It is always good to see new rum expressions making their grand entry into the category, Dark Matter looks to be a serious contender. On the down side, you have to wait for the aging to be completed before you can bottle and sell it. This is the reality of the spirits business, you own the product, but you have to wait until aging is complete before you can regain your investment.
Dark Matter Distillers has made its first
10 casks of rum for sale. Available
on a first come first serve basis starting 29 October, the cask cost includes
bottling, labeling, storage, insurance, samples, spectral analysis and
maturation report, but not including duty and VAT.
Aged
in hand selected Oloroso Sherry casks of 250 liters, a small sample will be
drawn from each cask and sent to the owners annually once the rum is at least
three-years-old. “We will use the
highest quality, individually hand-selected Oloroso Sherry casks,” the distillery
said. “Their use in the maturation of
some of the finest and celebrated spirits in the world is well known,
delivering the aroma and flavors of chocolate orange, raisins, fruit cake,
dried fruits, toffee and spices.
“From
Dark Matter you will be obtaining a true single cask rum that will mature
unhindered and untarnished for many years if you so choose. “For optimal results we recommend a minimum
10-year maturation period to allow a truly unique rum to develop fully in each
individual cask.” Dark Matter rum is
distilled from cane molasses and each cask can be bottled at either cask
strength or 46% abv.
