Caithness Raiders Rum. ABV: 40% Longrow Springbank

Caithness Raiders Rum. ABV: 40% Longrow SpringbankFrom the Ice & Fire Distillery, located just outside Latheronwheel, Caithness. Ice & Fire Tasting Notes: The rum is lighter in body and more delicate than traditional dark spiced rums, but packs in a lot of flavor, a solid punch of vanilla, and a lightly smoky banana flavour. The hint of coconut comes from golden whin (gorse) flowers handpicked from around the croft. Honey from our own bees provides a delicate base layer of sweetness. This rum is a

vanilla and grass

brown sugar comes to the fore alongside sulatanas and a hint of orange

Bottled in 2016 after 42 years in a refill hogshead

to a burst of flowery fruitiness (apricot

Finish: Sweet salted caramel

Finish: Roasted chestnuts

NOSE: Sherry and orange skins

portraying on it the waves of the Islay sea crashing into Bunnahabhain bay

balanced by sweet pastry flavors

A tingle of ginger underlying sweet honey

which compliment the sweet Sherry character

buttered fruit cake