Each of the following items can be bought either on line or at events advertised during the year. Payment can be made through donations to the Chapter and doesn’t include the cost of postage.
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Polar Explorers Limited Edition Cabal Rum
£89.95 (plus delivery)
Cabal Aged Rum and The Explorers Club Great Britain and Ireland Chapter have come together to celebrate a mutual love of exploration, with the creation of a limited edition Cabal No.1513 Polar Explorers bottling that pays homage to Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Bottled at the same 47.3% ABV strength as the spirits taken on board the ship the Nimrod and strictly limited to 500 bottles, Cabal’s Polar Explorers Edition not only delivers an incredible flavour profile but celebrates Shackleton’s 1907 expedition to the South Pole.
Just like Cabal’s double award-winning No.1513 expression, the Polar Explorers Edition is a non-chill filtered blend of tropically aged rums carefully sourced from renowned distilleries in Guatemala, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and the Caribbean. Consisting of rums derived from both pot and column distillation techniques, the blend is then finished in hand-selected Pedro Ximénez casks in Speyside, Scotland.
The higher ABV exposes to the nose a tale of sweet and smoke. Its perfume is heady with stewed fruits, accentuated by deep caramel notes and clouds of charred sweet chestnuts and rich smoke. To the palate this expression is a richer, denser and more impactful concentration of Cabal’s award-winning No.1513. You are presented by a strong fruity profile dense with notes of woody fig, barbecued pineapple and deep caramel tones. This sweetness is charged by the astringent cut of sherry, dark chocolate and toasted coffee.
Cabal will be giving 10% of all profits generated from this Limited Edition bottling to The Explorers Club Great Britain and Ireland Chapter, to support their critical exploration of land, sea, air and space.
Each order comes with:
- 70cl bottle of Cabal No.1513 Polar Explorers Edition, limited to 500 bottles
- Free gift wrapping
- A Christmas serve guide
Special Edition Gin
£65 (plus delivery)
The Great Britain and Ireland Chapter celebrate their own contribution to exploration in choosing six iconic Pioneers that excelled within their disciplines of adventure and research.
Each Pioneer represents the spirit of why we explore. In defining eras of change, these individuals etched their way into the history books and the imaginations of generations to come.
The Big Hill Distillery created the Explorers Club Limited Edition Gin. It is located in the quaint English village of Mobberley in Cheshire and home to mountaineer George Mallory. There is a uniqueness to the flavours, combining ginger, cloves, cinnamon and cardamom with a subtle Himalayan tea which provides an overall smoothness to the taste.
Each order comes with:
- The Pioneer Gin, limited to 100 bottles
- The Chapter metal pin badge
- The Chapter cloth badge and booklet
- The Pioneer booklet
- The Pioneer map card
Note: each bottle comes with a black wax seal and not the string seal shown in the picture.
Cloth Badge
£10 (not including postage)
The Chapter Cloth badge is held within a wallet that has been specially designed to showcase the Chapter logo along with the Explorers Club logo.
The Chapter logo depicts Sir Ernest Shackleton’s James Caird boat being hauled ashore by his men onto South Georgia Island.
Teamwork, strength and endurance.
Metal Pin Badge
£10 (not including postage)
The Chapter logo depicts Sir Ernest Shackleton’s James Caird boat being hauled ashore by his men onto South Georgia Island.
Teamwork, strength and endurance.
The Peculiar Encounters Collection
£10 (not including postage)
Six commissioned drawings to celebrate the unique unity of animals and humans. Covering six disciplines of exploration and research: desert, mountain, sea, jungle, polar and space. The Great Britain and Ireland Chapter are pleased to have collaborated with artist Carlos Burgos www.memakestuff.com in creating these six wonderful cards.