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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2012, 10:28:38 AM »
Hi Bea how goes it?

Well got the next batch of mean brew under way, this time used 5kg White refined cane sugar and 1.5kg molasses so we will see how this turns out....

After a couple of weeks storage the last brew has begun to take on the distinctive Rum flavour at last ;D

Good luck this time round Aelthric.

Perhaps I should PM you my address, or maybe even drop some subtle hints.
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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2012, 02:55:15 PM »
After a couple of weeks storage the last brew has begun to take on the distinctive Rum flavour at last ;D

Success aelthric! Enjoy it!

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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2012, 08:26:02 AM »
lucky you, although it seems experience made the difference not luck.

have you ever made wine from cotoneaster berries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotoneaster

friend made a rather large batch and binned it as he was told they were poisonous. we couldn't find out for certainty that they were poisonous . diff sites state different things

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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2012, 09:57:37 AM »
friend made a rather large batch and binned it as he was told they were poisonous.

Wiki says it's related to hawtorns. I know some Crataegus species are poisonous. I'd be coward enough not to try it.

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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2012, 10:06:39 AM »
Poison adds flavour.
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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2012, 02:04:41 PM »
various sites comment about a lot of berries being poisonous to a certain degree.This is the only berry he can not find in any brewing book.


Nutmeg is reported to induce hallucinogenic effects.

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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2012, 01:14:35 PM »
In the Caribbean they generally spice their rum to make it more interesting.  They are rarely the same in any two rum shacks and I can personally vouch that some of them have been so good that I would travel back there just to taste it once again.

This page has some of the ideas:

http://www.ifood.tv/blog/what-are-the-varieties-of-spiced-rum
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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2012, 01:24:30 PM »
here i am with my glass do I have to stand in a long queue?

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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2012, 02:35:51 PM »


I brought a cup!

(I can't help but notice certain cultural implications in these two successive posts...)   ;D
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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2012, 02:44:30 PM »


I brought a cup!

(I can't help but notice certain cultural implications in these two successive posts...)   ;D

I really need to get myself one of those for my aperitifs.



I will PM you and see if I can get to send you a bottle of the best ;)

Thank god for that.  For a moment I thought I might have to resort to torture.  :)

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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #25 on: September 29, 2012, 12:33:33 PM »
I'm... speechless, aelthric! Awesome.

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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2012, 06:14:15 AM »
Would it be too forward to send you my address Aels' old chum?
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Re: When is Rum really Pimms on Steroids?
« Reply #27 on: October 01, 2012, 10:31:40 AM »
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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #28 on: October 01, 2012, 10:38:40 AM »
^I'll be laughing at that all day!

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Re: When is Rum really Vodka?
« Reply #29 on: October 01, 2012, 01:38:31 PM »
We'll just see how well his saliva is producing after he drinks some.