The distilling arm of BrewDog is staying very busy, and this is another tasty example of the fruits of its labour - Five Hundred Cuts Botanical Rum! The spirit is distilled from sugar cane molasses, fermented with red wine yeast and rum yeast for seven days, and then double pot distilled. Afterwards, botanicals join the party, with the likes of orange peel, lavender, schezuan peppercorns and cardamom being re-distilled in the spirit, while cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, tonka bean, ginger, and allspice, are steeped in the spirit for 14 hours. The two spirits are blended and finished off with a touch of muscovado sugar.
The Five Hundred Cuts name is inspired by Elizabeth Blackwell, who, in the 18th century, created the most comprehensive herbal (a text of plant illustrations and descriptions) of plant engravings (or 'cuts') at the time. 500 of them, in fact. Not only was it sizeable, it was also one of the first herbals to show the plants drawn accurately!
Coca-cola, dark chocolate, caramel combine with more aromatic notes like ginger, orange peel and cloves.
Highly aromatic, almost menthol, with assertive cardamom leading balanced by rich dark sugar.
Fresh and herbal, like upmarket cold cure.
After a couple a lifetime drinks changed my mind, it’s horrible, like drinking Chanel number5, wasted £20 gonna tip the rest down the loo
Tastes like sailor jerries, but with bits floating around In it,
Absolutely loved my first bottle. It certainly won't be my last!
Sooooo flavoury! 5 hardened (experienced) whisky drinkers and I cracky open a bottle last night - it didn’t last long. Refreshing and light (and dark). Fabulous. More ordered.
Not sure what this actually is or what Brewdog have tried to do here. The finish notes detail “fresh and herbal like an upmarket cold cure” and to be fair, it’s certainly like covonia but cut out the upmarket, it’s poorly done. Seems a quick punt by Brewdog to get more funds before being found out again. It’s not rum. Please stick to beer Brewdog
