Distillerie d’Isle de Falernum

This is a falernum from Distillerie d'Isle de France, bottled at 41%. Falernum is a classic Caribbean cocktail ingredient, a sweetened and spiced rum based liqueur traditionally carrying lime, almond, ginger and clove.

It is a mixing spirit rather than a sipping rum, the kind of bottle that lives behind the bar for tiki and rum cocktails. Sweet and aromatic, it brings spice and citrus to a drink rather than being poured on its own.