Favorite Rum Blends?
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1: McC Scottish Flake
2: MacB Navy Flake
3: GLP Windjamer
4: GH Jamaica Flake
5: Century Rum & Maple
2: MacB Navy Flake
3: GLP Windjamer
4: GH Jamaica Flake
5: Century Rum & Maple
Put me down for GLP Windjammer as well. Wish it was available in bulk!
Wilke Rum and Maple is very good, Rumcake is great. I’ve never tried 515 so I can’t comment on that one.
I tried soaking brown bogie twist in rum. It's a very strong blend so I couldn't really taste the rum, but it also didn't ruin it. I would give it a try
I'm sure there is a thread about that @JOHN72 from a couple of years ago - somebody was experimenting with adding rum but not directly - I think they were leaving the tobacco and rum in a container letting the tobacco absorb the rum with physically touching it.
I'll try and find it when I can.
I'll try and find it when I can.
This sounds like the “dry infusion method,” and it works very well. Much better than misting or spraying tobacco with booze (or water or whatever), as it penetrates to the inside of the leaf with a deep, lasting penetration. Also the best way to rehydrate leaf. Misting or spraying booze directly onto tobacco risks driving off volatile oils and aromas, so infusion in a sealed container is best.
GLP Windjammer is always a favorite. After about a year in the jar, Peterson's Hyde Park is a delight, especially on an autumn night by a campfire.
Fribourg & Treyer Special Brown Flake
Mac Baren Navy Flake
C&D After Hours Flake
KBV Kraken Bar
C&D Blockade Runner
McClelland Navy Cavendish
GLP Windjammer
WCC Stubb’s Pipe
Of course, there are also the many straight-up aromatics that have been mentioned
Mac Baren Navy Flake
C&D After Hours Flake
KBV Kraken Bar
C&D Blockade Runner
McClelland Navy Cavendish
GLP Windjammer
WCC Stubb’s Pipe
Of course, there are also the many straight-up aromatics that have been mentioned
Hyde Park is a good one. Going to fire that up soon.
Ive got tins of Windjammer and Blockade Runner in the cellar, but have never tried either. Probably 80% of the tins in my cellar are blends ive never tried. I'd better get to it!!
Windjammer. First tobacco I bought 5 pounds of. Waiting for a sale so I can buy another pound.
I just don't see the benefit of this over soaking the flake or tobacco in rum. This is what navy flake is, plug soaked in rum then sliced. I think the alcohol would have to be in direct contact with the tobacco, as alcohol will evaporate faster and I think the actual sugars etc in the alcohol would be adding flavour, same as whisky
The advantage to the dry infusion method is that you don’t lose the essential oils that will flash off with the evaporation of the alcohol if you merely soak or spray the booze onto the tobacco. Those oils keep the tobacco from drying out. It’s science.
Back in the day, when sailors soaked their tobacco plugs or ropes directly in rum, they were at sea, where the humidity is obviously higher than on land. If you live in Louisiana or somewhere else that is unacceptably humid, perhaps that might work for you. Those of us who live in civilization prefer our tobacco to retain its natural oils.
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I honestly can't vouch for either because I haven't tried it myself, but I can see where you coming from and one day I would love to try both methods to what works. Only one way to find out.
The added benefit is having to buy more rum and more tobacco, in the name of science.
Edit: I say that, but I know people here have had success with the method as per @khiddy , so I feel it's worth vouching for that method.
