A Vibrant Botanical Rum From the Team at Bone Idyll
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Craft By Day, Hustle By Night
Bone Idyll, describe themselves as “city meets country, old meets new” and have a real focus on balance; the same goes for their rum. They start off with a delicious base rum, this is their aged rum blend which they also bottle and sell. It’s a three-island blend from Barbados, Guyana, and the Dominican Republic, aged up to 8 years and averaging out at 5. Described as balance in a bottle, it is a perfect mix of pot still and column still.
Their process is to put the base rum blend in the still at 50% along with fresh scotch bonnet, banana peel, lime leaves and distil it. When it comes out the still, it comes out clear so to return the colour, more of the aged rum blend is added along with water to dilute; that’s it, nothing more nothing less. What you get is a very unique spirit, despite the fresh scotch bonnet, there is no heat to the rum as the capsaicin is too heavy to go through the distillation process.
TASTING NOTES:
Immediately on the palate and the nose is that fresh pepper flavour; green, fresh, and vegetal the rum really starts off bright. Just before that starts to get too savoury, the banana comes in to save the day with fruity sweetness, the lime leaf finishes things off at the end with a touch of earthy citrus. All throughout and constantly underlying those flavours are all the beautiful balanced flavours of the three-island base rum blend.
WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX
Bone Idyll Botanical Rum 43% ABV
London Essence Blood Orange & Elderflower
CRC Chilli Syrup
Nim’s Lime Infusions
The Honest Bean Co. Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar Roasted Fava Bean Snack