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The Honkytonk Rum Making Experience

Feb 15

Create Your Own Personalised Rum, with Honkytonk’s Rum Evening

With the recent launch of Honkytonk Plantation Spiced Rum we’ve been asked how we put our unique blend together. Well, here is your chance develop and make your own Signature rum, this will be a great experience to understand this amazing spirit sector “rum”
 
 
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Three Fun Rum facts

 
1. Rum has been distilled for 400 years and is the oldest commercial spirit ..
2. Happy 319 th birthday to Mount Gay! The oldest commercial rum brand 1703…
3. Fancy a bottle of 240-year-old rum?

In 2011, two employees at Harewood House in Leeds, England, were searching the wine cellar to make an inventory of its contents. Under a layer of dust and mould, they found a batch of rum bottled in 1780, making it the oldest rum still in existence. At auction in 2014, the last 16 bottles sold for £135,000 (US$ 175,000).
 
• Tickets: £210 for 2 people
• Date: Tuesday 22nd March 2020
• Time: 6pm till finish (Allow 3 to 4 hours)
• Venue: Honkytonk Wine Library Sutton Harbour
 
 

About Honkytonk Wine Library

HonkyTonk has many strings to the operation from our 80-seater dine or drink venue split over two areas; outside under canape area and our wonderful comfortable indoor lounge and dining area. We have established regular events, wine tastings, comedy club, Sunday Jazz & Roast and more!

HonkyTonk is the ideal place to for private hire whether that be personal or for business.  Our ethos is always directed towards wines and making wine more approachable to our customers to enjoy wine with no airs and graces but to appreciate good wine and a story behind the label.  This will no doubt take us around the world, with different producers giving a different feel and perspective to the wine industry.

We have over 250 wines in stock and 30 by the glass, along with a growing rum collection. We pride ourselves on service with the key element of sharing which relates to our deli food & drinks list.

HonkyTonk has an online presence that caters for national sales from our website.  Fitz comes from a long hospitality background before spending 20 years within the wine trade and a passion for sourcing great wines. Zoe, who gave the business its cool name is also the orchestra of making HonkyTonk tick.  HonkyTonk is about a value of sharing, your time, your wine, you and good food with others, whether you are visiting us or an online customer.