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Rum Appreciation by and for the Compleat Idiot
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Capn Jimbo
Rum Evangelisti and Compleat Idiot
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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Location: Paradise: Fort Lauderdale of course...
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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:30 am Post subject: Honor: Brinley's recognizes the Capn |
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Just another day in Paradise...
| Quote: | | Zack Brinley: Hi Jim. Thanks so much for the note and for your support of our rum! "Capn Jimbo's... Rum Project" is a very very cool site and rum source! |
By now you are aware that I often confront distillers with my usual questions about additives - does their "rum" contain artificial or natural flavors, sugar, caramel (not coloring) or worse? Most wise distillers/marketers know when to shut up. Heaven forbid the peeps actually know what they're drinking.
But a few honest distillers, especially those who have nothing to hide are quite forthright and informative. These include Richard Seale, The Lash, and a few others.
And now, Brinley.
I emailed Brinley with the following question:
| Quote: | Hi, and congratulations on your new Shipwreck. At The Rum Project - perhaps the web's largest independent, non-commercial rum website - your Brinley Rums have always been some of our favorites.
My question:
Your website states that Shipwrecked contains "...natural orange, vanilla, nutmeg, clove and other spices" - does this mean that these components are entirely natural in the sense that the actual spice or fruit is used/infused, or do you use either natural and/or artificial flavorings/spices?
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Fair question. and notice that, as always, we did not request a freebie. To my great surprise I received a reply - not from the usual, short-skirted flack - but from Zack Brinley. How bout dat! I quote:
| Quote: | Zack Brinley: We are using natural extracts for our vanilla and orange and natural nutmeg. We are not physically infusing the vanilla bean or orange pulps or nutmeg in St Kitts but have a natural flavor group that perfects each batch of flavor and gives us a large batch of pre-blended extract / flavor.
This helps keeps the consistency of each small batch tasting and looking the same. Although, from time to time, I have seen some spice sediment in the bottom of our bottles. It's a delicate balance of filtering the final product, but keeping the flavor in the bottle! .. Hope this answers your question. |
So... did he answer the question? You bet yer butt, he did. Brinley's uses pre-blended extract/flavor from natural extracts from vanilla, orange and nutmeg. In sum, Brinley uses natural extracts, and adds them in a fashion to preserve their consistency.
Another note: Brinley makes clear that some of the bottles do retain a bit of sediment, as too scrupulous filtering might "affect the flavor". I love these guys, and without prejudice can say we have raved over every Brinley's Gold product we've experienced - the Coffee, Vanilla and Shipwreck. Next up...
Coconut. Stay tuned...
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NCyankee
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Joined: 30 Sep 2010
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I hope the coconut and mango are good, I just ordered bottles of them both from Shopper's vineyard when they had a free shipping special yesterday.
I almost find the coffee and vanilla rums to be liqueur-like.
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Capn's Log: Yup, the coffee and vanilla really are liquer-like and simply delicious. Personally, and although I really am not a flavored rum fan, I do like a great coffee rum. This due to the fact that my family was in the coffee roasting business, and I have a lifelong appreciation of Columbia Supremo coffee.
One of the best is Ron Santero - a seven year rum flavored with Columbian coffee. Doesn't get any better than that! |
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NCyankee
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I was wondering if you had ever tried Santa Teresa Araku Coffee Rum Liqueur ? I almost ordered it with that last order, $23 from Shoppers Vineyard, but I had to pare down my cart in some ways and that was one I cut.
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Capn's Log: Never have, but I can tell you that the Sant Teresa rums are very well made, well-balanced and enjoyable - surely would make a fine base for a coffee rum. |
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NCyankee
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| Just cracked my bottle of Brinley's coconut. I like it. Mango is next (but not today). |
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