Plantation Stiggins' Fancy Pineapple
Maison Ferrand · Maison Ferrand, Ars, France (blending and infusion) using Caribbean base rums
Before Stiggins' Fancy, flavored rum meant artificial sweeteners and neon colors. Alexandre Gabriel and David Wondrich's experiment asked a different question: what if you used real fruit, real distillation, and treated infusion as seriously as barrel aging? The dual-infusion method — rinds distilled for bright aromatics, fruit macerated in dark rum for depth — is an engineering solution to a flavor problem. The result is a rum that tastes genuinely of pineapple without tasting like a pineapple candy. It proved that the flavored spirits category could be legitimate, and it changed the conversation for every brand that followed.
Nose
Fresh pineapple leaps from the glass — ripe, tropical, and unmistakable — followed by banana, demerara sugar, clove, cinnamon, and black pepper spice.
Palate
Rich and layered with authentic pineapple flavor supported by dark brown sugar, toffee, and warm baking spices. The dual-infusion technique gives both bright tropical fruit from the rind distillation and deep, jammy sweetness from the dark rum fruit maceration.
Finish
Long and slightly dry with lingering spice, a touch of acidity, and pineapple that persists as a top note over a base of brown sugar and oak.
- Base Ingredient
- Dual infusion: pineapple rinds in Plantation 3 Stars white rum (pot-distilled), fruit flesh in Plantation Original Dark rum
- Distillation
- Rind infusion redistilled in Ferrand copper pot stills; fruit infusion left intact; both blended and rested in oak
Cocktail Suggestion
Cocktail — The Dickens Daiquiri: 2 oz Plantation Pineapple, 0.75 oz fresh lime juice, 0.5 oz rich demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Shake with ice, double-strain into a chilled coupe, garnish with a dehydrated pineapple ring.
Food Pairing
Pair with: Grilled pineapple with coconut cream and toasted macadamia nuts — the caramelized fruit amplifies the rum's pineapple, while the coconut and nut add tropical richness.
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