje9089mg
Jan 27, 2025
Rum for No Reason - Neil was very knowledgable about Rum, he made the experience much fun. Looking forward to the Tequila experience once it is up and running. Totally recommend all from Sip Antics
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Nicktg1898vr
Jan 8, 2025
Informal and great fun - Great, friendly and informative session. Recommended to all - learnt lots and got Navy Proof rum! Might try the Gin one and Tequila one is being planned
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Manofthehands
Dec 15, 2024
Enjoyable, Entertaining and Educational! - Both my partner and I enjoyed a fantastic rum distilling experience with Sip Antics. Neil our 'Sip Smith' was superb. He made the experience even more enjoyable with a good balance of entertaining us as well as educating us! Was originally going to be a couples group making one bottle of rum but soon upgraded to a second bottle! Thoroughly recommend this to anyone visiting Edinburgh.
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Gwalker123
Dec 1, 2024
Best Rum Masterclass In Edinburgh - highly recommended ! - Had such a good time. Neil was a delight, so knowledgeable and funny … bringing to life the history of Rum … we had cocktails, straight rum & walked away with our own Rum creation. 3 hours plus … masterclass - good value for money. Xxx
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Helen201181
Dec 1, 2024
Fantastic experience - Fantastic experience and great fun. Well recommended!!! Neil who ran the class is excellent and really made it a fun afternoon and taught us all about the history of rum 🤩
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547keithw
Nov 23, 2024
A fun and interesting afternoon! - This was a fantastic fun experience from start to finish. The 3 hours just flew by in the blink of an eye thanks to the brilliant chat and guidance from Neil. There was so much more to the afternoon than I expected and Margaret and I really enjoyed every minute of it. If you fancy treating someone to something a bit different or even treating yourself, then definitely do this- I promise it’s something you won’t regret! Taking away the bottle of my own rum at the end almost felt incidental!!
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Ejw997
Nov 17, 2024
Brilliant experience - Fantastic afternoon with Neil as we created our handmade and handcrafted bottles of rum. We were entertained with the history of rum making, the different types of rum and names for rum from across the world. Neil proved to be knowledgeable and supportive with his knowledge especially when it came time for us to create our own rums. Fantastic venue and the wealth of bottles on display add fuel to the imagination as we created our own bottles of rum! Food upstairs Is great for a Pitstop afterwards as well!
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