With lots of taste testing and going through a few production companies to find the perfect flavour combination, Spencer and the team settled on a winning formula for their rum. Its a great alternative that really is hard to beat. Whether you’re by yourself a just fancy a clean head the next morning or if you have the family round for a BBQ and even think it will be funny to see if they can tell the difference, Clean Co have pulled out all the stops to make this a great tasting rum alternative. The health benefits keep coming with these drinks as well, having been featured in both Mens and Women’s Health magazine as a great alternative to staying off the booze if you are looking to get healthy, we feel that Clean Co as a brand are focusing a lot more on health and positive drinking, rather than just avoiding all the sweet stuff in the first place.

CleanCo Clean R Rum is made from: Water, Vegetable Glycerine, Natural Flavorings, Citric Acid, Plain Caramel (color), and Potassium Sorbate (Preservative). Ginger ale is another great mixer for the Clean Co Rum as both the spice from the cayenne notes and the ginger give this a taste sensation. It is one of Britains long lost mixes, but it still stands up today in our opinion (even if it isn’t alcoholic.) Unlike the aroma, the taste of Clean R Rum isn’t overly sweet. I did think it was going to be sweeter based on the sweet fragrance, but I’m glad the sweetness on the palate is mellow. Before switching to non-alcoholic drinks, I used to be a frequent spirits drinker. Rum, whiskey, bourbon, tequila – these were my poison of choice. That is why I am excited to see if CleanCo’s attempt at a non-alcoholic rum will become my go-to non-alcoholic rum.The only downside to these ingredients in our opinion is that we don’t get a full overview of what the natural flavourings are and for the brand to be ‘Clean’, we would like to see more openness on what these ingredients look like. Pros We have tried a few alcoholic alternatives in the Rum category including Lyres Spiced Cane Spirit, Stryyk’s Not Rum and also hailing from Germany Laori’s Spiced Number 2. However what I find with a lot of these Rum alternatives is that they are actually too sweet for my pallet. A lot of them contain Caramel to get that burnt sweet texture, however a lot of them really don’t get it right. I get the taste of a non-alcoholic, watered down bourbon with a lot of these and if you like a bourbon and coke, you will love the brands listed above as they all merge into that category.

With its trademark flavor of sweet, toasted sugar from sugar cane juice or molasses and spices such as caramel and vanilla, rum is not an easy spirit to recreate as a non-alcoholic spirit. So read on to find out what I think about this rum alternative in my Clean R Rum review and where you can buy it. We believe its down to this small percentage of rum and added spice that gives this rum a close to perfect authentic taste. You can tell that Spencer is passionate about the tasting notes that come out of his Clean Co portfolio and being teetotal himself brings the most out of his willingness to find the close to perfect alternatives.

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Clean R Rum is a non-alcoholic rum alternative created by CleanCo, a UK-based company specializing in non-alcoholic spirits. It is a spiced Caribbean rum with a big Jamaican rum flavor, enriched with warming spices, golden caramel, and cayenne pepper. The company’s founder, Spencer Matthews of “Made in Chelsea” fame, has contributed to the brand’s success since its launch in 2019. However we feel that we have come across the closest thing to an alcoholic Rum and Coke you can get through a company setup in the UK. They have dedicated the last 4 years to nailing a recipe that depicts what a real rum and coke should taste like. What Is The Best Non-Alcoholic Rum? When we tasted the Clean Co Rum for the first time, we realised that to have the full experience, you need to have this over ice and with a couple of wedges of lime/lemon depending on your drink preferences.