Falmouth’s pirate-themed cocktail bar The Brig is to host a digital rum tasting evening to bring the drinks direct to your living room.

Under recent government lockdown regulations The Brig, along with all other bars in Falmouth, has had to close its doors once again to customers. Throughout the restrictions the team at underground rum cocktail bar on Arwenack Street have been offering home deliveries of their barbecue grill style menu through food delivery service Deliveroo on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Now they are extending that to their drinks, by taking their popular The Brig Rum Club online.

Previously the bar, which opened its doors in 2015, had been running a live event once a month with a variety of guest speakers, all rum afficionados.

Now these will be restarted 'virtually', with customers able to enjoy a carefully curated selection of rums and the comprehensive knowledge of the staff from the comfort of their own homes.

The Online Rum Club will be a regular online event hosted on Facebook Live. Each ticket offers a case of six different samples of rum to taste, to be delivered a few days before the event, and participation in the live event.

Ash Morgan, The Brig’s owner, said: “The rum club is something that we had hosted previously, we used to do them once a month but in the last year we haven’t been able to do one.

"One of the hosts we’ve had before, a guy called Peter Holland – he’s a representative for Foursquare and a rum guru – contacted us and suggested we get it going again.

“We just wanted to get a bit of normality back again. Share in the rum love. Although it’s early days we’ve had a few people sign up already. It’s definitely something we’d like to do regularly.

“Working with rum is something that we love to do. It’s great. We’re really excited.”

Patrons of the bar are also excited to see the return of the series in a digital format. Local publican Matt Reay, owner and director at Moth and Moon also in Falmouth, is a fan and told the Packet: “I think it’s a wonderful idea, and it’s the closest anyone is going to come to discuss and enjoy newly discovered rums with like minded people in the current national lockdown.”

Another customer, Keith Leverton, said: “The Brig has hosted many special occasions with family and friends and the opportunity to continue supporting them from afar could not be missed. And the rum's a definite bonus.”

The first of the series will be streamed on Facebook Live on Wednesday, January 27 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £20 and are available through The Brig Facebook page or can be requested by email at bookings@thebrig.co.uk.