Longer days, brighter evenings & Craft Gin Club's April 2025 Rum of the Month Box!

Spring is here, bringing longer days, brighter evenings, and the perfect excuse to shake up your rum routine! This month, we’re celebrating with a limited-edition bottling from York Drinks—Rutterkin Spiced Rum. Rich, smooth, and packed with warming notes of caramel, vanilla, and aromatic spices, it’s a truly special spirit designed for both classic serves and creative cocktails.

To complement this fantastic rum, we’ve packed this month’s Rum of the Month Box with a handpicked selection of premium mixers and indulgent treats. From the fiery kick of Fentimans Ginger Beer to the zesty refreshment of Fentimans Mandarin & Seville Orange Jigger, plus sweet and savoury delights like Divine Chocolate Cappuccino and Cambrook Salted Peanuts, every sip is perfectly paired. And for an after-dinner indulgence, the Café Solo Espresso Martini is an effortless way to round off the evening.

So grab a glass, get mixing, and let’s toast to the joys of April! If you want to receive fantastic treats like these at your door every month and discover unique craft spirits from first-class, independent distilleries, click the button below to join the club!

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This month’s star is the exceptional Rutterkin Spiced Rum, a limited-edition creation from York Drinks. Crafted with a unique blend of botanicals—including cacao, almond, orange, mace, allspice, cassia, and fresh ginger—this rum offers a beautifully layered flavour profile. On the nose, light vanilla sweetness and nutty almonds lead the way, deepened by rich cacao and balanced with bright citrus and warming spices. Whether sipped neat, over ice, or mixed into a cocktail, Rutterkin Spiced Rum is a bold and versatile spirit, perfect for toasting the arrival of spring.

A classic pairing for rum, Fentimans Ginger Beer brings a fiery kick and deep botanical complexity to the table. Its warming spice perfectly complements the smoothness of Rutterkin Spiced Rum, making it the ideal mixer for a bold and refreshing Dark & Stormy or a simple, satisfying serve over ice.

For a savoury bite that pairs wonderfully with the richness of rum, we’ve included Yorkshire Lamb and Mint Crisps. These crisps capture the comforting essence of a roast lamb dinner, with a delicate minty freshness that makes them utterly moreish.

Indulgence takes centre stage with Divine’s Milk & White Chocolate Cappuccino bar. The smooth, creamy texture of milk and white chocolate blends beautifully with a rich coffee kick, making this a deliciously sweet treat to enjoy alongside your rum cocktail.

No drinks night is complete without a classic snack, and Cambrook’s Salted Peanuts hit the spot perfectly. Roasted to perfection and lightly salted, they offer a satisfying crunch that pairs beautifully with Rutterkin Spiced Rum.

For a bright and citrusy mixer, we’ve included Fentimans Mandarin & Seville Orange Jigger. The blend of sweet mandarins and tart Seville oranges creates a vibrant flavour that enhances the natural warmth of Rutterkin Spiced Rum, making for a refreshingly zesty cocktail base.

For those who love a caffeinated kick in their cocktails, Café Solo’s Espresso Martini is a dream come true. This rich, smooth, pre-mixed cocktail delivers a perfect balance of rum, coffee, and velvety sweetness. It’s an effortless way to enjoy a sophisticated after-dinner drink.

For a classic and nostalgic pairing, we’ve added Fentimans Curiosity Cola. Its deep, spiced flavours and smooth vanilla undertones make it an ideal match for Rutterkin Spiced Rum, creating an effortlessly delicious rum and cola with a premium twist.

Each month we send our members the recipe for the ultimate rum serve, plus all the ingredients to make it! This custom recipe has been carefully curated by the Craft Gin Club flavour experts to perfectly suit the Rum of the Month and provide you with the ultimate sipping experience.

In April’s Perfect Serve, the warming spices and vibrant citrus notes in this month’s paired mixer enhance the rich, nutty depth of Rutterkin Spiced Rum, creating a beautifully balanced and flavourful serve. With hints of vanilla, cacao, and almond complemented by bright orange and aromatic spices, this twist on a classic rum cocktail is the perfect way to welcome the season. Find the recipe below!

Craft Gin Club’s Perfect Serve

Ingredients

• 50ml Rutterkin Spiced Rum
• 200ml Fentimans Ginger Beer
• Dried lime slice, to garnish

Method

Fill a highball glass with ice and pour in the rum and mixer. Add the garnish, stir gently to infuse and serve.

On top of the Perfect Serve recipe, Clubbers will also receive the ingredients for our April 2025 Cocktail of the Month – Craft Gin Club’s Biscuit Bliss

Expertly created by our master mixologist, Maria Vieira, this serve is a celebration of bold, warming flavours! In this irresistible cocktail, our custom-made syrup, infused with fragrant spices, rich cacao, and bright citrus, blends perfectly with a zesty, aromatic mixer and a generous pour of Rutterkin Spiced Rum for a serve that’s full of depth and character. Check out the recipe below!

Ingredients

• 50ml Rutterkin Spiced Rum
• 25ml Biscuit Bliss syrup
• 125ml Milk
• Speculoos biscuit, to garnish

Method

Add all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a goblet or coupe and garnish with a speculoos biscuit. 

From the rich, spiced depths of Rutterkin Spiced Rum to the fiery warmth of ginger beer and an array of indulgent sweet and savoury treats, this month’s box is packed with flavours to celebrate the season. However you choose to enjoy it, we hope you love the carefully curated pairings we’ve selected for you this April!

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