Macabre Spirits Makes Its Maiden Voyage Into Rum with Saltspray | HNN

Macabre Spirits Makes Its Maiden Voyage Into Rum withSaltspray

A 90-Proof Jamaican Rum Paired with a Haunting Tale of Secrets that Run Deep

Los Angeles, CA — June 9, 2026 —Macabre Spirits, the horror-centric label from Matthew Lillard’s Find Familiar Spirits, is thrilled to announce the upcoming release ofSaltspray, a 90-proof Jamaican Rum accompanied by an original horror story by Bram Stoker-nominated writer Gemma Amor and bespoke cover art by Daniele Serra.

Founded by Matthew Lillard (Scream, Five Nights at Freddy’s) and screenwriter/producer Justin Ware (Bloodsucking Bastards), with Blue Run Spirits co-founder Tim Sparapani advising, Find Familiar Spirits is dedicated to bringing fandoms super-premium spirits paired with original stories and bespoke art by genre icons.Saltspraycontinues the Macabre Spirits anthology with a brand-new horror story, stunning cover art, and a limited-edition super-premium spirit in a custom display-worthy black glass bottle. The exploration into the red-hot category of artisanal rum goes on sale exclusively atFindFamiliarSpirits.comand at Seelbach’s on June 23rd, 2026.

“We’ve wanted to do a rum for a while,” said co-founder Ware, “but we hadn’t found the right story to inspire us. When Gemma pitched us the idea forSaltspray, we knew it was the perfect time to take the plunge. Inspired by the cliffs of her native England, Gemma has written a tale about hidden secrets that’s creepy and monstrous but also intimate and all too human—just the way we like it.”

Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award nominee Amor spun the tale that inspired the selection, but her vivid imagery was brought to life on the label and book cover by Italian illustrator Daniele Serra. A three-time British Fantasy Award winner for Best Artist and two-time World Fantasy Award finalist, Serra painted an original artwork that, like the story, merges beauty with terror and fear with fascination.

As for what comesinsidethe bottle, this delicious 90-proof rum starts out bright with a twinge of island spice followed by notes of honey, demarara, and warm apple on the nose, and ends with tropical fruit and just the right amount of funk. Sourced from Hampden Distillery in Jamaica, it’s a perfect rum for cocktails (visit Find Familiar’s website for recipe inspiration) or for sipping neat as you watch the surf tumble in England, Jamaica, California, or Florida, where Find Familiar Spirits is bottled and packaged.

About Macabre Spirits

Macabre Spirits is Find Familiar’s second brand following the smash success of Quest’s End Whiskey, a fantasy-inspired line that sold out multiple releases and won silver at the World Spirits Competition. The first Macabre release,Rare, Fine & Limited,was a sotol accompanied by a novella by modern master Mike Flanagan, and the second,Hell Is Not Mocked,a Texas whiskey with a story by best-selling author Christopher Buehlman. Macabre is also behind the immensely popular Ghost Face Vodka, which will be available nationwide this fall.