Tiki Lovers Dark Rum (70cl, 57%)

A blended dark rum from Tiki Lovers, combining different distillation methods and maturation levels into a robust cocktail rum. Unaged pot-still rum from Jamaica's Hampden Estate meets two- to three-year-old rum from Barbados's Foursquare Distillery, alongside young rums from Trinidad and Guyana and three- to five-year-old Trinidad rum. The blend shows chocolate and caramel notes, vanilla, dark fruit, molasses and spice. At 57% it is an overproof rum, suited to Mai Tai, Rum Punch and Zombie. It contains colouring and is bottled without chill filtration in a 700ml bottle. The nose combines sugar cane notes with vanilla and milk chocolate. The palate brings darker chocolate against caramel and crème brûlée. The finish is short, leaving a light pepper note.