The Bitter Truth Pimento Dram Allspice Liqueur

The Bitter Truth Pimento Dram is a spiced rum based liqueur from The Bitter Truth, a German maker of bitters and liqueurs for the bar trade, bottled at 22%. It is made from Jamaican rum, sugar cane and selected allspice berries, also known as pimento or Jamaican pepper, whose flavour recalls cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper and clove all at once. A pimento dram is the classic Caribbean allspice liqueur, a concentrated spice note used to season cocktails rather than a spirit to drink at length.

The nose is spicy and intense with dominant clove, cinnamon, nutmeg and a hint of pepper. The palate is sweet, strong and complex with a harmonious interplay of spices, allspice, cinnamon and a fine rum note, the finish long, spicy and warm. Behind the bar it adds warm baking spice and depth, used in small measures to lift Caribbean and rum cocktails built with rum, lime and brown sugar, and to season dessert and winter drinks. The intensity means a little goes a long way. It also unfolds its warming spice neat or over ice. Reach for it where a drink needs a spiced backbone.