That doesn't come naturally to a Yorkshire man

A) If you've still got all those, why?
B) What's your address and can I help?

A) I've got 3 kids age 5 and under who won't sleep.
B) Errm? I'll give it a go on my own for starters if you don't mind ha

I had a birthday recently and my family all know what to buy me.

Hahaha! Enjoy!

I used to live in Elgin & Kinloss too, had lots of distilleries within easy distance & did a couple of whiskey trails in my 4 years up there.
Nairn is particularly nice & I had a weekend doing Mountain Rescue for the fell runners on the Isle of Jura so got a nice tour in & a Ceilidh (Scottish dance/festivities/drinking) in on the Sunday night which was fun.

and Forres which is a it smaller. I'd also recommend Dufftown, home of Wm Grants and the self appointed whisky capital of Scotland, which is a bit further south. There's something about these small Scottish towns...

Has anyone got into rum? I've always been a single malt person but by mistake a relative bought me Rum. I was always scarred by finding a bottle of Lambs Navy Rum in a relative's cupboard and thinking it was vile, but it's now come as a bit of a revelation to me.

I've been drinking Alnwick Rum which not surprisingly is Northumbrian and is dark from Molasses. It is 40% but smooth and quite sweet. Essentially it tastes of grown up Treacle.



Then there's a not dissimilar one I've got open called The Kraken - black spiced rum. Again this is a dark rum, and relatively sweet. Very easy drinking.



The opposite type of Rum I've been drinking is the golden coloured type that wacks you around the mush with vanilla oak. I'm not in to the oak taste much in wine so California Chardonnay I find unpleasant, but I can cope with it in Rum. I've got one on the go from from Trinidad and Cockspur (from Barbados) is a commonly found example.

Not really a rum drinker but last time in Barbados did a tour of Mount Gay with a few samples and found it to be very pleasant indeed

My go-to rum at the moment is Captain Morgan Spiced Gold. Now there's a rum.

I enjoy a good single malt but love a good dark ( not navy) rum.
Of those widely available, Mount Gay is my choice. Less well known is Appleton Estate which is my favourite.
I once bought a Myers "prize winning" rum. Disappointed at my first taste, I examined the label more closely to find the prize in question was a bronze medal at the 1926 Jamaican Rum Festival. No marks for taste but high marks for salesmanship.

Quote Bullnorthern="Bullnorthern"I enjoy a good single malt but love a good dark ( not navy) rum. Of those widely available, Mount Gay is my choice. Less well known is Appleton Estate which is my favourite. I once bought a Myers "prize winning" rum. Disappointed at my first taste, I examined the label more closely to find the prize in question was a bronze medal at the 1926 Jamaican Rum Festival. No marks for taste but high marks for salesmanship.'" That would have been some competition though [size=150$51,000 - Wray and Nephew Jamaican Rum (1940)[/size Quote BullnorthernThe bottle shown, bottled in the 1940s by the Jamaican distillers Wray and Nephew, and containing blends that date back as far as around 1915 has the honor of being what is believed to be the world’s most expensive bottle of rum. The bottle which is being displayed at Europe’s first rum festival, RumFest, is valued at £26,000. The bottle, which is one of four unopened bottles of the stuff in the world, represents the lost tradition of the Wray and Nephew Rum. The popularity of the Mai Tai cocktail drained their rum supplies in the 1930s. In order to keep up with demand, the distillery changed their production methods. The bottle therefore represents the chance to taste the Mai Tai as it was originally conceived. That is, if anyone ever opens the bottle. Read more at www.curiousread.com/2010/03/top- ... 5ccGPpm.99'"

Quote Bullnorthern="Bullnorthern"I enjoy a good single malt but love a good dark ( not navy) rum. Of those widely available, Mount Gay is my choice. Less well known is Appleton Estate which is my favourite. I once bought a Myers "prize winning" rum. Disappointed at my first taste, I examined the label more closely to find the prize in question was a bronze medal at the 1926 Jamaican Rum Festival. No marks for taste but high marks for salesmanship.'" That would have been some competition though [size=150$51,000 - Wray and Nephew Jamaican Rum (1940)[/size Quote BullnorthernThe bottle shown, bottled in the 1940s by the Jamaican distillers Wray and Nephew, and containing blends that date back as far as around 1915 has the honor of being what is believed to be the world’s most expensive bottle of rum. The bottle which is being displayed at Europe’s first rum festival, RumFest, is valued at £26,000. The bottle, which is one of four unopened bottles of the stuff in the world, represents the lost tradition of the Wray and Nephew Rum. The popularity of the Mai Tai cocktail drained their rum supplies in the 1930s. In order to keep up with demand, the distillery changed their production methods. The bottle therefore represents the chance to taste the Mai Tai as it was originally conceived. That is, if anyone ever opens the bottle. Read more at www.curiousread.com/2010/03/top- ... 5ccGPpm.99'"