Consolidated "Favorite Rum and Rum Recommendations" thread
Jun 16, 2015, 11:07 am
#181
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Saint James 250th anniversary
So I saw this in my local grocery store.
And I googled around and found this and got a little excited about the price of €800, til I realized I'd found the €40 version. But still it was on sale for €25 so I bought it.
Comme le dit l'adage : « chez les grands, tout est grand » et c'est visiblement la réflexion que l'on s'est faite chez Saint-James. En effet, ce sont 2 nouvelles références qui font leur apparition dans une gamme déjà bien fournie.
Un assemblage « hommage » voit le jour pour célébrer la prospérité et le savoir-faire ancestral des plantations Saint-James. C'est donc ainsi que la Cuvée 1765 permet de savourer un assemblage de rhums vieillis au minimum 5 ans en petits fûts de chêne. Elle sera vendue au prix de 40€.
Mais cet anniversaire devait marquer les esprits, alors Marc Sassier, œnologue des plantations Saint-James a crée la Cuvée du 250 ème anniversaire, un assemblage des plus beaux millésimes de la maison.
Pour se faire, ce sont ses meilleures eaux-de-vie qui ont été rigoureusement assemblées pour donner naissance à ce lot exclusif composé de 800 bouteilles. Composé d'eaux-de-vie datant de 1885, 1934, 1952, 1976, 1998 et 2000, cette Cuvée 250 ème anniversaire sera vendue en exclusivité chez les cavistes au prix de 800 €.
I'd sure like to have a taste of the €800 bottles!
And I googled around and found this and got a little excited about the price of €800, til I realized I'd found the €40 version. But still it was on sale for €25 so I bought it.
Comme le dit l'adage : « chez les grands, tout est grand » et c'est visiblement la réflexion que l'on s'est faite chez Saint-James. En effet, ce sont 2 nouvelles références qui font leur apparition dans une gamme déjà bien fournie.
Un assemblage « hommage » voit le jour pour célébrer la prospérité et le savoir-faire ancestral des plantations Saint-James. C'est donc ainsi que la Cuvée 1765 permet de savourer un assemblage de rhums vieillis au minimum 5 ans en petits fûts de chêne. Elle sera vendue au prix de 40€.
Mais cet anniversaire devait marquer les esprits, alors Marc Sassier, œnologue des plantations Saint-James a crée la Cuvée du 250 ème anniversaire, un assemblage des plus beaux millésimes de la maison.
Pour se faire, ce sont ses meilleures eaux-de-vie qui ont été rigoureusement assemblées pour donner naissance à ce lot exclusif composé de 800 bouteilles. Composé d'eaux-de-vie datant de 1885, 1934, 1952, 1976, 1998 et 2000, cette Cuvée 250 ème anniversaire sera vendue en exclusivité chez les cavistes au prix de 800 €.
I'd sure like to have a taste of the €800 bottles!
Jul 26, 2015, 7:53 am
#184
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I'm not a connoisseur, but enjoy Havana Club or Flor de Cana aged seven years. There's a Haitian rum (Barbancourt?) that is tasty too.
And crazy cheap. I lived in Hyderabad last year. After they split the new state of Telangana off from Andhra Pradesh, there was some tax controversy regarding Old Monk, and it was unavailable for quite a while. People were not pleased.
And crazy cheap. I lived in Hyderabad last year. After they split the new state of Telangana off from Andhra Pradesh, there was some tax controversy regarding Old Monk, and it was unavailable for quite a while. People were not pleased.
Jul 26, 2015, 8:56 am
#185
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I'm not a connoisseur, but enjoy Havana Club or Flor de Cana aged seven years. There's a Haitian rum (Barbancourt?) that is tasty too.
And crazy cheap. I lived in Hyderabad last year. After they split the new state of Telangana off from Andhra Pradesh, there was some tax controversy regarding Old Monk, and it was unavailable for quite a while. People were not pleased.
And crazy cheap. I lived in Hyderabad last year. After they split the new state of Telangana off from Andhra Pradesh, there was some tax controversy regarding Old Monk, and it was unavailable for quite a while. People were not pleased.
Jul 26, 2015, 8:37 pm
#186
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I'll have to add another vote for Don Q. I'm not sure whether I actually enjoy it or it's just the nostalgia of drinking it 5 times a day while in San Juan, but it always elicits a smile.
I actually picked up a flavor last weekend that I hadn't seen before: Don Q Coco. It's an 80-proof coconut-flavored rum. I wouldn't pick it over some of Don Q's other choices, but it definitely has it's uses.
I actually picked up a flavor last weekend that I hadn't seen before: Don Q Coco. It's an 80-proof coconut-flavored rum. I wouldn't pick it over some of Don Q's other choices, but it definitely has it's uses.
Jul 27, 2015, 3:05 am
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Jul 27, 2015, 7:09 am
#188
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http://qz.com/454920/old-monk-is-dyi...-love-for-rum/
Aug 19, 2015, 1:10 pm
#190
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A whisky friend of mine gave me a bottle of Ron Zacapa Centenario 23, in response to me saying I ought to pick up some top shelf rum. He said his wife, a rum aficionado, didn't like it. Still in the box and everything...
I'm looking forward to trying it tonight.
I'm looking forward to trying it tonight.
Aug 19, 2015, 5:44 pm
#191
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Curious to hear what you think of it. I just picked up a bottle myself.
Aug 26, 2015, 12:30 pm
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I liked it; I would definitely treat it as a "sipping" rum and not a mixer. It was a little too sweet for my tastes, but then again, it's rum... it should be sweet.
You could definitely pick up the aging, both from the nose and the taste of the rum. Heavy, thick notes of caramel and molasses and some woodiness. Even my wife, who doesn't like straight spirits, said it was good (I did tell her she can't use it as a mixer
).
Aug 29, 2015, 10:27 pm
#194
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So far, Pyrat is my go-to pick.
If you happen to be in NYC, Brandy Library (http://brandylibrary.com/sections2007/home.htm) has a good selection of rums - the tasting flight was a lot of fun.
If you happen to be in NYC, Brandy Library (http://brandylibrary.com/sections2007/home.htm) has a good selection of rums - the tasting flight was a lot of fun.
Aug 29, 2015, 10:51 pm
#195
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All I know is Larry brought the Rumchata!
