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- Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:15 am
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Review: Santa Teresa 1796 Ron Antiguo de Solera
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11610
Re: Review: Santa Teresa 1796 Ron Antiguo de Solera
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...
- Fri Jan 25, 2008 4:33 am
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Review: Santa Teresa 1796 Ron Antiguo de Solera
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11610
Re: Review: Santa Teresa 1796 Ron Antiguo de Solera
I find this rum to be near the pinnacle of classic style. Nothing unusual except extreme quality.
- Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:57 am
- Forum: Other liquors and beverages
- Topic: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27375
Re: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
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...
- Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:52 pm
- Forum: The Drawing Room
- Topic: Dear readers...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 21521
Re: Dear readers...
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.
- Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:27 pm
- Forum: Other liquors and beverages
- Topic: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27375
Re: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
A bottle of one of my favorites is up for trade.
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:07 am
- Forum: Other liquors and beverages
- Topic: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27375
Re: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
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...
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:53 am
- Forum: Other liquors and beverages
- Topic: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27375
Re: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
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...
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:59 pm
- Forum: Other liquors and beverages
- Topic: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27375
Re: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
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.Count Silvio wrote:Any experiences with Casa Noble Añejo?
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:56 am
- Forum: Other liquors and beverages
- Topic: Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27375
Mezcal, Tequila, Sotol
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...
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:43 am
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Age statements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15115
Re: Age statements
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.
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:38 am
- Forum: The Drawing Room
- Topic: Toasts
- Replies: 32
- Views: 60589
Re: Toasts
Once a king, always a king, but once a knight... is enough.
- Tue Jan 01, 2008 5:54 pm
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Age statements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15115
Re: Age statements
It refers to single distillery.Count Silvio wrote: I think the term single-malt refers not so much to the single distillery but to one type of malted grain.
- Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:39 pm
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Age statements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15115
Re: Age statements
Apparently some rums are aged in huge vats instead of barrels.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?
- Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:51 pm
- Forum: News Repository
- Topic: Rum from the Islay
- Replies: 18
- Views: 40461
Re: Rum from the Islay
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.
- Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:41 pm
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Age statements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15115
Re: Age statements
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 ...
- Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:30 am
- Forum: Whiskey Cellar
- Topic: Forty Creek 40
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19336
Forty Creek 40
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...
- Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:20 am
- Forum: The Drawing Room
- Topic: Toasts
- Replies: 32
- Views: 60589
Re: Toasts
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 ---------...
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:33 am
- Forum: The Drawing Room
- Topic: Forum updates!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 37602
Re: Forum updates!
This does not seem like a color scheme appropriate to REFINED VICES. This is the baby boy room at a childrens hospital.
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:16 pm
- Forum: Other liquors and beverages
- Topic: Absinthe
- Replies: 11
- Views: 27694
Re: Absinthe
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.
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:13 pm
- Forum: The Drawing Room
- Topic: Introduce yourself.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 170244
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:52 am
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Rum Review: Temptryst Mesquite
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6552
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:48 am
- Forum: The Drawing Room
- Topic: Introduce yourself.
- Replies: 115
- Views: 170244
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...
- Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:06 am
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Rum Review: Temptryst Mesquite
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6552
: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...
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:29 pm
- Forum: Rum Cellar
- Topic: Rum Review: Temptryst Mesquite
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6552
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:23 pm
- Forum: Whiskey Cellar
- Topic: Review: Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 1996
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25468
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...
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:58 am
- Forum: Brandy Cellar
- Topic: St Aubin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25412
- Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:55 am
- Forum: Brandy Cellar
- Topic: St Aubin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25412
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.
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:23 pm
- Forum: News Repository
- Topic: Rum from the Islay
- Replies: 18
- Views: 40461
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...
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:31 am
- Forum: News Repository
- Topic: Rum from the Islay
- Replies: 18
- Views: 40461
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:26 am
- Forum: Brandy Cellar
- Topic: St Aubin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25412
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...