Original Deeds Rum Blend 33% abv

Picture of Original Deeds Rum Blend bottle and shot

Colour 🌈 : Very dark brown, virtually black

Nose👃🏼 : Aniseed, vanilla, caramel, stewed apples and liquorice allsorts

Taste 👅 : It’s fairly light, the taste favours the sweet vanilla side with the liquorice not too far behind

Finish 🏁 : Dry rye crackers and oak spices

Thoughts 💭 : A nice sweet rum that works well as both a drink on its own and as a sweet mixer in cocktails. With cocktails in particular the sweet and liquorice flavours work well in enhancing the sweetness from the cocktails.

A bit more about Deeds:

In the small English town of Pontefract they were experts at growing liquorice root which they formed into sweet liquorice cakes called Pontefract Cakes – often called the Yorkshire Penny.

The delicious little jet back sweets tasted of liquorice, caramel and vanilla – perfect for flavouring, colouring and sweetening the salty sea rum –  the resulting drink was a pontefract miracle!

Deeds Rum pays homage to the original pontefract miracle.

Want to try it in a cocktail? Try this:

Back in Black:

  • Original Deeds
  • Cherry Cola
  • Ice
  • maraschino cherries to garnish

Dirty Deeds / Dark N Stormy:

  • Ginger Ale
  • Squeeze of lime juice
  • Dash of bitters
  • Top with Original Deeds
  • Garnish with a lime wheel

Sláinte!

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