Brugal Anejo Rum and a Time & Oak Element

Brugal Anejo Rum is one of my go to rums.  It’s moderately priced, is excellent neat and even better in a cocktail where you want to actually taste the rum.  A 3 to 5 year blend such as this is a perfect experiment for a Time & Oak Element.

12 hours in we get some light oak and funky flavors added.
24 hours later and the rum is very smooth, with no heat and a little less sweet.
48 hours, and the rum tastes very mature, more like an 8 year old rum, lightly sweet, smooth with no burn.



For rums 48 hours seems to be the sweet spot, at 72 hours the element made it fairly funky.  Brugal Anejo Rum is great choice for using your elements.

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Vinn Baijiu and a Whiskey Element

Vinn Baijiu neat is light, ricey and smooth.  Very similar to a malt white dog whiskey.  Not sure what Baijiu is? Click here for the Wikipedia link. In short, Vinn Baijiu is a clear, pot distilled spirit made from rice.  Let’s see what a Signature Whiskey Element can do.

At 12 hours the flavors soften, adding flavors of malted cereal

24 hours in we get light heat; faint toasted wood, and a hint of leather on the finish, it’s very smooth.

At 48 hours flavors turn a bit sour, with a new flavor of hazelnut and a continuing of the progression of leafy and malty flavors.

Our end at 72 hours the Baijiu is moderately woody with hints of leaf litter, great mouth feel and a light heat on the finish. 

Vinn Baijiu and a Whiskey Element

I am amazed at how similar to a young scotch the whiskey element made this Baijiu.  A fun and unique flavor.  Makes a great whiskey sour or can be sipped with a single ice cube or neat.

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J&B Scotch and a Signature Whiskey Element

There are two reasons why I wanted to buy and try and bottle of J&B Scotch with a whiskey element. Those two reasons being The Thing and The Omega Man, whose main characters both said whisky. Any whisky good enough for MacReady has to be good enough for me.

J&B is a light and smooth, smokey scotch. Not overly complex but pleasant and less metallic than Johnny Walker Red. Let’s see what the element will do!

12 hours in and the Scotch is smoother, and the smoke evens out.
24 hours later and the color is noticeably darker, lightly honey sweet.
48 hours, and we get a dried fruit sweetness, raisin, apricot, mossy and earthy.

J&B Scotch

72 hours and this modest priced Scotch is very smooth, fragrant and lightly sweet with mild smoke.

J&B is another case where 72 hours is the only way to go. I like the version at 72 hours so much; it’s going to become my easy every day drinking Scotch.

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