Upcycled Botanical Gins

Mad City Botanical Rum Uses a Natural By-Product of the Sugar Industry

Mad City Botanical Rum is a product from Foxhole Spirits that's said to take "white rum to new and extraordinary heights" and it does to in a way that blends four certified fair trade rums from Jamaica, Guyana, Dominican Republic and Barbados. The product also boasts sugar cane molasses, which is a natural by-product of the sugar industry. By combining these unique ingredients, Foxhole Spirits clarifies that this isn't a flavored or spiced rum but something that is deserving of a category of its own.

As James Oag-Cooper, co-founder and managing director of Foxhole Spirits, describes: “Our goal has always been to prove that using sustainably-sourced, surplus materials can create spirits better than those that use grown for, single-purpose materials."

Image Credit: Mad City

Upcycled Spirits
Utilizing surplus or by-products to create new and unique spirit categories.
Fair Trade Alcohol
Blending certified fair trade rums from various countries to create innovative alcohol products.
Natural Ingredient Spirits
Creating new and distinctive spirit flavors by utilizing natural by-products or unique ingredients.

Sectors Adopting This

Spirits Industry
Innovations in sustainable sourcing, fair trade, and utilizing new ingredients to create unique product categories.
Agricultural Industry
New revenue streams from utilizing by-products and surplus materials from crops for use in the spirits industry.
Fair Trade Organizations
Promoting fair trade partnerships and collaborations for the production of innovative and sustainable alcohol products.
SCORE
3.6 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: Europe
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen X
  • Millennial (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 45%
Activity 54%
Freshness 9%

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