Guyd Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Hello from the UK Im an engineer by education, now 'do' property - and rather like a spiced rum, so thought I'd have a go. No previous experience, but im quite analytical. attempt #1 was a bloody disaster.....but Ill start a Rum thread not discuss my uselessness here ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORDAN Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Hello nice to meet you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Spring Distillers Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Is this "the rum thread" or is it happening somewhere else? Hammer Spring is 2+ years in with potato vodka, and a tremendously successful gin and just a few months away from cracking our first bourbon barrel we started a while back. Last summer I did a one-off batch of rum, and the silver version wasn't very good (in my opinion), but after a while in a 15-gal re-purposed whiskey barrel it turned out alright. We sold all 75 bottles in a few weeks. Now I've done another rum that I'm going to experiment with a re-charred barrel (of my own doing, boy that was fun!!), just for kicks. But I'm going to have about 10 gallons of silver rum left after I fill the barrel and I'd like to try a dark, like a black-strap rum, and maybe a spiced versions. What the heck goes into a dark rum? Do you just add molasses, or other stuff? I've heard nightmarish stories about "dunder" and other atrocities that supposedly go into it that seem more fit for a Jules Verne story... any advice, or links? Cheers! JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskeyPete Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 On 7/8/2020 at 5:55 PM, Hammer Spring said: Is this "the rum thread" or is it happening somewhere else? Hammer Spring is 2+ years in with potato vodka, and a tremendously successful gin and just a few months away from cracking our first bourbon barrel we started a while back. Last summer I did a one-off batch of rum, and the silver version wasn't very good (in my opinion), but after a while in a 15-gal re-purposed whiskey barrel it turned out alright. We sold all 75 bottles in a few weeks. Now I've done another rum that I'm going to experiment with a re-charred barrel (of my own doing, boy that was fun!!), just for kicks. But I'm going to have about 10 gallons of silver rum left after I fill the barrel and I'd like to try a dark, like a black-strap rum, and maybe a spiced versions. What the heck goes into a dark rum? Do you just add molasses, or other stuff? I've heard nightmarish stories about "dunder" and other atrocities that supposedly go into it that seem more fit for a Jules Verne story... any advice, or links? Cheers! JP Hi JP, you can use spices, etc. if you're going to do a dark rum for the love of god do not use black strap as a sweetener. Use fancy molasses. The difference in grade is night and day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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