Consolidated "Favorite Rum and Rum Recommendations" thread
Feb 11, 2013, 4:41 am
#31
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Favourite rum?
What is everyone's rum preference?
My drinking tastes are differing as I get older so I now drink more rum that I used to but need advice on what's great/not so great.
I have a bottle of Appleton Estate V/X from Jamaica which is very palatable
My drinking tastes are differing as I get older so I now drink more rum that I used to but need advice on what's great/not so great.
I have a bottle of Appleton Estate V/X from Jamaica which is very palatable
Feb 11, 2013, 5:59 am
#33
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I don't drink at all but I serve a lot of rum at my tiki bar. My guests have a few favorites.
Ron Zacapa Centenario Solera Grande Reserve - probably the favorite sipping rum. Not cheap, but worth it.
For mixing - Plantation 5 year Olde Grande Reserve Barbados Rum, don't let the low price fool you if you can find it. Very good and very inexpensive
Demerara Rum - Demerara Distillers El Dorade "12 year" Guayana Rum, go for Lemon Hart 151 Demerara if you want to go old school (the original zombie) and can handle the kick. Both are fairly reasonably priced.
You CAN buy cheap rum, but don't. A good bottle of rum goes just as far or farther because folks actually drink less of it because of the better flavor. A good rum will hold up well in a mixed drink, even just an ounce at a time.
dcman2
Ron Zacapa Centenario Solera Grande Reserve - probably the favorite sipping rum. Not cheap, but worth it.
For mixing - Plantation 5 year Olde Grande Reserve Barbados Rum, don't let the low price fool you if you can find it. Very good and very inexpensive
Demerara Rum - Demerara Distillers El Dorade "12 year" Guayana Rum, go for Lemon Hart 151 Demerara if you want to go old school (the original zombie) and can handle the kick. Both are fairly reasonably priced.
You CAN buy cheap rum, but don't. A good bottle of rum goes just as far or farther because folks actually drink less of it because of the better flavor. A good rum will hold up well in a mixed drink, even just an ounce at a time.
dcman2
Feb 11, 2013, 6:43 am
#34
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Rum is cheap. You can get barrel aged Cognac quality Rums for 1/3 the price of the brandy. I'm talking about drinking it straight in a snifter. If you're going to mix it with Coke - who cares ? Appleton's VX is just OK. Their 12 yr is quite good. Their 21 is sublime. The Zacapa is nice, though a few years back it was actually 23 yrs old and not in a solara where the oldest rum in the batch is 23 (price stayed the same too). Diplomatico & Pampero Anniversario are great 12 yrs. Zaya is great if you want a darker Rum with more burnt sugar taste. If you want something sweet after dinner maybe with coffee, try Pyrat XO. I'm a St James fan & like the Extra Old. Rhum Clement XO is probably my favorite of the affordable.
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Feb 11, 2013, 8:59 am
#38
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Bunch of them damn logo-emblazoned golf shirt, deck shoes w/o socks wearing candya**es....
Real rum starts with Cachaca with a hand printed label, or Cana from Paraguay in a plastic bottle! Aging? Rum is best taken as it drips from the still, before dead insects and rotting vegetation fall into it.
Real rum starts with Cachaca with a hand printed label, or Cana from Paraguay in a plastic bottle! Aging? Rum is best taken as it drips from the still, before dead insects and rotting vegetation fall into it.
Feb 12, 2013, 12:53 am
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