Seven Tiki Rum from Fiji via Australia - Tiki Drinks and Food

RG Rum guy Member Caribbean Joined: Apr 11, 2008 Posts: 41	RG Rum guy Posted posted on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 6:48 AM I just saw Seven Tiki rum at the Rum Experience in London and can confirm some of the information in the previous posts. According to the brand representative in London, who was new to the brand and could have been recently hired for that show, Seven Tiki is a Fijian rum. But further inquiries revealed that it is actually made by the 42 Below distillery in New Zealand, which is owned by Bacardi, from molasses imported from Fiji. Australia has a long history of importing Fijian molasses for rum production. In many cases this rum was then blended with Australian rum prior to bottling. My first impression was that this was a fairly young rum and lacking an age statement it seemed to owe some of its color to caramel coloring. Mixed in cocktails I didn't find anything objectionable but it did fall below the line of something I would want to drink straight. Hopefully, there will be more information about this rum coming in the future, but at this point there seems to be little information about it other than there are no plans at this time to bring it to the US. When I dream up a better job, I'm going to take it.

I just saw Seven Tiki rum at the Rum Experience in London and can confirm some of the information in the previous posts. According to the brand representative in London, who was new to the brand and could have been recently hired for that show, Seven Tiki is a Fijian rum. But further inquiries revealed that it is actually made by the 42 Below distillery in New Zealand, which is owned by Bacardi, from molasses imported from Fiji. Australia has a long history of importing Fijian molasses for rum production. In many cases this rum was then blended with Australian rum prior to bottling.

My first impression was that this was a fairly young rum and lacking an age statement it seemed to owe some of its color to caramel coloring. Mixed in cocktails I didn't find anything objectionable but it did fall below the line of something I would want to drink straight.

Hopefully, there will be more information about this rum coming in the future, but at this point there seems to be little information about it other than there are no plans at this time to bring it to the US.

When I dream up a better job, I'm going to take it.

Post #415855 by Rum guy on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 6:48 AM