This God, like many others, was celebrated and worshipped in festivals, Neptune had the festival ‘Neptunalia’ which was typically held on the 23rd of July, during the height of summer where drought and heat were prominent, praying for water for crops and for safe passage across the endless seas. Neptune Rum

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Neptune Rum is perfect for enjoying over ice or with your favourite mixer. The name also also definitely a reference to the Roman god of freshwater and the sea, not the eighth planet in our solar system or 1990s/2000s hip-hop production duo. As such, the ocean is extremely important to the folks at Neptune, and they work continuously to support environmental action projects and ocean restoration throughout the world. Then, Brigitte Lemaire, the daughter of Roger-Constant, married Gilles Tournant who proved to be a very talented young winegrower, and together, they continue to carry on the family tradition with their children Sebastien (head of international marketing and sales) and Guillaume (winemaker). They key to success isn’t just to source great rum and make an amazing blend out of it. One of Neptune’s strengths as a brand is savvy marketing. Ensuring transparency in its production process, an increasingly important trend that modem consumers respond to, in an example of this. As is the brand’s desire to become more ethical, with plans to go plastic-free by next year and found its own charity. Their grapes are all selected and harvested by hand, they use only the first press, and they choose not to use malolactic fermentation, they also interestingly fertilize their vines with organic seaweed.THE WORLDS MOST AWARDED RUM OF 2018/19 Over 65 global awards and rising, a beautiful golden pot and column still rum, with a blend of 8, 5 and 3 year old rum. Neptune’s final production stage involves a specific cold-filtration process and the addition of soft spring water to dilute the rum from 68% ABV cask strength to its 40% bottling strength. It is bottled in England, without any additional colouring or sugar. Davies was keen to emphasise that he wanted Neptune “to be really honest and very transparent” as a brand. “A lot of producers in the rum industry are a little cloak-and-dagger, which is thankfully coming to an end,” he added.

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Neptune had a desire to associate itself with Foursquare not just because the distillery makes awesome rum (it was named Rum Producer of the Year at the prestigious International Spirits Challenge 2017), but because Davies wanted to work with a team he felt were “at the forefront of the revolution with regards to be totally honest and transparent”. MASTERFULLY INFUSED A subtle infusion of tropical fruits including papaya and damiana fruits for a sophisticated flav our burst. To balance the fruit burst Neptune Rum Caribbean Spiced is balanced with hints of vanilla and cinnamon. The sheer number of awards Neptune it has received in such a short space of time would suggest it was a smart move. The brand was named Britain’s Best Rum Brand at the 6th Golden Barrel Awards, as well as Barbados Rum of the Year at the New York International Spirits Competition 2018, and the Berlin International Spirits Competition. Neptune is the ancient Roman god of freshwater and the sea in Roman religion, a God that carried a mighty trident and rode on a glorious chariot pulled by either sea creatures or horses, he is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. The rum is moderately complex, yet it has a light beguiling quality that I appreciate. In The Mouth 50/60ONLY NATURAL INGREDIENTS Neptune Caribbean Spiced Rum adheres to our values of producing honest rums with no added sugar, sweeteners, artificial flavourings or colourings. Nose: Subtle and nuanced with a nice melding of vanilla, butterscotch and almond accented by fine oak spice. The fine oak spices build, bringing dusty impressions of sandalwood, ginger and light fruity citrus zest forward. There are hints of cinnamon as well. Hints of tropical fruit (banana and coconut) add to the nuanced aroma. After a few minutes I notice that the impressions vanilla, almond and butterscotch had almost melded completely bring a nice impression of marzipan to the fore.