Move over gin, there's a new contender for the cocktail crown. Rum is being tipped for a huge comeback on our supermarket shelves this year.
Last year rum sales in the UK outpaced whisky for the first time, becoming a £1billion market – the third largest market for the Caribbean spirit in the world. Not bad, eh?
Bartender, beverage consultant and author of The Tipsy Traveler Tyler Zielinski told Metro: ‘With rum eclipsing whisky sales in the UK for the first time in modern history and prominent retailers – such as The Whisky Exchange and Waitrose – seeing a sales lift in various styles of rum, the proof is in the pudding – so to say.
