Millions of Peaches 3 Year Old Manx Rum. I am reviewing my first rum from Outlier Distilling Company today. Outlier are based on the Isle of Man in the deep dark Irish Sea .I’ve got quite a few reviews coming from Outlier Distilling Company so I will save the geography lesson for another time.

I do that, as some of you I suspect may be curious or even unaware of the reasons for naming this rum “Millions of Peaches”. If like me you get the reference straight away you will now not be unable to get this 90’s earworm out of your head…….

If you are still thinking (and probably not for the first time) “What the hell is he talking about?” let me explain.

“Peaches” was a song released in the mid/late nineties by a (and I am going to be kind here) Comedic Alternative Rock Trio by the name of…The Presidents of the United States of America. Or POTUS for short or SHITE for accuracy…….

I am perhaps being unfair but they weren’t exactly the greatest band of all time. That said they did produce at least three songs which still can stick in my head upon hearing them for weeks at a time……..

“Peaches” being one of them……

Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free

Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free

Look out!

Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free

Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free

Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free

Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free

Look Out!

Is the closing refrain of this “Classic” hit…..

I got the reference the first time I saw it. That said I wasn’t 100% sure how familiar Outlier Distilling Company were with mid nineties American Comedy Alternative Rock Bands. I concede I am getting on a bit. I did wonder if it was just a coincidence….

Alas it wasn’t one of the owners of Outlier Ian Warborn-Jones cites POTUS as one of his favourite bands, when growing up. He has also revealed to me that he also once hosted a Death Metal Radio Show.  All I can say is I hope he can distil better than he can hear…………let’s see eh?

First I guess I should tell you a little more about the rum. First up this is a 3 year old 100% Pot Still Rum which has been aged in an ex-Sauternes cask. In total 300 bottles were produced at a Cask Strength ABV of 63.1%. You can pick up a bottle direct from Outlier Distilling Company or from The Whisky Exchange. It is priced at £65 for a 70cl bottle.

In the glass we are presented with a light gold coloured rum. On the nose it quickly becomes quite apparent why the rum is named as it is…….Peachy to say the least.

It is very fruity and slightly floral with a very pronounced Peach and Apricot note. Beneath this there is a slightly sour cream/double cream note lurking. I’m also getting a slightly soapy note making it smell not dis-similar to a Peach scented Shampoo.

Not that an alpha male such as myself would ever use such a product.

Raspberry for me all the way…..much more manly.

There is a hint of toffee, treacle and molasses lurking beneath the Peaches but it is pretty difficult to detect. I’m not getting any real oak or aged notes. At the end of the day its been lightly aged in ex-Sauternes cask.So no real surprise. In many ways this does smell how I would imagine a Peach flavoured rum would.

The first sip is pretty intense with a real hit of that Peach/Apricot flavour. There is an acidic nature to this rum. A lot of sweet white wine notes mixing with the PeachApricot notes. I dare say this could work quite well with lemonade as a kind of spritzer like drink.

At full strength 63% and after a couple of sips you do begin to see some of the molasses come through. There are some light notes of toffee and caramel.It is very different to most of UK rum I have tried so far.

As we move into the mid palate and the finish you do get a bit more of a “rummy” feel with more of the molasses coming out alongside. You also begin to get a touch of oak and some “traditional” notes. A touch of vanilla and a little burnt banana.

Finish wise – it isn’t the longest but it has a nice fade which is decent enough for a rum of this age.

All in all this is definitely one of the more genuinely experimental bottlings I have tried to date. As a result I don’t really have much of a benchmark (if any) to judge this against. Which for me nowadays is extremely rare.

I’ve enjoyed it for what it is. I’d probably buy a bottle based on the sheer unusualness of it. It’s not the greatest rum I have ever had. Certainly it has a lot of things “missing” from what I would look for in a rum. Yet I haven’t felt that I have “missed out”. It has been an interesting but very enjoyable experience trying this.