Planteray Sealander Rum
$58.99
From the Producer
Three origins, three oceans, one rum
For the first time ever, three rums from different oceans have been combined to create one unique product. Blending the elegance of Barbados’ aged rums with Mauritius’s recognized grassy and herbal notes, before Fiji brings a complex structure and fruitiness.
40% Abv
Ungava Gin
$39.99
A super-cool, super-Canadian gin made from six botanicals found in Canada's own Arctic region. Handpicked during the Arctic's short-lived summer, they are then infused into a gin, which develops its own unique taste and colour. (It's bright yellow.) One for "adventurous amateurs and connoisseurs alike" according to the Ungava website. We agree!
Fever Tree Tonic Water
$2.99
Use only the finest tonic water for your next Gin and Tonic! You buy the best gin, so why settle for less when it comes to your mix? We just love this stuff. Created in the UK from recipes dating back to the 1600s. "If 3/4 of your gin and tnoic is tonic, make sure you use the best," says the Fever Tree team. We agree!
Dillon`s Gin 22 Unfiltered
$45.99
"If you were able to reach into a old photo of Hemingway and pry the gin from his hand, it might have tasted like our Unfiltered Gin 22," say the folks at Dillon's in Niagara. "Why? Because he didn’t do, or drink, anything half glass or without flavour and nor do we. Our Gin 22 is so smooth and flavourful that your next martini should be straight — without the need to get dirty or be embarrassed by a vermouth." From a small-batch distiller in Niagara, Ontario!
Uncle Val`s Pepper Gin
$60.99
For those who like a real gin "kick" here's Uncle Val’s Peppered Gin. This is an excellent sipping gin and a highly versatile mixing gin for cocktails. Uncle Val's offers a unique flavor profile, starting with sharp peppercorn (red bell pepper, black pepper and pimento) and evolves into char and juniper. Bold yet smooth, it stays true to the Uncle Val’s line of gins. And here's a bonus: it's gluten free!
Hamilton Whitestache Rum
$59.99
From Ed Hamilton
"In the twenty years I lived on a yacht sailing the West Indies I really enjoyed drinking some great white rums. Back in the US, I missed that clean, fresh flavor of aged molasses-based rum that had been carbon-filtered to remove the color gained during a few years spent aging in oak barrels in the tropics. In addition to the fresh flavor of the rum there was also a slight coconut note attributed to the American oak barrels in which these rums were aged.
Look for a bit of ethanol on the nose as you open the bottle, if there's no ethanol on the nose when you open a full bottle of 87 proof rum something has been added. After a minute or so to breathe ripe papaya, banana and coconut aromas replace the ethanol. The body has more hints of tropical fruit, coconut with a slight vanilla note in the finish.
Like so many things those rums that I enjoyed in the '90s are no longer made. In 2001, Trinidad stopped growing sugar cane commercially but continued to make rum from imported molasses, the end of an era that stretched more than two centuries.
To capture those flavors and aroma that are as rare today as the elusive green flash that signaled the end of another day in paradise anchored in the lee of a West Indies island I had to blend several rums from different islands.
The bulk of this rum is aged rum from Trinidad to which I blended sugar cane and molasses distillates from Guyana and Santo Domingo, as the windward half of Hispaniola is known in the islands.
This high proof blend is carefully diluted with filtered, well water at the Five & 20 Distillery in Westfield, NY over five days. Only by slowly diluting the high proof spirits can the most delicate aromas and flavors be preserved. I choose the Five & 20 Distillery to bottle my rums because they are care about quality as much as I do and their water source has never been part of a municipal water supply to which chemicals such as chlorine or flourides have been added.
Once diluted to 87 proof, bartenders told me they really didn't want another 80 proof clear rum, Hamilton White 'Stache is bottled only in liter bottles. Because 750 milliliters of this stuff just is not enough.
Enjoy this white rum in moderation in cocktails that call for premium white rum. While this is no substitute for rhum agricole in a 'ti punch I drink it in daiquiris and swizzles with a dash of bitters.
And if you're still reading this, I want you to know there is nothing in this bottle but rum and filtered, well water. No flavors, sugar, glycerine or anything else that you might find in other spirits. And yes, this is gluten and GMO free, but I can't put that on the label due to federal regulations. It seems some Washington, DC offices are not communicating these days. Hopefully that will change in the near future. In the mean time, I hope you enjoy this rum as much as I have enjoyed bringing it to you. Cheers and Salud!
43.5% Abv
Mahon Gin (Old Tom Style)
$74.99
An unusual and very cool gin from Spain! Gin has been made on Menorca since the 18th century, when the Spanish island was occupied by the British. Made from distilled wine, it is aged in American oak. Check it out!
Beefeater 24
$32.99
We love this gin from a tried and true producer! Beefeater 24 is a new addition to the range. When creating Beefeater 24, Desmond Payne knew he had to come up with something totally different for his selection of botanicals. He used tea! The 12 ingredients used are Japanese Sencha Tea, Chinese green tea and then Seville orange peel, grapefruit peel, lemon peel, juniper, coriander seed, liquorice, angelica root, almond and orris root. It is called Beefeater 24 because the botanicals are steeped in the spirit for a full 24 hours. The result is a fragrant gin with good sweetness. This one over delivers!
Uncle Val`s Restorative Gin
$62.99
"Uncle Val’s Restorative Gin exhibits a crisp, floral taste profile that harkens back to the classic American gin. Awakening your olfactory senses with its refreshingly bright taste and pleasing bouquet, the gin lives up to the name Restorative. This gin is great on its own – as Uncle Valerio would’ve undoubtedly preferred – but it’s also well suited to cocktails, adding a complex yet sublime blend of flavors to your recipe," according to the makers.