Distill a Bottle of Rum on mini copper stills

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Distill a Bottle of Rum on mini copper stills

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 US$129.08  per guest
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Earliest available date: September 17, 2026
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 3 guests
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Language
English
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Discover the art of rum distillation in our unique workshop. Craft your own bespoke bottle, from selecting botanicals to sealing your creation, while enjoying tastings and cocktails.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

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 brief outline of the running of the experience and history of the distillery. Next comes a short history of rums from around the world and a rum tasting section to help you come up with a rum recipe to distill your bottle of rum. Guests then pick a total of 6-10 ingredients from our botanical library to help them create and distill their own rum bottle. While distillation takes place, guests enjoy a rum cocktail. When distillation finishes, guest bottle their rum, add a label with their chosen rum name and finally wax seal their bottle to take away with them.

What You Get

Alcoholic beverages
Welcome rum and mixer, Rum Samples, Rum Cocktail then Distill your own 500ml(50cl) bottle of rum to take home

Good To Know

  • Please inform us if any visitor suffers from any allergens.
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

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. Guests will then use an individual mini copper still to distill their chosen ingredients to produce a 500ml (50cl) bottle of rum to take home with them. While their rum is distilling they will enjoy a cocktail and once their rum has been distilled, they will taste their newly made rum before bottling, labelling, naming and wax sealing their end product to take away with them.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

The Cumberland Bar, Cumberland Street, Edinburgh Scotland, United Kingdom, GB, EH3 6RT

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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.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.

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based on 46 reviews
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Great rum making experience
August 24, 2026

Absolutely brilliant experience, Gary was an amazing host, very knowledgeable but also with a great sense of humour! Booked as surprise for husbands birthday and had to change original date due to ...read more

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Awesome distilling experience for rum lovers
August 03, 2026

I’d recommend this experience to anyone who loves a great drink and even better chat! Gary was awesome from start to finish, talking us through the various stages of distilling, the history of the ...read more

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A memorable experience!
June 05, 2026

This was a fantastic experience! We both learnt so much about rum - and got to taste lots aswell. I would reccomend this experience to anyone that likes alcohol or wants to learn more about how it ...read more

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Rum and fun experience
June 01, 2026

Had a lovely time. Gary was excellent very informative while keeping things light hearted and fun. Great way to spend a few hours.

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Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum
May 16, 2026

Had a great time at the rum distilling, Gary was very knowledgeable and the 3 hours flew by, possibly due to the amount rum you taste! Would highly recommend you give this a go if you are looking f...read more

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