One of the most low-stakes but head-scratching conundrums we face year after year is buying our loved ones the perfect present. What do you get the person who ‘doesn’t want anything’, or is notoriously hard to buy for?
Luckily, we’ve got an easy answer to this age-old question: alcohol.
Alcohol (or some kind of food if they’re not a drinker) is the ultimate gift that keeps on giving, as it means they can use it as they please, and it’s more of a joy to receive rather than something that will end up cluttering their space.
Duppy Share’s rum, in particular, is an eye-catching option that the receiver will want to put pride of place in their home, and will happily bring out for any occasion like a poker night or a dinner party.
The award-winning brand, which specialises in Caribbean rum, has recently launched its new gifting range – just in time for Father’s Day – but it will make a great gift for any rum lover in your life.
There are several gift packs to choose from, including its Duppy Share Aged Rum, a balanced blend of aged Caribbean rums; the Duppy Share Spiced Rum which features pineapple, kola nut, and island spices; and the Duppy Share XO Rum which is a blend of five, eight, and 12-year aged rum straight from Barbados that’s rich and indulgent on the palate.
Each rum comes with a decorative gift box too, and you’ll be able to accompany it with a little story about how the brand got its name.
Founder George Frost recently said that the name for Duppy Share came from a conversation he overheard while he was in Barbados on holiday.
“The bartender was talking to this girl and I overheard him say, ‘There’s a concept in whisky called the angel’s share. As whisky evaporates, it goes up to the angels, as the saying goes. But in the Caribbean, they don’t believe that s***,” Frost said.
“They think these crazed spirits called duppies come along, steal the rum, and then go and have a massive party. And I was like, “Oh, whoa, whoa. What’s that called?” And [the waiter] was like, ‘No one’s ever asked me that. It’s called the duppy’s share’.”
And thus, a brand was born.
You can find the full Duppy Share gifting range here, and find out more about the gift packs, below.
Duppy Share Aged Gift Pack
Including the Duppy Share Aged Rum 70cl, this award-winning blend of aged Caribbean rums is sourced from two of the world’s most prestigious distilleries. The Duppy Share blend contains a mix of three-year-old 100 per cent Pot Still Rum from the Worthy Park Distillery in Jamaica and the five-year-old Column Still rum from the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados.
Buy now £29.00, Duppy Share
Duppy Share Spiced Gift Pack
The Duppy Share Spiced Rum 70cl is a blend of two-year aged rums from Jamaica and Barbados with hints of pineapple, kola nut and island spices. It’s an award-winning blend (with two stars at the Great Taste Awards), and is the ultimate rum to pair with your mixer of choice.
Buy now £26.00, Duppy Share
Duppy Share XO Gift Pack
The Duppy Share XO Rum 70cl year is a blend of five, eight, and 12-year aged finely aged 100 per cent column still rums from Barbados. It’s indulgent and rich with notes of velvet caramel and tamarind balanced with toasted coconut and violet. Perfect served neat or old-fashioned.
Buy now £40.00, Duppy Share
