Rum Jumbie - Is there a recipe? - Tiki Drinks and Food

M Martiki-bird Tiki Socialite Kurume, Japan Joined: Mar 23, 2007 Posts: 140	M Martiki-bird Posted posted on Fri, Mar 30, 2007 9:12 AM Rum Jumbie is a fairly new addition to the world of flavored rums, so that’s probably why no one has come up with a home recipe yet. I actually have a half-full bottle that I got in 2002, and here’s what I observed last night while enjoying some neat: Aged rum base, probably blended with light rum Light amber color, high sugar content, fairly viscous (probably glycerine a.k.a. glycerol which would enhance the sweetness) Spices: Strong vanilla, traces of allspice (the spice berry, not the spice mix) Fruits: citrus (sweet orange, tangerine, not lime, possibly Meyer lemon), the barest hint of passion fruit Other flavor notes: caramel, slight tannins (like light tea), slightly reminiscent of cola It’s pretty similar to Nassau Royale (vanilla-spice flavored rum) and tonight I think I’ll try a little experiment with some mixing Nassau Royale, homemade tangerine rum (really simple recipe I can share here) and a melted ice cube’s worth of passion fruit juice and see if it compares. If it does, then it’s a pretty simple process to adjust the tangerine rum recipe to include the vanilla-spice ingredients…I also suspect that adding a bit of caramelized sugar and perhaps a bit of whiskey will replicate the ‘cola’ taste I noticed. Gina

Rum Jumbie is a fairly new addition to the world of flavored rums, so that’s probably why no one has come up with a home recipe yet. I actually have a half-full bottle that I got in 2002, and here’s what I observed last night while enjoying some neat:

Aged rum base, probably blended with light rum
Light amber color, high sugar content, fairly viscous (probably glycerine a.k.a. glycerol which would enhance the sweetness)
Spices: Strong vanilla, traces of allspice (the spice berry, not the spice mix)
Fruits: citrus (sweet orange, tangerine, not lime, possibly Meyer lemon), the barest hint of passion fruit
Other flavor notes: caramel, slight tannins (like light tea), slightly reminiscent of cola

It’s pretty similar to Nassau Royale (vanilla-spice flavored rum) and tonight I think I’ll try a little experiment with some mixing Nassau Royale, homemade tangerine rum (really simple recipe I can share here) and a melted ice cube’s worth of passion fruit juice and see if it compares. If it does, then it’s a pretty simple process to adjust the tangerine rum recipe to include the vanilla-spice ingredients…I also suspect that adding a bit of caramelized sugar and perhaps a bit of whiskey will replicate the ‘cola’ taste I noticed.

Gina

Post #295688 by Martiki-bird on Fri, Mar 30, 2007 9:12 AM