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Smoke & Oakum's Gunpowder Rum Made to an 18th Century recipe, this 'peace-pipe tobacco',chilli, gunpowder-infused rum has few peers Dark molasses, stony, earthy, graphite, prickly palate.

These tasting notes were published in Issue 7 of CLASS magazine:
"Clear, chestnut brown. An explosive nose of graphite, maple syrup and spent shot gun cartridges. Hot pepper, metallic, spicy, tingling, phosphorus finish. Sip, light touch paper, stand back..."

Ever had a mix you'd die for, kill for, annoy your local bartender for? This is mine for when me throat's raw from too m...
19/02/2025

Ever had a mix you'd die for, kill for, annoy your local bartender for? This is mine for when me throat's raw from too much shanty-singing: Gunpowder Penicillin.

A loving blend of THAT rum, fresh ginger juice, lemon, honey, and egg white shaken into a throat soothing bio-film of healing properties (or at least as close as a Placebo Effect will get me).

They make 'em just the way I like' em at yon . Here's rum in yer throat.

The truth of the legend of the truth...Today marks the anniversary of the reported death of Edward Teach.
21/11/2024

The truth of the legend of the truth...

Today marks the anniversary of the reported death of Edward Teach.

Realizing that he was under attack, Blackbeard ordered his men to cut the Adventure’s cable and get underway

Money for old rope? The historical type? Here's yer chance. From the collection of a sea-loving Cornishman
27/10/2024

Money for old rope? The historical type? Here's yer chance. From the collection of a sea-loving Cornishman

A haul of 8,000 items from 150 shipwrecks is to be auctioned after the closure of a Cornish museum

A past serving suggestion for the indifatigable Gunpowder Rum returns: the Jolie Rouge.An unsubstantiated tall tale is t...
25/10/2024

A past serving suggestion for the indifatigable Gunpowder Rum returns: the Jolie Rouge.

An unsubstantiated tall tale is that the origin of the name 'Jolly Roger' (given to that indispensable symbol of piracy that flutters on high) is a corruption of the French 'Jolie Rouge'. The myth goes that the red pennant, communicating 'no quarter given', picked up this ironic name meaning 'pretty red'. A name that then became mangled upon encountering the English tongue, resulting in 'Jolly Roger' [sic]. Even other languages live in peril of English piracy and rough-treatment.

Which is a fine history with no evidential corroboration - but why let that get in the way of a good story.
All that 'par-lay' makes a pirate feverish thirsty. Let's drink to the Jolie Rouger or what ever it's called:

The JOLIE ROUGE:

Accessorising with your rum just became that much easier...
14/10/2024

Accessorising with your rum just became that much easier...

In the heart of Wellington’s waterfront near Whairepo Lagoon, a new business has set sail, captivating locals and visitors alike. Find out more about Shipwreck Trading.

26/07/2024
More ships in bottles. Keep an eye out for Blackbeard's flagship, the 'Queen Anne's Revenge'. in the accompanying video
23/06/2024

More ships in bottles. Keep an eye out for Blackbeard's flagship, the 'Queen Anne's Revenge'. in the accompanying video

Jim Goodwin has been fitting ships in bottles for decades, and he walks through the patience, skills, and dedication required to take on this fascinating maritime crafting tradition.

A brief insight into the early development of what would grow into the plantation system of sugar production that would ...
16/06/2024

A brief insight into the early development of what would grow into the plantation system of sugar production that would expand exponentionally into the triangular trade in enslaved peoples, molasses and rum that much of early (and later) colonialism was built on.

The first archaeological dig of São Tomé and Príncipe’s largest sugar mill sheds light on the birth of plantation agriculture and slavery as a racial system

05/06/2024

How I imagine myself mixing a Rum Manhattan:

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Passing through or pausing in Taupo? Maybe visit our local stockist of S&O's Gunpowder Rum (they're also the same folks ...
31/05/2024

Passing through or pausing in Taupo? Maybe visit our local stockist of S&O's Gunpowder Rum (they're also the same folks behind the www.whiskyandmore.co.nz website if looking for mail-order rum).

https://www.themerchant.co.nz/

We offer great quality food and wine, at great value. Every single day ★★★★★ "Always great service and great range of products" "Jo Sauter"

I feel I understand the thought process behind this: "These cherries are great, possibly even getting better with age. T...
31/05/2024

I feel I understand the thought process behind this: "These cherries are great, possibly even getting better with age. Too good to share perhaps...I'll just hide these here..." And the rest is history.

I would be curious to see the analysis of these bottled cherries as rum soaked cherries were a traditional treatment for colds in that era and location.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/23/george-washington-cherries-found?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0Nqi4itThRW4lkBfzCGCdE8SaPYOyKqo6PUgZSu1F8dCtiXMwBHzkv6XA_aem_AYYqeis4hsyi67cjUD3x4NlxLyMYCU4XAb5V-OCHSRT8oPOlt3V0ud65m_ChyxFKRI3FDWN6rrORDYjmF18wgWew

Archaeologist says cherries ‘can provide us with valuable insight and perspective into 18th-century lives’

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