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Stilldistilling Spirits has launched its artisanal rum named Maka Zai in Haryana in a bid to expand its presence in the Indian market. In 2021, Kasturi Banerjee founded the company and launched Maka Zai. Both are small-batch artisanal rums made using locally sourced ingredients from various parts of the country.
Top shelf rum is becoming easier and easier to find — and harder and harder to pin down into a cohesive top 10 list. Sadly, many of the price tags on these rums are fairly luxe — with bottles nearly 30 years old, single barrels, one-off experiments, or all of the above. 500 [ BUY IT NOW FROM RESERVEBAR ] 3. 99 proof. $75
The latest rum from the Hemingway-inspired Papa’s Pilar Rum brand is another luxe bottling that not only honors the company’s namesake but also another man, surfing legend Greg Noll. Some background: Papa’s Pilar Rum was created alongside the Hemingway family to celebrate Hemingway’s life.
Drew has been dutifully chronicling the many releases of the terroir-obsessed Renegade Rum , a Grenada-based operation that specializes in products with incredibly specific provenances. Pure and inviting, the rum has a power on the palate that wanders through coconut husk, green pineapple, and touches of florals. All 700ml bottles.
On February 12, 2021, Draft Top® aired on Shark Tank and astonished everyone’s favorite Shark, Daymond John. Daymond offered an impressive 300K for 20% of the Company. In November 2021 they launched version 3.0 Great for rum or bourbon & cola, a beer-ita, or vodka & soda. and it was an immediate hit.
This years Master Blender Collection is meant to offer a glimpse into how rum was made back in the 19th century when the coffey still was invented. He contributed to the craftsmanship of Mount Gay until his passing in 2021. The result is a floral and round rum. size for a $240 suggested retail price.
Credit: Tyler Zoller Gaining a more direct line to consumers was a catalyst for MGPs $475 million acquisition of Luxco and its subsidiary Lux Row in 2021, and ultimately Penelope two years later. Its also at the genesis of the Lawrenceburg distillerys renaming in 2021, from MGP of Indiana to Ross & Squibb.
Dish: Laos Gazpacho Whisky Pairing: Mars Cosmo Manzanilla Sherry Cask 2021 Edition This whisky from Mars Distillery is aged for a significant amount of time in manzanilla sherry casks, giving the whisky a rich, sweet apple flavor that balances out the light spiciness from the gazpacho.
Back in 2021, Jennifer Akin, the then-general manager of Seattle’s Rumba, graciously agreed to share the recipe for Rumba’s house. The post Meet Rumba’s House Rum Blend for 2023 appeared first on Cocktail Wonk.
For those of you who have been able to experience their sherry and rum cask releases, you, no doubt, will have noticed the cask flavors dominate the profile and take you on a stunning journey of flavor from across the world. If you’re looking to treat yourself then I’d chase down the sherry cask or the rum cask releases.
The annual Cask Strength releases, each impressive, have become instant unicorns, and the most recent Abraham Bowman , a rum-finished 15-year-old bourbon released in 2021, was similarly spot on. Notes of caramelized sugar, warm gingerbread, and sandalwood ooze out of the glass, presenting like a well-aged rum.
Brands Report 2025 launches The Macallan rebrands Timeless Collections Bringing Jamaican rum home Drinks International Digital Edition Belgrade Cocktail Festival returns to Serbia What will the UK-India free trade deal me. Congratulations to the entire Barc team for showing the world what Nepalese hospitality can be at its very best.”
New American whiskey and bourbon releases include a Bottled-in-Bond expression from Chattanooga, a peated expression from Shelter Distilling, and a rum finish from Old Forester. Old Forester 117 Series Rum Finish Credit: Old Forester Old Forester has released the latest expression in its 117 Series, a rum cask finish.
On the 29th of August, award-winning golden spiced rum brand Étän Rum will celebrate their partnership with Brityard with a VIP tasting session, complete with Cameroonian sounds and delicious bites. Étän Rum puts their own twist on the beloved drink by incorporating the founders’ heritage and family story in its flavour and look.
