Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

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...

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% ...

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 ...

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...

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...