I have a two-year-old at home and am currently investigating the possibilities of mainlining Mountain Dew. Yes, please. Need caffeine, but am trying to give up soda. But my once a week or so 90 minute boring commute threatens this decision. Worth a shot!
Random Number Generator — I hold many a bitterness toward you. I will give you a chance to make it up to me. Those sound yummy!
Plus, I start nursing school in two weeks. Between that and two young kids, I need all the help I can get! Not trying to suck up or anything to win — unless that helps! I just hop that when I win this the delivery person will bring it inside and put it in my fridge because I lack the energy to do so until I get some caffeine in me. Shit, this is like a second entry.
Totally cheating. Here, here! Just the ticket for our hot and humid grossness. Bossy and her council : do you remember a sweetened coffee syrup that was, I believe, imported from somewhere in Great Britain?
I found it briefly about 20 years in an import shop and then it disappeared for good. Does anyone know the brand name? Going senile, p. Just like Bossy. Those coffee energy drinks have too much caffiene for me. Husband would love them though. Me, me, me! I need energy. Can you imagine? So I would love some Whynatte Latte for my iced coffee addiction in small convenient cans.
And I live in Marin — less shipping from Santa Cruz! I do decaf. But my S. Oh my this mother of a 1 year old desperately needs this whynatte latte drink you speak of… please sweet Random Number Generator…pick Bri.
Could use a latte that whynatte right about now. Or ever. Fun contest Bossy — looks like you had a great weekend. Please oh please random number generator pick me. My Monday needs an Ego Boost and a caffeinated energy boost. I want more! This is the best drink to have a parties, becuase after you drink the night away mixing Whynatte with Jager, Vodka, Vanilla Vodka, Coffee Vodka, and so many other drinks, you can wake up and drink it to get rid of your hangover.
Plus, I hate hot coffee in the summer. I am a big fan of anything that will help me wake up in the morning. Well if your old man AND your gays love it, sign me up! I wonder if they have this stuff in Texas?! OK Bossy, the random number generator devil machine thing sounds like total BS-like people walking on the moon and free Friday concerts and stuff. I am a redbull addict. Sorry but true. Love the stuff. When you have a rascal 9 mth old and you compete in dressage and you have to run the house and you have a hubby that works crazy hours…….
I am deprived of sunlight for 8 hours a day. I need this, because I now have a job after eight months of fruitless searching and sleeping in, and I will have to get up at a reasonable hour of the morning soon. Because my husband is drinking it all day…. Is there a connection? I fear no heart palpitations. I laugh in the face of danger. Like this: HA! Now, send me caffeine.
Please, Random Generator. Vuboq and David looking pretty damned perky considering they both have hangovers. The non-alcoholic drink stuff. Had our annual girls trip this past weekend. The invitation for next year is really hanging in the balance here…..
Would love a case of Whynattes right now! I tried Whynatte, I liked Whynatte. I had more Whynatte, I loved Whynatte. I am now a Whynatte junkie. I like it plain and I love trying new booze concoctions with it.
Bring it on! When the alarm went off at this morning, I really could have used some of this…sounds great! Hey guys…can you rig the Random Number Generator in my favor? I should win, see, because I live just over the hill from Santa Cruz so I could save them the shipping cost by just driving over to pick the case up, and I would even take them flowers from my garden by way of appreciation, and then, oh my yes! Indisputable logic, yes? I just had a filling put in today, and now my mouth is tired!
Coffee in a can would surely help! Well, wait a minute…if Bossy could do it a couple of years ago…what the heck. I hope I win! Good luck and thanks for playing along! Contest Closed. Comments I loved Yoo-Hoo when I was younger too! Because Sandy can use all the energy she can get for this week! Holy Crap! YooHoo with extra caffeine! Sign me up. I sure could use some energy this Monday morning! I could really use this though! I think one of those might finally wake me up!
Someone help me!!!!! I like chocolate and coffee…mmmmmm. Sounds like the perfect thing for that first big paper …. Me please! De-lurking for this one! Yum, that sounds wonderful. By the way LUV your site. Hellza yes! Does it come with a giant Great Dane? How did you know that I love coffee?
