The Rum & Crab Shack Dead Man’s Fingers Spiced Rum

Dead Man's Fingers Spiced Rum from The Rum and Crab Shack is an inexpensive, heavily spiced spirit aimed squarely at easy party drinking rather than serious sipping. The nose is sweet and dessert like, with vanilla, baking spice and butterscotch to the fore.

Bottled at a low 37.5%, with added sugar unstated, the palate carries spice, sweetness and a marzipan note before a syrupy, gingerbread finish of cinnamon, nutmeg and wood. The sweetness and spicing are generous and lean toward the confected, with little dry rum character underneath. It is at its most comfortable mixed with cola or folded into simple cocktails where its vanilla and spice can carry the drink. Drinkers who enjoy sugary spiced spirits and do not mind the artificial edge will find it does the job, while anyone after genuine rum depth and structure will want to look elsewhere.