(10th July 2021, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom) The Wensleydale Spirit Company — producers of the internationally recognized and award-winning Taplin &Mageean craft gin range — is proud to announce the release of a brand new prestigious luxury spiced rum. Premium rums are all about quality and provenance.
“I am constantly looking for the intention of a classic drink and investigating what might have changed over time and how we can get back to that intention,” says Garret Richard, chief cocktail officer at Brooklyn’s Sunken Harbor Club since it opened in 2021. That often requires looking at newer ideas to do so.”
We provide a generous annual contribution, and since our partnership started in 2021, we have donated just shy of $100,000 to this organization and look forward to continuing this relationship.
Caleño, the tropical non-alcoholic spirit brand that bottles up the vibes of Colombia, today announced the launch of two new flavoured non-alcoholic rums – White Coconut Rum and Mango & Passion Fruit Rum. between 2021-2025 2.
15 Stars Fine Aged Bourbon was founded in 2021 by father and son entrepreneurs Rick and Ricky Johnson. Outside of the maturation in fresh American oak, we have finishing across rum, cognac, and apple brandy casks. The brand pays homage to Kentucky’s rich bourbon-making history, spanning over 225 years.
During the past year, the Cognac category has stabilized and returned to pre-pandemic consumption levels before the spikes of 2020 and 2021, says Jennifer Pisciotta, global vice president of marketing at DUss. Its rich fruit notes, smooth warmth and hints of oak and spice add depth and sophistication to every sip.
The majority of Indian spirits labeled as ‘whisky’ are closer to rum due to being distilled from molasses, falling within a category of alcohol termed as Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), and are marketed to domestic Indian consumers. The Camikara cane juice rum brand was launched in 2022. Which Indri Whisky Is The Best?
While sheer sales volume is an obvious factor, some of this thinking comes down to cultural bias, misconceptions based on past trends, and anecdotes from vocational visits to Caribbean isles when rum was king. Fine wine also can and increasingly is being profitably sold in the land of where rum and beer reign supreme.
Launched into UK’s premium grocer Waitrose by cocktail enthusiasts and Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees Rob Wallis and Samuel Hunt in 2021, MOTH instantly changed the game for RTD cocktails with a stylish, contemporary approach that appealed to a vast range of consumers.
(SRP $89) BARCELÓ IMPERIAL MAPLE CASK Imperial Maple Cask is of three expressions released in 2024 for Barceló’s Rare Blends Collection, each featuring rum reserves aged for an extended time in barrels from different latitudes. Here, rums aged 8-10 years in ex-bourbon casks spend an additional year in maple staves.
The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask Whisky is transferred into ex-rum casks. The cask used for finishing will usually have previously held a different type of spirit, wine, or other liquid. Sherry casks are the most common, but there are plenty of examples of other cask varieties being used.
Similarly, we want our rums to taste of rum and not be hidden by sugars and vanilla etc. To achieve good gin, rum and whisky the foundation is in the fermentation, which provides a firm footing for creating great spirits.
SRP $199) Brugal Colleción Visionaria Edición 02: Coffee Colleción Visionaria is a collection of sipping rums which were inspired by Brugal’s homeland of the Dominican Republic. These casks are then filled with rum to finish its maturation. Each bottle will bear Villanueva Quintana’s signature and batch number.
Despite recent challenges — like stiff stateside competition in tequila, American whiskey , and rum as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine impacting sales and exports in the region — vodka maintains strong standing globally. million in 2021 to 341.5 million in 2022. Soplica uses rye as its base grain, giving it a spicier kick.
However, by the 1980s, consumers had begun to favor white spirits such as white rum and vodka. Apricot pie, incense, cigar box, camphor, ginger, wood varnish, beeswax, banana skin, very old rum, leather polish, fresh almonds… And then the sherry comes out, almost brutally, with huge notes of coffee that just ran out of the expresso machine.
