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Howls are my main method of posting on the front page. They are my way of communicating to you the general information of the site.

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Howling Highlight: Legendario Rum Cake

Posted by Arctic Wolf on December 5, 2009

This is the month of Jolly Ol’ St. Nick.  And believe it or not Fine Spirits and Christmas have a tradition of togetherness which cannot be denied.  Rum cakes and Eggnog immediately come to mind.
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Speaking of Rum cakes I found a great recipe at  Amazing Christmas Ideas.

Although their recipe is great, I like my own Legendario Rum Cake which I bake two weeks before Christmas:

Legendario Rum Cake

1/3 cup softened butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
2    eggs
2/3     cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
dash cinnamon
dash nutmeg
sprinkle of salt
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 0z  Legendario rum.
1 1/3   cups chopped pecans and walnuts mixed

Mix the first 11 ingredients together and stir until everything is well moistened
Stir in the walnuts and pecans
Pour into a well greased 6 inch round casserole dish
Bake at 325° about 55 minutes.

Leave the cake in the casserole dish and drizzle 1 oz rum over the cake.
Seal the casserole dish with plastic wrap.
Once per week drizzle 1/2 oz of rum over the cake and reseal it.
Microwave and serve on Christmas eve

I love to pour a rich chocolate sauce over the hot pieces of cake when I serve it.

I will share my Eggnog recipe with you next week, as well as a list of my top twelve spirits to give as gifts this Chrismas.

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Howling Highlights – Renegade Rums

Posted by Arctic Wolf on October 25, 2009

This week the spotlight is placed upon the Renegade Rum Company.   Renegade Rums are single vintage artisanal rums made from hand selected stocks of the finest distilleries in the Caribbean and the Americas.   Renegade will hand-pick the rum casks from the selected distilleries and ship the rums to Scotland to refinish or ‘Ace” them in hand selected finishing barrels at the Bruichladdich distillery.

Renegade Rums

What sets these rums apart from others is the barrels chosen for refinishing.  Not second run whiskey barrels from the United States, but instead more exotic wine barrels from selected wineries in Europe.  So we have a Port finished rums from Panama and Barbados,  or  Chateau Latour finished rums from Jamaica and Guyana.  Renegade experiments with Madeira finished Guyanan rum.  The list goes on.

These rums are unique and quite unlike anything produced anywhere else in the world.  They do not taste like traditional rums, rather they taste like new hybrid spirits with the influence from the finishing casks setting their imprint firmly into the rum.

For more information please visit the Renegade Rum Website.

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Later this week I will be giving my first impressions of Renegade Rum Jamaica 2000 (Hamden).  An eight year old rum from the Jamaican Hamden distillery which has been finished in French Chateau Climens Casks.  Until then you can enjoy my reviews of Renegade Rum Panama (Don Jose) 1997  and Renegade Rum Guyana UITVLUGHT 1995.

Renegade Rum Panama (Don Jose) 1997

Awesome aroma with oriental spices, and brown sugar. A Mild fruity aroma like cherries sits at the very back of the nose……

Read the Review Here .

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Renegade Rum Guyana UITVLUGHT

I am glad I tasted this five times before I reviewed it as it gets better with each tasting. I will warn you that the flavour is unlike any rum I have tasted previously…….

Read the Review Here .

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Rum Review: Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum

Posted by Arctic Wolf on October 19, 2009

For the first review added (27 reviews in all now) since the site opened, I will take you vicariously to St. Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands.  Native inhabitants of St. Croix are called CruzianCruzan Estates and the rum company takes its Cruzan name from that.  The Single Barrel Estate Rum is considered the flagship brand of the company.

Here is an excerpt from the review:

“…Cruzan Single Barrel Rum is a blend of vintage rums which have been aged up to 12 years. Once blended the vintage rums are then refinished in a new oak barrel for about one year. Barrels are bottled individually with each bottle of rum coming from a single barrel…….”

Please read the full review here

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Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum

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Howling Highlights – Diplomatico Rum

Posted by Arctic Wolf on October 18, 2009

Every week I plan to do what I will call my Howling Highlights.   I will try to bring forward some explanation of certain rums or rum companies and relate the highlight to some reviews I have in my reviews section.

The first Highlight is on Diplomatico Rum.  I discovered Diplomatico just this past summer.  Their rums are full of flavour and spices with just enough sweetness to put them into the stratosphere.

Diplomatico rums are made in Venezuela by Distilerias Unidas, S.A.

I could give you some sort of history here but why not click the above link and do a little browsing of their website.  They can tell you their story better than I can.  If you are interested in my reviews of  Diplomatico Rums, Here they are:

Diplomatico Reserva Eclusiva (Rum Review)

Diplomatica Reserva Eclusiva

Stupendous bouquet. So rich and luxurious that I can hardly keep it from my mouth. Mostly caramel with nice hints of cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and walnut…..

READ MORE HERE .

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Diplomatico Anejo (Rum Review)

Diplomatico Anejo 2

Nutty (hazelnut and walnut) aroma mixed with cinnamon and brown sugar. Darker in atmosphere  and more brooding aroma than the Exclusiva Reserva even though the spirit is lighter……

READ MORE HERE .

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Welcome to the Rum Howler Blog!

Posted by Arctic Wolf on October 17, 2009

This blog is designed for the publication of my Rum and Whisky Reviews as well as for reviews and ratings of other distilled spirits. You can navigate the reviews using the Menus on the right and left side of the blog, or by using the tabs at the top of the page. Each review contains a rating or score out of 100.

As well, I have recipe sections based upon the recipes/cocktails I suggest for the spirits I review.  Most of the recipes you will encounter both in my reviews and in the recipe sections are of my own design, rather than recipes you can find in any good cocktail book or on the majority of other cocktail recipe sites on the internet.

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