Is this the same as Lyre's Dark Cane?

Yes. Lyre's renamed it Dark Rum Alternative; the liquid is unchanged. Older bottles and older listings still say Dark Cane.

How long does it keep once opened?

Twelve weeks, refrigerated, and Lyre's ask you not to store it with a pourer. A 700 mL bottle holds twenty-three 30 mL measures.

One to one where the spirit would have gone. In a dark and stormy or a rum Old Fashioned.

Lyre's Dark Rum Alternative (Dark Cane), 700 mL

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Product details

What it is

Alcohol: <0.5%
Process: Never AlcoholizedIt was never alcoholic, so nothing was removed.
Origin: Australia
Certifications: Vegan-Friendly · Gluten-Free
Size: 700 mL
Producer: Lyre's Spirit Co

Pouring it

Style: Rum
Serve: Long over ice with cola or ginger, or built into a daiquiri or mojito.
Store: Cool and out of direct sunlight. Once open, refrigerate and consume within twelve weeks.

Nutrition & ingredients

Nutrition · per 1 fl oz (30 mL) serving

Calories	5 kcal
Total Fat	0 g
Saturated Fat	0 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Sodium	0 mg
Total Carb.	1 g
Fiber	0 g
Total Sugars	1 g
Includes Added Sugars	1 g
Protein	0 g

Ingredients: Water, sugar, glucose syrup, natural flavor, malic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, caramel color E150D, preservatives: potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, cellulose gum.

About Lyre's Spirit Co

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Named after the Australian lyrebird, the world's greatest mimic — which is the whole idea.

Mark Livings and Carl Hartmann founded Lyre's in Australia in 2019, setting out to build a range that echoed the classic spirits rather than inventing new flavors.

The name is the method. The lyrebird imitates whatever it hears — other birds, a camera shutter, a chainsaw — and the range is built the same way, each bottle answering a spirit a bartender already knows how to use. That is why the labels say Gin Alternative and Dark Rum Alternative rather than inventing a word for what is in them.

The bottles carry the Social Animals, a cast of characters drawn one to a liquid. The range now runs from the spirits through a sparkling Classico to canned cocktails, and the company sells in more than sixty countries.

Producer: Lyre's Spirit Co
Based in: Australia
Founded: 2019
Founder: Mark Livings and Carl Hartmann
Sizes: 750 mL, 700 mL and 250 mL
Site: lyres.co

New to Rum?

Rum takes its character from molasses and the barrel — caramel, vanilla, baking spice — and those carry over better than the heat does. The ingredient list shows how the body was built, and the sugar figure shows how much of it is sweetness.

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Common questions

Is this the same as Lyre's Dark Cane?: Yes. Lyre's renamed it Dark Rum Alternative; the liquid is unchanged. Older bottles and older listings still say Dark Cane.
How long does it keep once opened?: Twelve weeks, refrigerated, and Lyre's ask you not to store it with a pourer. A 700 mL bottle holds twenty-three 30 mL measures.
How do I mix it?: One to one where the spirit would have gone. In a dark and stormy or a rum Old Fashioned.

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Flavor: Dark Rum Alternative

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How many: One bottle

Standardized pour · 1.5 fl oz (44 mL)

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