10 x Still Spirits Top Shelf Dark Rum

10 x Still Spirits Top Shelf Dark Rum is a 50ml Still Spirits Top Shelf flavouring that turns 40% ABV neutral spirit or vodka into a finished spirit. One bottle makes 3 bottles of 750ml. This listing is the 10 pack, 10 x 50ml bottles, which makes 22.5 litres in total. Still Spirits describes it as "Mellow with smooth and rich notes."

What it tastes like

Ten bottles of the Top Shelf Dark Rum, the mellow, unspiced dark rum in the range. Smooth and rich rather than sweet and spiced, it is the rum for a straight rum and cola or a dark and stormy. Ten bottles makes 22.5 litres, thirty 750ml bottles.

How to make it

Each bottle: shake and add the 50ml to 2.25 litres of 40% ABV neutral spirit or vodka, then mix well.

The spirit can be bought vodka or your own neutral spirit. Most of our customers run theirs off an Air Still Pro or a Turbo 500 and carbon filter it first; our guide to making a clean neutral spirit covers the wash and the run. A clean base matters more than the flavouring: an essence cannot hide a rough spirit.

When to choose this one

Buy the ten-pack when dark rum is the spirit you make most. If you want the spiced version, the Dark Spiced Rum ten-pack is the other one to look at. The rest of the range is on the Top Shelf essences collection.

Specifications

• Range: Still Spirits Top Shelf
• Bottle size: 50ml
• Makes: 3 bottles of 750ml per bottle
• Base spirit: 40% ABV neutral spirit or vodka
• Base pack needed: none
• Allergens listed by Still Spirits: sulphites, celery

Check your local laws regarding home distilling before purchase.

Reviewed by the AHB Brewing Team, September 2026.