Parties, Pirates, Punch—and Rum!
January 16, 2021
Dr. Frederick Smith
Archaeologist and Mixologist
Sponsored by The Grateful Dane
Celebrate the start of a new—and better—year and banish the cares of winter! Let’s head to the balmy Caribbean for a generous pour of history and a virtual cocktail party.
We’ll start with a virtual tour of the Grateful Dane, Houston’s only legal rum distillery. Then Dr. Frederick Smith—archaeologist and rum historian—will be our guide and mixologist on an excursion through the history of rum, while he makes a delicious rum punch with you using a recipe from the 1600’s. Dr. Smith will introduce you to pirate lore, tell stories of buccaneers and scallywags and tales of punch-soaked British parties, and you’ll discover how rum altered history.
And if you choose, Archaeology Now will provide a box of curated ingredients, complete with a playlist of music and a recipe, so you can follow along, make your own rum punch at home, and transform your kitchen into a pirate lair.
Saturday, January 16, 2021, 5:30 pm.
Price options:
$25 – Zoom session only
$50 – A box of curated ingredients, with a playlist of music and a recipe. Please pick up your box at The Grateful Dane Distilling Co., 5250 Gulfton Street, #1-H, Houston, TX 77081 from 1-4pm on either January 9 or January 16, 2021. You will receive a gift certificate for a discount on a future purchase of rum.
$75 – Box of ingredients PLUS an autographed copy of Dr. Smith’s book on rum history
Please reply by Jan. 11, 2021!
To purchase your ticket to the islands, please select from an option below. You will be sent Zoom access information 24 hours prior to the event