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A Great Discovery & LH151 Subs |
CincyTikiCraig
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Joined: Mar 31, 2009
Posts: 328
From: Cincinnati, Ohio USA
|  Posted: 2010-09-28 07:42 am Permalink
The Wife & I arrived at our rental house on Marco Island, Florida on Saturday, We're here until Saturday, when we head to Ft Lauderdale when we'll be visiting the Mai Kai. I set up our bar....
There's a mature mango tree out back that's filled with the biggest, ripest mangos that I've seen in years. I made us a round of Mango Daiquiris for the pool:
-3oz (1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) amber rum
-1 1/2 cups (1-inch) cubes of firm-ripe mango (from two 1-lb mangoes), frozen
-3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
-1 oz (2 tablespoons) triple sec
-2 teaspoons superfine granulated sugar
-2 cups ice cubes
Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.
While putting groceries away I opened a few of the kitchen cabinets and made a nice discovery:
It's the partially full bottle of Lemon Hart 151 Demerara that we left at the house when we were here in March 2009! This is great timing, because not only can I use the 151 in my cocktails during our vacation, but I'm able to critically taste the LH151 against other substitutes that I have been using since I ran out of it at home last year. The first thing that I've discovered is that the Gosling's 151 that I've been using has a completely different taste than the LH151 (it has kind of a root beer-like flavour), and isn't a good sub for LH151. Cruzan 151 might be a better sub.
As we make drinks this week I'll post some thoughts about the LH151.
Until then cheers & Mahalo!
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CincyTikiCraig
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Joined: Mar 31, 2009
Posts: 328
From: Cincinnati, Ohio USA
| Posted: 2010-09-28 10:44 am Permalink
[ This Message was edited by: CincyTikiCraig 2010-09-28 16:39 ]
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swizzle
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Joined: Jun 03, 2007
Posts: 638
From: Melbourne,Australia
| Posted: 2010-09-28 3:09 pm Permalink
I see you say that bottle has been there since March 2009. It doesn't look like it has much in it and is about 18 months old. It's a shame you dont have a new bottle of LH to compare it too to see how the oxidation might have affected the taste. I'm refering to the post by aquarj here.
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=36799&forum=10&6
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CincyTikiCraig
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Joined: Mar 31, 2009
Posts: 328
From: Cincinnati, Ohio USA
| Posted: 2010-09-28 4:41 pm Permalink
Given the alcohol content, significant oxidation won't occur for sometime.
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bewarethe151
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Joined: Feb 26, 2008
Posts: 93
From: Los Angeles, CA
| Posted: 2010-09-29 10:02 am Permalink
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On 2010-09-28 16:41, CincyTikiCraig wrote:
Given the alcohol content, significant oxidation won't occur for sometime.
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Correct!
About 7000 years by my calculation.
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jokeiii
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Joined: Sep 18, 2010
Posts: 306
From: Miami
| Posted: 2010-09-29 2:41 pm Permalink
To be safe, I like using Vac-U-Vin stoppers.
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