Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

Two images from a story I just found via the Goog... http://media.kentucky.com/smedia/2014/01/06/00/52/13OK14.AuSt.79.jpeg http://media.kentucky.com/smedia/2014/01/06/00/52/1bWuKz.AuSt.79.jpeg The story was published last month (January 6th, 2014) by Janet Patton of Kentucky's Lexington Herald-Leade...

I saw that my local Bevmo! had the miniature version and I figured I could make the purchase for the novelty, if nothing else.

A review might happen later

I've had Toiteach and it's very good... somewhere in between Laphroaig 10 and Ardbeg 10 as far as flavor profile... not as sweet as Ardbeg and not as medicinal as Laphroaig, but still plenty of peat and smoke. I'm trying some of the Toiteach now, and it seems VERY familiar to me. Like the Ian McLeo...

Apparently, this sampler is the ONLY way for us 'Muricans to sample the Darach Ur, which is a travel retail offering otherwise. (Curse you, You're Uh Peein's! :evil: ....ok, I'm just kidding about the cursing and the name calling, but dang it, why should American legal stupidity prevent so many good...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_EHUQ1aVQv8/UvGlINwms7I/AAAAAAAAAag/BUZ1W2Kyi08/w922-h692-no/20140204_184051.jpg 3 x 200ml of Bunnahabhain goodness, and a good introduction to the single malt which previously I had only sampled as part of the beloved and sadly missed Black Bottle 10 YO. Trying t...

Picked up some Bulleit bourbon: While it has a very interesting spice going on (overwhelming cinnamon actually), and not AS sweet as run of the mill bourbons, I still am not a huge fan of the inherent bourbon/corn sweetness. I can see it playing very well in an old fashioned with scant syrup and a ...

Serge of Whisky Fun reviewed a few young rums starting with Doorly's XO . It got a rather favorable review, which I have to agree with now that I've obtained a bottle and had a few samples off it. :D Not sure I agree with the "...with something agricole" part of his comment, but I totally ...

I think you meant to post this link for the 12 YO Deanston, yes?

Must've been one heck of a long night due to the insomnia




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Capn's Log: ba-duh, ba-duh, ba-duh.... Right you are, thanks.

I note that Serge, he of Whiskyfun towers reviewed some blends , including the reformulated Black Bottle. Not good, lowest score of the bunch, didn't make it out of the 60's. While he is upfront about his bias, "Not my preferred style, it's a profile that we sometimes find in the new 'virgin oa...

Sorry to hear of Sue's accident, and I do hope she has returned back to home to recuperate today.

Here's to a better year in 2014!

on "gender specific" alcoholic beverages caught my interest today. I can't argue against some of the marketing research, but I do have to wonder, what with all the honeyed that and sweetened fruit flavored that whiskies that have become all the rage for the past 2 years (not to say the fl...

Why there is a tsunami of it showing up now, and a map of the distilleries in the Republic and Northern Ireland (although the article fails to mention either Teeling or Dingle distilleries in it).

Link to said article is here.

Well, seeing as how my 49ers beat the Seattle Seahawks at the 'Stick (1 home game left, and then in 2014 the '9ers move to Santa Clara) I am more lenient and don't mind your "Columbo-moment" postings.

Carry on, my good Captain

One thing you might not know, and it isn't mentioned on the Black Bottle site, is that in April of this year, Burns Stewart and its brands were bought by a South African drinks company, Distell . Perhaps they intend to bring Black Bottle into new markets that might not be familiar with it, and due t...

Full list of their brands here