Rum barrel oak

[NO1DLR]

I have seen some "Plantation rum barrel oak" for sale, and on the packet it says "add 10-15g of oak per litre of vodka, then add xxxxxx rum essence".

Can I add more oak than recommended, and skip the essence to make a rum, in a similar way that one would make bourbon out of bourbon barrel oak?

[LWTCS]

IMO not really.

Rum profile is best created by using and reusing,,,,and reusing your dunder and perhaps yeast as well.

Don't have to use oak at all to acheive a rum profile (hence white rum).

Not my cup of tea but the essence may be requiste for your "parlor trick rum"

[scarecrow]

"add 10-15g of oak per litre of vodka, then add xxxxxx rum essence".

I add 2 sticks of oak to a litre of neutral. Each stick is about 1/2" x 1/2" x 2" and weighs about 8-10 gms. It takes about 3 months to kick in. First couple of weeks it tastes like Pinocchio pissed himself.

scarecrow

[NO1DLR]

If I don't want to make rum the 'real' way, am I better off using a large amount of that rum barrel oak, say 50g of oak per litre of neutral for 2 weeks, or should I just use an essence?

[Dnderhead]

adding more oak does not cut for me, less is more,to much oak and it can be bitter.small amount over longer time and larger "chunks"

[Barney Fife]

Making rum is easier than making a neutral(IE: vodka), since the molasses has all the nutrients you need, where a plain sugar wash(for a vodka) needs a boucoup of added crap for nutrients, and rum wash is run in a simple pot still where a neutral needs to be run in a column. So, why bother turning a neutral into rum?? Want rum? Make rum!