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Axefire

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  1. http://gizmodo.com/388602/create-perfect-i...rfect-cocktails If you are serious about your on-the-rocks beverages, you probably already know that ice is a major factor in constructing the perfect drink. The best ice consists of quality water and is shaped in such a way that it does not take up much surface area—which ensures that your drink does not get watered down prematurely. Fortunately for you, the pinnacle of ice-making technology is here...today! A Japanese company named Taisin has developed a mold that creates a perfect ice sphere by slowly melting a chunk of ice inside a press and then closing around it. Once the press has closed, the sphere can be released with the flick of a switch. Apparently, it can produce 30-40 ice balls in an hour, which isn't half bad when you consider the tediousness of the process. Either way, if you have a really good scotch on hand, it is probably worth the extra effort to get things right. The mold is available in 55, 65, 70 and 80mm sizes. Now I think this could be very nice ( for personal use )... What you think about it? Know any place we can buy it?
  2. Today I had some spare time and I wanted to try something with Apricot Brandy ( I missed last month event using the Apricot Brandy... ) Ive come out with a variation of the Pina Colada : 1 oz Dark Rhum 1 oz Malibu Coco 3 oz Cranberry Juice 2 oz Pinnaple Juice Shake everything, serve in a Highball. The first thing you notice is the similarity with the Pina Colada, but much more "fruity". I actually made the recipe using Bacardi coco instead of dark rhum and malibu, but It didnt had the body I wanted it to have.
  3. I think it would be pretty usefull to make a kind of grid, to classify and describe all various brand of rhum avaiable out there... Strongness / Oakness / Fruitness ect... Im not a rhum specialist but I think with a grid like this one, it would be rather easy to choose a rhum to replace another one in some recipe ( just like the Tiki rhum topic ) First we have to list the most widely used/avaible rhum : Havana Club 7 yo Havana Club White Bacardi Bacardi 8 yo Flor de cana 12 yo Mount Gay Eclipse Mount Gay ( can't remember the name ) Plantation Trinidad 1996 Plantation Barbade Angostura Appleton Estate Bacardi Bambu Rum Barcelo Bayu Barbancourt Beenleigh Bermudez Black Seal Bounty Rum Braddah Kimo's Maui Rum Brinley Gold Rum Brugal Bundaberg Cockspur Cacique Caney Captain Morgan Carupano Cavalier Coronation Khukuri XXX Rum Cortez, Ron Cortez, Panamà Coruba Cruzan Don Lorenzo Don Q El Dorado English Harbour Rum Estelar Flor de Caña Ghostship Goodwill Gosling's Green Island Havana Club Honey Rum Jolly Roger Lemon Hart Lambs Rum Macuro Malibu Rum Matusalem McDowell's No.1 Celebration Rum Mitjans Mount Gay Montilla Myers Newfoundland Screech New Grove Oak Aged Rum New Grove Plantation Rum Ocumare Old Monk Old Sam's One Barrell Panama Jack Spiced Rum Pampero Pusser's Pyrat RedRum Ronrico Ron Cortez Ron Diaz Ron Viejo de Caldas Ron Zacapa Centenario Royal Reserve Santa Teresa Santiago De Cuba Sailor Jerry Silver Kiss Rum Stroh Tanduay Varela Rum,151 proof, Panamà VooDoo Spiced Rum Wray and Nephews Zaya Feel free to complete the list, and start giving out info about them! Ill create a grid where we can write a number for each description : exemple : ........................Strongness | Color ( light to dark ) | Body Bacardi Gold......... 4......................... 5 ........................ 5 Bacardi 8...............7 .........................8..........................7 Hope you get the point, and like the idea! EDIT : This probly can be done with gin, vodka, whiskey ect...
  4. I already have : The Savoy Cocktail Book The Joy of Mixology Imbibe! Now im looking for more book of that kind but I don't know where to start!! Trader Vic? BeachBum? DaleDegreof ( or however its spelled )?
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