Thanks to 🍸 @mix.mann • • • • • For the first time in 2 years I’m not posting a Monday Mocktail! Fear not I did that yesterday featuring 2 Dutch products today I feature another as @bythedutch have launched their amazing new White Batavia Arrack! . Arrack is a catch-all term for a style of fermented spirit that’s been made for a few Millenia in India, Ceylon, across Asia to China & beyond. It predates western distillation and via the Spice Route was one of the first imported luxury spirits to the western world leading to the creation of Punch houses across London, Swedish Punsch and Dutch Batavia Arrack . There’s sooo much history about Arrack, in short during the Spice Trade race the Dutch colonised Indonesia and eventually created a strong hold in Java called Batavia in 1619 now known as Jakarta. The Dutch actively supported Chinese settlers to work and set up businesses, the Chinese brought their Arrack making technique with them that had already morphed to its distinctive style having previous settled across Indonesia for many years . Batavia Arrack is distinctive to this area as the Dutch started to produce sugar here, the molasses by-product saw a distillery open in 1641 - well sailors were powered on rum! But this combined molasses and a special red rice that develops wild yeast for a special natural fermentation. So whilst is can likened to a Rhum Agricole it’s much more exotic and spicier with tones of clove, ripe banana, vanilla, allspice & nutmeg . After being stored for 8-12 months the spirit was then shipped to Holland for final blending. By the Dutch follow the same process today! . JAVA GUAVA 60ml #ByTheDutch White #BataviaArrack 30ml #KwaiFeh Lychee Liqueur 20ml #mancinovermouth Secco 10ml #VelvetFalernum 30ml #Funkin Guava Purée 20ml Lime Juice 10ml homemade Demerara Clove Cinnamon Syrup 3 drops By The Dutch Ginger Bitters Garnish: Lychee “flower” . Shake with ice for 20 secs, double strain into a chilled coupe . For a chance to win a bottle head over to ByTheDutch’s 20th Jan Instagram post! I really enjoyed this and by jove this Batavia is boombastic…. . MR_JAVA>GUAVA>LOVER>MMM…REPEAT! . #MixMann #Rum #Cocktails https://www.instagram.com/p/B7k6JbRoEx_/?igshid=k0ao62d51cq4
