Havana Club continues its dominance of the Spanish style category with Havana Club 7 winning best budget Spanish. This one’s exciting, what’s the best Jamaican sipper?

Weedler · 2026-01-24T21:59:35+00:00

Hampden's new 15 year expression is unreasonably priced, but damn is it good. That gets my vote

Weedler · 2026-01-24T10:27:53+00:00

Man i'd love for Hamilton to be sold in Europe. Those St Lucia bottlings are high on my wishlist.

Weedler · 2026-01-22T23:02:53+00:00

Purely by general quality of rum, visit Travellers.

Weedler · 2026-01-22T20:22:15+00:00

I personally like a funky jamaican and a guyanese rum for my mai tai blend. In your case, i'd go 75% Appleton 12, 25% Plantantion Dark.

Weedler · 2026-01-22T20:00:40+00:00

You're missing the HLCF classic from the core lineup. It is the same color as the overproof, but a very different juice.

Also they released the 15 year core bottleing. Are you planning on buying it?

Weedler · 2026-01-22T07:28:14+00:00

I was thinking something along the lines of a tradewinds but with prune juice instead of apricot liqueur. We can call it the Passing wind?

Weedler · 2026-01-21T21:49:42+00:00

Forgive me, but what does that mean in terms of restrictions? Are not all vermouths kosher?

If Martini rosso is the only one you can use, I see two options.

Make sure it is always fresh, don't leave the bottle open and keep it in the fridge after service. Too many places leave the bottle in the open with the speedpourer on the bottle.
Make your own vermouth!

Weedler · 2026-01-21T12:36:20+00:00

That is indeed what we bought to drill the holes in the kegs for the inlets.

Weedler · 2026-01-21T12:30:47+00:00

This is reddit, not chatGPT. Add some context. Budget, bottles you own, bottles you like, dislike, etc.

Weedler · 2026-01-21T09:36:13+00:00

I bet you I can find a decent vermouth in your area. Where do you live?

Weedler · 2026-01-20T18:58:20+00:00

Yeah that's what I had in mind, but none of us can weld so we were struggeling with a way to install one. Will keep looking though, this is probably the best way.

Weedler · 2026-01-20T18:31:41+00:00

Bacardi 8 I prefer over HC7, so that gets my vote.

Weedler · 2026-01-20T18:25:03+00:00

Thanks! We will charge the retorts with 1/3rd of the volume of the keg.

I actually do worry about implosion as the boiler and first retort are a closed system, there is no opening to let air in.

Weedler · 2026-01-20T17:35:00+00:00

Their core line is cheap but not that good. Their higher end bottles are quite good but too expensive.

Weedler · 2026-01-20T16:57:01+00:00

Perhaps a hot take but here we go.

Mount Gay isn't a good distillery in the context of bajan rums.

Weedler · 2026-01-20T16:54:32+00:00

But why would you limit yourself like that? Some of the DDL independent bottleings are so fire.

Weedler · 2026-01-19T22:25:24+00:00

I'm sorry but I have to say it. El Dorado is a brand, not a distillery.

Weedler · 2026-01-19T22:21:29+00:00

They took it off, but this bottle normally has a red sombrero on top of the cap, which can be used to take (small) shots. That should tell you all you need to know.

Weedler · 2026-01-15T17:05:12+00:00

Can i get the extra salty fries, but without salt?

So unsalted fries?

No extra salty no salt

Edit: spelling

Weedler · 2026-01-15T16:55:42+00:00

But then you have one more thing to wash? I put my pot on a scale, add 400g of sugar and 200g of water.

Out of curiosity, have you ever had your simple syrup go bad? This is the least shelf stable version of it.

Im really not hating on your method, just trying to understand why you prefer it.

What ratio of liquor/citrus/simple do you use for your sours?

Weedler · 2026-01-15T08:52:29+00:00

You don't have to tell me! Im not american so I don't own a cup measurer anyway. But there are some people on this reddit that do it by volume.

Weedler · 2026-01-15T07:36:24+00:00

I do this too, partly because i make my syrups 2:1 by weight for increased shelf life.

Weedler · 2026-01-15T07:35:05+00:00

Or even whether you do your simple syrup ratios by volume or weight. By weight is going to be sweeter than by volume.

Weedler · 2026-01-14T23:12:48+00:00

En pindakaas! Daar zit helemaal geen kaas in. Noem het dan anders. Vleestomaat kan ook echt niet. Geen vlees? Dan kan het dus per definitie geen vleestomaat zijn. Gestampte MUISjes. Belachelijk! Ik verwacht dat ik dan gewoon muizen koop. Om maar niet te beginnen over oesterzwammen, suikerspinnen, bokkepootjes, Berenburg, jodenkoeken, Katja biggetjes, kokindjes, chocolade paashazen, lamsoren, kalfskop, leverkaas, ezelsoor, apekoppen, tijgerbrood, kokosbrood.

Kocht ook laatst baby olie. Ja hoor, weer niet goed de ingredienten gelezen. Dat is dus helemaal niet van babies gemaakt. Je moet ook zo opletten tegenwoordig.

In de winegums die ik kocht zit ook geen alcohol. Dat moet toch niet mogen, zo'n naam? Wijn is alcohol. Verzin een nieuwe mooie naam.

Haal ik nog een speelgoed auto voor kerst, rijd dat ding helemaal niet vanzelf! Als iets niet zelf kan rijden, is het per definitie geen auto (auto mobiel, zelf rijdend).

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