“In the daytime, I drive a black cab. At night time, I distil.”

Source: International Wine and Spirit Competition.

https://iwsc.net/news/spirits/black-cab-driver-wins-iwsc-rum-and-cola-trophy-for-londons-only-white-rum

“London's very own Rum Distillery!" 

Few know that London introduced Rum to Great Britain, having historically been a vital international trading port! The Royal Navy's connection with Rum can traced as far back as the 17th century, when the tradition of a Rum Ration, popularly referred to as a 'Tot', was tendered to their sailors at mid-day, until as recent as the mid-1970s. For the more curious, a 'Tot' consisted of a generous one-eighth of an imperial pint (71mL) of Rum at 95.5 proof (54.6% ABV)!

To honour this heritage and realise a long-held dream, Moses Odong, a London Cabby has opened the first ever Rum Distillery, at Mile End in London. Named after his current profession, Taxi Spirit Co. will drive Moses' passion to craft a range of premium quality Rums for the UK, and to the international market as well!      

Taxi Spirit Co. is the first business of its kind in London. Honouring tradition, Taxi Spirit Co distills its own Rum from cane molasses, to create intense, robust, bittersweet flavours, carefully balanced to tantalise your taste buds for maximum enjoyment! 

After five years of hard work and passion in developing and perfecting the craft of rum distillation, Taxi Spirit Co is proud to launch their first product, 'Cabby's White Rum', with rich, full-bodied taste notes of sweet cane, delicious black treacle, a hint of oak and refreshing coconut and citrus! At 41.2% ABV, this fantastic drink is available in 50 cL bottles, at a retail price of  £29.50., to enjoy as is, on the rocks, as the popular rum 'n' cola, or in delicious cocktails!

Taxi Spirit Co also offers Cabby's Gin, born out of a very fortunate accident while experimenting with juniper and few other botanicals for their spiced rum. Distilled from molasses spirit, this gin crafted with eight scintillating botanicals.

It has been an arduous journey, but Moses has stuck to his guns and made it, with support from his lovely (and very patient!) partner Bianca Whiskey. Apart from their natural affinity for distilling, having had families with domestic distillation tradition back home in Uganda and Jamaica, Moses and Bianca are helped by Abhishek Banik, a technical expert, and ex-ICBD (International Centre of Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt University) graduate in the profession, and backed by a dear Cabby friend, Frank Tumwesigye.

Reflecting on their journey so far and the path ahead, Taxi Spirit Co team is proud of being part of and further propelling the craft revolution by distilling their Rums from scratch, in the heart of his home city, for all the wonderful people who love, and will love rum (they promises!)!

Just within a month of launching we have scooped six awards at International Wine and Spirit Competition 2018. We are speechless. Our product speak for itself.

The Cabby's Rum is available at TT Liquor Shoreditch, The Whisky Exchange, and through online at TaxiSpirit.com.”

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