Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

Your tastes are your own and your opinions as relevant as aby other in this forum. You can even like the Z,P rums if that is what takes your fancy. Remember, sugared rum is an old tradition, written about in stories such as The Count of Monte Cristo. It's not the rum it's the miss labeling of it an...

Capn Jimbo wrote:It's interesting that the e-magazine identifies him only by name, and sans any reference to his past or present company and skill set. He too scrupulously avoids this, and surely not by accident. I wonder where the editor will draw the line...

A brief bio appears on page 5.

Here's more fodder for you... the first article in a series by Chip Tate for a magazine called, Worldwide CRAFT by Under My Host. Here is a link to Chip's first Spirit Guide column in issue #4. I thought that it was an interesting read and I'm looking forward to the upcoming issues.

Capn Jimbo wrote:And the name is....?

I guess the subject line was too obscure. It's Powers John's Lane.

I picked up a new Irish whiskey for my annual St. Paddy's Day purchase and it's the best that I've had yet at $70 and I'd even put it up against Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve, which I tasted in 2013.

Hi Bearmark, Do like them abit peat/smoky. I was suprised with the Longpond I tried. It was quite a revelation. Shall I try to find Hampden now? Is there any other rum producer in Jamaica that I should look for? I was quite impressed with the fact that the rum in Jamaica has to follow strict specif...

Welcome aboard! What kind of whiskey do you like and that might help us to point you in the direction of some good rum. Right off the bat, I would suggest one of the Bajan rums, like Mount Gay XO or RL Seale's 10 Year.

Welcome aboard! I hope you discover some warmth here.

From the Waco Tribune (January)... "Tate has an 11,000-square-foot building under contract on Steinbeck Bend Road near Waco Regional Airport and said he will begin distilling brandy there this year. As he did with Balcones, he will build everything by hand, including six copper pot stills of u...

Congrats to the Balcones team! I'm sure it feels good to get continued recognition now that they're un-Chipped. As far as the Distillery of the Year award, that's not a Chip-less endeavor as he was there for more than half of the year. It's like Apple without Steve Jobs... can they innovate without ...

Total Wine is running a 10% off sale on all of their Sprits Direct offerings, which include: Berrys bottlings Battlehill bottlings Foursquare rum lots of other stuff Sale ends on the 28th, so hurry in. I can personally vouch for these: Battlehill Imperial 17 Year Old Single Malt- excellent Speyside ...

Just heard Robert Kennedy Jr. discuss the use of mercury carriers in the MMR and annual flu shots. One of the most senior scientists turned whistleblower and stated that the hidden data demonstrated that this mercury causes tics, and other neurological effects that mimic autistic type symptoms (lon...

Thanks for the recount and summary... unfortunate, but it appears you were fair to someone who apparently had "too much skin in the game."

Bear, there are now so many posts here that I can't find it, but Sue Sea and I just happened to have a very old, classic bottle of MGXO as well as a fairly recent, modern bottle and yes, there was a difference. JaRiMi was perhaps the first to both speculate and note that it seemed like MG was savin...

Good luck getting any other honest 15 year old rum in the $40 range though! The only semi-affordable 15 I can think of El Dorado, and we all know about that... Don't forget MGXO which was promoted as a blend of 10 to 17 year rums, and I believe XO remains relatively pure. Speaking of MGXO, has anyo...