RUM,
ROBBERIES
& RAZOR GANGS
With Sydney Crime Historian, Max Burns-McRuvie
RUM, ROBBERIES & RAZOR GANGS
FRIDAY, 30TH AUGUST, 6PM, $115PP
History and drinking have always gone hand-in-hand in Sydney. While some convicts brewed beer in secret, their jailers rolled in rum by the shipload: with 65,000 litres arriving on the First Fleet alone. In the fledgling convict colony New South Wales, it wasn’t long before hard liquor became standard currency and no good story started without it.
This event will bring to life our rum-infused heritage of robberies, escapes, rebellions, murders, rum-runners, street gangs and sly-groggers as we sample the true spirit of Sydney in style.
Settle in for an evening of debauchery and craft Rum drinks as Sydney Crime Historian Max Burns-McRuvie takes you on a full-sensory journey of tastes and tales.
- EXTREMELY LIMITED SPOTS -
THE DETAILS
WHERE: Brix Distillery
350 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010
$115PP, 6PM
INCLUDED IN EACH TICKET:
Welcome Drink
Brix Rum Flight
Charcuterie Board from the Brix Kitchen
An evening exploring Sydney's debaucherous Rum-infused history led by Sydney Crime Historian, Max Burns-McRuvie
Extremely limited spots available.
MAX BURNS-MCRUVIE
Max Burns-McRuvie is a Sydney Crime Historian and Event Host who specialises in Australia’s early drinking habits and notorious stories of centuries past. His unique fusion of tastes and tales has brought to life Sydney events such as Cocktails and Crime Stories, History Through Whisky, Gin City Sin City and Spritzers & Serial Killers.
Max is also the owner-operator of local tours business Journey Walks and leads culture, crime and history tours of old Sydney suburbs such as Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Kings Cross, The Rocks, Balmain, Millers point, Manly and Paddington.
Max holds a Masters of Museum and Heritage Studies from Sydney University and his thesis explores Sydney’s original ‘culture guides’ printed in the 1870s/80s: revealing where to stay, what to do and how to drink in this city 150 years ago.
