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Dark Rum and Bay leaves. That's it!

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After a proper aging, today I tested again my latest batch of Bay Rum and I finally decided it was ready to be bottled. It is a homemade Bay Rum, therefore not for sale, made with real dark...

Using real rum is somewhat tricky, in particular when you add other liquids which actually lower the alcohol strength. Rum usually has an ABV of 38-40% and if you add a non alcoholic liquid - such as...

Today I started the making of my next Bay Rum batch. This is going to be very special to me as, for the first time, I will use real bay leaves instead of the essential oil. The smell of the crushed...

In my opinion, Bay Rum aftershave should smell like rum and bay. As for the type of alcohol generally used in cosmetics, they usually use the so called "denatured alcohol", usually abbreviated as...

After one week, this is how my Pimenta Racemosa maceration looks like. I will keep on macerating for at least one week more.
I must say it smells way different from any Pimenta Racemosa essential...

You all know about my passion for aftershave, shaving soap and other shaving products home making. Bay Rum is one of my "classic" aftershaves since I started the hobby of shaving product making,...

My pleasure, nipper! I did not try it yet, but I will certainly do that on my next shave which is due today. :)

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Ladies and Gentlemen, RazorGuy Bay Rum!

I can tell you about the equipment I used for making my Bay Rum: a glass jar (the first picture I posted), the empty bottle of the rum I used in the recipe (picture in the second post), a paper...

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Here it is my homemade Bay Rum. I just finished filtering it and it smells great! The typical bay aroma with a touch of orange and cinnamon. I like it, so far. It came out a little hazy,...

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It is now a very long time I finished my last batch of Bay Rum, so I thought it was the time to make a new one. I remembered I had a small bottle of Pimenta Racemosa essential oil which I...