Vanguard Spiced Botanical Rum (Limited Release of 1,000 Bottles)

This traditional winter spice is native to the Indonesian Maluku Islands. We use Cloves to give our Cranberry & Gin a unique aromatic flavour, that is simultaneously strong, sweet and peppery.

These bluish purple berries are the basis and therefore the signature of all gins, and the prominent flavour in traditional gins. Although it has a berry-like appearance due to its fleshy skin, the juniper berry is not actually a true berry but a female seed cone from a conifer. Juniper berries have a strong and assertive pine flavour; the flavour is mostly woody, but it can have some slightly citrus and floral tones to it.

Nutmeg brings a complex, sweet and seasonal flavour which compliments and enhances the fresh orange taste.

Fennel adds a further anise flavour but with some more depth and complexity. The seeds are taken from the flower of the fennel plant after it's bloomed and browned, when the seeds are at their ripest.

Native to South East Asia, kaffir lime leaves are utilised as an Indonesian insecticidal medicine and are also frequently used in Thai cuisine to add a zesty, aromatic yet astringent flavour.  The Kaffir lime leaves mix well with the lemon and bitter orange to give an all round full bodied fruity citrusy flavour.

Ginger when distilled adds sweet autumnal notes, complimenting the spicy orange and adding extra depth and complexity.