the twelve days of rum quest

The 12 days of rum quest

 

On the 1^st day of rum quest my true love gave to me

Pyrat cask 1623

A true delight, nectar, ambrosia, perfection.

One of the finest rums the world has to offer

 

On the 2^nd day of rum quest my true love gave to me

2 Tortuga rum cakes

www.tortugarumcakes.com 

 A cool site for rum gifts

 

 On the 3^rd day of rum quest my true love gave to me

3 Fields of cane

A magical plant that could be easily grown and gave a product similar to honey, in greater quantities, with less chance of bee stings

 

On the 4^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

Four Square Spice Rum

This rum taste just like Christmas

 

On the 5^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

5 links to rum sites

a few of my favorite sites

www.rumuniversity.com

www.scottesrum.com

www.rumreviews.com 

www.rndrumreviews.com

www.bilgemunky.com/rum

 

 

On the 6^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

6 damn you Sailor Jerrys

   We all have had a run in with sailor jerry

 

 

On the 7^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

7 oak barrels

Rum is often matured in old bourbon barrels made of oak

The barrels are burned on the inside to give the rum the nice charred taste we all enjoy

 

On the 8^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

8 rum glasses

To fully enjoy rum and all it has to offer

a nice set of rum glasses is a necessity.

A tulip shaped sherry copita is the perfect choice as well as a brandy snifter

 

On the 9^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

9 bottles of Private Stock

The monthly ration of a true reef warrior

 

 

 

 

On the 10^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

10 mugs of randy’s rum punch

     A little of this/some of that/ lots of rum /add ice/mix well

     Mmm… good

 

On the 11^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

11 dark and stormys

      2 parts ginger beer

       1 part goslings black seal

 

On the 12^th day of rum quest my true love gave to me

 12 Mojito Mondays

     Every Monday, Memorial Day thru Labor Day

On the deck at ledge 12

more holiday help

Here are a few more goodie’s any reef warrior would love to find under the rum quest tree.

                                                  THE RUM QUEST TREE

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We all know life is good when we are on our sup boards so how about a t-shirt that 2nd’s that emotion. http://www.lifeisgood.com/category/shop-by-interest/paddleboard.aspx

The reef warriors love bacon. Who doesn’t?

http://www.baconfreak.com/holly-jolly-breakfast-bundle.html

The only thing we like to put in our mouth’s more than bacon is rum.

While there are too many rum choices to list here, this family of rums would be a good way to experiance all that rum has to offer.

http://www.rondiplomatico.com/

and for the true rum lover.

http://www.pyratrum.com/

holiday shopping suggestion/ reef warrior style

this link was sent to me by Joel H.

http://hamboards.com/

 
Joel rode one recently and was really stoked about the feel and ride. He thought it would be a great way to stay in surf of s.u.p. shape during the winter months.

 these boards look pretty cool and lots of fun. maybe you can put one under your tree.

lots of info on the site. check out the videos and the about page as well.

I know what I am asking for from Santa.

 

LM

HIT THE LIP!

A HATTERAS THANKSGIVING:

      I had the lucky opportunity to spend thanksgiving in hatteras this year.  Amanda and I took just a quick 3 day trip. This is the first time I flew down to hatteras, and that is sooooo Nice. From door to door it took only 7 hours, and ¾ of that time I was drinking beer!  The hot ticket is you fly fromBuffalotoNorfolk(3hours), rent a 4×4 inNorfolkso you can drive on a beach. Only $28 a day, and drive to hatteras (2 ½ hours). Just like that you’re smacking some east coast waves! I scored great sessions all 3 days, two days paddle surfing in the ocean on a 7ft SUP. (See pic below) That board was tiny, very challenging, but lots of fun. My first go at it, didn’t go to well. I was paddling out thru the break, which takes way too long cause it doesn’t track worth crap!  I almost got to the outside and a head high, bone crusher wave, pop up in front of me.  So I hit the Eject button dove deep under the wave.  And popped up on the other side, No problem! I thought, I grabbed the leash to get the board, and Oh Shit! No board! The leash snapped!  So now I am in the impact zone with a paddle in my hand and I have to swim all the way in! And, ya all know how great a swimmer I am, Yup that sucked! But I made it in, re-grouped fixed the leash and caught a wave that day, before I was completely exhausted!, Fun stuff!!!.    On turkey day, Andy at Wind NC, organized a bunch of windsurfers together for a morning reef run session, The reef(shallow sand bar) is about 2 miles off of Avon in the sound, and makes fun jumping waves on a NW wind. I was on a 4.7 and rocking, even tried some back loops, totally ate lots o water thou!  Another great session!!  After that I had a Nice Hot Tub soak and prepared for a Huge Turkey feast Wendy (sister) was preparing. Wow! What a feast we had!! Wendy made a killer turkey.  Her beach house was packed with lots of friends and hatteras locals.  One of the bestTurkeydays I had in a long time!  Thanks! Wendy and Roland for everything!  And as always, another great hatteras trip, HIT THE LIP! 

HIT THE LIP

SWEET NOVEMBER!

   Wow what a month! I have been super busy on the water this month, a total of 15 days! The best november I can ever recall.  I caped it off today with a Head high SUP sesh in front of the shipwreck at da reef.  The water is not crazy cold yet, so I think there are still a couple of days left, amazing!  More updates coming soon!