Flavored Rum

[subbrew]

I made a light rum, specifically so I could use it as a base for flavored spirits. So far I have tried 4.

The base rum was a 40 gallon batch.

61.5 lb light brown suger
24 oz grandma baking molasses
38 tsp DAM
20 tsp epsom salt
Kviek Lutra yeast
I did a 3 gallon starter for the yeast 2 days prior

OG 1.062, FG 0.996

I did narrow cuts

The results was a light rum, slightly sweet and drinkable. I had about 2.5 gallons at 73%

Flavor 1 - coconut
1500 ml of 73% rum
50 g Kroger flaked sweetened coconut
Not much flavor, added an additional 50 g coconut
Still not much so added 100 g more.
Flavor was very mild coconut.
To bottle proofed down to 40% with coconut water. This has a nice coconut flavor without being over the top like Malibu rum. The only down side is most drink recipes the call for coconut rum expect a coconut blast like from Malibu.
Will try again but use twice the coconut

Flavor 2 - Cinnamon
1500 ml of 55% light rum
3 sticks (11 grams) cinnamon
Maturated for 3 weeks before pulling the first bottle.

This turned out very well. Nice cinnamon flavor and a nice brown color. This will make a nice winter drink

Flavor 3 - Vanilla
1500 ml of 55% light rum
One vanilla bean, cut down the middle - the bean was a bit older and dry
Maturated about 4 weeks before pulling the first bottle

This turned out well. It is subtle, but nice. You can sip it or use it in a mix. I will do this again with a bean that is fresher

Flavor 4 - Rhubarb
1000 ml 73% light rum
1400 ml sliced rhubarb
1 cup sugar

This is outstanding. I have very red rhubarb so the color is beautiful ruby color. It can be sipped or used in a cocktail. The rhubarb was run through a food processor with a slicing blade that made about 1/8 inch slices. Maturated for 3 weeks and then strained out the rhubarb.

[MooseMan]

That rhubarb I must try sub, nice one.

I'd never think to marry rhubarb with rum at all, so this is inspiring!

I tried making a coconut rum once as my son likes Malibu. I did similar to you but with a flavour pack, it was just so sweet I couldn't drink it but he did.

[amh71]

Going to try the rhubarb now as our patch is growing like crazy and SWMBO loves it, and rum.

Made a Rhubachello this week that was very nice, thinly slice into a jar and just cover with 95%, soak 24hrs , drain and proof down to 30% with simple syrup. Too sweet for me so will try a weaker syrup next time. The colour was a bit disappointing as our plants are very green, may force some next spring.

[8Ball]

Rhubarb pie is where it’s at!! The rum sounds different enough to want to try it.