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.
Nothing like rum it's awful, cloves in brown water,
Really doesn't deserve the bad rep but not your standard spiced rum. Very similar to Dark Matter which I love but very clove heavy. I agree with the tasting notes and also a previous reviewer who said it's a rum-based herbal liquor.
Yo ho ho and a bottlw of rum? Not here! This stuff is awful. A mixture between buckfast, mulled wine, gin and a bad rum. Well, its a bad rum anyway but wow. Just don't bother buying this. Please. Save your money and go buy a bottle of bumbu or something else tasty
Hey, it's the GMeister here yo, this rum is poor, people. Made me angry. Made me wanna build a big fence between me n my neighbour. Made me wanna throw things at seagulls. Damn!
Loved the originality and palate of flavors in this rum.....if you enjoy a good gin with added botannicals to give a distinguished flavor, and you enjoy rum...this is something special you must try! I drank it neat and it was like a lil explosion of flavors....a definite one to enjoy as it is without mixers.
