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Gday Gentlemen.
I am thinking about making my own bay rum as per the info contained in both Jockeys thread and The Art of Manliness website. Just wondering whether anybody over here has tried? If so could you please share your experiences. I would appreciate any input.
Cheers:beer2:
Mykel
Wish I could help mate, but I haven't given it a go yet either.
Mick
Cheers Mick. Happy Holidays mate. I have a brother based in Reddy/Kippa Ring and have often thought about treating myself to one of your strops. My professional situation unfortunately has allowed me no such indulgence over the last year or more. Hopefully soon. On a side note, I was speaking to the guy at my local shavershop the other day.. they no longer stock the black beauty strops any longer and are finding it difficult to find another supplier. Apparently they are looking to consistently stock a brand of strop through each store nationwide. I may be completely wrong but this could be an opportunity to pursue. Give it a nudge mate and see what happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by MickR
Cheers
Mykel:tu
Thanks mate, I'll look into it with a phone call and a product sample if they tell me they're interested. Thanks for the heads up mate.
Hope you had a good holiday. I just managed to escape being flooded in out west, so my holidays are going to have to be re-scheduled.
Mick
Mykel,
I've been toying with the idea of putting together some of my own bay rum too. There's a heap of recipes on the net and i've gathered most of the ingredients. The key part of the process is putting it all together whish is the part i haven't done yet. It'll take a few weeks of sitting around waiting, but i'm sure the satisfaction of making something useful yourself will make it worth the wait.
You may have just inspired me to complete the process myself too.
Cheers
Huey
Hey Huey.
Sounds cool. What are you using? Bay wise? The essential oil or Pimenta Whatiever leaves? This is my biggest obstacle. Not sure which way to go or even if I can source the fresh West Indian Bay leaves.
I do know I can get hold of some Vodka and Rum though.
One for me... one for my aftershave:)
Post your recipe if you can. And keep the thread updated with your results if you actually go ahead. Thanks for the reply too.
Mykel.
G'day Mykel
I made a batch at least a year ago & still using it. Base was some dark rum, Captain Morgan's I think but brand is immaterial. You do need some Bay rum oil ie Pimenta Racemosa. I got mine here : Suppliers of Natural Essential Oils and Vegetable Oils - Australian Botanical Products but you can often get it on eBay if you strike out with abp. I added some Absolut Vanilla Vodka 50/50 so I got 2 bottles out of the process. & a bunch of EO's over time. Frankincense, clove oil, lime oil, etc You can just top it up as you go :) I even stuck a few orange rinds in the bottle for a few weeks haha. It's hard to muck it up. Just go easy with the EO's & use a good airtight bottle. All the goodies evaporate given half a chance. Probably about a tablespoon or 2 of Bay Rum oil is a good start.
I live in Southern California and that makes me able to grow a Pimenta racemosa tree. I got it on Ebay. It's really small yet, about three feet tall, but I finally harvested about a dozen leaves from it. Someone in the past has pontificated that macerating the leaves will not work but I've found that to be not true. Perhaps if one wanted a much stronger bay rum then yes, distillation would be necessary. However, my bay rum is every bit as strong as one of the traditional products such as St. Lucia or Dominica. All I did was tear the leaves in pieces and let them sit in a cheap gold rum. I could only make about six ounces of it but when my tree is bigger I'll look forward to making a much larger quantity.
Thanks Oz.Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
ABP seems to have it labelled as Bay West Indian. The closest I could see anyway.
I am thinking I will wait until I receive my Ogallala sample pack to actually get going. Considering I have only used Colonel Conk and Wahl I think a little more exposure to some other rums could help me settle on an initial recipe that will have less possibility of being a complete disaster.
How does your rum perform and, more importantly, do you like it?
And does using essential oils mean you need to shake vigorously before use?
Thanks again.
Mykel
No problemo amigo.
Yup Bay West indian is the one.
