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A jar of dark rum infusing with cinnamon bark, star anise, cloves and strips of orange peel on a farmhouse kitchen table.
What goes into spiced rum? The spices, explained one by one
Vanilla, cassia, clove, nutmeg, allspice, star anise, ginger and citrus peel: what each spice contributes to spiced rum and how fast each one infuses.
Spiced rum kit with two spice blends, cotton filter and tasting pipette beside a bottle of homemade spiced rum
Spiced Rum Kits: Turn a Cheap Bottle into Something Special in 72 Hours
What's inside a spiced rum kit, which rum to buy, the full 72 hour method step by step, and how to fix cloudy or over-spiced batches.

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