Clean R

Clean Co take on one of the most difficult taste experiences in the non-alcoholic canon, rum.  There’s a depth and fire to rum, which it can be hard to replicate without the heft of cane spirit.  However, if anyone could do it, I would put my money on the excellent distillers at Clean Co.

On first unscrewing the cap, there’s a fine buttered caramel smell with something darker lurking at the corners.  Mixed with ginger ale, the drink is pleasingly rummish.  The burnt sugar undercurrent is topped with dark spiced notes and a hit of cayenne makes a pleasingly sophisticated drink, that while it lacks the hit and punch of alcohol, certainly offers the clean spicy sense of a good rum.