Setup: Velocity clone; dual twisted 28awg @ .55Ω; cotton wicks; 40 W
Testing: FA Jamaica Special (Jamaican Rum) @ 3%; Aged: 2 weeks
Flavor description: Mostly sweet and slightly boozy, very smooth, with notes of butterscotch and maybe brown sugar. Comes off as more of a dark rum or butter rum, but without too much of a "candied" nuance.
Off-flavors: none
Throat hit: 4/10 rather smooth
Uses: At 1-2%, plays well into cocktail recipes (obviously), also gives a warming or baked affect at lower (<1%) percentages to fruits in a bakery mix. Could work as a sweetener as well.
Pairings: FA cola, coconut, caramel, butterscotch, coffee, preferred fruits, Koolada.
Notes: If you're formulating a recipe and looking to incorporate rum, this should probably be in your stash. /u/ID10-T has some stellar cocktail recipes on ATF that feature this flavoring, check them out!
> /u/ID10-T has some stellar cocktail recipes on ATF that feature this flavoring, check them out!
Thanks, buddy. Two of them (If You Like Pina Coladas and Mango Colada) are the two recipes I'm most proud of.
> maybe brown sugar
Maybe? I've called it molassesy before but that was a bit of an exaggeration, it's not quite that dark and lacks the bitterness of molasses, but it tastes to me like someone took some dark rum and dumped dark brown sugar in it. Those recipes with it at 1%? I would have loved to have used more and gotten more of that nice booziness, but I tried and couldn't without also getting too much brown sugar in there.
"If you like pina coladas" is my ADV. I've got a 120ml next to me as we speak.
Make the recipe for someone's ADV. That's all I ever really wanted to do. Now finally I can retire from mixing and welcome the cold embrace of the grave with a heart filled with the satisfaction of a life well-lived.
I've gone through a ton of /u/ediblemalfunction Lost in the Tropics since I stumbled upon it. Really tasty stuff.
I'll have to check out the Coladas once I get ONE MORE GOD DAMN FUCKING COCONUT.