Consolidated "Favorite Rum and Rum Recommendations" thread
Apr 28, 2012, 10:54 pm
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Which rum is best from the popular ones you can pick up at airport duty-free stores? Bacardi, Myers, Captain Morgan?
May 1, 2012, 2:14 pm
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XM Royal is my favorite rum, it's from Guyana and very tasty ^
May 1, 2012, 4:26 pm
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Just my opinion, but I don't think it really matters when you're choosing from this bunch. None of them are "sipping" rums, so all are apt to be mixed with something else. For my money, I'd go with the Bacardi, but only because I have more use for it than the Myers dark or the Captain Morgan spiced.
May 2, 2012, 9:02 am
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May 12, 2012, 3:21 am
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Having recieved my order I had a fun time testing those different bottles:
Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva (Euro 33,49 incl. 19% VAT)
Very dark, a very balanced mild taste, hard to believe it has 40% alcohol in it as the taste of it is almost non-existant
Flor de Cana Centenario 12 Years (Euro 21,70 incl. 19%VAT)
Quite dark, not so fruitful and tasty as expected but still good, definitly taste the alcohol
and
Pyrat XO (euro 35,49 incl. 19%VAT)
The aroma is very orangy, the alcohol is quite present. Not as balanced as expected. Still very tasty.
Overall I would say that the 1st one is the Diplomatico by means of a balanced taste. But also it is 3rd in regards to recognizing it as a rum, for this to be the case it is too mild. (That bottle was emptied very fast with great joy!)
2nd is the Pyrat XO as its taste is too much in a single (oranges) direction. With the alcohol being quite present there was more respect to it and it will last longer...
3rd is The Flor de Cana, a quite decent rum with a nice taste to it. Also works well for aromatic cocktails.
Now I am curious how to get the really good stuff which those islands keep for themselves.
Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva (Euro 33,49 incl. 19% VAT)
Very dark, a very balanced mild taste, hard to believe it has 40% alcohol in it as the taste of it is almost non-existant
Flor de Cana Centenario 12 Years (Euro 21,70 incl. 19%VAT)
Quite dark, not so fruitful and tasty as expected but still good, definitly taste the alcohol
and
Pyrat XO (euro 35,49 incl. 19%VAT)
The aroma is very orangy, the alcohol is quite present. Not as balanced as expected. Still very tasty.
Overall I would say that the 1st one is the Diplomatico by means of a balanced taste. But also it is 3rd in regards to recognizing it as a rum, for this to be the case it is too mild. (That bottle was emptied very fast with great joy!)
2nd is the Pyrat XO as its taste is too much in a single (oranges) direction. With the alcohol being quite present there was more respect to it and it will last longer...
3rd is The Flor de Cana, a quite decent rum with a nice taste to it. Also works well for aromatic cocktails.
Now I am curious how to get the really good stuff which those islands keep for themselves.
May 13, 2012, 5:22 am
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I've been a Myers's fan for, like, forever, and one time in an airline lounge I discovered Appleton Estate, which isn't half bad either. You can probably get it in a halfway decent DFS.
Honorable mention: Bacardi Limon, 70 proof, tastes like lemonade.
Honorable mention: Bacardi Limon, 70 proof, tastes like lemonade.
May 14, 2012, 4:59 pm
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I quite enjoy Havana Club rum as a mixer (typically rum and coke for me), can be found in most duty free shops in Europe and should be in the same price range.
May 14, 2012, 9:34 pm
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Some airport duty free carries Stroh rum from Austria which is noteworthy as it is 80% alcohol. Made from sugar beets and intended to be mixed with tea (a teaspoon per cup of tea -- hence the high alcohol content). Very different from "drinking" rums and a bargain price.
May 16, 2012, 7:49 am
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May 17, 2012, 1:53 pm
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I had the pleasure of sampling some with the man himself once. Obviously in public in a well lit room!
May 17, 2012, 1:59 pm
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If you want something with a bit more bite you could try Mount Gilboa - made by the guy who owns the distillery which Mount Gay uses for their premium rums. He likes whiskey himself, so has made a rum with a bit more of a alcoholic taste to it but which is nonetheless really well balanced.
The other brand to consider would be Plantation rum - a real rum by a rum lover.