Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

I read reviews touting its smoothness and remarkable taste. When you see a rum described as "smooth", that's a huge red flag. It's something I learned the hard way, after spending too much money on "smooth" rums that turned out to be artificially sugared/flavored. Frankly it's m...

Yes, you are right. I'm guessing that a Zacapa rep wrote up that Wikipedia entry... The idea of "Residual sugars" is not based in reality. Sugar simply does not pass thru the distillation process. The sweetness experienced with unadulterated spirits is due to our perception of the alcohol ...

Welcome to the project! You already have a pretty good basic collection, including some standards of pure, unadulterated rum. For the Barbancourt, you mention the off-putting aroma. Has the bottle been opened recently or has it had time to air? I am a big fan of Barbancourt, but they really do profi...

I'd pass on it. I worked my way up to the ED21 when I was still a rum novice and, even with my inexperienced palate, it was already too "smooth" and struck me as being tampered with. This was before the sugar tests confirmed the massive amounts of sugar in premiums bottles such as the ED21...

To follow up on your 2nd point, Capn : Plantation, a French company, is one of the few producers that openly state that they add sugar – they compare it to the dosage used in champagne production, and no one is storming the castle over added sugar in their bubbles. Except that if they were so open a...

I can't be sure because my old bottle is half full but it looks a little darker. Before I finish it I will open the new one and compare them in glasses. I also just bought a new bottling recently and had the exact experience, it does seem slightly lighter but like you, I am comparing to a half-full...

I did say that if you are going to claim that an item is "completely unadulterated", then adding color is misleading. I am probably still buying the rum, but I stand by my assertion that adding color is indeed adulterating the spirit. I have to agree, "completely unadulterated" ...

I for one am eagerly awaiting the day that the biggest issue re: adulteration in rum is whether or not fruit are added to the dunder before distillation.

My question would be :

"I bought a bottle of Zacapa 23 back in 2011...

...is it too late to get my money back?"

A look at El Dorado shows the same... El Dorado : 3y: 2g 5y: 9g 8y: 12g And now into the premiums... 12y: 35g 15y: 35g 21y: 22-33g And now a super-premium... 25yr: 39-51g Pretty damning stuff and something I would love to hear DDL address but who are we kidding? What I find surprising is that the 8...

I would be very disappointed to find out that even Appleton would be adding sugar to their premium offerings. Although, going thru the great sugar list, the premium and super-premium rums seem to be the most consistent offenders. In a way, it makes sense : Premium rums are those that often spend mor...

Very interesting article, nice use of a visual on the amount of sugar in rum. A picture is worth a thousand words, after all!

Welcome to the boards

Have any of you tried cold brewing coffee? I did for the first time today and I am quite pleased. I prepared it yesterday when I got home from work (5pm) and filtered it this morning (6am), per the instructions from : https://www.kickinghorsecoffee.com/en/blog/how-make-cold-brew-coffee It was super ...

Interesting take on it, mamajuana. I'm not really familiar with other cane juice rums, although from what I've heard Barbancourt rums are somewhat different in profile and not typical of most cane juice rums? Or did you mean that you've found a difference in their white rum over time? From their sit...

Welcome to the boards, I look forward to reading your posts. BTW, I am instantly jealous of you for living in the UK and having such easy access to independant bottlers and unadulterated rum. Then again, I'd probably go broke if I lived there so maybe it's for the best