AORACADEMY OF RUMANTIGUA - GALLEON BEACH

A guest working on his own rum bottle during the Academy of Rum Antigua class

Galleon Beach · Antigua

Make rum.
Make it yours.

Six handcrafted rums to taste. Your own blend to create. A bottle with your name on it to take home.

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US $99 per person · US $75 per person for two guests sharing one bottle
+17% ABST · Transportation optional

Daily classes11 AM · 2:30 PM · 5 PM

Your experience90 minutes · Up to 20 guests

Where to find usGalleon Beach, Antigua

Must be 16+ to participateCPR & first-aid certified teamMaximum 20 guestsThree classes daily

More than a rum tasting

A little Caribbean history.
A rum that’s all yours.

Pull up a seat at our mini distillery on Galleon Beach. Discover the stories behind Caribbean rum, explore your favourite flavours, and create a blend of your own—with an instructor guiding you from first tasting to final wax seal.

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Six rumsA guided tasting for each guest

Your blendChoose your flavours & label name

Your bottleOne per individual or sharing pair

GraduateA certificate for every participant

One class, two ways to create

Yours alone.
Or made together.

TWO GUESTS · ONE BOTTLE

Create together

Each guest enjoys the six-rum tasting. Together, you create one personalised bottle to share.

US $75 per person

+17% ABST

Check dates for two

After choosing your date, select You & A Friend in checkout. Quantity 1 books two guests sharing one bottle.

ONE GUEST · ONE BOTTLE

Make it your own

Your flavours, your recipe, your label. Create your own bottle with personal guidance throughout.

US $99 per person

+17% ABST

Check dates for one

After choosing your date, select Private stills in checkout. Quantity 1 books one guest making one bottle.

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Individual and shared-bottle places use the same live Antigua calendar. Read our 48-hour cancellation policy.

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Guests bottling rum together during an Academy of Rum session

Your hands-on experience

From curious guest
to Academy graduate.

Taste

Six handcrafted rums reveal the aromas and character behind Caribbean flavour.

Create

Select flavours, mix your recipe, then test its alcohol percentage and proof.

Finish

Bottle, cap, name, label and wax-seal the rum you made—then take it home.

The graduation ritual

You made the rum.
Now wear the story.

Your bottle holds the recipe. Your Academy of Rum shirt tells the story. Make it the finishing touch to your graduation: choose your shirt, hold up your creation and capture your official rum-maker moment.

The bottle comes home. The bragging rights stay with you.

Before you leave, explore the handcrafted rum flavours available at the Academy. Shirts and additional rum are available to purchase separately.

Academy graduate with her finished bottle

OFFICIALRUMMAKER

Your Antigua rum experience

Made beside the sea
at Galleon Beach.

Our mini distillery and covered, open-air classroom are located at Loose Cannon on Freeman's Bay, near historic English Harbour. Come for the rum-making class and stay for one of Antigua's most memorable coastal views.

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Tabletop stills overlooking Galleon Beach at the Academy of Rum mini distillery in Antigua

Only 20 places per Antigua class

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your own rum?

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Make rum.Make it yours.

A little Caribbean history.A rum that’s all yours.

Yours alone.Or made together.