Big Willy Rum starts life as a fine Guyanese rum, then gets steeped with botanicals, distilled again and barrel aged for something richer. Expect vanilla and caramel on the nose, smooth fruit on the palate, and warm spice from two exotic peppers. Bottled by hand at 42% ABV in 70cl.
Big Willy Rum starts life as a fine Guyanese rum, then gets steeped with botanicals, distilled again and barrel aged for something richer. Expect vanilla and caramel on the nose, smooth fruit on the palate, and warm spice from two exotic peppers. Bottled by hand at 42% ABV in 70cl.
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Vanilla and caramel, with the barrel ageing behind them.
Smooth fruit, rich rather than sharp.
Warm spice from two exotic peppers, long and dry.
Big Willy Rum starts life as a fine Guyanese rum, then is steeped with botanicals, redistilled and barrel aged entirely in Yorkshire. The base spirit is sourced, but every step after that, the botanical infusion, the redistillation and the ageing, happens at the distillery.
Big Willy Rum opens with vanilla and caramel on the nose, moves into smooth fruit on the palate, and finishes with warm spice from two exotic peppers. It's a dark, barrel-aged rum built for sipping neat as much as mixing.
Big Willy Rum is bottled at 42% ABV in a 70cl bottle. That's slightly above standard rum strength, giving the barrel spice and pepper notes enough presence to carry through a mixer without disappearing.
Yes. After the base Guyanese rum is redistilled with botanicals, Big Willy Rum is barrel aged, which is where the vanilla and caramel character on the nose comes from. It's this step that separates it from an unaged white or spiced rum.
Big Willy Rum's pepper spice and caramel depth hold up well to cola or ginger beer, and it's dark enough to anchor a punch or a Caribbean-style cocktail. It also works neat or over ice if you'd rather taste the barrel ageing on its own.
Rum is distilled, and distillation removes gluten proteins regardless of the starting grain, so Big Willy Rum is gluten free. If you have coeliac disease or a severe allergy, check with us directly before drinking, since production runs share equipment with other spirits.
Yes, Big Willy Rum's barrel ageing and warm spice make it a gift that reads as considered rather than generic, and it ships UK-wide. For something smaller, browse the gift sets.
