They say love is blind—but apparently it also smells like cherries, tastes like vanilla, and goes really well over ice.
Let me be upfront: I don’t actually know how this rum was made. I’m just the web guy. I click buttons, build pages, and occasionally tell Jared that a 100MB photo of a gnome is not ideal for mobile load times. But when Jared handed me a sample of this new cherry vanilla rum and told me it was called Love Potion Gnumber Gnome, I immediately fell in love. (With the rum, not Jared.)
It’s sweet, smooth, and just complex enough that you can pretend you're a discerning connoisseur while actually just drinking something delicious with a goofy name. Since its release, it’s become my new favorite—edging out Hunka Hunka Burning Rum, which had held the title for years. Sorry, cinnamon. It’s not you, it’s cherry.
I assume it’s made with the usual suspects—supreme baking molasses, Colorado water, yeast, a dash of gnomish mischief — but honestly? Jared could have summoned it from the Feywild for all I know. All I can say for sure is that every bottle is hand-labeled, hand-filled, and possibly enchanted.
Origins
This is the part where Jared usually goes into a long story about how he stumbled upon a secret pirate recipe, or how his mother gave him a candy and he turned it into booze. I, on the other hand, was just minding my own business pushing a site update when this thing showed up in the tasting room.
Cherry and vanilla are a classic duo—like Mario and Luigi, peanut butter and chocolate, or Jared and oversized gnome hats. But put them together in a rum? Now you’ve got something special. It's the kind of drink that makes you want to sit under a string of fairy lights, cue up a playlist titled "Potion Crafting & Chill," and contemplate how lucky you are to be holding a bottle of something this magical.
Behind the scenes
Your guess is as good as mine. I’m told there’s some kind of cherry infusion involved, and probably a vanilla bean or three. I even overheard someone say “steeped,” which sounds important. But until someone hands me a clipboard and a hairnet, I’ll stick to the drinking and let Jared keep the alchemical secrets.
What I do know is that the flavor balance is spot on. It’s not syrupy sweet, but it’s not dry either—it’s the rom-com of rums. Crowd-pleasing. Romantic. Slightly nerdy. Probably has a fanfic.
So pour yourself a glass of Love Potion Gnumber Gnome. Fall in love. Or at least get a little tipsy trying.
Andrew Gaulrapp
Not a distiller
Definitely a fan
Your friendly neighborhood web developer