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Nth Doctor posted:Congratulations on dumping rum out of a barrel! Thanks! It's been a nail biter waiting on it to finish - and it tastes pretty amazing, if I do say so myself. The angel's share on this batch is a real kick in the teeth though - nearly 25%. The past couple days have been me basically trying to figure out why, and it comes down to largely 3 things: 1) Small barrels. We aged this rum in 15 gallon barrels, and the surface area to liquor ratio was really high compared to a 30 gallon or 53 gallon barrel. That means more evaporative loss, though we didn't expect this much more. 2) Humidity. Humidity levels were incredibly low last winter, and I think that was when the bulk of the loss took place. 3) Barrel handling and management. This was one of our earliest batches, and this was before we really had a handle on how to properly hydrate barrels before filling. Now we do a ~48 hour water soak before filling barrels, and then we just started filling them with liquor. I think that it basically meant that about ~2 gallons of spirit was gone immediately, meaning 10 to 15% loss right off the bat. So now we'll be thinking about all that for future batches. The upside is that this is an incredibly flavorful rum - when you lose angel's share, the alcohol and water evaporate away, but it concentrates the flavor in the remaining spirit. It's incredibly rich - lots of maple and butter-rum flavors from the woods.
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Weltlich posted:I'm thinking it will be. The full story goes like this: This is a really interesting idea. I'm already a fan of Mead + Whiskey. Please let us know how it goes!
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Sep 12, 2018 21:17
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:This is a really interesting idea. I'm already a fan of Mead + Whiskey. Please let us know how it goes! We're def. doing it now. We're working on the label (remind me to bitch about labeling bureaucracy later), but here's an early draft of the artwork we'll be putting on it:
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Sep 12, 2018 22:50
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That looks dope. Get your stuff on that there website you mentioned already 
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Sep 12, 2018 23:23
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Weltlich posted:We're def. doing it now. We're working on the label (remind me to bitch about labeling bureaucracy later), but here's an early draft of the artwork we'll be putting on it: 
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Sep 13, 2018 00:18
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Weltlich posted:We're def. doing it now. We're working on the label (remind me to bitch about labeling bureaucracy later), but here's an early draft of the artwork we'll be putting on it: If it's anything like the beer label world you'll get rejected for a reason such as "it's misleading, you don't distribute it in a drinking horn" or "this implies that eels were used in the production, did you use eels?"
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Sep 13, 2018 03:25
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Slimy Hog posted:If it's anything like the beer label world you'll get rejected for a reason such as "it's misleading, you don't distribute it in a drinking horn" or "this implies that eels were used in the production, did you use eels?" The label clearly indicates that it's for eels.
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Sep 13, 2018 03:38
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Slimy Hog posted:If it's anything like the beer label world you'll get rejected for a reason such as "it's misleading, you don't distribute it in a drinking horn" or "this implies that eels were used in the production, did you use eels?" The Lone Badger posted:The label clearly indicates that it's for eels. Ha! As this will only be distributed in VT, we can get away with cooler art on the label. There are few things that will make me froth at the mouth and pass out like trying to rationalize labeling laws.
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Sep 13, 2018 04:13
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Have you entered your rums into any spirits competitions, or would you be interested in doing so? There's one coming up next year in Tokyo, and there's a category for rums. Since it's the first time the competition is happening, maybe there aren't as many competitors.
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Sep 26, 2018 08:08
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zmcnulty posted:Have you entered your rums into any spirits competitions, or would you be interested in doing so? There's one coming up next year in Tokyo, and there's a category for rums. Since it's the first time the competition is happening, maybe there aren't as many competitors. Tell me more! The rums are literally brand new, and just moving out to the market now, but we actually have entered the gin in several competitions and it's done very well: New York 2018 - Bronze (90 points)* and Vermont Gin Distillery of the Year Berlin - Silver Denver - Silver *I'm proud of the bonze medal, but more proud of the 90 points. NYISC is a very competitive field, and most gins don't score above the high-80's in terms of points. Get me the info on the Tokyo competition!
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Sep 26, 2018 17:02
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The page is here: http://tokyowhiskyspiritscompetition.jp There's an English outline available as well here: http://tokyowhiskyspiritscompetition.jp/2019/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/outline_ENGLISH.pdf The category list is here, the Google translation seems good enough (#80 should be "rum" instead of "lamb" though  ): http://tokyowhiskyspiritscompetition.jp/category/
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zmcnulty posted:The page is here: Thanks! I'll get on this.
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