Honest Choc-Nut 4 y.o. Spiced Rum - Jack Crap Spirits (JCS)

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 38% | Chill filtration: Yes | Colouring: No

Special Features:

Honest Choc-Nut combines four years of tropical cask maturation with carefully chosen flavourings. Its base is rum made from sugarcane juice, distilled by Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos in a continuously operating distillation column. The rum matures entirely in the Dominican Republic in ex-bourbon casks. No further maturation or finish follows.

In Germany, the rum is enhanced with natural peanut butter, chocolate, cocoa, caramel and vanilla flavourings, along with sugar, before being bottled. The added sugar amounts to 59.3 grams per litre, giving the bottling its distinctly sweet, nutty and chocolatey character. It belongs to the Jack Crap Spirits collection as Single Origin No. 3 and is offered at 38% alcohol in a 0.7-litre bottle. No colouring is added.

The packaging also reflects the brand’s approach to materials: the bottle is made from at least 95% recycled glass, while the label is made from 95% sugarcane paper. Charcoal and cork are used for the closure. The recipe is vegan and gluten-free. Honest Choc-Nut can be enjoyed neat or used to bring chocolate and nut flavours to cocktails.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: On the nose, chocolate and peanut mingle with cocoa.
• Palate: On the palate, chocolate, peanut and cocoa meet caramel and vanilla. A hint of salt complements this sweet, nutty combination.
• Finish: The sweetness lingers for a long time, accompanied by pronounced chocolate and nut flavours. Caramel, cocoa and vanilla remain present in the finish.

Distillery/Bottler:

Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, S.A. produces the rum base for this bottling. The Dominican company processes sugarcane juice into alcohol and also produces CO₂ for food use. Honest Choc-Nut’s rum base is distilled using a column still, with sugarcane juice rather than molasses as the raw material.

Nina Vorster is behind Jack Crap Spirits, having previously held a leadership role and co-founded a rum company. Her brand makes additives transparent: its product information discloses added sugar, origin, distillery, distillation and maturation. For Honest Choc-Nut, Jack Crap Spirits handles flavouring and bottling in Germany.

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