Especially sweet, energetic coffee! I would love to win a case of whynatte! Where can we buy it should I not score? Energy in a can? That tastes like Yoo-Hoo? The ice, though, does make this Elijah Craig feel less… old. It takes away some of that aged patina. My preference is neat, with water as a companion — to keep the evident age of the bourbon but also help pull it together into a more harmonious whole.
If you want to experience an older bourbon, this is a great place to start — IF you can get your hands on a bottle. Do I like it better than the 12 year old barrel proof? But experiencing those additional nine years in the barrel makes this 21 year old a worthy exploration for those seeking an older whiskey.
Also, please note that there WILL be variation from barrel to barrel — thus is the nature of single barrel bottlings. An aside: I hardly ever comment on the bottle itself — but I really like the elegant design on the glass here, a nice touch to elevate this from the other Elijah Craigs.
As mentioned, the company is based here in Atlanta, though the rum is distilled, aged three years in bourbon barrels and infused with local Dominican honey and ginger in the Dominican Republic. I met up with Zach Kane, who, along with his father, helps run the business. He explained a bit about how his family came to make Cayrum, and why. They had been making a similar concoction for years at their vacation home in the Dominican Republic, just for friends and family.
As they shared it, they realized how much everyone seemed to appreciate this unique spin on rum, and also realized that there could be great opportunity to introduce this kind of local Dominican infusion to the states. In essence, Cayrum is simply rum infused with honey and ginger.
Cayrum has been available in Georgia for a bit over two years now, has made its way to New York, and is expecting distribution soon in Colorado and Texas.
So, on to the tasting notes. Cayrum shows a bright medium amber color in the bottle. When you pour it out, the somewhat thick but not yet syrupy body is evident. On the nose, the ginger hits you first, not overly powerful, but very present.
I much prefer this over ice rather than neat. Neat, it comes across a bit too sharp — a bit too much burn from both the alcohol and the ginger. Over ice, Cayrum is indeed quite full in the mouth. The ginger is prominent, starting off with a warm rush then kicking into a tingling spicy almost-burn.
The finish is long, both spicy and sweet, with a touch of heat. It also works well with ice team and lemon, or, for something a bit more unusual, blood orange soda and a squeeze of lime. Really, you can use Cayrum in any aged rum-based cocktail where you might want an extra hit of sugar and spice. Like a quick trip to the Caribbean. Why the hell would anyone want to mix a latte energy drink, Fernet-Branca, and ginger-honey infused rum? The answer lies somewhere at the center of the Venn diagram where hipster bartenders, tweaked-out party twenty somethings, and laid-back Dominicanos converge.
It could happen, right? The truth is, this drink was inspired by a random confluence of events. I was talking with Jesse Altman, founder of Whynatte , for a profile in Creative Loafing that came out this week — check it out.
Why not? Altman said they had once tried a push to get some serious bartenders to get creative with Whynatte, but it was the simple shooters that really seemed to click best.
I did a bit of digging around for other similar drinks, which mainly reinforced that Fernet-Branca and hot coffee or espresso are frequent companions. I tried simple first — just two ingredients — and landed on 2oz Whynatte and 1oz Fernet-Branca over ice. It makes for a bracingly refreshing cold coffee drink. Then I tried adding in rye, figuring bourbon might be too sweet, and found a nice balance at 2oz Whynatte, 2oz rye, 1oz Fernet-Branca.
You still get the herbal punch of the Fernet, the creamy coffee flavors still coat the tongue, and the rye somehow manages to bridge the two with a potent whiskey presence. Not bad. Doing some further digging, I came across a cocktail recipe that got me thinking that rum could be a good companion. I started rifling through my rum options for inspiration.
An unaged rum proved too sharp. An older rum seemed a bit, well, wasted in such a concoction. A spiced rum proved too… much. And then I tried a bottle of Cayrum that I had been given not long ago.
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