Mount Pelée Old Fashioned Kit

At the foot of volcanic Mount Pelée, where the forest meets the sea, lies the small settlement of Macouba. There you'll find little to speak of aside from the Distillerie Fonds-Préville, perhaps the most picturesque distillery on the island of Martinique, and the home of Rhum JM, producer of fresh cane juice rum. We've paired their Cacao Forastero Bitters, made with cacao grown just one town over, with the Épices Créole rum from their cocktail-centric L'atelier des Rhums series. Aged for 3 years in toasted French and American oak, with spiced flavors of vanilla bean, gingerbread, honey, pepper, nutmeg, and cinnamon. It seemed fitting to give this drink a name evoking its beautiful home, and we can't help imagining we are there ourselves when we take a sip.

*Note that the Cacao Forastero Bitters feature peanuts as an ingredient.