Barrel-Making Spirits Tasting and Cocktail Workshop

Make your own whiskey and craft cocktails in this hands-on distillery workshop at Fort Hamilton Distillery in Industry City, Brooklyn. Fort Hamilton crafts premium rye whiskey, bourbon, vodka, and gin, and this class lets you make your own barrel to age a cocktail at home. You’ll assemble a 2-liter oak barrel stave by stave, cut crozes on the router table, char the inside with a torch, seat the heads, and brand it with your initials. Then fill it with a Fort Hamilton barrel-aged maple Old Fashioned made with rye whiskey, barrel-aged maple syrup, and black walnut bitters.A Fort Hamilton expert also guides you through a tasting flight of the distillery’s spirits. You’ll explore rye’s bold spice, bourbon’s richness, and the character of the gin, while learning how oak adds vanilla, caramel, and spice and how charring changes the way wood interacts with spirits.The night doesn’t have to end when your barrel is built. Head upstairs to the tasting room for a cocktail, and use your ticket for a discount on Fort Hamilton spirits to take home for your next barrel-aged creation. This workshop is perfect for anyone looking for gifts for men, date night, birthday party ideas, and more. Raise a glass and experience whisky like you never have before.Important Information

• Our workshops are intentionally kept intimate — small enough that every guest receives the personal attention they deserve, with enough skilled guides on hand to ensure no question goes unanswered and no detail is missed. Most workshops usually include no more than 12 to 15 guests.
• Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled and checked in.

• All barrel materials and tools, a guided Fort Hamilton spirits tasting, take your barrel home the same day
• A functional 2-liter oak barrel, coopered from scratch and ready to age spirits and cocktails.
• Building, charring, and branding your own barrel, tasting Fort Hamilton’s rye, bourbon, and gin with a distillery expert, and filling your barrel with a cocktail to age at home.

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