Circumstance Distillery · British Pot Still
Circumstance Cane Ferment No.4
A Bristol-made single-batch pot rum from a wild-yeast fermentation. Funky, tropical, and quietly brilliant — the sharpest end of British craft distilling.
8.9
ABV
46%
Age
2 yr
Price
£55
Value
4.0
✦ No Added Sugar Verified ✦
Flavor DNA
Five-axis flavor matrix: sweetness, funk, oak, spice and smoothness.
Distillation
- Style
- British Pot Still
- Distillation
- —
- Origin
- England
- Producer
- Circumstance Distillery
Full Tasting
Circumstance is one of the UK's most experimental distilleries. This bottling comes from Fermentation No.4 — a long, uncontrolled ferment that leans into rum's wilder side.
Nose: overripe pineapple, banana bread crust, cold espresso, salted lime.
Palate: oily and bright at once. Passion fruit, black pepper, roasted ginger and a lingering hogo funk on the finish.
Evidence that British craft rum can go head-to-head with the best pot rums coming out of the Caribbean.
Cocktail Compatibility
How it performs when mixed. Grades A+ (essential) to F (avoid).
Old Fashioned
AOily, tropical, dangerous.
Mai Tai
A+Serious mai tai fuel.
Piña Colada
BFunk plays oddly with coconut.
Daiquiri
A+Textbook funky daiq.