Siddiqui Rums https://siddiquirums.com Born of Constraint Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:38:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://siddiquirums.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Siddiqui Rums https://siddiquirums.com 32 32 Siddiqui and the ‘Blue Flame’ manual: Making moonshine in Saudi Arabia https://siddiquirums.com/siddiqui-and-the-blue-flame-manual-making-moonshine-in-saudi-arabia/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:38:01 +0000 https://siddiquirums.com/?p=7163 An article written about the history of Siddiqui and Saudi Aribia:

With Saudi Arabia opening a liquor store for the first time since 1952, we take a look at the ‘Blue Flame’ manual, which kept oil men making Siddiqui liquor underground for years.

On 16 November 1951, British vice-consul Cyril Ousman was hosting a party with friends at his house in Jeddah, on Saudi Arabia‘s west coast.

One of these guests was 19-year-old Prince Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, son of King Abdulaziz, who had founded the kingdom just 22 years earlier.

According to eyewitnesses, the young prince became severely drunk and began making advances on a female guest. Eventually, Ousman expelled Mishari from the party.

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Source: Middle East Eye

By Alex MacDonald.

]]> Siddiqui Masters Awards 2022 https://siddiquirums.com/siddiqui-masters-awards-2022/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:07:45 +0000 https://www.siddiquirums.com/?p=6370

Join us in celebrating,

In February 2022, The Spirits Business annual competition “The Rum & Cachaça Masters competition”  selecting from finest rum and cachaça brands, the judges chose Siddiqui Rums Brown as top of class, winning Masters in the Dark Rum Category.

Siddiqui Rums Brown distinction as Masters in the Dark Rum Category champions its previous win as Gold awarded  in 2021.  

Siddiqui White Rum took Silver in White Rum Category. 

We are truly thrilled that Siddiqui Brown #Rum won a Master at the The Spirits Business Rum and Cachaca Masters 2022.

This is a great achievement for everyone involved.  

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The Rum & Cachaça Masters 2022 results

The first set of dark rums fell within the premium price bracket, costing up to £25. Welsh distillery Penderyn blew the judges away with Siddiqui Brown Rum. Smith was reminded of the coast when sampling this particular expression, and picked out “dry woodsmoke and some salinity” on the nose”. “Nice texture with some apple and pear notes,” he added.

2022 Masters Award

BROWN RUM

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2022 Silver Award

WHITE RUM

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CONTEST RESULTS

Dark Rum – Premium (£0‐£25)

CompanyProduct Medal
Penderyn DistillerySiddiqui Brown RumMaster
Havana Club InternationalHavana Club Cuban SmokyGold
Westerhall Rums GrenadaWesterhall 10 XOGold
Bacardí RumBacardí Gran Reserva LimitadaGold
Les BienheureuxMama QuillaGold
Vok BeveragesDouble Cask 5 Year Old RumGold
Rum Enterprise A&P CentralEminente ReservaGold
Far Shore MerchantsPeggy Dark RumGold
The Equiano Rum CoEquiano OriginalGold
Vok Beverages1884Gold
Maison FerrandPlantation Original DarkSilver
 

White Rum – Premium (£16‐£20)

CompanyProduct Medal
Halewood Artisanal SpiritsDead Man’s Fingers White RumGold
PamperoPampero BlancoGold
Vok BeveragesWhite 3 Year Old RumGold
Hotaling & CoDenizen Aged White RumGold
Les BienheureuxEmbargo BlancoGold
Havana Club InternationalHavana Club 3 Year OldGold
Far Shore MerchantsWindsong White RumGold
AngosturaAngostura ReservaGold
Maison FerrandStade’s Rum Beach Vat N°1Gold
Maison FerrandPlantation 3 StarsGold
The Equiano Rum CoEquiano LightGold
TakamakaTakamaka Rum BlancSilver
Penderyn DistillerySiddiqui White RumSilver
Spirit of WalesSteeltown Welsh White RumSilver
KLYR RumKLYRSilver

BLUE FLAME

Siddiqui Rums has roots in America and the Middle East and now made in Wales. Combining the moonshining culture of the Middle East, as well as the smoky flavors of American and Welsh liquor, Siddiqui Rum is an entirely new creation, a brand-new drink that arose from a very unique place.

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