Third Eye Distillery- the makers of Stranger & Sons Gin, now enter the world of spiced rum with Lost & Found Tropical Spiced Rum

 National, 19^th February 2026- Third Eye Distillery, the makers of Stranger & Sons Gin launch Lost & Found -tropical spiced rum at Hideaway, Goa. Currently available in Goa and soon in Maharashtra, Haryana and Karnataka. Priced at INR 1600

 Born in Goa and steeped in native botanicals, Lost & Found embraces the ease and the energy of the Indian tropics, where days move with the sun, nights hum with music, and flavour grows free. Each sip carries the salt of the coast, the scent of spice ripening in the shade and the lingering sweetness of long, unhurried days. A rum that belongs to the soil, the spice, the sun - to a way of life that’s distinctly, richly, tropical

 Hideaway Goa joins Lost & Found as ambassadors and undisputed custodians of the tropical way of life. Deeply rooted in Goa’s creative and cultural landscape, Hideaway brings the world of Lost & Found alive through music, community, storytelling and tropical cocktails. Together, they aim to shape a lifestyle-first brand that celebrates the colours, rhythms and flavours of the Indian tropics as a way of life, not just through the product.

 Launching Lost & Found in Goa during the carnival where the state moves to its own rhythm of music, colour and celebration, feels more like instinct than good timing. Rum shaped by tropical life could only begin here.

“India has always been a land where sugarcane and spice thrived long before rum became Caribbean; so, it made sensetobringthisstoryhome. Lost&Foundis shaped by the land we know, the monsoons that reset our seasons, coastlines that bring abundance, festivals that celebrate our harvests, and a food culture built on spice, craft, colour and flavour. That’s the India this rum represents.”

RahulMehra,CEO&Co-founder,ThirdEyeDistillery

 “The Caribbean lifestyle is so similar to the Goan life despite the distance. The love for the sea, the bouncing to heady rhythms in the air waves, and the fondness for indulging in dance and song at every opportunity are some of thefewthingsourpeopleshareadeepbondover.AtHideaway,welovecelebratingtheGoanwayoflife,andwe've foundagreatpartnertodosowithLost&Found,becausewe’rebothaboutthesamething,beingsurroundedby good people, making good drinks, and obsessive about having an even better time”

Sheldon Abranches, Founder of Hideaway Goa

Since 2020, Third Eye Distillery has been at the forefront of India’s gin revolution, raising the bar for premium Indian spirits. The portfolio has since expanded with category innovations, collaboration and more. Most recently, they also ventured into India’s biggest spirits category with the launch of Otherside Subcontinental whiskey in early 2025. In just few months post launch, Otherside Whiskey earned global recognition, winning Gold at both the Spirits Business’ Asian Spirits Masters 2025 and the World Whisky Masters 2025 spotlighting their bold vision to reframe India’s role in contemporary whisky making, and proving that great whiskey isn’t about age, but about character, craft, and provenance.

 With a commitment to building a disruptive and progressive Indian spirits portfolio, it was time to turn to a category undergoing a global resurgence: Spiced rum. As rum accelerates across Asia—driven by innovation in craft and provenance, the path forward for a distillery known for bold storytelling and product-led creativity was obvious.

India’s deep lineage of sugarcane, native spices, and coastal trade routes has long tied the country to rum’s origins, making this less a new venture and more a return to a spirit that was always ours to redefine.