Distilling Class: Unique Botanical Rum Production in Amsterdam's Modern Distillery
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35 Ratings
Amsterdam

This one-of-a-kind distillation course allows you to create your own botanic rum, all while situated within a modern distillery in Amsterdam.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Spirited Union Rum Co. & Distillery Experience - Become Distiller for a day!\n\nDuring our unique Distilling class we will teach you how to create your own. \nFollowing a short tour around the distillery, you will operate your own copper pot still to create a unique bottle of botanical rum to take home. \n\nWhat to expect:\n- Take a tour around the Spirited Union Distillery;\n- Choose from our four unique recipes: floral, citrus, spiced or tropical;\n- Operate your a copper pot Still;\n- Bottle and label your own rum;\n- Enjoy a complimentary welcome drink in the Union cocktail bar;\n- Located 15 minutes from Amsterdam central.\n\nThis unique distilling class will last 1,5 hours, in which our distillery ambassadors will teach you how to become a master distiller.
What's Included
  • Use of a fully equipped distilling station.
  • Personal still provided for the class.
Meal Options
  • Welcome cocktail
  • Your own bottle of Botanical Rum
Location
Spirited Union Rum Co. & Distillery Experience
Helicopterstraat
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Naomiwx5548vn
Jan 28, 2024
A great experience - My second time doing the distilling workshop and it was just as much fun as the first. Tristan and the team are knowledgeable and helpful, and of course the rum is delicious! Highly recommended.
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Ryan_h
Oct 10, 2022
Highly recommend. - This was a really nice evening, others on the same tour were great and the hosts done an amazing job at keeping us all entertained. It’s a little out of the city about 35 minutes walk from the train station but worth it!
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Mw_k
Sep 18, 2022
Rum rum rum - All around best outing we’ve done in years. Very memorable. Would heartily recommend. A real don’t miss!
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Chris
Sep 17, 2022
A fantastic and Educational experience - Real fun with an excellent host. Our reservation was messed up but Steven kept the distillery open late to give us a private class. Had a wonderful time and the rum was exceptional. Highly recommend.
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Simpaa86
Jul 18, 2022
Amazing - An amazing experience, highly recommend to do this! Ruben, thanks for marking our visit unforgettable
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Kayleigh_p
Apr 20, 2022
Amazing and fun - The class was an amazing experience! The instructor Callum was very informative, nice, and hospitable. I highly suggest this experience for anyone.
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T1819zcelenaa
Sep 13, 2021
Something different on a Friday afternoon - I would highly recommend this experience! The whole procedure was fun and something different on a Friday afternoon. Drinks are included, so no worries, you will not miss out the alcohol! The team was friendly and pretty experienced, so in case you have questions on anything regarding your bottle, the distillery or the botanicals combination, they ae there to help you. PS: surprise your beloved ones with a gift like this experience and they will love you a bit more! Thank you guys
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Lauren_f
Aug 22, 2021
Very nice moment! - Very nice experience. We loved it! Super nice to leave with your own printed bottle at the end. I’ll recommend the experience to friends.
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Duncank966
Nov 25, 2023
Lots of fun. However... - Dear Tristan and Claude. First of all thank you for the experience. We had a blast. However, please make sure to have more labels in stock for the Maracuja & Pineapple flavour. It's a shame we weren't able to put a corresponding label on our own bottle wit regards to the chosen recipe. That's it for now. We had a lot of fun as I said earlier. But please make sure to have all sticker labels in stock next time ;-)
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Momogre186
Sep 20, 2023
Good experience but not what it used to be - for more $ - I've recently attended a distilling workshop with a group of friends. I had done the same workshop a year ago and have had a very pleasant experience, and I've been really disappointed by the difference this time around. They had booked too many people. There is a limited number of spaces/alambics to create your own rum recipe; which is the point of the workshop. They booked 3 more people that they were spots: this means that you can't create your very own recipe but have to follow one someone else made - that's the same than buying a bottle to me, and for 70€. "We have a big group today" is not a good excuse, do not book more people than you have spots, hence the booking system ?? Last time we attended, it was amazing: we were a small group of 10-15 people, were given a masterclass about the distilling process, explained a wheel of flavours in a booklet to ensure we made delicious combinations and the possibility to write down the recipe we created thanks to the 50+ flavours available. This time they gave us a 5 min talk, an already printed recipe to make, and the choice to substitute amongst 15 or so ingredients without much explanation of what would work. We could also only pick dark rum, instead of choosing between white and dark. The fact that the electricity went completely out for a while was not part of the main problem - here again, maybe don't book 27 people if you can only handle 15... Up to the end, where last time we all came up with a name for our rum and one person won a small prize for the best, and personalised labels were printed with the names and ingredients for you to have a truly customised bottle, this time they gave us an already existing label, which of course had nothing to do with the actual bottle content that we had changed. Finally, for 70€ we went for the formula with unlimited cocktails. Last time they had 2 members of staff: one directing the workshop, and one making cocktails the entire time. This was a real barista with tailored recipes for you and fresh ingredients, serving high quality unique cocktails, absolutely delicious. This time, they mixed a rum and a soft in a container for all to serve ourselves. So overall if you've never been there before, you will enjoy the experience - you do leave a bit drunk with a bottle of rum after some laughs with your friends - but to someone who has seen their workshops before, this had cost saving all over it. I understand the company needs to prioritise profits now.
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