Piccadilly distilleries Camikara Rum Cask 8YO Aged 2023

Camikara, from Piccadilly Distilleries in India, is a cane-juice rum carrying an 8 year age statement, distilled on a column still and matured in ex-bourbon oak before bottling at a gentle 42.8 percent. It is presented as a single-origin Indian cane-juice rum, unsweetened, and pitched as an easy, affordable everyday sipper.

The character is emphatically fruity: cherry and raspberry lead, joined by pineapple and broader tropical fruit, with caramel, vanilla and a toasted, faintly roasted backdrop. The column still and soft strength keep it light and rounded rather than intense, and for some the fruit runs almost too generous. There is little of the grassy bite that fresh cane juice sometimes brings, leaving a relaxed, approachable rum that suits drinkers curious about Indian cane spirit without wanting high-proof weight.