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Vitae Spirits Distillery Platinum Rum picked up another award this last week in The Fifty Best competition. This time a silver medal! 🥈😀

http://www.thefiftybest.com/spirits/best_white_rum/

Vitae Spirits Platinum Rum
(Vitae Spirits Distillery, VA) 80 prf
Distilled from American evaporated cane juice & Blue Ridge Mountain water.

Nose: Butterscotch, caramel, custard, crème brulee, honey, molasses, maple syrup, buttercream, melted butter, buttered popcorn, cereal, coconut, banana, pineapple, mango, unripe cut apple, anise, grassy, leaves, leafy, wood sap, mossy, soil, earthy, cedar, agricole.

Palate: Crème brulee, cookie dough, creamy, vanilla, cream soda, chocolate, sugarcane, guava, mango, dried fruits, buttered bread, cereal, buttered popcorn, olives, grassy, green leaves, herbal, mint, hazelnut, creamy cinnamon, tarragon, light spice, white peppercorn, cedar, well balanced, velvety, soft, extremely smooth, a good mixer, perfect for sipping.

Finish: Caramel, sweet cream, burnt sugar, coconut, banana, tangerine, spearmint, menthol, muted spice, light pepper, peppery, smoked BBQ, musty shed, soft oak, great finish.

Vitae Spirits Distillery Platinum Rum picked up another award this last week in The Fifty Best competition. This time a silver medal! 🥈😀 http://www.thefiftybest.com/spirits/best_white_rum/ Vitae Spirits Platinum Rum (Vitae Spirits Distillery, VA) 80 prf Distilled from American evaporated cane juice & Blue Ridge Mountain water. Nose: Butterscotch, caramel, custard, crème brulee, honey, molasses, maple…

Vitae Spirit wins Design Award

By Ian Glomski on April 05 2019
American Distilling Institute Distilling Research Grant Funded   “A Novel Real Time Quantitative Analytical Spectroscopy Technique for Analyzing All the Congeners Emerging from a Distillation Process” by Robin Felder, PhD in collaboration with Vitae Spirits Distillery, Ragged Branch Distillery, Silverback Distillery, and the University of Virginia Chemistry Department   Robin…

Award: Best Rum-Best Gin- Best Specialty Spirit

By Ian Glomski on November 04 2018
Wow! Big news! Drink Magazine recently polled its readers to find out who they thought were the top beverage makers in Virginia. Vitae Spirits Distillery won three awards! Best Rum Best Gin Best Specialty Spirit (for our Golden Rum) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all of you that voted…
Another medal for Vitae Spirits! Our Modern Gin won a bronze at the American Craft Spirits Association Judging 2017. Some comments from the judges: "Unique and welcoming" "Harmonious & Well-balanced" "Team effort- nice harmony and flavor" "Very interesting aromatics; good use of cane base" "Long intriguing finish"