Elixir

Elixir is a Caribbean blend bottled by Oldman Spirits at a notably low 30%, a strength that places it closer to a rum based liqueur than a standard spirit. With no age statement and a soft, sweet profile, it sits in the flavoured and sweetened camp, made to be smooth and easy rather than to showcase distillery or cask detail.

The nose brings honey, sugarcane, molasses and a touch of oak, and the palate follows sweet and syrupy with oak and more cane. This is a frankly sweet, low proof rum, and the honest read is a gentle, dessert like sipper rather than a dry aged pour, the sugar and the soft strength defining the experience. It suits anyone after an undemanding, sweet rum to enjoy over ice or after a meal, with no pretence toward the leaner, full proof end of the category.