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Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-06-18T23:47:37+00:00

I remember when people thought that my accidental foray into Garlic Vodka was weird.
I would far rather drink that than the drink in this topic.
It is just as well that we are all different
We are all individuals.
( Brief nod to MP & TLOB there,you get it or you don't! )
I am amazed by some of the drinks that other folk often imbibe.
Soft or hard.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:47 pm

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-06-18T03:31:28+00:00

Interesting.....have been playing along the same lines with pleasing results.
I'm not especially looking for a Kraken clone, rather trying for a unique rum.

Statistics: Posted by packapoo — Sun Jun 18, 2017 3:31 am

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-06-18T02:41:13+00:00

packapoo wrote:
Interesting line of thought Curmudge....

Are you talking particularly rum here with your comment on a mash with more stout ingredients....

Didn't want to respond until I'd played some more.

I've done half molasses/half stout beer kit washes and "normal" rum washes with stout/porter added instead of water between stripping and spirit run and for me the latter is better, but your mileage will likely vary.

edit : these are unaged or with microwave aging. You know better than me that this could change immensely.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Sun Jun 18, 2017 2:41 am

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-05-10T20:07:48+00:00

Interesting line of thought Curmudge....

Are you talking particularly rum here with your comment on a mash with more stout ingredients....

Statistics: Posted by packapoo — Wed May 10, 2017 8:07 pm

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-05-10T01:41:58+00:00

I agree. As mentioned on other threads, I like a spiced rum as in with spice but not sweet/artificial (not too orange/lemon) and honey whiskeys (Irish Mist being favourite) but not too sweet or artificial (Jim Beam honey being worst). It is entirely possible that I want my mash made with more stout ingredients and less molasses rather than flavouring the rum after distillation.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Wed May 10, 2017 1:41 am

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-05-10T00:06:29+00:00

LOL
Maybe your aproach could sort the reason that I am not a spiced Rum/Rhum fan?

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Wed May 10, 2017 12:06 am

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-05-09T23:31:48+00:00

Absolutely no clue as I don't pretend to have a good palate. My first attempt was about 70% abv, made with the afore mentioned asda dried ground spice and a little vanilla, glycerine and star anise, diluted to 40% with guinness and nuked once, then necked while not sober.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Tue May 09, 2017 11:31 pm

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-05-09T06:04:32+00:00

Ooooo any thoughts of a ratio?

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Tue May 09, 2017 6:04 am

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-05-09T00:09:20+00:00

I don't claim to be right, but will be interested in other folks experiments.

I was in a pub that is renowned for it's guinness and was reminded of the "late"/aftertaste with good mouthfeel in good guinness that I can never quite figure if it's chocolate/coffee/malt or something else and it reminded me of kraken, so I came home and made something.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Tue May 09, 2017 12:09 am

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-05-08T22:49:38+00:00

I don't know how you found this out, I suspect by accident
I'm loving it
I wish that we lived nearer.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Mon May 08, 2017 10:49 pm

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-05-08T22:21:21+00:00

Returning to my earlier thoughts on this thread and at risk of sounding crazier than usual, a quick experiment suggests that partly diluting your strong spiced rum distillate with guinness instead of water is one way to go to approach kraken.

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Mon May 08, 2017 10:21 pm

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-04-26T00:24:52+00:00

I fall asleep at a keyboard 2 or 3 nights each week.
At some point I wake up and shuffle off to bed.
A constantly full Essencia filter does not help in this process.
Life really is a bitch.

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:24 am

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-04-25T23:43:15+00:00

Easydrinker wrote:
That does indeed sound like an interesting mix.
Short time here and long time gone...
What are you risking?

Robert.

I have 2 major problems within this hobby of ours. One is experimenting when imbibing and the other is not remembering what I did.

I plan in theory on buying in star anise and allspice that I don't have (not sure if pimento is a cherry pepper or allspice in the above mix) and actually taking notes as I try different concoctions. I'm sure I'll fail happily and have to repeat the exercise 5 times

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:43 pm

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-04-25T23:29:23+00:00

That does indeed sound like an interesting mix.
Short time here and long time gone...
What are you risking?

Robert.

Statistics: Posted by Easydrinker — Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:29 pm

Re: Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

2017-04-25T21:35:10+00:00

My mind wandered off after mentions of asda in one thread and nuking essence based neutral with no oak in another and I remembered I have a jar of asda dried mixed spice in the cupboard.

Ingredients are Cinnamon (47%) , Coriander Seeds (20%) , Nutmeg , Whole Cloves , Pimento , Ginger.

I'm not a gin fan, so the coriander makes me nervous, but the rest looks good?

Statistics: Posted by Curmudgeon — Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:35 pm