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.
Firstly the positives, it's a very nice bottle, once opened the scent is fantastic. However this is not nor should it be classified as a rum. Think of this more as a rum based herbal elixir. It's overpowering to the point where there is little rum taste left, only thick clove heavy cough medicine. Couldn't drink it neat or mixed with the usuals. Where this does come in handy is in cocktails, add a bar spoon of this to your favourite rum cocktail to give it an added depth. I tried it in a rum Negroni substituting half the vermouth with this to give it a kick.
Get ready for facts: - I love rum - This is disgusting - I couldn't even drink it - even ice didn't make it better; in it's frozen form, or as water - instead of my Mrs buying me this, she should have punched me in the face - I may not speak to her (Mrs) again If you like this as an open declaration, I would not trust you as far as I could throw you. I'm trying to think of more imaginative things to do with this, other than pour it down the drain. Deterant for foxes perhaps?
Not a very "rummy" rum, but a craft rum, packed with many flavours, it has an interesting taste, Brewdog pushes it with ginger beer and I agree. It's hipster-Indie rum, if you like craft beers, this might be the rum to try. It's a different rum to try, but I've had it a few times and easily over it, many better rums out there.
Wow, something completely different to all rest. Unique taste that goes well on its own or with coke. A must buy if you are wanting something different than normal
I must have had a bad batch. All I got was CLOVES. excellent if I had a bad tooth but I haven't. Hate leaving bad reviews but this was awful!
