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Malibu

PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:05 pm
by Pete8862
Hi all,
Can I put coconut essence to unoaked rum to get Malibu ? Or is there another way

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:55 pm
by Kimbo
Pete8862 wrote:Hi all,
Can I put coconut essence to unoaked rum to get Malibu ? Or is there another way

Yes you Can mate, you may want to do small test batches first to get the right balance :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:37 pm
by Yummyrum
Malibu is one of the few HBS essences that is close to the real thing .I would seriously look into this way as its very easy and the outcome is good

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:57 pm
by Woodsy71
Hey Yummy,

Which brand do you recommend?

The cheese'n'kisses has been chewing my ear of about knocking up a Malibu.

Cheers

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:56 am
by Pete8862
Thanks, I will give it a go

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:32 am
by Brendan
Just be aware that a lot of white rums are still aged. I'm sure there are a few of the guys on here that don't need to age their white rum long due to using a well run bubbler, but depending on your setup, may require a bit if aging to be drinkable. The commercial ones are done in plain uncharred oak barrels or stainless steel vats.

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:24 am
by Dominator
Would it be better to use a white/light rum for this as opposed to an unoaked heavy rum.

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:33 am
by Kimbo
Dominator wrote:Would it be better to use a white/light rum for this as opposed to an unoaked heavy rum.

yes :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 12:10 pm
by Dominator
Sounds awesome. Looks like me and the missus will be having some pina colada's in the near future. :happy-partydance:

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 8:04 am
by bayshine
I've found the hbs ones go fine with nuetral :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:13 pm
by Dominator
Gave it a go today. I make bacardi type white rum by mixing 50:50 unoaked rum and neutral, I watered some of this down to 21% in a 700ml bottle, I added 2ml of coconut essence and then added sugar to taste (somewhere between 1-2 tablespoons). The result is damn good. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 3:47 pm
by bluc
Waaaayy old thread but wondering does anyone make Malibu with dessicated cocnut and care to share ratios? :-B

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:49 pm
by scythe
Give it a bash Bluc.
Maybe make a tincture with high %ABV and see how it goes.
Maybe 50g in enough liquid to keep it wet +20mm for a week and see what you get.

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 6:58 pm
by EziTasting
scythe wrote:Give it a bash Bluc.
Maybe make a tincture with high %ABV and see how it goes.
Maybe 50g in enough liquid to keep it wet +20mm for a week and see what you get.


What then? Run it thru the still again you thinking?!?

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 7:09 pm
by scythe
Use it to flavour your white rum.
Extract the flavour and mix it.

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:14 pm
by EziTasting
Rito. was thinking 'gin' style ... but that works much faster!

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:07 pm
by Tiprat67
bluc wrote:Waaaayy old thread but wondering does anyone make Malibu with dessicated cocnut and care to share ratios? :-B



Did you give this a go bluc ?

The handbrake wants me to make her some Malibu...

Re: Malibu

PostPosted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:16 pm
by bluc
I didnt make a tincture but just added dessicated coconut to rum.
It looked awful pulled the fat from the coconut. I strained it multiple times but the fat remained. If you ignored what it looked like it was def a coconut rum but the taste was not right, not really malibu. I think if you soaked a heap coconut in rum then cleaned it up by re running through pot still measuring quanitys so its repeatable. Then mix that with white rum and sugar syrup it may be ok buuut Next time i will be buying essence and using either rum or neutral. Simply not worth the effort for me when my staple is a rum and coke. Malibu is def not on my popular drink list, along with most other liquer type drinks...