Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

I guess appreciating vodka's "flavor" is akin to appreciating Bauhuas design.....you know it's "art", but it looks so bland :wink: ******* Capn's Log : Right on! To me vodka is the poster monkey for shilling and marketing. Until Sidney Frank came along most vodka sold for well un...

It might be time for you to revisit this Canadian whisky thing, and may I humble suggest Crown Royal Cask no16? OR the recently released Jefferson's Rye ? Not that I have sampled the latter, but I absolutely LOVE the former, which is finished off in ex-cognac casks, and I've NEVER sipped it with Cok...

I like the Bulleit quite a bit, but I am surprised by the lack of rye bite you would expect in a 95% rye - Very nice sipper. http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/iagree.gif I might yet get another bottle of that stuff. However, I was just gifted with an early birthday/Christmas gift...

A brief interruption... "The spirits are served under ideal clinical conditions at proper temperatures. For instance, vodkas are served chilled (40-45 degrees Fahrenheit) to enhance how they taste properly chilled. Whiskeys, served at room temperature, are judged first neat and then with the a...

Like the use of "dunder", the sour-mash method of producing bourbon is the same thing, recycling a portion of the distillate for the next batch. Pizza dough maker do the same thing, where there is a "mother dough" that is massaged into the fresh dough. Yeah, I know trivia :lol: *...

I'm surprised you haven't mentioned the released earlier this year Bulleit Rye (actually made by Lawrenceburg Distillers Indiana, who also make Templeton Rye and Redemption Rye). Good stuff, 95% rye in the mashbill, 45% alc/vol. ******* Capn's Log : How did you know? There's a brand new bottle of Bu...

I'm looking at picking up a bottle that is being listed at $10 online. I'm looking forward to tasting it if it is, in fact, available. It looks like I will be getting 2 bottles at just under $10 each :lol: . Anyone interested in the spare? Of course, shipping is nearly 2/3rds of the sale price! :sho...

So, uh....anybody do rum sample exchanges? Or exchange Christmas cards, even?

Even thought it is purely anecdotal, my introduction into the world of Scotch and thereon was via a Johnnie Walker Black Label tasting event back in 2000. Single malts did come later, but I feel there is plenty to search among the blended Scotch world, particularly long established blends that are f...

Aye, Cap'n....what was I gonna say?


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Capn's Log: Exactly!

BTW, Cap'n, I never did receive that follow-up email to the original acknowledgement of registering email from Nov. 5 .... ******* Capn's Log : Well, well, well. When you get to my well advanced age the first thing to go is short term memory. Or is it long term memory. Damned if I remember...

Uisge being short for "uisge beatha", Gaelic for "Water of Life", the words from which the English transliterated and bastardized "Whisky" is derived, and pronounced "ISHka", NOT "OOOsgEE". End pronunciation lesson :D As I mentioned to Cap'n Jimbo vi...