HIGH PROOF MARTINI STRENGTH SPIRITS

ISLAND-BORN CHEF OLIVER STEPHENS HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED FLAVOUR. HIS CELEBRATED CULINARY JOURNEY & TIME BEHIND THE BAR TOOK HIM FROM THE ISLE OF WIGHT TO THE KITCHENS OF ROUSSILLON LONDON, HOTEL DU CRILLON PARIS, NOMA COPENHAGEN & FINALLY ALBANY NASSAU THE BAHAMAS— WHERE HE NOW HELMS CAFE COCO ! ALWAYS LED BY A DEEP RESPECT FOR INGREDIENTS, PRECISION & PLEASURE. HIS OBSESSION WITH FLAVOUR EVOLVED BEYOND THE PLATE. SEASONAL TRIPS TO THE VINEYARDS OF ALSACE, WHERE HE STUDIED TERROIR AND WINEMAKING, IN BITCHE, LORRAINE—HIS WIFE CAROLINE’S HOMETOWN—OLIVER STUDIED THE ART OF EAU-DE-VIE WITH HIS FATHER-IN-LAW JEAN, LEARNING FIRSTHAND THE PATIENCE & PRECISION OF SMALL-BATCH HIGH PROOF SPIRITS WITH PURE FLAVOUR. ADD A FEW MONTHS ON THE REMOTE WHISKY ISLANDS OF JURA & ISLAY, WHERE HE IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE CRAFT AND HERITAGE OF DISTILLATION & THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BARREL, TIME & HEAT. PLANTED THE SEED FOR SOMETHING BOLD. AFTER A LIFETIME OF TASTING

 (AND A FAIR BIT OF TRIAL AND ERROR), COCO SPIRITS WAS BORN —

BRINGING  ALONG SIDE THE REST OF TEAM COCO SPIRITS . 

HAND CRAFTED PROUDLY IN THE BAHAMAS, 

COCO SPIRITS IS A DREAM DISTILLED: HIGH-PROOF, UNCOMPROMISING, MARTINI-WORTHY SPIRITS MADE WITH THE FINEST BOTANICALS & NATIVE INGREDIENTS. 

GIN, RHUM & VODKA THAT SIP LIKE FINE WINE & STAND TALL IN ANY OCCASION. 

ENJOY & COCKTAIL RESPONSIBLY 

THE MAN BEHIND AFROHEAD, FLYING MONKEY, CACTAS & CANE, ONE DROP 

& MASTER BLENDER FOR PIN DROP 

TOBY’S JOURNEY INTO THE CULINARY AND GOURMET DELIGHTS OF THE WORLD HAS SEEN HIM INVENT AND REINVENT HIS PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TRAVELLING THE GLOBE TO EXPLORE ALL THAT DELIGHTS THE SENSES AS HE SHARPENS THE BLADE OF HIS INNOVATIVE EDGE. TOBY IS AN AWARD-WINNING MASTER PALATE AND SPIRIT  SAVANTE. HIS APPROACH IS THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME. TOBY IS INNOVATIVE. PASSIONATE. AVANTE-GARDE. CUTTING-EDGE. SELECTING THE NEXT NEW AWARD-WINNING RUM BARREL ISN’T A SCIENCE SO MUCH AS AN INSTINCTIVE INTUITIVE JOURNEY INTO THE ALLURING MYSTERIES OF THAT WHICH IS YET TO BE DISCOVERED. UTILISING HIS METICULOUS PALATE, REFINED SIXTH SENSE AND VISIONARY SKILLS,  TO FIND THE PEFECT BARREL OF RUM NOW & FOR LATER 

TOBY & COCO SPIRITS 

TOBY & OLIVERS MONOPOLE GRAND CRU SELECTION

 LIGHTNING IN THE BOTTLE

THE MONOPOLE SERISE OF RUMS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY SELECTED OVER MANY YEARS 

WE WATCHED WE WAITED WE LIBERATED 

WE THEN WAITED & TASTED  & TASTED & TASTED

TO FIND THE PERFECT BARREL & THEN WORK OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

DO WE USE A FINISHING BARREL IS THE BARREL A WHISKEY, BOURBON OR PORT BARREL MAYBE EVEN A TEQUILA BARREL WHERE DOES THAT BARREL COME FROM 

SOME TIMES TO WE JUST LET IT BE & LET TIME HEAT AND THE SEA AIR DO ITS JOB  

BEFORE THE PRECISE TIMING TO BOTTLE IS MADE

BARREL #5 THAT DAY WAS SEPTEMBER 20TH 2025

187 BOTTLES WHERE FILLED THAT DAY..

BARREL #4 THAT DAY WAS MARCH 12TH 2026

204 BOTTLES WHERE FILLED THAT DAY..

BARREL #15 THAT DAY WAS APRIL 21TH 2026

183 BOTTLES WHERE FILLED THAT DAY..

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE NEXT BOTTLING ONCE THEY DECIDE THE RUM IS READY!

WE THEN WAIT & TASTE  & TASTE WAIT & TASTE TO CATCH THAT LIGHTNING IN THE BOTTLE.