Rutterkin Spiced Rum

A delightfully smooth and complex spiced rum with indulgent chocolate and zesty orange at its heart. It is a true taste of York - where the Terry’s Chocolate Orange was invented and made for decades.

A delicious rum to be enjoyed neat over ice, with ginger ale or cola, and in your favourite rum cocktails. From the makers of multiple gold-award-winning York Gin whose logo features Rutterkin, the famous York cat, now with his very own spirit!

It is a true taste of York - where chocolate has been produced for centuries.

Botanicals

Cocoa nibs, Almond, Orange, Mace, Allspice, Cassia, Szechuan pepper, Fennel, Fresh ginger, Coriander, Banana, Vanilla

Tasting Notes

Light vanilla sweetness and nutty almond on the nose, given depth with the addition of rich cocoa nibs balanced by sharp citrus and warming, aromatic spices.

Simple Serve

50ml Rutterkin Spiced Rum, served neat over ice,
with a twist of orange peel. A refined digestif.

Cocktails

Rum & Ginger:

• 50ml Rutterkin Spiced Rum
• 200ml ginger beer
• Lime peel or slice to garnish

Fill a highball with ice and pour in the rum and mixer. Add the garnish, stir gently to infuse.

Spiced Rum Espresso

• 40ml Rutterkin Spiced Rum
• 30ml fresh espresso (or strong coffee)
• Dash of orange bitters (optional)

Shake with ice, strain and serve in a martini glass or or over ice.
Garnish with coffee beans or with orange wheel.

Spiced Old-Fashioned

• 50ml Rutterkin Spiced Rum
• 10ml sugar syrup or a brown sugar cube
• Dash of Angostura or orange bitters

Serve in a rocks glass with orange garnish.

MORE DETAILS ABOUT RUTTERKIN SPICED RUM

Rutterkin Rum comes to you from the makers of multiple gold-award-winning York Gin.

This spiced rum is the embodiment of their home city of York. Known for many a year as ‘Chocolate City’, York currently makes over a billion Kit-Kats each year!

The Terry’s Chocolate Orange was invented in the city in 1932 and was made in York for decades. As well as the historical names of Terry and Rowntree, more recently, small artisan chocolate makers have appeared in York, and visitors can attend chocolate-tasting and chocolate-making classes during their stay.

Indulgent chocolate and zesty orange provide the perfect extra complexity to this smooth spiced rum.

ABOUT YORK, CATS & RUTTERKIN

The cat has been the emblem of York for centuries. Many thousands of visitors each year follow the York Cat Trail of over 20 feline statues on many of its historic buildings.

Rutterkin is the famous York cat who rose to prominence on the York Gin cat and castle logo, adorning hundreds of thousands of bottles of spirits. He has jumped off the castle wall on to his very own spirit label complete with rum barrel.

Who was Rutterkin?

A 17th Century cat, Rutterkin was the familiar of a coven of Bottesford Witches accused of bewitching the Duke of York. This “swaggering gallant” embodies the spirit of his rum - spicy, full of character and with a beautiful sweet heart.

More about the rum

The Roman founders of York were lovers of ginger. Centuries later, York became ‘The Chocolate City’ thanks to Terry's and Rowntree's.

These historic York ingredients coalesce and complement each other, adding sweetness, profundity and a fiery burst to this spiced rum.

Cats have been a symbol of York for centuries of the city’s dark, rebellious and rum-soaked history.