CUT RUM Spiced, 70 cl

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CUT are very transparent about what goes into their rums and are firmly against synthetic flavourings. Aberdeen-based Ardent Spirits, an independent bottling company, recently launched an exclusive ‘Sea Shanty rum’ with proceeds going to Aberdeen RNLI. Each was tried neat and blind, to avoid brand bias and allow the full flavours to shine through uninterrupted.

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Our panel praised the “intense caramel and sweet toffee” aromas at play in this spiced rum, but there’s plenty of bittersweet coffee and cacao richness on the palate to bring balance. The less imaginative brands use little more than sugar and vanilla but the very worst of them will use syntheticflavourings! It’s used to great effect in this cask-aged Bajan rum, which is macerated with ingredients from around the world. However, if you’re looking for a specific style or flavour or you want something that’s good value, it pays to separate the wheat from the chaff and find the rum that really hits the spot. Indian spices such as cinnamon, cloves and cardamon give this a botanical flavour, more in line with your favourite gin.Good Housekeeping participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.

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Despite being enjoyed for hundreds of years, spiced rum has often had a reputation for being cheap and unsophisticated. Opening with a sweet, caramelised pineapple aroma (think old school upside-down cake), our panel felt this offered a punchy rum kick, perfect for pairing with coconut cream, pineapple juice and plenty of ice for a spiced pina colada. It's easy to be seduced by an exciting story, the history of rum is woven in scandal and violence, from which brands have cleverly resold to blind us from the actual liquid that they sell.Steeped with oak wood chips for around three months, this subtly spiced rum is delightful on its own over ice or in a rum-based cocktail where the delicate flavours can shine through. Our ingredients travel a total of 47,151 km from their source to be blended with our rum but every km is worth it to create a liquid that delivers a multitude of realflavours. The producer's bottle below the minimum level of alcoholic strength that would designate them as a ‘rum’. This unaged rum is pot distilled from sugar cane molasses in Scotland by Dumfries-based Ninefold Distillery. Made from a blend of rums from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, the rum is aged in charred bourbon oak casks at Lyme Bay’s winery before those tell-tale spices are added.

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You’ll often find these styles are sweeter thanks to the addition of tropical fruit — banana, pineapple and orange — with plenty of spice coming from the likes of warming cinnamon and punchy ginger. It’s distilled and aged in bourbon barrels before spices are added, then it rests for a further six months in oak to allow those signature flavours to develop. We’re not sure the Cotswolds has had much of a run in with pirates, but that hasn’t deterred this brand from putting its stamp on the historical spirit. Taking the time tocolourrum throughageingor using real ingredients or naturalcolouringsshould be a timely and costly activity.

Aged for up to 12 months in oak casks, the rum is spiced with a selection of fresh tropical fruit and exotic spices, including pineapple, orange, cacao and allspice. Complex and bittersweet, the experts enjoyed the super-smooth notes of rich coffee liqueur and cacao nibs, and thought it would make an excellent twist on the classic cocktail. Cut Spiced Rum is a quality offering that bends rum from Jamaica and Trinidad blended with some extra tasty treats to make this one of the best spiced rums we have tried. Sly Dog’s spiced rum is sublimely smooth and sweet enough to enjoy simply over ice or with a mixer such as ginger beer or cola. The latest addition, Old J Pineapple, takes that classic spicy flavour profile and updates it with a fruity, summer twist.

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If a spiced rum tastes cheap, it’s probably because the “pure” rum used to make it wasn’t particularly good quality in the first place. Who needs dessert when you can have a glass of this premium spiced rum, infused with citrus and salted caramel instead?By taking all of this into account, we’re able to piece together a delectable list for every taste and budget. Revenge’ has been distilled in Orkney and then aged in ex-bourbon and virgin oak casks for three years. There’s some sweet tropical fruit, ginger and cinnamon too, much like a freshly baked gingerbread man.