5 Minutes of Rum
Notes on rum, a few minutes at a time.
A look at what is probably coming up in the new few episodes of 5 Minutes of Rum. A shout-out to Erik from Spyrate Radio for the bottle of Sugar House Distillery gold rum and to Syrus from Paper Plane in San Jose for the Santeria rum from Rational Spirits. I've been sitting on these bottles for too long, but I have some ideas I'm working on for each.
Oh and also Pusser's because sometimes you just need to kill some pain.
Should be ready for the beginning of next week. Put on your Trader Vic's PDX hat.
From from the November / December 2015 issue of Imbibe is the recipe "Nutty Like A Fruitcake" by Mindy Kucan of Hale Pele in Portland, Oregon. The spice elements invoke a holiday vibe that plays off of the citrus and the dark rum balances out the sweetness. Okole Maluna!
Privateer punch is a pirate vessel. Recipe in E34.
I feel like I've had my eye on Trader Vic's Voodoo Grog before seeing the recipe in Jeff Berry's book Potions of the Caribbean. Ok maybe mostly I wanted the Voodoo Grog glass (I still do). But I finally was inspired to mix one after reading the write up on Cocktail Virgin.
I mixed 2 versions, as the version from Frederic Yarm's site has a slightly modified recipe by upping the gold Puerto Rican rum to 2 oz.
Both versions are very nice - I'm not in the habit of working in egg whites so while I enjoy the texture, it's uncharted waters for me. I used Don Q Anejo for the gold Puerto Rican rum and St. James Hors D 'Age for the agricole vieux. Using 3/4 oz of pimento dram certainly ups the spice element but it works well. The egg whites add body (obviously) but I don't really notice the passion fruit syrup - it may be a victim of competing flavors here.
Voodoo Grog (Trader Vic's recipe as published in Potions of the Caribbean)
Voodoo Grog recipe (Cocktail Virgin version)