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Sugarcane Sunday Returns in April

Sydney is about to get a tropical rum fest when Sugarcane Sunday returns in April.

Sugarcane Sunday

Taking place on the afternoon of Sunday, 8th April 2018, a popup Rum Market will open at Custom House Bar in Circular Quay where you can taste and buy rum, Hawaiian shirts, tiki mugs and Caribbean apparel.

Lost Luau will be running a tiki cocktail bar with drinks such as Daiquiri, Mai Tai or Pina Colada! This is your opportunity to talk to the people making and importing rum in Australia and pick up a bottle or two for your next party.

There will be rum presentations on every hour and a bunch of tropical cocktails to taste from the Caribbean market along with Caribbean Jerk and reggae beats. Over 50 rums will be available on the day and these include:

  • Admiral Rodney St Lucia Rum
  • Angostura Trinidad Rum
  • Appleton Jamaican Rum
  • Archie Rose Sydney
  • Bundaberg Rum
  • Brinley’s Shipwrecked Spiced
  • Chairman’s Reserve St Lucia Rum
  • Doorly’s Barbados Rum
  • El Dorado Guyanese Rum
  • Flor de Cana Nicaraguan Rum
  • Foursquare Distillery
  • Husk Distillers from North Tumbulgum, NSW
  • Mount Gay Barbados Rum
  • Plantation Rum from Maison Ferrand
  • La Mauny Martinique Rhum
  • Ratu Spiced Fiji Rum
  • Rhum Clement from Martinique
  • Ron Bacardi
  • Ron Diplomatico Columbian
  • Ron Zafra
  • Trois Rivieres

You can also expect the following attractions:

  • Bocado cocktail by Jimmy Irvine (Swillhouse)
  • PS40 popup soda stall
  • Lost Luau Tiki Bar
  • Tropical Black Hawaiian Shirts
  • Red Stripe Jamaican Beer
  • Sydney Brewery Ciders
  • Coco Jack Coconuts

What: Sugarcane Sunday
When: Sunday, 8th April 2018, 1pm to 7pm
Where: Custom House Bar, Macquarie Place, Circular Quay
Tickets: $42.99 through Eventbrite

About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.