The Balvenie 14 Year Old Caribbean Cask Whisky is transferred into ex-rum casks. The cask used for finishing will usually have previously held a different type of spirit, wine, or other liquid. Sherry casks are the most common, but there are plenty of examples of other cask varieties being used.
Ritual : With four different varieties of NA spirits, Ritual has you covered in terms of versatility with their zero-proof tequila, rum, whiskey, and gin. While a classic mojito includes white rum, you’ll notice there is no substitute here, as there is already enough going on in the flavor department.
After seeing the RTD market’s massive growth, Rising Star winner Malibu, which like Absolut is owned by Pernod Ricard USA, introduced rum-based cocktails in a can in 2021. With flavors such as Strawberry Daiquiri, Pineapple Bay Breeze and Rum Punch, the RTDs aim to make consumers feel like they’re in vacation mode 24/7.
The majority of India’s distilled spirits labelled and sold in the domestic market as ‘whisky’ are closer in consistency to rum due to being distilled from molasses, falling within a category of alcohol termed as Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL).
Since then, the team has experimented with port, rum, red wine, and beyond. Water consumption has also been reduced by over 50% thanks to a newly installed weir system and precision temperature control valves introduced in 2021. But Graham saw how well our spirit could work in a much wider variety of casks.” And it doesn’t stop there.
SRP $23.99) OLD FORESTER THE 117 SERIES: RUM SERIES Old Forester’s The 117 Series first launched in spring 2021 and focuses on innovation and experimentation. This limited edition expression features a fully-matured Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished for 6 months in aged rum barrels.
While you’re preparing for the big reveal, feel free to indulge in some of our previous top 10 whiskey lists: 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , and 2017. Ultimately, the rum barrel-finished Voyage pulled ahead thanks to its incredible depth and fruit-laden sweetness that is unlike any other Wild Turkey whiskey we’ve ever reviewed.
Patel claims he has been making various Guinness and Monster combinations since 2021, though he never named them. “I I thought we made it up years ago but I guess now it’s a thing.” Credit: Gabrielle Johnson I’m not sure that’s the case, however. I did it purely because of my love of both drinks … just did it out of curiosity,” he says.
Huber Cigar Batch rye in December 2021. Our family was into brandy, rum, stuff like that, [but] I really liked what it imparted.” For the Indiana distillery, amburana was a familiar profile that showed promise in the whiskey world.
The decline in sales was broadly consistent across international markets, with exceptions including Brugal rum in the Dominican Republic and The Macallan in South Korea and Japan.
As the World’s oldest running rum distillery, Mount Gay is passionate about the heritage of rum. This years Master Blender Collection offers a glimpse into how rum was made back in the 19th century when the Coffey Still was invented, bridging the gap between history and modernity. At first sight, the rum has golden hues.
The suit filed at Houston District Court claims the rum, Bombay Sapphire gin and Grey Goose vodka owner has committed infringement, accusing it of unfair competition and trademark dilution. Bermuda-headquartered Bacardi owns various rums brands, Grey Goose and Eristoff vodkas, Patron tequila, Dewar’s Scotch and Martini vermouth.
Price: $25 / 4-pack 12 oz cans or 750 mL bottle Figlia Founder Lily Geiger launched Figlia in 2021 in response to her father’s battle with alcoholism. was founded in 2021 in collaboration with renowned NYC bartender Ivy Mix. Price: $20 / 4-pack 8 oz cans Hiyo Hiyo was founded in 2021 to offer health-minded alternatives on nights out.
The long-awaited expression was released in 2021 and has since been released in annual batches. With the appetite for rum declining, and embargos all but ceasing trade with the French and the British, Pennsylvanians turned to their plentiful rye crop to create a new spirit.
Angel’s Envy Triple Oak Triple Oak joins the brand’s Signature Series which also includes the Port Wine Barrel finished bourbon released in 2011 and Caribbean Rum Cask finished rye released in 2013. Whiskies aged in first-fill bourbon and palo cortado sherry-seasoned casks are also incorporated in the blend.
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