This right here is the first batch of rum matured in a virgin oak cask from the Ninefold Distillery to be bottled up by That Boutique-y Rum Company! Ninefold is based up in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, where it makes rum with Dr. Kit Carruthersin charge of the operation. With three-to-four day fermentations with multiple yeast strains, and a 500-litre pot still to helm, Dr. Kit must be busy indeed – but from the label, it looks like he's also had the time to learn the Highland Reel alongside Boutique-y's very own Peter Holland, a seraphim, and a cat in a kilt. Is that Robert the Bruce looking on approvingly, too?
Batch 1 is a release of 165 bottles.
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Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose Warming vanilla and toffee, with some oily oak and maple syrup.
Palate More vanilla, more caramel! Now with crunchy biscuity notes in tow and a touch of black tea.
Finish Softly spiced on the finish, with black pepper and ginger.