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- Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:11 pm
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: Ron Abuelo Centuria
- Replies: 6
- Views: 20605
Re: Ron Abuelo Centuria
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...
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:28 am
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: In an argument with a coworker...need your help please.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3346
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 12:02 pm
- Forum: And your name again was??
- Topic: Hello from Italy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7451
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...
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:55 am
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: El Dorado 25
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4536
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:59 pm
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: Cocktail Wonk?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4975
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...
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:03 am
- Forum: Jamaican Style Rum
- Topic: New Appleton labels released
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15882
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...
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:54 am
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: Looking to maybe buy a Berry's
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15229
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:54 pm
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: Never ending story: Dunder, banana peels & 6-day aging
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23245
- Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:52 pm
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: Questions you'd ask Zacapa's Brand Ambassador
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6965
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:59 pm
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: JaRiMi Calls it: Premiumization IS sugaring...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15949
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...
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:08 pm
- Forum: Jamaican Style Rum
- Topic: Appleton 30 year
- Replies: 21
- Views: 28756
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...
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:57 pm
- Forum: And your name again was??
- Topic: Hello from Germany!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9903
- Thu Aug 20, 2015 9:57 am
- Forum: Coffee! Black, strong and hurry!
- Topic: Cold brew
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5597
Cold brew
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 ...
- Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:12 pm
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: Exposed: vintage La Favorite "rhums" and sugar...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16072
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...
- Tue Aug 18, 2015 3:07 pm
- Forum: And your name again was??
- Topic: Hi from Cambridge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8593