Post #259324 by milligna on Fri, Oct 6, 2006 12:18 AM

For those of you who have expressed an interest in Australia's biggest spirit, Bundaberg Rum, I feel it is my duty to also bring your attention to Inner Circle Rum ( http://www.innercirclerum.com/ ).

Inner Circle Rum was originally made by a Australian sugar producer CSR to be given to select customers and board members (hence the name "inner circle"). They eventually started releasing this rum to the public, but in the 1980's, the Bundaberg rum company bought out this rum and shut down production (to remove the competition).

Stuart Gilbert, an Olympic Yachtsman, had nothing to drink after Inner Circle left the market, and decided to take it upon himself to find the master distiller of Inner Circle, buy the rights to this rum, and relaunch the brand, and here we are, several years later, with Inner Circle rum again being produced.

I had the honour of meeting Stuart at a recent gathering of the Melbourne Rum Club (an offshoot of the Notting Hill Rum club run out of Trailer Happiness in London), and it was great to see how much passion he has for his Rum. He's done a great job to rebuild Inner Circle, and his hard work is starting to pay off - check the website to see how many awards this rum is winning!

I believe the rum's available in a couple of other countries around the world (U.S. included), and I can't recommend it enough. It comes in three different proofs and all of them are absolute winners.

Cheers,
Cocktail Kev.