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.
Beautiful, strong taste of cloves, if you like Rum bullion you'll love this.
It basically tastes of Christmas pudding, the Cloves and Cinnamon push though and dont let anything shine as a result. I dont think I'll ever get close to finishing the bottle but maybe I'll be able to work it in as a cocktail ingredient ready for the man in red.
NOPE. Reminds me of whisky. And I hate whisky. Wasted a lot of money on this bottle and now have to bin it after 1 drink. Disgusting.
Its marmite Love it or hate it similar to dark matter I loved it...if you like its spiced lots of cloves...you'll love it...
Not keen, I'm afraid. Very sweet, well it is a rum I suppose, but with an overwhelming smell and taste of cloves. In my opinion the cloves and dusty cinnamon are out of balance with the other aromatics and spices. What a shame
