Who's Got The Funk: Dunder, Backset, Sourmash and Muck

Описание: Join us for a tale where filth means flavour. Jamaican rum is renowned for its ‘funk’; ultra-ripe tropical fruit flavours with deliberate elements of decay. Dave will take us on a global tour across many centuries that shows that the secret weapon in their toolbox - ‘dunder’ and ‘muck’ - are grandchildren of processes that existed in numerous past spirits. This is not just about the wonderful rums of the Caribbean, it is a story about acid and bacteria and their deliberate creation and control. It starts in medieval Britain, and criss-crosses Holland, Scotland, America and Germany, before bubbling away quietly in dark corners of Trelawny Parish.

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0:00 Intro
2:10 Raising a glass to Patrons and an animation.
4:32 Credits
5:00 Summary
10:41 Ancient world, brewing and baking
18:15 The Caribbean in the 1600s, native drinks and the beginning of distillation
31:22 Use of dead yeast in Europe
37:46 Distiller and Planters manuals in the Caribbean from 1700s onwards
46:40 America and sour mashing
1:06:40 Scotland
1:16:00 Back to Jamaica and insistence of the funky identity