Deadhead 6 Years

Deadhead 6 Years is a Mexican rum better known for its skull shaped bottle than for what sits inside, built from a mix of molasses and sugar cane juice run through both pot and column stills. The result is sweet and dessert leaning, a novelty pour that favours easy chocolate notes over structure. It is the kind of bottle that earns a place on the shelf for its looks as much as anything in the glass.

Maturation in ex bourbon wood lends some vanilla and oak, but the rum stays light bodied with cocoa powder, coffee and a creamy, almost milky sweetness up front. The finish is where it falls short, turning woody and a little burnt or bitter, sometimes drying out faster than expected. It works best for casual sipping or in sweet long drinks rather than serious neat tasting, an approachable curiosity for those drawn to mocha flavoured spirits.