46% ABV
Wonderful white rum from the North Fork of Long Island that is 2/3 pot distilled dunder rum and 1/3 column distilled rum. Dunder is composed of the remaining liquid in a pot still at the end of a distillation rum that is rich in enzymes, flavors, and spent yeast from the ferment. It is collected and added to from batch to batch. A distiller will add a small amount of it to a new ferment which adds estery, tropical complexity to the ensuing liquid. Think of it like a sourdough starter, but for rum.
This rum is made from molasses, unaged, and bottled without additives or chill filtration. It has some funky tropical notes on the nose with some bright citric sweetness on the palate. This is a wonderful craft distilled rum that makes a phenomenal Daiquiri.
Three years ago, after our first crack at distilling rum we began cultivating dunder. Tropical fruity with candied pop, it’s the special ingredient in some of our favorite rums. For those unfamiliar, in the pot still remains an intense steeping liquid concentrated with flavor, residuals of the original ferment. Every time we distill rum (which is often) we collect a little bit more, and over time these flavors grow. If you’ve ever had a wonderous and warm West Indies rum you’ve likely noticed a transportive tropical flavor that you can’t quite pin down—that’s dunder. Each distillery’s is unique to their place and methods. When we add just a little bit to our molasses ferment, we are adding our stamp, a record of the distillery's life making rum.
About Matchbook Distilling:
Located on the North Fork of Long Island, Matchbook is the brainchild of distiller Leslie Merinoff-Kwasnieski. They produce an immensely diverse set of spirits built primarily around the abundant produce of their local farmers. Although they make a number of conventional spirits like 2 different grain to glass vodka's and some relatively straightforward American Whiskies, they are perhaps best known for their unconventional offerings. Smoked Pineapple Eau de Vie. Blueberry Amaro. Sunchoke and Honey Spirit. Everything that we've tasted from Matchbook has at the very least made us think, and most of the time it's made us want to drink more of whatever they've come up with. Truly a pioneering distilling team.
