Kirk & Sweeney Burning Mast Dominican Rum

Kirk & Sweeney Burning Mast is a Dominican rum finished in red pepper barrels, giving the rum a peppery heat. It is made in the Dominican Republic from molasses and aged before its pepper-barrel finish. The name recalls St. Elmo's Fire, the rare weather phenomenon that made the masts of ships appear to burn during thunderstorms on the high seas, and the brand is named after the Kirk and Sweeney, a Prohibition-era schooner that smuggled Caribbean rum to the American Northeast. Bottled at 40% ABV in the brand's cork-stoppered 750ml bottle with a heat meter on the label.

Serve: As a spicy shot, over ice, or in rum cocktails that call for heat.