Link: The Difference Between All Those Bacardi White Rums →

Maestro Gran Reserva is categorized as part of the Gran Reserva line along with Bacardi 8. It is a double aged rum bottled at 40% ABV. Mellowed for one year in American white oak, blended, and placed into aging again for another 3 months.  A more robust nose and body, meant to stand out in a cocktail.

Camper English walks through a Bacardi press release and a follow-up question on the multitude of Bacardi white rums. Maybe I'll give the Maestro Gran Reserva a shot. I have no time for standard Bacardi Superior, but I enjoy Bacardi 8, which the Gran Reserva is positioned beside.

Bit of a hiatus but...

There was a bit of a hiatus while I prepared and delivered my "Rum 103" talk at Tiki Caliente 7 but things are back on track and E41 is almost ready to go out the virtual door.

One week to go

The talk I'm giving at Tiki Caliente 7 (Rum 103: An introduction to 3 elemental styles of rum and how use them) is a week from today. On the offhand chance that you're a listener to the show and going to Tiki Caliente, come say hi.

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Working on E40.

Wow, 40. Hope it's coherent. 

Harvesting cinnamon (cassia)

A quick look at where cassia cinnamon comes from and how it's harvested. Now go make some cinnamon syrup and mix up a Jet Pilot.

One of the most beloved spices in the world, Cinnamon is actually the dried and curled up inner bark of one of several varietals of trees in the genus Cinnamomum. Cassia Cinnamon is one of those varietals and the majority of it grows in the lush Kerenci Valley on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.