Another fan of the Domincan Brugal Extra Viejo. Associated with many happy memories, not all of them clear ones.:)

I really enjoyed the Centenario Rum on a recent trip to Costa Rica. 7 or 12 yr with ice and slice of lime by the pool and 25 yr neat in the evening if I wanted something a little sweeter (and cheaper down there!) than scotch.

Indeed. I have a bottle (of the cheaper stuff) sitting on my kitchen counter, which a friend of a friend smuggled in for me. I can't wait to open it.

Pampero Aniversario from Venezuela is excellent as well. Friends who came to stay this fall brought me a bottle, and it was wonderful.

Blackwell's from Jamiaca. Best dark and stormy's.

Barbancourt

learned a lot from this thread. thanks guys. :D

I love Dominican rum for the same reason but its hard to get it here in the US

I am a big fan of El Dorado 15 year old from Guyana. I enjoy it neat.

I don't drink at all. But, my some guest liked most the rum. Most of guest liked the bacardy and brugal 1988.

Not sure I appreciate Havana Club as much as you do...

I certainly prefer Havana Club over Bacardi and it´s the best rum in the <$15/bottle category (talking European prices, not the ridiculous Canadian liquor prices:p), but it´s not something I get overly excited about. But it certainly is a good choice for a rum&coke.

I just purchased a litre of Mangoustan's Rhum from Haiti for $6. It has the perfect weight for a mojito or a tasty 'rhum' and tonic (about half way dark). Oh yeah, I'm in Cambodia right now. Not a lot of 'sin taxes' obviously.

I just finished a bottle of Brugal this week a friend brought back from the DR. I like the brand enough to bring some back when I'm there which sadly isn't often enough.

You use Havana Club to make a rum & Coke? I prefer to mix up myself a Cuba Libre. More sophisticated. ;)

Atlantico is a quality DR rum as well and very easy to find ex-DR. Big fan of the Centenarrio 25 from CR; but these two where just gifted to me and I can highly recommend.

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The HC pictured is the former "Barrel Proof", the Abuelo is very good and reasonable priced too.

What else to pick up?

I'm sitting in the transit lounge in Doha at the moment opposite a bottle of Havana Club Selection de Maestro which I'm taking with me to help me sleep in Thailand :)

Favorite to sip - Zacapa XO
Favorite to mix - Barrilito 3-Star (unusual choice, I know)

Favorite Cheap Dark - Havana Club
Favorite Cheap White - Don Q Cristal