Distill a Bottle of Rum on mini copper stills

A hands-on workshop in Edinburgh in which participants distil their own bottle of rum on mini copper stills, choosing the botanicals and the recipe themselves.

Participants take part in a hands-on workshop at a bespoke micro distillery in Edinburgh, where each person makes a personal bottle of rum. The session opens with a welcome rum and mixer and a short outline of how the experience runs, followed by an account of the distillery's history.

A brief overview of rums from around the world leads into a tasting, which helps each participant settle on a recipe. Guests then select between six and ten ingredients from the distillery's botanical library and set them to distil on the mini copper stills. A rum cocktail is served while the distillation takes place.

Once distillation finishes, each guest bottles the spirit, adds a label bearing a rum name of their choosing and seals the bottle with wax to take home. The workshop suits those who want to make something with their own hands and see how a spirit is produced, and guests leave with their own finished bottle.