Chalong Bay Pure Series Rum (70cl, 40%)

This is a white rum from Thailand, made from freshly pressed sugar cane juice rather than molasses. For the Pure Series, only first-press juice from a local sugar cane variety is used, grown by small partner farms without chemical fertilisers or pesticides and harvested by hand without burning the fields. The fermented juice is distilled in a direct-fired copper still imported from France, in the Armagnac style, with no cask ageing. It is bottled at 40% ABV in a 0.7 litre bottle without chill filtration, colouring, added sugar or artificial aromas, and comes without a gift tube. The character brings sugar cane and coconut notes with fruity impressions of pear and peach plus white pepper. It suits neat drinking, over ice, or as a base for Daiquiri, Mojito and Ti' Punch.