john_morris_uk
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Forumite meet up. Guess who we’ve just met up with?
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john_morris_uk
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Hint (as if one was necessary.)
Wansworth
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That awful man with a swimming pool 
benjenbav
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Hmm, there aren’t usually any clouds in his pix. You must’ve brought some weather with you.
john_morris_uk
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Sahara dust has traveled a long way?Hmm, there aren’t usually any clouds in his pix. You must’ve brought some weather with you.
Bajansailor
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Nice to see that Doug is still passionate about Mount Gay - altho' I thought that @Rum_Pirate is an XO lad, rather than Eclipse?
Bajansailor
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It is very noticeable here, with many complaints - visibility is perhaps 10 miles.
My eyes feel very gritty, and the pharmacies are doing a roaring trade in anti-histamines.
john_morris_uk
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You’ll have to ask him about that. We borrowed the Mountgay bottle from behind the bar.
sarabande
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I must say you are all looking well. Must be the preservative qualities of the rum !
capnsensible
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john_morris_uk
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Many forumites know that RumPirate extends a welcome and the promise of the first drink at his favourite beach bar to any forum member visiting.. For anyone thinking of sailing to the Caribbean, St Kitts should be on your bucket list. It’s a lovely island and RumPirate is a great host. (We worked out last night that we’ve known each other for sixteen years, although the last time we met in person was ten years ago!)
capnsensible
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One of the highlights for us was a visit to Brimstone Hill Fort.
I didn't realise what a large number of British soldiers fought in the Caribbean and that the biggest cause of death was lead poisoning from pewter mugs.....
I didn't realise what a large number of British soldiers fought in the Caribbean and that the biggest cause of death was lead poisoning from pewter mugs.....
geem
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My understanding is that water barrels were sealed with lead. That is where the poisoning came from.
capnsensible
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I saw the pewter mug thing inside Brimstone Fort on one of their display units.
The barrel stuff wouldn't surprise me too.
geem
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I just looked up the pweter mug thing. Apparently they only removed lead in pweter in 1972! Wow!
RunAgroundHard
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Historically pewter alloy was made with lead. This is no longer the case because of the lead poisoning risk. A lot of food handling materials, plates, storage containers contained the lead based alloy with many cases of lead poisoning amongst European and American people.
Rum_Pirate
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Yes was made here but I believe it is now mage in Guyana by Demerara Distillers Ltd.
Rum_Pirate
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The spirit , rum, was distilled using lead piping at the Romney Manor distillery - apparently the oldest distillery in the Caribbean (ducks from incoming from the Bajan contingent).
Rum_Pirate
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I still drink Eclipse in Rum Punch or in a mixed drink.
However XO and above I generally have on the rocks, usually with artificial ice cubes.
I also enjoy Ron Zacapa 23 and El Dorado 12 (better than the 15)
Rum_Pirate
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The promise is still intact.
