Today’s experiment involves used Time & Oak elements. I started off with
a single element used in whiskey for 48 hours. I decided to use Cruzan Aged Rum for my
experiment. Cruzan Aged Rum is my go-to
mixer rum and although it says aged there’s no statement,
and it is rather light, so I doubt it
spends much time is barrels, but it is lightly sweet and overall just a great rum for
cocktails.
I had the element in for 12 hours,
and it added a nice light spiciness.
After 24 hours it added a bit of dryness on the finish with a light oak flavor.
48 hours in added flavors of rice pudding and sawdust. A little bit funky but that’s okay for rum.
Then I decided to get all crazy, and I added two more used elements for the last 24 hours for a total of 72 hours of aging. This added lots of nice color and flavors of caramel, and toasted oak.
A fun experiment as I had been wondering what several elements will do it once, especially used ones. I would say this was a modest success. My general experience is that the elements work better with something that a little more age or color to it and I think this rum is a little bit young for this experiment, so I’m going try something older for the next experiment. The elements improved the character and made it taste more mature and added a lot of flavors to it.
THE LIQUORIST
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