Meet the Producers | Ninefold Distillery | 2024
Ninefold Distillery has been crafting authentic Scottish rums from scratch since 2019.
Housed in a beautifully converted cattle byre, the distillery is located on Dormont Home Farm, which was the central historic farm at the heart of Dormont Estate in Dumfries & Galloway. The distillery is owned and operated nearly single-handedly by Dr. Kit Carruthers, whose family has farmed and managed the estate for over 460 years. The distillery’s logo, a six-winged angel known as a seraphim, proudly represents the Carruthers family crest.
Since launching with an unaged pure single rum (aka a ‘white’ rum) in 2019, the distillery now has a roster of five core rums. These range from the signature Pure Single Rum to two spiced variants, catering to both rum aficionados and those with a sweeter palate. The collection also features a double gold award-winning Cask Aged Rum and the latest addition - a 63.5% overproof unaged rum crafted for the serious cocktail enthusiast.
Single cask rums have been a regular, though intermittent, highlight of Ninefold Distillery’s lineup, helping to cement the distillery’s reputation among rum enthusiasts.
Transparency, approachability, and strong ethical considerations are key tenets of Ninefold Distillery’s mission and philosophy. While quality and richness of flavour are a given, the distillery’s meticulous attention to detail - from liquid production to award-winning packaging, sets a high standard in the rum category.
With several UK rum industry firsts under its belt, including the first UK rum cask exclusive for The Whisky Exchange and being selected as the inaugural rum brand to partner with the wildly successful Craft Gin Club, Ninefold Distillery has firmly established itself as one of the UK’s foremost rum producers.
Small but mighty, there’s plenty more to come from the distillery, with exciting projects in progress such as the nine unique Scottish oak casks made from wood felled on the Dormont Estate. Ask about them at the Scottish Rum Festival and you might be lucky enough to sample this one-of-a-kind spirit…
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