Re: Spiced Rum Recipes

"Gunther Anderson"  wrote in message

> limey wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way to spice up regular rum so that it's similar to Capt.
> > Morgan's?
>
> Paul Knorr (maker of Barback software, which I assume is still at
> www.barback.com) wrote me once with the following:
>
>  From Paul Knorr:
>
> A few days ago, I posted a question in rec.food.drink regarding Spiced
> Rum, asking how it was made. Jennifer Harris answered, saying that it
> was basically just rum with vanilla extract. So I set out to test this,
> and I think that I now have a good recipe for spiced rum (much cheaper
> than buying it).
>
>      * 2 cups light (white) rum (I use Bacardi Light®)
>      * 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
>      * 1/2 cup sugar syrup (Meilach's 2:1 ratio)
>
> Place in bottle and shake. Requires no aging although it may need to
> settle after shaking.
>
>
> So there you have it.  Experiment a little, and you should have a flavor
> you like as well.
>
> Gunther Anderson

I'll be darned.  Who would think it would be so simple!  Thanks, Gunther.

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