Looking for a Kraken Black Spiced Rum recipe!

[Mash]

Well done ED.. My account is still locked awaiting admin. Was this in the post or the attachments?

[packapoo]

I'm luckier then you.....Well maybe that's only a maybe.....

They r-soled me back in 2012/13 when I chipped them about their piss poor, frequently ignorant moderation.
Flash of brilliance 2017 and I'm back in.
Thing is haven't missed them in between so not exploring any further.

[Easydrinker]

Well done ED.. My account is still locked awaiting admin. Was this in the post or the attachments?

I simply clicked on the the link, and read it down a few posts.
That would not let me open the file from the original link, but someone had quoted it, and that I was able to cut and paste.

The interweb will be the downfall of us all.

Robert.

[Curmudgeon]

I couldn't see the recipe at the start, but fortunately Robert broke things for us.

Apart from the more controversial cherry, menthol etc, I'm pretty sure allspice and a smidge of ginger and less sugar/post still molasses will take us in the required direction. I'm open to coffee or cocoa but they wouldn't be my taste really.

edit : a friend mentioned liquorice (sp?) but I'd never use this and star of anise at the same time

[Curmudgeon]

Cherry menthol, are you 'avin a laugh,
or just playing a tune.

Well, most of us get a lot of Tenna for men ads on facebook these days

[gaza the instructor]

Well if your nose bungs up, you could aways
buy some Cherry Menthol Tunes

[Easydrinker]

Cherry Menthol was driving me down that path, but age and location stopped me doing as you did.


Robert.

[Curmudgeon]

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?

[Easydrinker]

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

Robert.

[Curmudgeon]

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

[Easydrinker]

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.

[Curmudgeon]

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.

[Easydrinker]

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

Robert.

[Curmudgeon]

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.

[Mash]

Ooooo any thoughts of a ratio?