In my Fun With Infusions post a few months ago, I talked about my first few forays in to the world of creating homemade spice – aka homemade rum infusions. Since that time I’ve tinkered onward, still striving to find something I could make and say, “See that? See how good that is? That’s cause [...]
Rum
And here I’ll bet you thought I had forgotten all about rum reviews here. Pish posh. I know what keeps people coming to this site, and it ain’t my wit or good looks…both of which are currently on back-order, and I have been assured will be arriving within a month or two.It had been brought [...]
Well, I’m finally back from a week in Texas. As we do every other year, Mrs. Dood and I went to visit my family in San Antonio for Christmas.For this particular trip, we made a few extra stops along the way, including a visit to “Area 51” for Temptryst Rums: Daniel Watson’s lab. My brother, [...]
While on my most recent trip to the Caribbean, my wife insisted on stopping in one extra shop on St. Maarten when I thought we were done for the day. While we wandered around the shop, I took stock of the rums on their shelves and my eye was caught by a blue bottle with [...]
Well, I’ve decided to start taking part in the Mixology Monday (hosted by Jeffery Morgenthaler) bazaar of posts and articles, and this month’s is a topic near and dear to my heart: Repeal Day.That’s right, December 5th is (in the USA) the anniversary of the day that the 18th Amendment was repealed, once again allowing [...]
Well I’ve finally returned from my 7 day journey through the Northeastern Caribbean. We had a great time and bought one or two bottle of rum. OK, OK…we bought somewhere around 11 different bottles of rum.One of my main goals during this cruise on the Caribbean Princess was to make my way to Anguilla during [...]
Well, actually I’m leaving on a jet plane so that I can leave on a cruise ship. Tonight Mrs. Dood, her family, and I all depart not-so-sunny (today) Southern California for Florida and the promise of a relaxing 7 day cruise. Just what the doctor ordered. Well, actually, my doctor told me to watch my [...]