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HATTIERS RUM www.hattiers.com We find out more about Devon-based Hattiers Rum from Founder and CEO, Philip Everett-Lyons Do you have a signature product? Our signature rum would have to be our first release ‘Egremont’. When Hattiers Rum launched in 2017, Egremont Premium Reserve Rum was the result of eighteen months of research, development and tasting, followed by more research, more development, more tasting (followed by much more of the same) until eventually, the first release was ready. Quickly it began to gain recognition from respected and admired individuals and institutions across the globe, so we knew that our approach to fine rum was right. The same unscrupulous attention to detail and quality was the catalyst behind the two newest additions to the Hattiers range, but more on them later… What makes your products different? In early November 2020, Hattiers Rum
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officially became B Corp certified, joining over 3,500 companies, in 150 industries across 73 countries. They were independently verified by the B Lab as ‘using business as a force for good, adhering to the highest standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency and accountability. Hattiers Rum is delighted to be the first British B Corp Rum and only the second in the world. Hattiers Rum has also been plastic-free from day one. During the blending process, Hattiers Rum use local soft Dartmoor water resulting in their unique multi-award-winning rums. Naturally filtered by layer upon layer of ancient granite, the soft Dartmoor water balances the alcoholic strength of their base rum. We are proud not to use colourants in our rums to make them appear darker and do not add sugar to any of our blends. Have you developed anything new lately? Lockdown last year gave us the perfect opportunity to finalise two new blends that had been in development for some time and in October 2020, two new rums joined the Hattiers Range — ‘Eminence’, a blended aged
white rum and ‘Resolute’, a blended aged navy strength rum. Since launch, both rums have been hugely popular and have turned heads in the rum industry, with Hattiers Rum once again gaining globally respected awards and recognition for producing blends that comfortably sit beside some of the finest single estate rums from around the world. Have you won any awards recently? We were recently awarded Gold at the 2021 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) for ‘Eminence’ our blended aged white rum (42% ABV) and scored an impressive 95 out of a possible 100 at the prestigious competition.
