Rolf Devinci

Had my eye on this locally produced black rum for awhile and made the buy this afternoon when I noticed only a single bottle left on the NSLC specialty table. Produced by Barrelling Tide distillery out of Port Williams Nova Scotia the rum presents well in a corked tall clear bottle with an attractive parchment like label. The rum possesses a nose of molasses and in natural light shows amber in the glass or bottle despite the coal black facade presented on the shelf. Neat in the glass it is delicious in a dessert kind of way with a pleasant mouth feel, subtle burn and easy finish. It is sweet but in a dangerous way that encourages more with no need of ice nor mix. Over ice the flavor of the rum changes from pleasant molasses to more of a hard candy impression. I like my rums over ice but in the case of 5 Fathom I think I prefer it neat. Subsequently I am not sure one would want to mix anything with the rum, especially anything overtly sweet as the rum provides enough on it...

 On a lovely October Saturday I got out under the green, red and oranges of the autumn woods. Been dealing with a head cold this week so the morning spent in the fresh air with the bow was definitely what Dr. Fred Bear would have recommended. Sinuses opened up in the crisp morning temperatures though it became surprisingly warm as the day advanced toward noon. Started the day by repairing my wiki shelter which has been neglected of late. A tee pee style shelter I built it a few years ago primarily to store my animal feed bag archery targets and was in desperate need of winterizing before the first snowfall. Gave me an opportunity to use my newest hatchet, a CRKT tomahawk I picked up on Amazon. An excellent addition to my bush crafting kit. Using my 55# Hungarian composite bow with bamboo arrows. Speaking of awesome kit this bow is a great shooter with a surprising amount of pop for a 55# draw. Had to double up my target bags to be an effective arrow stop. Au...