Five miles from Lockerbie, in Dumfries & Galloway, lies Dormont Estate. Owned and farmed by the Carruthers family for nearly half a millennium, the heart of the estate is now home to Ninefold Rum Distillery. Built in 2018 in a converted dairy by youngest son, Kit, Ninefold launched in the summer of 2019 and has been building a quiet, but enviable, reputation within the industry.

Kit’s founding ethos was to make rums entirely from first principles, and be open, honest and authentic about how everything is made. To that end, Kit makes his own rum from scratch using North African sugar cane molasses, fermented and double pot-distilled in a custom Scottish copper pot still to his own recipe.

Pure Single Rum, an unaged ‘white’ rum, was the first product out of the door. A versatile, full-bodied fruity rum that’s become a bartender’s favourite, Pure Single Rum established the distillery’s credentials for quality and tasty rum. Since 2019, the distillery’s core lineup has expanded to include an overproof unaged rum, a core aged expression matured in fresh American oak, and two spiced rums.

Care and compassion are also fundamental pillars on which Ninefold Distillery’s business is built. They endorse and contribute to charities and causes that support, train, and elevate underrepresented groups within the drinks industry. The distillery motto is “Our Rums, Your Way”.