From Sparrow’s rum list, the Plantation Pineapple Rum is one of the most distinctive pours on the menu, an infused rum with a great backstory ($12 by the pour, or $18 for a larger pour).
About Plantation Pineapple Rum
Officially called Stiggins’ Fancy, this pineapple rum was created by Maison Ferrand’s Alexandre Gabriel in partnership with spirits historian David Wondrich, drawing on a 19th-century pineapple-rum recipe and named for a pineapple-rum-loving character in Charles Dickens’ Pickwick Papers. The making is genuinely involved: pineapple rinds are infused into Plantation white rum and then redistilled to capture the bright aromatics, while the fruit’s flesh is separately infused into a darker rum, and the two are blended and finished in French oak casks. It is rum and real pineapple, not a sweet syrup, which is why it stands out on a Kirkland menu.
Tasting Notes
This leans fully tropical. Look for charred and roasted pineapple over toffee, brown sugar, and molasses, with a creamy texture and a light peppery spice on the finish. It is rich and aromatic, equal parts fruity and rummy.
What to Pair It With
This one is a treat neat, over a large cube, or as the star of a tiki-style cocktail or a tropical Old Fashioned riff. From the Sparrow menu, it is fun alongside the Sparrow-Smoked Rack or as a sweet-leaning close to a meal. Our daily happy hour runs 3 to 5 PM, and it is a great patio pour in the four-season garden.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Plantation Pineapple Rum?
It is Maison Ferrand’s Stiggins’ Fancy, a rum made by infusing and redistilling pineapple rinds with white rum and infusing pineapple flesh into a darker rum, then blending and cask-finishing the two.
How much is a pour of Plantation Pineapple Rum at Sparrow?
At Sparrow in Kirkland it is $12 by the pour, or $18 for a larger pour. Find it on our rum list in the Juanita neighborhood on the Eastside.
See it on the Sparrow beverages menu near the Plantation 3 and the Koloa Hawaiian Dark. We are in Kirkland’s Juanita neighborhood, so reserve a table and come taste it.