Wednesday 19 August · Sydney
An evening with Flor de Caña
Brooksy · Amora Hotel Sydney
Three hundred and fifty decanters of the 35 Year exist anywhere in the world. On 19 August we open one of them, alongside a guided flight through the range and cocktails from Tom McHugh.
Twenty places. Every ticket in the draw for a bottle worth nine hundred.
$50.00
Per person
Arrival from 7:00pm. Twenty places only, and guests must be 18 or over.
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Wednesday 19 August
Arrival from 7:00pm · Brooksy, Amora Hotel Sydney
$50.00
Per person · 20 places
5 places remaining
Your booking covers the arrival cocktail, canapés through the evening, the guided flight of four expressions, a pour of the 35 Year and one entry in the draw. Guests must be 18 or over.
Every ticket goes in the draw
One of you leaves with a bottle
$900
Flor de Caña 35 Year, 100ml
A small crystal decanter in its royal green keepsake case, holding the same liquid we open on the night. Book a place and you are in.
One entry per ticket. Drawn on the night. Winner must be present.
The evening
One room, one night, one bottle
Oak & Origin and Flor de Caña take over Brooksy at the Amora Hotel Sydney for an evening built around Nicaragua's most closely held rum.
The night runs as a guided flight through four expressions of Flor de Caña, from the 12 Year through to the 35, with cocktails from Tom McHugh either side and canapés coming out of the Brooksy kitchen throughout.
The 35 Year is the reason for the evening. Only 350 decanters were released worldwide, and only twenty people will taste it in this room.
Date
Wednesday 19 August
Arrival
7:00pm AEST
Venue
Brooksy, Amora Hotel
The Flight
12 · 18 · 25 · 35 Year
Places
Only 20
Per person
$50
Order of the evening
How the night runs
- 01
A cocktail on arrival
Waiting for you as you walk in, with the first of the cold canapés.
- 02
Welcome, and the run of the night
A short word on what is being poured and why it matters.
- 03
A second cocktail, and the room settles
Music up, glasses filled, time to talk to whoever you came with.
- 04
The draw
One name out of twenty, and a $900 bottle goes home with somebody.
- 05
The guided flight
The room quietens. Four expressions walked through in order, with tasting notes on the table and hot canapés staggered through.
- 06
The 35 Year, opened
One of 350 in the world, poured for the room.
- 07
One last drink
Music back up, and a final cocktail from behind the bar.
The flight
Twelve years to thirty-five
- 12
The house style at its most open, and the starting point for the evening.
- 18
Six more years in oak, and the point where the range turns serious.
- 25
A quarter century at the base of the volcano. Dense, layered and long.
- 35
The 135th anniversary release, and the reason for the evening.
The table
Ten canapés, built around the rum
From Gary Thakur and the kitchen at the Amora. The cold service runs first, alongside the arrival cocktails. The hot canapés come out staggered through the flight, so there is something in your hand as the rum moves from twelve years to thirty-five.
350 in the world
The taste of time
Thirty-five years in American white oak at the base of the San Cristóbal volcano, drawn from the family's private cellar and released to mark 135 years since the distillery was founded in 1890.
It is the oldest rum Flor de Caña has ever released, shaped by Tomás Cano, the distillery's Maestro Ronero. Only twenty people will taste it on the night. Rather more of you can own it.
Aged
35 Years
Released
350 Decanters Worldwide
Strength
40% ABV
Nose
Honey, aged wood and liquorice.
Palate
Bitter chocolate, vanilla and warm nutmeg.
The decanter
35 Year, 700ml
Hand-finished crystal with ridges that echo San Cristóbal itself, an obsidian stopper fitted to its own decanter, a walnut case engraved with the flora from the base of the volcano, and a numbered certificate signed by the family.
View the 700mlThe Volcancito
35 Year, 100ml
The same liquid in a small crystal decanter, presented in a classic royal green keepsake case. This is the bottle going into the draw on the night.
View the 100mlTake one home
Twelve years to thirty
Three of these are poured on the night. The fourth is the one that gets closest to the 35.
- 12
Vanilla and dried fruit. The easiest way into the house style, and the one that lives on the shelf rather than in the cabinet.
- 18
Cocoa and toasted nut under the oak. If you only take one bottle from the night, most people take this one.
- 25
Twenty-five years under the volcano. Dense and slow, and the point where the range stops being a rum you mix.
- 30
Not on the flight. A single barrel at 45% marking five generations of the family, and the closest you get to the 35 without the decanter.
Every expression poured on the night, plus the rest of the range.
The room
Brooksy
A bar built for sitting in properly, on the ground floor of the Amora Hotel in the city. We are taking the whole room for the night.
Amora Hotel Sydney
11 Jamison Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Before you book
There are twenty places and they are allocated in order of booking. Your booking covers the arrival cocktail, canapés through the evening, the guided flight of four expressions, a pour of the 35 Year and one entry in the draw.
Please arrive by 7:00pm so the room can start together. The flight runs to a set order and latecomers may miss the opening pours.
The draw is one entry per ticket, drawn on the night, and the winner must be present. The prize is a Flor de Caña 35 Year 100ml decanter in its keepsake case and cannot be exchanged for cash.
Let us know about dietary requirements by replying to your confirmation email at least five days before the event so the kitchen can plan for it.
Bookings are non-transferable without notice to us. If you can no longer attend, contact us as early as possible and we will do what we can.
You must be 18 years or over to attend. Please drink responsibly. Liquor Licence No: LIQP770018009.
Last word
Twenty places, and that is the night
Wednesday 19 August, from 7:00pm. Every ticket goes into the draw.
$50.00
Per person
5 places remaining
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