2015
- Santeria Rum wins a Gold Medal -
Santeria Rum is awarded a gold medal in the premium aged spirits category, by the RumXP's at the Miami Rum Renaissance Festival.
- Best New Spirits of 2015 -
Santeria is named one of the best new spirits of 2015 by Serious Eats.
- Santeria -
Rum Reimagined
Lost Spirits designs Santeria Rum for client Distillery Rational Spirits, using classical Jamaican "dunder" rum techniques, but introduces new bacteria never used in rum before. Lost Spirits helps Rationals for manny months then returns to its workshop distillery in Monterey County.
- GEAR PATROL GP100 -
Lost Spirits is one of only 6 distilled spirits products named to the GP100 top 100 products of 2015.
Lost Spirits wins global prize for Innovation
Lost Spirits wins the Global Spirits Master Title from leading industry publication Drinks Business, for its work proving that it is possible to mature spirits in a lab setting.
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CRITICAL RUM REVIEWS
As a small producer, we don't have an advertising budget or the distribution muscle to corner store shelves. Instead, we try our hardest to make something special and share it with people who we hope will appreciate it. Again, a big thank you to the critical community.
You built this place as much as we did.
The Robb Report:
http://robbreport.com/wine-spirits-cigars/lost-spirits-abomination-may-be-future-american-whiskey
Rum Gallery:
http://www.rumgallery.com/lost-spirits-navy-style-61-.html
Drinkhacker:
http://www.drinkhacker.com/2017/02/07/review-lost-spirits-distillery-navy-style-rum-2017/
Andrew Abrahams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rcVkaJaDY
A Mountain of Crushed Ice:
http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=24451
5 Minutes of Rum:
http://5minutesofrum.com/episodes/2017/3/13/episode-67-lost-spirits-navy-style-rum
Cocktail Wonk:
http://cocktailwonk.com/2017/02/distillery-or-mystery-isle-unveiling-lost-spirits-new-los-angeles-location.html
ScotchNoob:
http://scotchnoob.com/2017/02/20/lost-spirits-abomination/
Some accolades:
Global Innovator of the Year Award
http://www.reuters.com/article/lost-spirits-tech-awd-idUSnPn2C78HP+93+PRN20160105
Gear Patrol 100 - Best Innovations of the Year
http://gearpatrol.com/2015/11/16/lost-spirits-technology-thea-one-reactor-gp100/
Ted Talk - Bermuda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Tb_tpTyac
More press...
The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-sachs/post_9243_b_6980700.html
BevNet
Wired Magazine
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/lost-spirits/
Gear Patrol
http://gearpatrol.com/2015/02/12/review-lost-spirits-colonial-rum/
Drink Hacker
http://www.drinkhacker.com/2014/12/15/review-lost-spirits-colonial-american-inspired-rum/
World's Top Tiki Blogger
http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=20334
Cocktail Wonk
http://www.cocktailwonk.com/2014/10/colonial-inspired-rum-next-level-of-rum.html
Punch Drink
http://punchdrink.com/news/california-distiller-makes-20-year-old-rum-in-six-days/
Got Rum
http://www.gotrum.com/news-and-events/rum-events/january-2015--rum-in-the-news/
Rum Dood
http://rumdood.com/2014/11/30/rum-review-lost-spirits-151/
Miami New Times
Cocktail Wonk
http://www.cocktailwonk.com/2015/04/lost-spirits-distillerys-aging-reactor.html
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/travel/lat-la-tr-salinas-escape-la0011506733-20130810-photo.html
Top Rum Critic - Rum Gallery
http://www.rumgallery.com/travel--life/distillery-tours/lost-spirits---california/
Top Rum Critic - Inuakena
http://inuakena.com/misc/alcohol-production-in-the-fourth-dimension/
The Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/article/lost-spirits-polynesian-inspired-rum-from-california
A Mountain of Crushed Ice
http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=21089
Imbibe Magazine
http://imbibe.com/news-articles/spirits-cocktails/news-colonial-inspiration/
Top Rum Critic
http://www.rumgallery.com/lost-spirits-navy-style.html
Top Rum Critic:
http://inuakena.com/spirit-reviews/rum-review-lost-spirits-navy-rum/
Famous Critic:
http://www.drinkhacker.com/2014/01/31/review-lost-spirits-distillery-navy-style-rum/
Famous Critic:
http://www.cocktailwonk.com/2014/06/things-you-didnt-know-about-lost.html
Customer:
http://www.mouth.com/products/navy-strength-rum#nosignup
Famous Single Malt Whisky critic:
http://www.jewmalt.com/lost-spirits-california-navy-style-rum-68-of-abv-amazingness/
Tiki Cocktail Critic:
http://www.moderntiki.com/tiki-tastings-lost-spirits-distillery-cuban-inspired-151-proof-rum/
The Voice of Craft:
http://distilling.uberflip.com/i/579922-distiller-fa15
Top Rum Vlogger
http://5minutesofrum.com/episodes/2015/2/22/episode-37-lost-spirits-151-cuban-inspired-rum
Famous Critic:
http://cocktailwonk.com/2014/09/lost-over-jamaica-jet-pilot-inspired-tiki.html
The Rum Examiner:
http://rumexaminer.com/2014.html
LA Times Newspaper:
http://www.latimes.com/travel/lat-la-tr-salinas-escape-la0011506733-20130810-photo.html
House and Garden Magazine:
http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/food/best-rums/lost-spirits-navy-style-rum
Top Tiki and Rum Blogger Worldwide:
http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=18690
Rum Vlogger:
http://5minutesofrum.com/episodes/2015/7/19/episode-44-lost-spirits-polynesian-inspired-rum
Rob Vices:
http://robbvices.com/drink/living-high-life
Top French Critic on Rum:
https://www.lagourmandinerhumerie.com/en/overproof/299-lost-spirits-navy-68-rum.html
Top UK Critic on Rum:
https://rumdiariesblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/lost-spirits-distillery-the-science-behind-the-art/
Drink Wire:
http://drinkwire.liquor.com/post/lost-spirits-rumbles-into-high-gear-aging-reactor-release-imminent
NY Drinks Critic:
http://www.davesdrinks.com/?p=334
The Savory:
Top SF Critic:
http://www.theperfectspotsf.com/wp02/2015/01/01/imbiber-167/
NPR News Channel:
Food and Wine:
Gizmodo:
http://gizmodo.com/a-beginners-guide-to-navy-strength-rum-1694043250
Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-sachs/single-malts-ryes-rums-an_b_6736976.html
Miami Rum Renaissance, GOLD MEDAL AWARD