Botanical rum seems to be cropping up everywhere these days. It’s star is on the rise on the rise and it’s proving to be an attention grabbing moniker for new distillery products and intriguing to a curious public. A quick […]

A rambling but moderately coherent treatise on where New Zealand Rum production is at and where we could take it.

We’ll be ready to rum-ble at The Food Show in Auckland, July 27-30, and we’d love to see you there to wet your whistle. Grab your tickets if you haven’t already and keep your eye out for our ravishing stall […]

A Totally Unbiased Review Before we start, in the interests of full disclosure, the keen eyed amongst you will have noted that this is an Overproof rum review written by myself, a maker of the one of the rums being […]

Auckland distillery Lunatic & Lover wants the world to get passionate about Kiwi botanical rum. https://7a3c073e.flowpaper.com/KiaOraAugust2021/#section=17

The husband-and-wife duo behind Lunatic & Lover met at a rum bar in the Caribbean

What on earth is Botanical Rum? Before this episode, I had no idea what to expect.  Turns out Lunatic & Lovers expression is amazing!  Tune in to hear what it is and how its made with Matt from Lunatic &Lover! 

We are delighted to announce that Lunatic & Lover has managed to win BioGro Organic Certification for our Fundamental unaged rum. This certification from an independent and internationally recognised third party is no mean feat and makes us one of […]

NEW ZEALAND MADE ‘FUNDAMENTAL’ ORGANIC RUM HAS ARRIVED Lunatic & Lover is proud to announce the nationwide release of its latest product, “Fundamental” unaged, organic rum. Ever ones to push the boundaries, the distilling team at the Auckland distillery set […]

This is the icing on the cake. It’s been a memorable few weeks here at Lunatic & Lover, first we were awarded a Double Gold medal for our Barrel Rested Botanical Rum, then at the New Zealand Spirit Awards Gala […]