Maka Zai’s Gud Rum takes its name from gud, the Hindi word for jaggery, and is built around locally sourced jaggery rather than refined sugar or plain molasses, part of Maka Zai’s wider focus on India’s sugarcane traditions. It’s a rich, full-bodied rum with a smooth, creamy character, the jaggery lending a warmer, more rounded sweetness than a standard dark rum gets from caramel colouring alone. It sits at the more affordable end of the Maka Zai range without giving up character, positioned as an easy everyday dark rum for sipping over ice or mixing into a simple rum and cola, where the jaggery’s warmth comes through against the cola’s own sweetness.




