Non-alcoholic spirits brand Caleño is bringing a taste of Colombia to Waitrose with its new White Coconut rum liquid, launching in over 100 stores nationwide. The award-winning liquid is one shelves in time for Dry January shoppers, and is also available to purchase from Amazon and Caleño’s website. The launch comes as non-alcoholic rum is projected to be one…
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Nobody – and we mean nobody – bats an eye that 95 percent of all UK gin distillers start with bought ethanol spirit. But with rum, that’s a completely different story. There are those who buy rum, redistill with spices, and call it their own, very similar to gin production. However, there are those who…
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Golden Tide Rum will be the first rum to be distilled at sea as part of an ongoing partnership between The Tidal Rum and P&O Cruises which is launching a rum distillery on its newest ship, Arvia. Jersey-based rum brand, The Tidal Rum is proud to announce the launch of Golden Tide the ‘world’s first…
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One of the US’ largest spirits businesses, Brown-Forman, has recently announced that it will acquire the Diplomático Rum brand and related assets from Spain’s Destillers United Group, bolstering their super-premium offering. Diplomático Rum gives Brown‑Forman a market leading entry into the fast-growing super-premium rum category. Destillers United Group S.L. will continue to produce and age…
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One thing that all craft distillers have in common – no matter what the spirit – is that they march to the beat of their own drum. But those who distil craft rum the hardcore way with molasses, now they truly seem to march to a beat that only they can hear. Our guest is…
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Yorkshire-based entrepreneurs Alex Bray and David Armstrong, are celebrating after the rum they created picked up a slew of four top industry awards. AB Gold Rum, which combines Jamaican rum from the Caribbean with Yorkshire spring water and is bottled in Yorkshire, has just been awarded Bronze in the World Rum Awards. It was also…
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It’s been a long time coming thanks to Covid and local opposition, but English Spirit’s new distillery in Cornwall is about to open. This isn’t just a case of increasing quantity, but in taking English rum to places it has never gone before. Like a kid let loose with a Christmas chemistry set, master distiller…
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Matt Hunt was a pilot for Flybe; being a commercial pilot was all that he ever wanted to be. For wife Rebecca, along with caring for two small children, Matt’s varying hours made it impossible for her to find work. But she knew how much Matt loved to fly, what pinning on those gold wings…
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Once the only thing that mattered was the liquid inside the bottle – not the bottle itself. While some of the big players had distinct bottles, nothing stood out unless you consider that tall, now dust-covered bottle of Galliano on the back of the pub shelf, once used for making 1970s classic Harvey Wallbangers. But…
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After Covid delays, English Spirit Distillery has announced what will soon be the opening of its “cutting-edge distillery” at Treguddick Manor, Cornwall. Opening later this summer, the state of the art distillery will be the new home to the pioneering artisan distillers English Spirit. Over the past three years, their team has been working hard…
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