Thread: Homebrew Bayrum Recipes

It appears that many or most of you use the grocery store variety of bay leaf in making your bay rum as opposed to pimenta racemosa. Can anyone comment on having compared home brews made with the two types and the differences noticed?

Where can you buy pimenta racemosa?

I also saw references to oil of bay. Which of the two aforementioned types of bay is oil of bay made from and where can you buy it?

Lots of questions. Sorry.

Thanks for the Bay Rum recipes. I currently live in Antigua, part of the British West Indies, and can find all of these ingredients fresh. Antiguan rum, fresh bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, you name it. Not sure if I can get the glycerine since this island has very little when it comes to slightly obscure items. I'll be back to the US in December, so Im planning on picking up a good amount of glycerine to try out a few recipes.

What essential / fragrant oils would be suggested for a good bay rum. The bay leaves here are so fresh I can almost squeeze the oil out myself, so maybe a cinnamon or anise? Thanks for any help!

Originally Posted by ccmurphy2005

Thanks for the Bay Rum recipes. I currently live in Antigua, part of the British West Indies, and can find all of these ingredients fresh. Antiguan rum, fresh bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves, you name it. Not sure if I can get the glycerine since this island has very little when it comes to slightly obscure items. I'll be back to the US in December, so Im planning on picking up a good amount of glycerine to try out a few recipes.

What essential / fragrant oils would be suggested for a good bay rum. The bay leaves here are so fresh I can almost squeeze the oil out myself, so maybe a cinnamon or anise? Thanks for any help!

I assume the bay leaves you can get are true West Indian bay (pimenta racimosa), and since you can get other spices fresh as well, you really do not need any essential oils for these. The alcohol will remove the EOs from the spices. If you want something else, then you probably will need to see if you can get the appropriate EO.

cpt morgan private stock is one of my first choices for drinking so it MUST be good for an after shave. i really wanna try and make my own bay rum so this will be my next project

-dan-

Jockeys, I used my first splash of the recipe today, but it was the lime/peppercorn instead of your clove. The clove is still steeping for another two weeks. I made the lime/peppercorn to have something faster. Burned like hell when I put it on. I'm guessing that's the glycerin. It smells really nice, but it fades fast.

Originally Posted by maplemaker

Jockeys, I used my first splash of the recipe today, but it was the lime/peppercorn instead of your clove. The clove is still steeping for another two weeks. I made the lime/peppercorn to have something faster. Burned like hell when I put it on. I'm guessing that's the glycerin. It smells really nice, but it fades fast.

no, glycerin doesn't burn. i'm guessing lime and pepper might help you find any small nicks on your face, though

Doesnt the sugar from the rum make your face sticky?

Originally Posted by Akady

Doesnt the sugar from the rum make your face sticky?

no. there isn't much sugar to begin with, it's mostly turned into co2 and alcohol to during primary fermentation. (remember rum is made from sugar). i've never had an issue with stickiness.

QUESTION........What is the usual shelf life of a good homemade bayrum? Shelf life meaning,does this stuff go rancid over time or does it keep indefinantly ?

Originally Posted by Nightblade

QUESTION........What is the usual shelf life of a good homemade bayrum? Shelf life meaning,does this stuff go rancid over time or does it keep indefinantly ?

good question. I don't know about forever, because I use it up, but it's definitely still good at the 18 month point... never had a bottle last longer (in the sense that there's never any left in the bottle) than that, does anyone else know?