A brand new product from Beinn an Tuirc Distillers and a first for mainland Argyll!
Our Ruby Port Cask aged rum has been three years in the making and we are delighted with this rich, full-bodied spirit which definitely evokes the Caribbean but with more than a touch of the Kintyre Peninsula.
Our genius distiller, Lynsay McGeachy, started work on the first batch over three years ago and it has been a big learning curve. Quite the departure from gin and brandy, Lynsay took a deep dive into traditional rum-making processes and has added another skill to her distilling prowess.
Fermented sugar cane molasses was double-distilled in Big Don, our trusty copper still, sustainably powered by our hydro electric scheme. This resulted in a raw white rum spirit which even at this early stage, showed lots of promise. It was always our intention to age the rum, so we filled several virgin oak casks and then left it well alone.
We did have a cheeky taste after about a year and soon Lynsay decided it was time for the next stage – a Ruby Port cask finish!
Boss Hogg was impatient to release it as usual but we talked him down and made sure the rum enjoyed at least a year in the former port cask.
It was well worth the wait when we tapped the cask last month and had our first sips of our very first rum. It is a fantastic achievement for our wee distillery and proves that there’s more to us than award-winning gin. Hopefully we have produced an award-winning rum!
As with all of our cask-aged spirits, Kintyre Rum is a limited bottling and once its gone, its gone.