Post #682410 by Sunny&Rummy on Mon, Jun 17, 2013 12:16 PM

On 2013-06-17 11:07, jokeiii wrote:
The ED3 is pretty available in the Miami area...just saw the at our local Total Wines.

Perhaps this has been talked to death, but what'd be the closest approximation to LH80? ED8 or 12?

ED 3 really is in the Miami area now, huh? I will have to see if it's something our Total Wine can get for me. Have you mixed much with it and what is your verdict?

I think somewhere on Hurricane Hayward's blog is a discussion about basically diluting LH151 to about 50% strength as the best bet for approximating LH80. I think the info may have originally come from somewhere on Ministry of Rum and it talks about doing the dilution very slowly — over the course of 24+ hours I think. I am no chemist so I don't know the reason for the slow dilution and never bothered. At any rate, it turned out I was burning through my LH151 way too quickly using it for 80-proof mixing purposes as well so I stopped.

It has been a few years since I have tasted LH80, but I think there was a bit more of the burnt caramel in the flavor profile than the 5, 8 or 12 year products have. I think a good substitution might be 50% ED 5or ED 8 and 50% ED Superior Dark which has that burnt caramel taste in spades.

Honestly though, I think any of aged 80 proof ED products work as a decent sub for LH80 and I just use whatever I have on hand.

[ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2013-06-17 12:18 ]