SBMM Hosts Rum Raiser
Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara
When: Sunday, August 11, 2019, 4:00-6:00 pm
Fundraiser featuring rum tastings, rum cocktails, appetizers, donuts, rum-flavored ice cream, and steel drummer Ross Harper.
Cost: $40 (SBMM Members) ⬧ $50 (Non-members)
Please RSVP and Register at sbmm.org or call (805) 456-8747
In celebration of its Rum Running, Sailors & Prohibition exhibit, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is excited to announce a special “Rum-Raiser” on Sunday, August 11, 2019, at 4:00pm on the museum’s scenic harbor-front patio.
Rum-Raiser will feature rum drinks and tastings by Real McCoy Rum, Black Bart Navy Rum, and Goleta Red Distilling Company, including two new specialty cocktails—Captain Greg’s Grog and Diver Don’s Daiquiri. Food tastings will feature Chuck’s Waterfront Grill, Bluewater Grill, Spices N Rice and donuts by Hook and Press.
Rum Running, Sailors & Prohibition, which runs through October 20, 2019, tells the story of rum, the part it played in the rich history of sea-going men and its connection to Santa Barbara. Covering more than 400 years, the exhibit illustrates the New World’s first distilled spirit, from its origins on 17th century Caribbean sugar cane plantations to the role of slavery, including:
- The stories of British and American sailors;
- Prohibition bootlegging / rum running- the organized smuggling of imported whiskey, rum and other liquor by sea and over land in the United States
- Speakeasies, highlighting the story of pioneer rum runner “Bill McCoy” and Real McCoy Rum.
- Santa
Barbara’s own prohibition history, including the arrest of Dr. Sansum!