J.Wray&Nephew's DAGGER Dark Jamaica Rum - Tiki Drinks and Food

J jokeiii Tiki Socialite Miami, FL Joined: Sep 18, 2010 Posts: 503	J jokeiii Posted posted on Mon, Jul 17, 2023 3:57 PM OK. My good deed for the year, with context. A while back - I can't recall exactly where, maybe his blog? Maybe the KB thread here? - I ran into a discussion by the mighty Jim "Hurricane" Hayward on blending rums to replicate the extinct Kohala Bay, an integral component in so many Mai-Kai Restaurant recipes. The upshot was that 4:1:1 (Coruba : Appleton Estate Signature : W&N126; all being J. Wray products) made for a SUPER close* approximation. Jim then made a casual comment that perhaps we should rather be trying to replicate the even more extinct Appleton Dagger/Punch, rather than KB, which at 97° was closest to what Mariano Licudine used to craft those recipes originally. A tiny little light went off in my head. My mom collected miniature liquor bottles at one point, so I went to her house. After a good rummage, I found a couple of Appleton Punch minis. With that as my control group, and the KB Clone Blend framework above, I started tinkering with a blend, also adding Blackwell (another JW&N rum) to the experiment. And I tinkered and tinkered and now, at long last, I reveal what (again, to my palate) really hits the Appleton Punch/Dagger spot. Here is what I used to make a 750ml bottle of Dagger/Punch; I even cobbled together a tribute label, which was surprisingly easy. 275ml W&N126 200ml Coruba 150ml Blackwell 125ml Appleton Estate Signature To my palate 3:2:1 is a bit closer, but that's not the subject of this afternoon's symposium. Slightly rounded off for ease of measurement, but pretty much still lands within a couple of decimal points to the original 97ish proof. [ Edited by jokeiii on 2023-08-13 10:40:33 ]

OK. My good deed for the year, with context.

A while back - I can't recall exactly where, maybe his blog? Maybe the KB thread here? - I ran into a discussion by the mighty Jim "Hurricane" Hayward on blending rums to replicate the extinct Kohala Bay, an integral component in so many Mai-Kai Restaurant recipes. The upshot was that 4:1:1 (Coruba : Appleton Estate Signature : W&N126; all being J. Wray products) made for a SUPER close* approximation.

Jim then made a casual comment that perhaps we should rather be trying to replicate the even more extinct Appleton Dagger/Punch, rather than KB, which at 97° was closest to what Mariano Licudine used to craft those recipes originally. A tiny little light went off in my head. My mom collected miniature liquor bottles at one point, so I went to her house. After a good rummage, I found a couple of Appleton Punch minis.

With that as my control group, and the KB Clone Blend framework above, I started tinkering with a blend, also adding Blackwell (another JW&N rum) to the experiment. And I tinkered and tinkered and now, at long last, I reveal what (again, to my palate) really hits the Appleton Punch/Dagger spot. Here** is what I used to make a 750ml bottle of Dagger/Punch; I even cobbled together a tribute label, which was surprisingly easy. 275ml W&N126 200ml Coruba 150ml Blackwell 125ml Appleton Estate Signature 361252625_10230772247278278_859553330269525460_n 361559147_10230772247158275_5835783619374234057_n 361544815_10230772246958270_4108694688730197400_n

To my palate 3:2:1 is a bit closer, but that's not the subject of this afternoon's symposium. ** Slightly rounded off for ease of measurement, but pretty much still lands within a couple of decimal points to the original 97ish proof.

[ Edited by jokeiii on 2023-08-13 10:40:33 ]

Post #809935 by jokeiii on Mon, Jul 17, 2023 3:57 PM