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- Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:12 pm
- Forum: Cane Juice Rum
- Topic: Rum Review: Barbancourt Five Star (8 Year) Rum
- Replies: 14
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Newer releases
I'm just wondering, has anyone noticed a significant change in Barbancourt since the quake? I've gotten two bottles of the 5 star since about destroyed a large fraction of their barrels. The first, I wrote off as a Nassau duty-free fraud. A recent bottle leaves me wondering. While one of my favorite...
- Wed Nov 28, 2012 10:47 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Spirits
- Topic: Tequila Talk
- Replies: 17
- Views: 25580
Tequila and mezcal
You know, I've spent a heck of a lot of time in Mexico and drunk some outstanding tequilas, but at current pricing, I rarely do any more. With tequila, however, you do have one assurance - it is distilled blue agave and nothing else. The frat brats' favorite - Jose Cuevo - is not tequila, being 60% ...
- Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:19 pm
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: Seales, Doorly's and others
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3370
Doorly's
It had been my thought to comment on the orange/floral/honey aspect of flavor without excessive sweetness as a possible consequence of the sherry cask finishing. Interesting, because with Glen Morangie malt, I find both the 10 and 15 yo "classic" whiskey FAR superior to the sherry or port ...
- Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:18 pm
- Forum: Scuttlebutt (shhh...)
- Topic: Seales, Doorly's and others
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3370
Seales, Doorly's and others
Let me start by saying that I've never developed a terminology for many flavors, so I'll try to adhere to those used herein and ask when uncertain. For tasting, we are heathens - mostly small dessert wine glasses or Mexican mini-snifters. My favorite, however, is an old-fashioned pewter Jefferson cu...
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:23 am
- Forum: And your name again was??
- Topic: Sleepy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3548
Sleepy
Greetings. Call me Sleepy. I'm a retired academic living in Atlanta with my lovely wife of 30 years (Pat) and our crazy bird dog (Dino - a Griffon). Retirement entails fishing, woodworking and passing pleasant afternoons with friends and adult beverages. I've been fond of rum for years, but have onl...