Hi Biscus Rum Masters Course at Spice Mill

Rum-making lesson plus three matched courses and three matched cocktails at one of the best tables in the federation.

Hibiscus Spirits run their public masterclass out of Spice Mill on Cockleshell Beach. The class talks rum-making in plain terms: fermentation, distillation, ageing, the choices behind a sorrel infusion and a vapour-infused gin. Then sits everyone down to drink and eat through the proof of the lesson.

What you learn

Where rum sits in the wider spirits family. Why pot still and column still produce different rums. What the Roselle hibiscus calyx, the flower most Kittitians know as sorrel, does to a spirit that vanilla does not. Why the Island Spiced Gin is vapour-infused rather than macerated. The decisions Hibiscus Spirits made when they set up the line, and the decisions they are still making.

What you eat and drink

The Spice Mill kitchen pairs each of the three Hibiscus Spirits bottles to a course built around it. The bartender pairs each to a cocktail. The lesson moves between the table and the bar. The view, on a clear evening, is Nevis across the channel.

Details

USD $95 per person. About two hours. Three courses, three cocktails, one Hibiscus Spirits bottle to take home (you choose). Adults only. Vegetarian course substitutions available with notice at the time of booking.

Spice Mill, Cockleshell Beach, St. Kitts. Forty minutes from RLB; thirty from Basseterre. Easiest paired with an afternoon on the southeast peninsula beaches before, or a slow Spice Mill dinner after.

Booking confirmed by email; arrival window of fifteen minutes either side. Cancellation up to forty-eight hours before.

Format. Experience · ~120 minutes · Adults only.
Producer. Hibiscus Spirits, Cockleshell Beach, St. Kitts.
Tier. Born Here.