I just remembered that i never gave an update on the habanero rum
Very spicy, pretty good
Used smoked, dried habaneros, infused a liter of rum with two of them if memory serves and removed them after a day or two
The smokey flavor of the habaneros pairs quite well with the rum, the amount of spice is just right

Siege talks about this

well i did get my hands on an entire bottle instead of one of those little sample bottles and its safe to say that they dont really taste alike
i do like mine better but that commercial one really aint bad either, its just way too expensive
mine has much more citrus and fresh spruce tip flavor, while that commercial one has quite a lot more linden blossom flavor
i did of course switch out some ingredients cause they were hard to get or expensive, like that weird wild pepper from madagascar was switched out for szechuan pepper from my garden which would give more citrus flavor, i couldnt find angelica seeds anywhere so i used angelica root, no idea how different they taste as i never had any seeds to work with before (hope my angelica plant grows up and gives me some soon), whatever sikrit ingredient they have, it certainly isnt orris root, and im not so sure they used any vapor infusion like i did
but well in the end mine has a ton more flavor, its slightly cloudy from all the essential oils after all which for the commercial guys is le bad because the consoooomer doesnt like it or something
i may make a second version to try and get a bit closer to the commercial one but im gonna keep making this recipe, cause its just good