Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

Yeah it's cool, you walk into their shop, and right there in the front room, hanging out with all the whisky, is an honest to god oak cask of rum.

shorthand for "too long; didn't read" i.e. in extremely brief summation

The TL;DR is: their rum just doesn't taste very good.

Wouldn't historically accurate be 57% ABV?

Rather timely, I met John Glaser yesterday, and he said for each release, they do about 50 iterations and experimental mixes over the course of a year before nailing down the blend - and this is knowing what each component tastes like!

Nomad wrote:Time to stockpile even more Mount Gay!

You mean Seale's 10, right?

(I will admit the MG1703 is MAGNIFICENT)

Within your budget: Bacardi Heritage Caroni 15 - must buy Banks 5 or 7 apparently there is a 10 year Demerara, Boote Star Coruba 12 (never tried it, Jamaican, how could it be bad?) Doorly's XO Any of the Mezans Renegade Monymusk Mount Gilboa Renegade Port Morant Uitvlugt 12 Their price on Smith and ...

I just tried a Navazos Manzanilla at Corkbuzz in Manhattan, and it was amazing. I'm sure the rum is great, let us know!

Got a bottle of Batch 4 - had a single tiny pour just to sample. Wowwwww. At $70, this is quite a bargain.

Could be

Just poured myself an ounce. This is nice stuff. It could EASILY be mistaken for a port finished single malt, or even the port finish rye such as the Whistlepig Old World edition I tried not so long ago. Hell, it might even be mistaken for a Cognac. It is not sweet so much as "soft", if th...

The Fat Rum Pirate wrote: It is probably the most underrated one in the Caribbean.

That's the impression I'm starting to get. My local Rumporium seemingly has the entire exported line up, as well as a Blackadder Bottling, hence my curiosity

I was going to make a new thread but saw there's already one. Why don't we talk about these more? It would seem according to the Sugar Tests that all the products of the St Lucia Distillers are sugar-free, giving us another reliable fallback for relatively easily accessible pure rums, alongside Barb...

AK9 wrote:Need to check my bank account.



Captain ,
is it worth while having a permanent topic to discuss about new bottles that we find interesting ?
(not advertise_ just discuss)

I second this

Just picked up a bottle of this at my favorite DC rum emporium. Very surprised to see it outside TW! I wonder if it's sold outside that distribution deal because it's a limited release