Performance ? Well it's pretty 'warming' to the skin hehe, but that settles very quickly. I like it fine & in fact never tried any commercial ones before making it but I had a pretty good idea of ingredients from my research. I always shake it before use but that's because the Bay oil floats on top. There may be some other EO's in that layer but the smell is dominated by the Bay. It's not a chore , just a few quick shakes & it's good to go.
The great thing about making your own is that you can tailor it to suit you.
Just found this formula that uses Witch Hazel as a base with very little alcohol. May be of interest ?
http://straightrazorpalace.com/648643-post1.html
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Originally Posted by onimaru55
Thanks Oz
Mykel
Alcohol & BayRum .
Feel the burn ~ Hooyah
:overkill:
I thought about making my own, but got turned off with the thought of smelling of booze instead of the bay rum.
So for those who have made their own, does the alcohol smell stick around, or does the bay rum smell overcome it?
It's not long lived as a scent but the EO's & Bay make sure you don't smell like a drunk :p
Well that takes some of the fun out of it then!...:w
Mick
You could keep a small bottle in the glove box for when you see the RBT boys in blue :p
I made 2 bottles following the recipe on AoM. The first one I screwed up on but the second I followed the recipe exact and it turned out ok. IMO, the burn is not as strong as Pinaud or something else. I rarely use it because I'm just not impressed with the scent.
I could bathe in Master's Bay Rum though.
Instead of rum or vodka couldn't you just use rubbing alcohol after all the alcohol content is much higher isn't it?
Then it'd be Bay Rubbing Alcohol & not Bay Rum :gaah:Quote:
Originally Posted by shayne
Geez Shayne gotta keep it real bro :D
Aye, ye be right I ended up using a very expensive Guatemalan Rhum only because it was the only thing in the store half down the pipes half stewing and brewing . still cant get the bay oil though. essential oil in china is considered the same as medicine so it is controlled by the government in the same fashion as traditional Chinese medicine lots we cant have because We the people have no idea how to use it and can hurt ourselves.
so now I have cinnamon and black pepper rhum aftershave.
wankers!!
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Originally Posted by MykelDR
Well I finally put it all together last week using a bastardised version of a recipe off e-how.com.
the ingredients are
8 oz. gin or witch hazel
1 qt. glass jar with lid
2 oz. dark Jamaican rum
3 bay leaves
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 large cinnamon stick
1/2 tsp. orange essential oil
but I remember reading that you can use orage peel instead of orange EO. So I used about a 2cm by 1 cm slither of orange peel instad.
I only made a half batch because I didn't have enough witch hazel and I just used ordinary bay leaves from the grocery store. It'll be interesting to see what it smells and feels like in another week or so when it's ready but I'll be sure to let you know how satisfied or dissatisfied I am when it's done.
Hey I like the new Downunder sub-forum, I haven't been here for a while.
Bay rum...
Pimenta dioeca (Allspice) plants are available in Aust. and the leaves would be a suitable substitute, though not quite as good a scent as those of P.racemosa.
I recently got some cuttings of P.racemosa from the only tree I've seen.
the tree was shaded, neglected and overgrown by other trees, poor little thing and no surprise that the cuttings didn't grow.
I'll try again one day if the opportunity presents.
maybe I'll have a go at making some 'Bay Grappa' from a bit of the stuff from in my shed ;)
So how did this turn out Huey? Any good?Quote:
Originally Posted by Huey
This recipe turned out alright. I let it sit for two weeks then strained it into an old glass bottle with a thin opening.
The smell of the cinnamon was a little over powering so I doubled the quantity of the spiced rum. This toned it down but without having experienced bay rum before, I wasn't too sure what I was looking for.
In the end, I now have a product that I'm happy with and a little experience to be able to play with the scent.
I've since put a bottle of old spice under my nose and I think I'm on the right track.
You guys got any recipes that use vodka? I've got that already and don't need to buy!
Check out "the art of manliness" website. There is a nice sounding recipe on there using both vodka and rum. It sounds very very usable.Quote:
Originally Posted by tombuesing
My worklife has eliminated any possibility of making my own bay rum. Hopefully soon. Good luck sir and please report all results back to this thread.
Mykel