Dorchadas, the Fife-based rum brand known for its rebellious approach to ageing, has released Washed Ashore 03, a rare 15-year-old, single cask bottling already crowned International Distilled Rum of the Year at the 2025 Scottish Rum Awards.
Distilled in Barbados using a blend of both pot and column still molasses rums in 2010,this rum started life with serious backbone. It spent five years in an ex-bourbon cask in the heat of the Caribbean before being brought to Scotland, where it lay undisturbed for a further ten years in an English whisky cask on the cold, salt-heavy coast. The shift in climate didn’t tame it, it transformed it. The result is a collision of tropical depth and Scottish swagger, bottled at a confident 56.4% ABV.
Only 231 bottles exist. Once this cask is gone, this experience is gone forever.
Washed Ashore 03 is rich and commanding, with classic molasses depth, wooded vanilla spice, fruity coffee, cinder toffee and tiramisu creates an opulent finish that lingers long after the glass is empty. It’s a rum built to hold attention rather than chase it.
David Taylor, Managing Director of Dorchadas Rum, said:
“The Washed Ashore series is where we push rum maturation to its limits. Each cask begins life in the heartland of rum traditions – Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius and beyond – where regional fermentation profiles and distillation methods combine with tropical ageing, giving the spirit its backbone. But the real shift happens when we bring those casks to the UK. Cold-climate maturation slows the oxidative process and mellows extraction from whatever we rerack into, whether that’s ex-sherry, single malt whisky, or refill bourbon. You get deeper integration of congeners, more tension between spirit and wood, and flavour development you simply cannot replicate with tropical heat.
“Two climates, two approaches to maturation, and two distinct stories meeting in one cask. These rums aren’t just finished, they’re fundamentally transformed… and because each cask’s journey is unique, nothing in the Washed Ashore series can ever be repeated.”
Dorchadas Rum has built a reputation for precision, character, and uncompromising craft. Its core range has already gained industry recognition, with Amber Spiced picking up Silver at both the London Spirits Competition and the Scottish Rum Awards, Solera White taking Silver at the 2025 Scottish Rum Awards, and the first Washed Ashore release scoring an impressive 94/100 at the IWSC adjudicated by industry legend Ian Burrell.
The brand’s rums are poured in some of Scotland’s most respected venues, including globally renowned cocktail bar Nauticus, Michelin-starred Haar, and The Kinneuchar Inn, named the second best pub in the UK in the 2025 Good Food Guide. For a young production house, Dorchadas Rum is already punching far above its weight, and the Washed Ashore series shows exactly why.
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Bottled at 700ml with an RRP of £108, Washed Ashore 03 is available now, exclusively while stocks last.
In stock on our website: https://eastneukspirit.co/product/dorchadas-washed-ashore-single-cask-edition-rum-3/
