Mamajuana
I bought this kit from Don Ramon to make a mamajuana. It came with some recipes.
First step: infuse with 4 Liters of sweet red wine (I used a 4L Carlo Rossi Sweet Red for a whopping $16) for 1 week, then toss the wine.
Second step: infuse with a mixture of rum, honey, and optionally red wine. What I used was based on austinvn's success using Captain Morgan's. I did:
- 50% Brugal Anejo rum
- 40% Captain Morgan's spiced rum
- 10% honey
This is supposed to steep for at least 1 month.
The recipes that came with the kit were as follows:
Don Ramon: Beginner's Sweet Brew
- 60 oz plain or flavored rum
- 12 oz honey or agave
Don Ramon: Stronger Brew
- 60 oz dark rum
- 12 oz honey or agave
Don Ramon: Traditional Dominican Style Brew
- 31 oz Spiced or dark rum
- 26 oz sweet red wine
- 15 oz honey
Experiment notes:
2025-08-11
8 bottles:
- 50% Brugal Anejo rum
- 40% Captain Morgan's spiced rum
- 10% honey
2025-10-19
Collaboration with Austin'.
batches with 1.5 oz honey, 8 oz rum:
- 100% Bacardi white
- 1/2 Morgan / 1/2 Planteray Dark
- 100% Kraken
- 1/4 Morgan / 1/4 Kraken / 1/2 Planteray Dark
- 1/2 Morgan / 1/2 El Dorado 12
- 1/3 Kraken / 2/3 Cut & Dry
- 1/2 Morgan / 1/4 Smith & Cross / 1/4 Mount Gay
- Christmas mix (above)
- Austin's batch (previous)
2026-01-30: tasting
From best to worst:
- Aaron: 8, 9, 4, 7, 6, 3, 2, 1, 5
- Austin: 9, 4, 7, 3, 8, 6, 2, 1, 5
- Lex: 7, 9, 8, 4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5
- Buster: 9, 4, 6, 7, 8, 2, 3, 1, 5
- Linda: 8, 7 , 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1*
[*]:Linda states that her actual ranking is 8675309... She's had a few.