ARLU Blood Orange Rum

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Started by two friends James Harrison and Tommy Gaughan, who wanted to create a small batch, column distilled rum that they themselves would want to drink. The result is an expertly blended golden rum spiced with vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and dried fruits.

It’s now not uncommon to find a massive array of flavours, spices and variations on rum – which can often be overwhelming for someone who’s just looking for what tastes best and gets them drunk fast.

Oh-so Ominous Orange Old Fashioned

We stopped production at our distillery and switched it to hand sanitiser production at the start of the pandemic – producing a whopping 2 million bottles in 7 days for public services in Greater Manchester. So, are you saying this is a venture born out of sheer laziness?” asks Liam. It could be. Nothing wrong with that, mind you. Amy laughs. “Well, everyone who’s walked past has asked ‘why hasn’t someone done this before’?” she says. Sounds like they’re onto something. Pour 50ml The Duppy Share Spiced over ice and top up with Fever Tree White Grape & Apricot Soda. Garnish with citrus zest. Cherry Storm

The sparkling category increased its share of the bottled water market to 14.6% in 2020, according to Kantar figures.The point is, there’s an incredible amount of innovation and as long as it’s done well and to the best standard that services the category, there’s room for all.” Didsbury Gin is a range of bright, vibrant & zesty gins, which includes the original, as well as three flavoured gins: Strawberry & Sicilian Lemon, Raspberry & Elderflower and Blood Orange & Ginger. They are all available in 20cl and 70cl bottles. We also have limited edition flavours of our gins – and have just launched a Manchester Tart limited edition. Davies says: “The category is diverse and that is a good thing. Our rum brands are eclectic: Salford rum is distilled in Manchester; Diablesse rum is Manchester-based, but was born out of a love for the Caribbean and a yearning to do something different; Nusa Caña is distinctly Indonesian, and explicitly works to resurrect a longstanding but perhaps overlooked history with rum. We’ve drank in a lot of world class bars, and there are a lot of world class bars in Manchester, so we know what we like and what we don’t like. There’s small things. Every single seat in this bar has a coat hook. Minor details but they make the experience that little bit more comfortable.” We saw the opportunity and thought, 'How can we apply our knowledge and experience in cultured dairy foods to create healthy and tasty plant-based cultured foods?'"​​

Mangrove’s Gillett agrees that consumers are looking for “genuine authentic rums with natural flavours”, and he adds that flavours such as pineapple have done well. He says: “We are seeing a huge amount of innovation in flavoured and spiced rum at the moment and almost any flavour is being added with mixed results. Their meticulous approach to this sweet spirit means each bottle takes six months and thirty-five recipes to complete! Historically, adding spices and fruit to a blend of rums was used to mask undesirable qualities in the spirit. Today, however, spiced rums are proving very popular, thanks to the huge variation in flavours.Regular opening hours after the launch weekend will be 3pm-11pm Wednesday and Thursday, 3pm-12am Friday, 12pm-12am Saturday, and 12pm-10pm on Sundays. Put all ingredients in a glass, add crushed ice. Churn and garnish with mint sprig and lime wedge. Cherry Rum Punch Sharer