Gin & Rum

Question 1

Peninsula Gin

How is it made?

Answer 1

1. Our wheat vodka is put back into the still and heated to 100 degrees (well below the boiling point of ethanol)
2. Add coriander, juniper, grains of paradise, angelica root, lemon, and orange peel to make a “tea” over 8 hours.
3. The following day, run it back through the still and the ethanol takes the fatty acids from the botanicals as a flavor for the gin.

Question 2

Peninsula Gin

What is the flavor profile like?

Answer 2

This is a citrus forward gin

Question 3

Peninsula Gin

What drinks would you make with it?

Answer 3

1. Great for Gin and Tonics

2. Any fruit-based gin drink

Question 4

Barrel Finished Gin

How is it made?

Answer 4

1. Our wheat vodka is added back into the still and heated to 100 degrees (well below the boiling point of Ethanol)
2. Add coriander, juniper, grains of paradise, angelica root, lemon, and orange peel over 8 hours to make a “tea”.
3. The following day we run it back through the still, the ethanol takes the fatty acids from the botanicals as the flavor for the gin.
4. FINALLY it is aged in whiskey barrels for 10 months.

Question 5

Barrel Finished Gin

What is the flavor profile like?

Answer 5

Because it is aged in whiskey barrels, this tamps DOWN the botanicals (compared to the peninsula gin) and puts a layer of toasted oak and vanilla over the spirit.

Question 6

Barrel Finished Gin

What drinks would you make with it?

Answer 6

1. Dirty Martinis

2. Makes an ‘interesting’ Gin and Tonic

Question 7

Silver Reserve Rum

How is it made?

Answer 7

We import Bahamian molasses which is fermented and distilled.

Question 8

Silver Reserve Rum

What is the flavor profile like?

Answer 8

Distinct butterscotch on both the nose and the palate

Question 9

Silver Reserve Rum

What drinks would you make with it?

Answer 9

Great with simply tropical (pineapple juice)

Question 10

Dark Reserve Rum

How is it made?

Answer 10

1. Imported Bahamian Molasses is fermented and distilled to make the rum.
2. The rum is aged in a whiskey barrel.

Question 11

Dark Reserve Rum

How long was this batch barrel-aged for?

Answer 11

Seven years.

Question 12

Dark Reserve Rum

What is the flavor profile like?

Answer 12

This is warm like a brandy, but sweet like a liquor.

It has distinct whiskey overtones based on the time it spent in the oak barrel.

Question 13

Dark Reserve Rum

How would you serve this?

Answer 13

1. Good as a sipper, neat

2. Combines with Simply Limeade for the easiest daiquiri you will ever make