Soltera Rum's small batch insights
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Barrel aged rum: the magic of maturation
Ageing rum has to be one of the more thrilling experiences of this distiller's journey yet. Every so often I take a wee sample from an oak barrel ... -
Barrels in time: from Babylon to Cabarita
Batches 8, 9, 10 and 11 have been put to excellent use in filling Soltera's first barrel acquisition: two ex-bourbon American oak casks. -
Blanco wins Bronze!
In its debut year, Blanco has earned a Bronze Medal in the 2021 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards, Australia’s first and largest national award... -
Batch 007's La Niña summer cocktails
A wet summer forecast has inspired us to list six summer cocktails to make the sun shine from the inside out. When it comes to good booze, we're h... -
Batch 006 - What makes rum smooth?
We've all tasted a rum and described it as “smooth” at some point, but what precisely do we mean? -
Batch 005 - How rum gets its flavour
The full flavour profile of Blanco Batch 005 got us wondering. We tend to think of Blanco as lively and bold. But what makes it so? -
Batch 004 - Our top bars and bottle shops
As we celebrate Batch 004 hitting shelves from Byron Bay to Brisbane, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank the bars and bottle shops...
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Batch 003 - Soul-stirring
Bold and soul-stirring, this batch of Blanco cane spirit reminds us of Cuba. While it was fermented under hot conditions in the heat of summer - which can generate strong rum oils - Batch 3 has been thrice filtered to produce a clean crisp spirit.
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Batch 002 - Flavour you can see
It's weird to think that booze contains oil. Alcohol is also a solvent, and often we use high-strength alcohol to clean things (hand sanitser, anyone?). But with rum, it's oils that give our spirits flavour. And batch 2 has buckets of it. -
Handmade, small batch spirits
As a nano-distillery we only produce spirits on a small scale, and entirely by hand. -
The highs and lows of making rum
Producing high-quality spirits on a small scale is serious business! -
Batch 001 - Trials and tribulations
Full-flavoured and sweet on the lips, Batch 1 was produced in the spring of 2020.