Batavia Arrack

A traditional Indonesian pot-distilled spirit from the island of Java, made from sugar-cane molasses (~98%) fermented with a small portion (~2%) of locally fermented red Javanese rice cakes. The red-rice fermentation imparts a distinctive funky, slightly savory 'hogo' character with notes of overripe tropical fruit, smoke, and pine that differentiates Batavia Arrack from Caribbean rum. Typically aged in teak vats. Historically the base spirit for Swedish punsch and a defining ingredient in class...