10 Year Rum - Deadhead
 
Deadhead bottlings are produced in Veracruz, a city rich in tradition in Mexico. The premium rums are presented as shrunken heads, which were brought home by Mexican natives as a victory trophy after a fight. The look of the bottles also reflects the so-called "Día de Los Muertos", the day of the undead. A traditional celebration in Mexico. The Deadhead 10 Years Old is a special limited edition. For the 10th anniversary, this bottling was created by the rum distillery's master blender. The distillate matures for 10 years in oak barrels.
 
Type: Rum
Origin: Mexico
Aging: 10 years
Alcohol content: 40%
Format: 70cl
 
Tasting Notes: Amber colour. Fruity, sweet bouquet, notes of whiskey, stone fruit, maple syrup. Sweet, rich taste, notes of brown sugar, cigar leaves, sassafras, toasted pecans, oatmeal. Long lasting finish.
 
The Distillery: Founded in 1945 in Veracruz, Deadhead Rum is a Mexican brand that produces rum from the cane juice and molasses of sugar cane plants from the jungle of Chiapas, a southern state of Mexico. Deadhead is a Mexican rum with a balanced and intense flavour, whose dark color comes from the characteristic brown liquid of molasses, coffee, chocolate, allspice (a spice very similar to pepper), cinnamon and nutmeg, all aromas which are transmitted to the palate together with the flavors of cloves, anise and caramel. These three spices sweeten the vigorous, dark and deep Deadhead rum, achieving a wonderful balance that leaves a pleasant spicy note in the finish. Deadhead is a rum aged for 6 years in charred American oak barrels, presented in a curious tribal bottle, with a dark and dark charm: its shape is a head in the shape of a monkey, or a skull, which refers to the tsantsa, shrunken human heads used for ritual purposes. The indigenous people of the Amazon prepared the tsantsa starting from the removal of the skull, followed by the procedure of shrinking the head: a religious practice to imprison the spirit of the enemy, who could not thus avenge his death. For this reason, it is believed that owners of the tsantsa are protected from evil spirits. This is why this "head" is a perfect collectible bottle, but it can also be a very original and fun gift idea.