Smoke & Oakum's Gunpowder Rum - Australia

23/01/2024

07/08/2023

"When I was a kid watching pirate movies, this is how I imagined the rum they drank tasted."

A high proportion of the blend that makes up Gunpowder Rum does indeed come from Guyana, because, "here be Pirate flavour!"

The smoky spirit behind your favorite tiki drinks deserves a prominent spot on the top shelf.

21/07/2023

At long last : coming soon to the on-line store for export to your door

05/09/2021

If you have a hankering to see the old skills in action this page is recommended

10/11/2020

It will be an election process full of pathos, bathos, hubris (and d'Artagnan?). There will be recriminations and glory. Feathers will be ruffled, celebrities will throw their weight behind their favourites, and there have already been some illegal votes cast...

Yes, NZ's 'Bird of the Year' elections are now open and S&O's Gunpowder Rum would like to present our preferred candidate:

KEA!!

Few NZ birds have a more proven track-record of piratical behaviour (though the large drunkard that is the kererū runs a close second for its habit of getting tipsy and falling out of trees like Keith Richards).
Not only is the Kea a parrot its attitude to life has always been, "Take what ye can. Give nothing back!"

Please help our preferred candidate to ultimate victory in this high stakes electoral race by voting here:

https://www.birdoftheyear.org.nz/kea

Thank you.

09/03/2020

For those partakers of ye olden pirate tipple we have grand news....

We've found a way to reduce the cross-Tasman cost of getting in a supply of the S&O's flagship bottling (and friends).

02/01/2020

The latest création of the S&O Manufactory is now available to order on-line for 2020 (Australia only). Absinthe Maison is made to a traditional 19th century recipe using seven botanicals including the vital artemisia absinthium. Lightly sweetened after infusion our take on French home-made absinth...

24/12/2019

The latest création of the S&O Manufactory will be available to order on-line in the New Year (Australia only).

Absinthe Maison is made to a traditional 19th century recipe using seven botanicals including the vital artemisia absinthium.
Lightly sweetened after infusion our take on French home-made absinthe is diluted to a more easy-going 47%abv and contains no artificial colourings, flavourings or essences (that green-yellow colour is as van Gogh intended).

19/05/2019

A wonderful portal through which to enter the ever expanding world of that thing called 'Rum'

Think rum is all about cole and pirates? Discover the true spirit of this incredible drink with our comprehensive guide.

20/04/2018

Simply a picture of a beautiful ship at sea.

Enjoy

From Ocean Institute: The PILGRIM is a full size replica of the hide brig immortalized by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. in his American seafaring classic memoir "Two Years Before the Mast." Dana said of the PILGRIM, "The vessel I am going on is small, but strong and a remarkably fast sailer having been built for the smuggling trade." The institute's PILGRIM serves as a "living classroom" for its marine science, environmental education, and maritime history programs. She is open to the public for tours on most Sundays: www.ocean-institute.org/general-information/about-pilgrim
Photo ©Cliff Wassmann ~ http://artseek.com/

22/11/2017

Today is a day of legend. 299 years ago this day Blackbeard the Pirate plunged off this mortal coil only to resurface as a fully-fledged legend.

Down with the firewater! Up with his spirit!