It’s been almost 3 years since I reviewed the very first rum distilled in Bristol, the Circumstantial Cane (Batch 1) and stated it was “one of my favourite rums”. As I also mentioned there, I was very much looking forward to a second batch and it’s finally here. It might seem odd I’m so excited … More Review: Circumstantial Cane ‘Return of the Daiq’ – Batch 2
J. Gow was established in 2016 and is a Scottish rum brand inspired by the infamous Orkney pirate John Gow. His criminal career started in Amsterdam and ended in Orkney where he was imprisoned and hung (twice due to a rope error). The rum is made at the VS Distillery which is owned/operated by Collin … More Review: J. Gow Fading Light vs J. Gow Revenge
According to Google, Morwenna is the eponymous patron saint of Morwenstow, a civil parish and village 10 kilometres north of Bude in Cornwall. Seems appropriate for a rum that is actually made in Bude, Cornwall. Morvenna White Rum was launched in June 2018 and is made by The Cornish Distilling Co. – and when I … More Review: Morvenna White Rum
There are plenty of UK rum brands that source the rums from other countries and blend and/or bottle (even flavour sometimes), but what about the ones that are made rather than sourced? The Scottish rum industry is leading the charge for UK distilled sugar cane spirits and it looks like England is, albeit slowly, rising … More Review: Lazydog Silver
Cotswolds Distillery located in, well, Cotswolds was established in 2014 and entered the market with their Cotswolds Dry Gin, although the main focus of the distillery was always whisky production. Their flagship, the award-winning Cotswolds Single Malt whisky launched in 2017, is one of my favourite single malts out there and when I saw they … More Review: Cotswolds Treacle Rum
This is the first single cask release from Ninefold Distillery, located in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Dr. Kit Carruthers, who runs Ninefold Distillery, was kind enough to provide me with one of the cutest miniatures I’ve seen which contains juice from the said cask. Technically this is the second aged rum from Ninefold, the first … More The Barrel Sample: Ninefold Barrel Aged Pure Single Rum Edition #1
While I’m arriving a bit late to the party regarding reviewing Ninefold, it’s never a bad thing to put the spotlight back on the small producers every once in a while. In my defense I did have a look at their first aged expression their released earlier this year with a limited run of… 10 … More Review: Ninefold Pure Single Rum
Ninefold Distillery is located in South of Scotland in Dumfries & Galloway and it’s ran by Dr. Kit Carruthers. With no previous experience in distilling he set up the distillery in 2019 as business decision. If you’d like to know more about Kit just check out an interview with him by thefatrumpirate. Ninefold uses a … More Review: Ninefold Barrel Aged Pure Single Rum Edition #0
Danny Walker and Liam Hirt started making gin in a basement in Bristol and named it the Psychopomp Mycrodistillery. They rapidly expanded and created the Circumstance Distillery where they are making grain spirits and… rum! Circumstance Distillery opened in early September last year and is equipped with a 1800L pot-column still hybrid that is very … More Review: Circumstantial Cane – Batch 1