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Sounds very interesting Paul. I'll be looking forward to your email. :poppin: I find this rum to be near the pinnacle of classic style. Nothing unusual except extreme quality. Would you care to elaborate 'classic style'? There are a wide variety of special techniques that one can use to set a rum a...

AngelSword

I find this rum to be near the pinnacle of classic style. Nothing unusual except extreme quality.

AngelSword

If find that there are similarities of flavor category between Scotches and Agave spirits. The tequilas and the highland Scotches tend towards more subtlety while the mescals and Lowland Scotches are big in flavour. If I find that some person appreciates a certain Scotch I can frequently recommend t...

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I removed the servants from their quarters, leaving them the tool closet. I was able to then convert the servant kitchen cabinets into liquor display. I also converted the previous sleeping quarters into additional storage. The living room became a tasting area.

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A bottle of one of my favorites is up for trade.

AngelSword

Any experiences with Casa Noble Añejo? In order to answer the question properly I picked up a bottle today, and one of Casa Noble Cristal. Nose of the anejo is of cactus, spice, vanilla, desert flowers, and earth. The taste is distinct from most tequilas with more earthiness and smoke. Broad flavor...

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I'm not much of a tequila drinker because they only sell 6 tequilas here. Two of them are Sierra (tequila for the masses) and the rest of them is cheap stuff which I assume is rotgut. There is one Jose Cuervo Reserva de la Familia which costs near 100 euros but there is no chance I'm buying that. T...

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Count Silvio wrote:Any experiences with Casa Noble Añejo?

Casa Noble Anejo is certainly one of the best tequilas around. I am out at the moment but plan to pick up another bottle soon.

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I am a big fan of distilled juice from the Agavaceae family. There are quite a few members of this family which can be made into spirits. The best known of these is the blue Agave used for Tequila. But other succulents work even better. My Collection: Mescal & Sotol: Chacmol Del Maguey Single Villag...

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When many distilleries sell an entire cask they will pour in a bottle from another distillery so that it is no longer a single malt.

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Once a king, always a king, but once a knight... is enough.

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Count Silvio wrote: I think the term single-malt refers not so much to the single distillery but to one type of malted grain.

It refers to single distillery.

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Scottes wrote:To add to this are the wide range of barrels used. Rum is not bourbon, which tightly requires new white oak barrels. Who the heck knows what barrels are used in rum aging, and what they have been used for in the past?

Apparently some rums are aged in huge vats instead of barrels.

AngelSword

I recieved a bottle of one of these rums from Santa. It is the Uitvlught Port Morant Guyana 13yr Murray McDavid Sauterne Finish 1992. This a very well balanced and complex Guyana rum. I don't know if I would purchase such at this price level however.

AngelSword

Recently on another forum there has been talk about the numbers on rum bottle labels, specifically Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 años, and how they can be misleading. There has also been some conversation about this at Ministry of Rum as some of you know. It was suggested that on the label there should ...

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It is rare to find something that jumps so far above the rest of the field, as this Canadian whiskey rises above all others. There simply is no comparison to any other Canadian Whiskey that has crossed my palate. While I have been a fan of the 40 Creek Barrel Select, the Small Batch Reserve is in an...

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I wish you a Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year A pocket full of money And a cellar full of beer! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's to us all, God bless us every one! Source: Tiny Tim's toast from A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens ---------...

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This does not seem like a color scheme appropriate to REFINED VICES. This is the baby boy room at a childrens hospital.

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I tried some absinthe at "Tales of the Cocktail" but didn't really care for it. I recieved another bottle but one slight taste is all I have given it. Maybe in a cocktail if I can find a good recipe.

AngelSword

Count Silvio wrote:Ahh I see you are using Joomla, Angel Sword. Is that the Lush template?

While that may be the template designed for lushes, it doesn't mean that one must be a lush to use it. However, "if the shoe fits..."

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Count Silvio wrote:So are any of these actually available for purchase anywhere?

Available yes. But not for purchase. It all depends on who you know. For example, there are rums available in the UK that may not be found here.

AngelSword

Room for a Malt Whisky Lover in the drawing room? Welcome Baron Liberis, I like your by-line. "There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and one of them is malt whisky. " I would like to have more of the same 2 things to be Bare'n Free. But I frequently can do fine with scantily clad and expen...

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:clap: Results from the 2007 Ministry of Rum International Competition: Temptryst Cherrywood XO Rum Silver Medal Temptryst Cherrywood Rum Gold Medal Temptryst Classic Oak Rum Silver Medal Temptryst Coconut Bronze Medal Temptryst Dark Chocolate Bronze Medal Temptryst Mango Rum Bronze Medal Temptryst...

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More than a pair!

http://www.ministryofrum.com/rumdetails.php?r=695

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Have you tried Elijah Craig 12 yr. or 18 yr.? Both represent a higher level of bourbon from the same Heaven Hill distillery. I like it far better than the Turkey and truly do not care for EW. Overall I am not a big fan of many of the Heaven Hill products. But after spending a couple of days at their...

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Rum Runner wrote:Hopefully, "She who must be obeyed" will allow this dalliance in the interest of futhering the appreciation of such a vaunted potable.

My wife is not so much the SWMBO type. She is "She who must be spoiled".

AngelSword

Count Silvio wrote:Interesting aging method. I don't know much about ships but do the temperatures in cargobays usually change a lot? Or perhaps it is a wooden ship they use.

They use: http://www.evergreen-line.com/ I suspect that temperature fluctuctions would be greater in those containers on the top or outside.

AngelSword

Back to the subject of Islay rum: Since the climate is far colder in Scotland than in the Caribbean, the same degree of maturation will take longer. But the re-barrelling is key here. It is well known that the introduction of new wood is a fine way to improve the spirits. Where are the ladies? We mu...

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Count Silvio wrote:It is a fine rapier. You may take my horse when you go out to search for that blogger. I will tell the stable master to leave the gate open for you.

How well does your horse swim? Islay is an island after all.

AngelSword

This is: Chateau de Saint Aubin Bas-Armagnac Reserve du Chateau Tour du Monde by Kelt. The "Tour du Monde" gets a three month round the world sea journey in oak casks. It is promoted that the agitation and temperature changes involved damatically improve the already aged spirits. I can see no reason...

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