I had discovered Deadhead Rum after a very lovely lady had spotted it on Amazon and thought that I'd appreciate the design - I did and I became an instant fan.
The first thing that will grab your attention is the bottle because it's a bloody shrunken head with its eye stitched up! The shrunken heads are known as Tsantsa to the Shuar people; an indigenous group of people from Ecuador and Peru. Tsantsa are created in a grotesque manner which involves flesh, brains and fat is removed from the head and a wooden ball is inserted in their place to retain shape, lovely.
I'm sure the Deadhead bottles are not made in the same manner!
Once you get past the awesome packaging, you can get to the part that really matters, the content. Some describe the taste as grassy with hints of mint chocolate. However, when I tasted it I found it was sweet and fruity with a caramel taste that finishes up with a medium length oak warmth and a dry down of lemon peel freshness.
This Rum is from the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico and is 40% alcohol content. It's good to note that there is no sugar or colourings added during the distilling process.
One of my more recent purchases of this bottle was via Amazon
, in the form of a miniature which I find is a really cool collectable (As is the big bottle, of course) and at £9.99 a bottle you can't really go wrong if you are just wanting to sample it. I've had it both with a mixer (Coke) and on its own and I prefer to drink it straight, with ice.
Have you tried this rum yet? I will be getting some more of these for Halloween and will be using them as a centrepiece for any parties I might hold.
Comments are appreciated!
My mum enjoys rum so will definitely share this with her. The taste sounds great, I'm a little let convinced about the scary sounding packaging though:-)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a alcohol drinker myself but I love the sound of the packaging, it sounds so unique!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so good! I don't really like rum but I have to say I am always a sucker for packaging.
ReplyDeleteI happen to love rum and that packaging is quite cool so I am intrigued to try it out for sure! x
ReplyDeleteI've never tried that rum before but it sounds like such an unusual taste and I love the bottle x
ReplyDeleteLove the sound of the bottle. Seems to be one of those ones you could never throw away!
ReplyDeleteI love the bottle! It is so cool! I may have to get this for my partner :) he likes dark rum but I like white rum
ReplyDeleteI love rum! Never heard of this one before but the bottle does look very scary
ReplyDeleteI don't drink spirits as a rule but I am partial to a spot of rum! This looks well worth a try!
ReplyDeleteThat bottle is amazing! I've started liking rum recently, may have to get one of these.
ReplyDeleteThat bottle!!! Very unusally. I'm not a lover of run after an encounter with one too many watermelon bacardi breezers at the age of 18. I know that is a bad judge of rum but its ruined it for me!!! :(
ReplyDeleteIt has an interesting name and sounds gory and perfect for a rum/ pirate blogger.
ReplyDeleteRum is a favorite of my officemate and I don't know if he know about this. Might share this to him so he can try if he does not know this yet.
ReplyDeleteI love rum! I drank so much of it when we were in Jamaica, but I could never get bored with it.
ReplyDeleteRum is definitely my favourite spirit, but I've never heard of this one before! Sounds like I'd enjoy it though! x
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the comments, you guys should definitely try it!
ReplyDeleteYikes, what a history! I will be sure to check this out and give it a taste, you can't go wrong with rum!
ReplyDeleteThis rum sounds very good and the package seems to be very unique.
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