In this episode we sat down with Joshua Singh, co-founder of 1423 Spirits and S.B.S Rum, an independent bottler based in Denmark that's doing some very interesting things right now. Since it's the holiday season, we also talked about the making of 1423's annual rum advent calendar and what goes into selecting 24 different rums for it every year. Topics discussed included: The rum advent calendar selection and feedback processes Why 1423 adds sugar to some of their rum brands (but not S.B.S) The problems with the EU's decision to cap the allowable amount of sugar added to rum at 20 g/L The challenges of introducing rum to new people S.B.S's new origin series dedicated to interesting unaged rums (and how the first 4 were selected) Convincing a Dominican Republic distillery to make a grand arome (or aroma grande) rum Sourcing cane juice rum from Ghana Emerging rums from India The type of barrel that Joshua believes works like magic when aging high ester rums And more You can learn more about everything Joshua is doing at the 1423 website: https://www.1423.dk/ P.S. Did you know you can support The Rumcast on Patreon now and get bonus episodes, happy hours, and more? You can! Head to patreon.com/therumcast to check it out.