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Dead Reckoning Port Broadside Jamaica – September 2023

DEAD RECKONING IS BACK! This time with a FUNKY but MELLOW blend of three low-ester Jamaican rums (Hampden, Worthy Park and New Yarmouth) born, bred and married in the tropics and honeymooned in the dry heat of Adelaide. It’s time to man battle…

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Brix Select Cask Series Double IPA Finish – August 2023

AN EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATION WITH BRIX DISTILLERS! Brix Select Cask Series Double IPA Finish. A proud collaboration with non-other than Sydney’s Urban Rum Distillery – Brix. A Double-IPA Cask finished, 58.5%ABV MONSTER of a rum EXCLUSIVE…

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Khukri XXX and Spiced Rum – July 2023

Get ready rum lovers for not ONE but TWO rums from the top of the world! A dual serving of superb Nepalese rums made with molasses from Nepalese sugar cane and pure water from Himalayan snowmelt. Please welcome the Khukri XXX and Spiced rum! Never…

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Karu Distilling Outcask Rum Batch 3 – June 2023

Karu Distilling Outcask Rum is from a family-run distillery who’s products – rum, gin and vodka – have won world acclaim over the last few years (and they only kicked off in 2018!) and they have been members and supporters of the Rum…

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Holmes Cay Heritage Blend – Esotico Edition – May 2023

With a specialist mix of rums from Barbados, Venezuela and Martinique…we are proud to bring the Holmes Cay Heritage Blend Esotico Edition exclusively to the Tribe in 750ml of rum goodness! The Holmes Cay Heritage Blend Esotico Edition…

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Dead Reckoning Nelson’s Dockyard – April 2023

Dead Reckoning is BACK! It’s time to ‘Hoist the Colours’ and ‘Pipe the Side’ to welcome none other than Lord Horatio Nelson himself to our monthly rum shenanigans. With rum originally from the legendary Antigua Distillery and then…

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Lord Byron Red Wine Super Cask – March 2023

After a COMPLETE SELL OUT Last Year, Lord Bryon is back! A SINGLE CASK bottling of Lord Byron Red Wine Super Cask specifically chosen by the Rum Tribe, pure single origin rum from one of the legends of Australian Rum. Now, last years Lord…

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Cane Island Nicaragua 12 Year Old – February 2023

Following on from the HUGE hit that was the Cane Island Trinidad…we up the rum ante with a GOLD MEDAL winning, 12 year old single estate rum from Central America and the Tribe are the FIRST in Australia to get their hands on this tropical…

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Cane Island Rum Trinidad 8 Year Old – January 2023

Let’s kick of 2023 by going back to the traditional home of exceptional rums…the Caribbean! An 8 year old, ex-bourbon barrel matured, column distilled rum, 100% matured in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago – The Cane Island Rum…

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Dead Reckoning Mhoba – South Africa – December 2022

Our December Rum of the Month is Dead Reckoning Mhoba South Africa. CASK STRENGTH, LIMITED EDITION and EXCLUSIVE to the Tribe in Australia! This is the first Dead Reckoning release of a cane-juice based rum. Wow, we can’t quite believe…

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The Grove Christmas Rum Cask – November 2022

This is LIQUID CHRISTMAS CAKE! Welcome to the Australian launch of The Grove Christmas RUM Cask with Christmas spices and flavours by the bucket load. But wait up! This is NOT A SPICED RUM…this is a PURE SINGLE RUM and every single flavour…

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WIN a Signed Privateer Rum Pack!

You can win the ULTIMATE Privateer Rum Pack personally signed by legendary Distiller Maggie Campbell! The Rum Pack SIGNED bottle of Privateer Letter of Marque ‘True Spirit of 1776’Rum Tribe T-ShirtRum Tribe Hip Flask6 x Rum…

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Hotel Lobby Rum ‘Pearl White’ + Ube Cream Liqueur – September 2026August 25, 2026 - 3:43 pm
Rum Tribe… this month we’re doing something we’ve never done before — and it’s all thanks to the Philippines absolutely blowing the doors off Rumolution 2026. Two bottles. Two completely different personalities. One shared origin story. And together, they were the runaway smash hits of both Sydney and Brisbane — selling out before some festival‑goers […]
Mad Monkey Botrytis – August 2026July 23, 2026 - 9:28 pm
MAD MONKEY BOTRYTIS – WILD, RARE & ABSOLUTELY UNMISSABLE Tribe… this month we’re unleashing something truly special. Something wild. Something decadent. Something that captures Adelaide’s soul in a bottle. Introducing Mad Monkey Botrytis – a Rum Tribe exclusive, and a strictly limited release crafted with nothing but wild yeast, patience, and pure Mad Monkey chaos. […]
Dead Reckoning Antigua 7 Year Old – July 2026June 25, 2026 - 9:29 am
Back to Antigua – back to the place where Dead Reckoning truly began. Picture Justin Boseley stepping off a superyacht after fourteen long days at sea, sunburnt, salt‑stung, exhausted… and then seeing it: a bar stacked high with the Caribbean’s finest rum. That first pour wasn’t just a drink. It was a moment. A spark. […]
Lord Byron Double Wood Blonde Cask + Beer – June 2026May 26, 2026 - 2:15 pm
Get ready for EXCLUSIVE two-way barrel magic – A rum shaped by a beer, then beer shaped the rum! This is a true flavour feedback loop and perfect flavour symmetry with both products sharing the same DNA: vanilla, oak, spice, tropical fruit, and warming alcohols echo across the pairing in seamless harmony. Our old friends […]
Calibre Spirit Australian Rum – May 2026April 24, 2026 - 4:26 pm
There is nothing more special than watching passion and commitment manifest into a sensational product from people you know. In this case, a Single Cask, Single Origin rum made to the ‘Rhum Batterie’ tradition – The Calibre Spirit Australian Rum! It was award winning at 4 years old, and EXCLUSIVE to the Tribe we have […]

Dead Reckoning Port Broadside Jamaica – September 2023

Brix Select Cask Series Double IPA Finish – August 2023

Khukri XXX and Spiced Rum – July 2023

Karu Distilling Outcask Rum Batch 3 – June 2023

Holmes Cay Heritage Blend – Esotico Edition – May 2023

Dead Reckoning Nelson’s Dockyard – April 2023

Lord Byron Red Wine Super Cask – March 2023

Cane Island Nicaragua 12 Year Old – February 2023

Cane Island Rum Trinidad 8 Year Old – January 2023

Dead Reckoning Mhoba – South Africa – December 2022

The Grove Christmas Rum Cask – November 2022

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