rum aging

[violentblue]

if my rum has a bitter taste to it, is there any way to salvage it?

would it make sence to carbon filter it to a more neutral state, or just let it age and see what becomes of it?

[Uncle Jesse]

speaking personally I'd redistill it if you're that unhappy with the flavor.

[junkyard dawg]

pretty hard to say what you should do...

redistilling will mellow things out a lot,

Age helps more than anything I have tried. Leave it alone for a couple months and see how it changes. 6 months it will be very different... I just tried some not so good rum that has aged 9 months and its good now... much more mellow and smooth.

[violentblue]

still is gone, gave it to my stepdad, so redistilling it isn't an option. I'll let it sit for 6 months or so the revisit it.

[wineo]

Its hard to over oak a heavy rum so I would use more oak.Some of those flavors will mellow or go away with lots of oak and some age.You have to make your cuts right to get a good flavor,but aging time will always help.
I would just put it up for a year since you cant rerun it.

[Dnderhead]

I find airing out helps a lot I use Conny keg and a air stone
and oil less air pump "like they use on air brush " also makes
grate way to fill bottles You can get parts four carbenating beer.