Oct Elite Event: Masks & Rum

Well I arrived late… as per usual
I know I have to work on time management… but it was fashionably late.
I wasn’t aware it was going to be in the outside part, I thought it was going to be in the main bar… but ah well.
So we were all there chatting and listening to Rory (who is a total legend, and has some good stories of his travels to the South Americas, slapping the mint ;))
Anyway I had a great night he was teaching us to make some DELISH RUM RUM RUMMMMMMMMMMM cocktails.
It was a little annoying with the loud smokers outside and the constant people passing through the entrances, it’s good for TP (Twisted Pepper) but annoying for the group… anyway I really didn’t care, I was too busy tasting the RUM…
Some good costumes even for those who didn’t dress up, I think the dressed the best: P because they went as themselves, scare!!! Hahira
Wait…
Annie ( Unilocal Dublin Community Manager) you did a great job congrats, stressful with a few hiccups but you burped it well and it was extremely well. Well done and everybody thought so too.
I am giving 5stars as it was the best Unilocal Elite event yet because it was so intimate who worked as we all got talking and adding each other as friends on Unilocal.The Community is alive, ALIVE!!! (*Horror Voice)
So anyway back to the story… Rory (total legend-​verifying the facts by repetition) had finished making the random cocktails and Annie throughout that maybe the Unilocalers could Y (H)elp make their own cocktails… BOOM… it was done
Turned out to be great we had a few people make some delicious ones… then it was I up…
I made a Coconut Daiquiri but I call it the Birdy
(bird on the bottle of the coconut rum) I had to teach Rory how to make is obviously… so he Unilocal-​ed me as my assistant (lies) nah I Unilocal out what we were doing the process etc. It was so delicious that I made my own after… I had to…
But yeah it was great night over all It was great to meet all the Elites

I went along as a plus 1 and my god what a fantastic night. Thanks Annie L for organising. Rory was excellent at making all the various cocktails and I really enjoyed drinking them!
Good to see so many Unilocalers on a night out.

So much fun! Probably the most fun event so far. Rory (the bartender) was super informative, funny, friendly and made fantastic drinks!
I had never been much of a rum drinker before, but now I think I’ll drink it more and I’ll probably be doing that at Twisted Pepper!

This was a well organized fun night for all the Unilocalers!
Annie L was very helpful in making sure everyone was at ease and had a drink in hand!
Ruairi the bartender was a wealth of information, he really knew his stuff and was generous with his knowledge and tricks he had learned from living in Brazil. Everyone was able to to sample and share drinks and there was plenty to go round. Nothing was skimped on. It was really interesting to see how little ingredients can completely change the taste of a drink even if the core ingredient — rum is the same.
I had no idea there was a such a wonderful and varied selection of rum!
The portable bar was great for the occasion and the small space created a nice intimate atmosphere!
Everyone made a great effort to dress up too which added to the fun :)

On Sunday evening I had a pleasure to be at October Elite Event in Twisted Pepper. Actually the event took place in a small portable bar in front of the main room called the rum bar. And it was all about the rum;)
We had a chance to taste some of the signature drinks from this place– Spiced Mai Thai is still my favourite and then some of us were able to prepare their own cocktails with the help of our host– Rory. He was incredible– very knowledgeable about all the drinks and happy to tell us some tricks and secrets about cocktail making such as slapping the mint to bring its fuller scent.
I learned a lot this night and tried several drinks It put me in such a a good mood that I walked home all the way;)
The only downside to this bar is the fact that it’s situated in the front part and actually anybody who enters The Twisted Peppers has to go pass you and at some point there were plenty people passing so it was hard to have our Unilocal gathering in one place. Besides that I had a great time and hope to come back there to try the Spicy Mai Thai.
Thank you Annie for having me there;)

This was my first Elite event (newly crowned :)). Well done to Annie L and her two helpers — Bat-​Girl and Nikon-​Girl, this was a great idea and myself and Fi. R (my wife) really enjoyed it.
Brilliant to learn how to properly make a cocktail (balance of flavours), tasting the results is always a bonus. Roll on my Xmas cocktail party which has now been arranged, and I am now armed with the know-​how, I hope, to make decent rum cocktails.
A different idea, with an excellent host in Rory, only let down by the fact that it was a busy night and Twisted Pepper had lots of traffic. Annie was kind enough to apologise for this, but it was not her fault.
I enjoyed seeing all the Unilocalers* enjoying themselves and a freebie night is always great these days! Bring on the next Elite event, we will be there!
So to echo others — 5 stars for the night and 3 for the venue
Thanks again.

i reviewed this event under the venue listing so ive just copied that review with a couple extra points…
i havent been to the twisted pepper in a while, over a year at least. and its alot better then the last time i was there. its obviously been done up to a better standard.
because i was at an elite event i spent all my time at the portable rum bar out the front. not the best place for a private event as there’s allot of through traffic but our host, the red headed cocktail maker that i forget the name of, was entertaining enough to let you forget about that and really enjoy the space.
he was great craic, very knowledgeable of cocktails and the how and why of making them. ALL the cocktails were bloody yummy and super fresh!
id highly recommend a cocktail making class with this guy, he’s great.
i know annie was stressed but she still hosted a great event. tackling and fixed every little problem that popped up, from no dj to noisy smokers. job very well done.
i gave the venue four stars, it lost a star for having such hard to find toilets (not good when you’ve been knocking back cocktails all night and suddenly become desperate!) And for the no show of the dj/​music to a pre-​booked event. but im giving the event five stars as it was such a fun, well organised night.
thanks annie, you pulled a blinder!

Thank you for a fun evening. The drinks, of course, were great and I enjoyed learning so much about the different rum cocktails and how to mix better drinks.
I also had a good time seeing everyone and am glad some new Unilocalers could join in.