John Watling's Distillery, Ltd.
John Watling’s Distillery is open 10am to 6pm 7 days a week. Closed on National Holidays. It also provides food through Vell Monkey Foot Grill.
John Watling's Distillery – JOHN WATLING’S rum, the “Spirit of The Bahamas” offers complimentary tours at its home, the Buena Vista Estate, in Downtown Nassau. The historic Estate, founded in 1789 and overlooking the harbour, is the site where Bahamians hand-craft JOHN WATLING’S small-batch Pale, Amber and Buena Vista rums. At the Estate, John Watling’s features a museum-like tour, shopping and si
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SAVE THE DATE. Join us for our First Annual Halloween Party at John Watling's Distillery! Get ready to escape the ordinary at this year's biggest Halloween Bash. Mark your calendar for Saturday, November 2nd!
PROUD TO REPRESENT THE BAHAMAS: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was presented with specially crafted anniversary rum blends from thirteen Member States. These handover ceremonies, conducted with government officials across the respective Member States, formed a significant part of the celebrations for CARICOM’s 50th anniversary.
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It has truly been a wild ride with “Gone with the Dust” this summer…lots of highs and lows but through it all we thank God for riding with us all the way. Our last available showing is Thursday 🎉🎉🎉. For tickets 🎟️ contact 552-3336.
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Join us for the Three Course Murder at John Watling's Distillery, Ltd.
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Today is National Rum Day!
CARRY THE RUM OF THE BAHAMAS with you. Your taste of paradise always within reach at Dufry Duty Free stores.
SAVE THE DATE for the Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) Golf Tournament
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Just another day at Saloon…we’ve got a show coming up tomorrow and you’re invited 🥳🥳🥳
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A must see whether you are a local or a visitor to The Bahamas…
Atlantis Bahamas, British Colonial Hilton Nassau, Graycliff Hotel, Rosewood Baha Mar, Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, The Island House, SLS Baha Mar, RCCL CREWMEMBERS, Norwegian Cruise Line,Carnival Cruise Line
We are almost at the end of our Summer Series and it has been a wild ride. You’ve only got a few more opportunities to catch this show before it’s “Gone with the Dust” at .
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WHEN VISITING NASSAU Private Pirate Jeep Tours offers all its guests an amazing experience including a visit to John Watling's Distillery, Ltd.
grab a chair let’s have a chat! Our pirates have some of the best personalities out there. And you might not only have a good time, but also find a life long friend. So feel free to be yourself on tour! We’re always looking to have a good time
You can book us online today! (Link in bio)
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FROM THE NASSAU GUARDIAN...
John Watling's Bullion clinches gold at Monde Selection World Quality Awards In a convincing triumph, John Watling’s Bullion 10-year-old rum has clinched the prestigious gold award at the 62nd edition of the Monde Selection Quality Awards. This accolade not only reaffirms
IN A CONVINCING TRIUMPH, JOHN WATLING’S Bullion 10-year-old rum has clinched the prestigious Gold Award at the 62nd Edition of the Monde Selection’s Quality Awards. This accolade not only reaffirms the exceptional quality synonymous with JOHN WATLING’S but also solidifies its standing as a recognized crafter of fine rums.
Clinching the Gold...
JOHN WATLINGS Bullion Clinches Gold | The Bahamas, Bahamas | Bahamas Local News - The Bahamas, Bahamas In a convincing triumph, JOHN WATLINGS Bullion 10-year-old rum has clinched the prestigious Gold Award at the 62nd Edition of the Monde Selections Quality Awards. This accolade not only reaffirms the exceptional quality synonymous with JOHN WATLINGS but also solidifies its standing as a recognized c...
JOIN US FOR - Gone With The Dust, A Murder Mystery Dinner here at John Watling's Distillery...
This week Saturday it all goes down at for another showing of Gone with The Dust. For tickets, contact us at 552-3336.
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JOHN WATLING THE BUCCANEER
Very little is known about the pirate John Watling who gave his name to Watling Island in The Bahamas. Information about Watling comes from journals written by Basil Ringrose, William Dampier or Lionel Wafer. In 1925, Watling Island was officially renamed San Salvador Island since it is considered by scholars and UNESCO to be the island of Guanahani where Christopher Columbus made first landfall in 1492. Today, in The Bahamas, John Watling’s name appears on Watling’s Castle which is an abandoned 18th century plantation on San Salvador Island and on JOHN WATLING’S rum, the “Spirit of The Bahamas”. While every bottle of his namesake rum is considered liquid gold, it is rumored that Watling’s treasure remains undisturbed at Fortune Hill in San Salvador.
Watling’s story begins in 1670, when King Charles II ceded The Bahamas to six Lord Proprietors from the Carolinas. On the island of New Providence they authorized the construction of Charles Town, modern day Nassau and now home to John Watling’s Distillery. Ten years later, Watling fled from Watling Island to Rum Cay from where he picked up supplies and sailed to Central America to join up with Captain John Coxon and Captain Bartholomew Sharpe. Under Coxon’s command they plundered Central America. Watling took aboard his ship a Misquito Indian which he named Will that he had captured north of Honduras off the island of Roatan. As with other Misquitos, Will fought against the Spanish and was therefore friendlier towards English pirates and privateers. He served as an important guide to Sharpe and Watling throughout their conquests in South America and the Islands of the South Sea.
April 1680: “That which often Spurs men on to the undertaking of the most difficult Adventures, is he faced hunger of Gold; and t’was Gold was the bait that tempted a Pack of merry Boys of us, near Three Hundred in Number, being all Soldiers of Fortune, under Command (by our own Election) of Captain John Coxon…” (1)
Working their way down the Central American coast Coxon, Sharpe and Watling orchestrated a raid on Darien, modern day Panama. The raiders followed the same path as Henry Morgan had taken some years earlier and attacked Porto Bella, marched over the isthmus and also attacked Santa Maria. There he and his men captured the Spanish ship the “Most Holy Trinity”. After a raid on Panama City itself Captain Coxon split with Sharpe and Watling and both he and his men headed to Jamaica. Under Sharpe’s leadership, the Buccaneers amassed a fortune. Their exploits included more than 25 Spanish ships taken and several towns plundered. Many of the crew gambled their fortune away and on the 6th of January 1681, at Juan Fernandez Island, the crew mutinied, deposed Sharpe and elected Watling as Sharpe’s successor.
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Tuesday | 10:00 - 18:00 |
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