The Rum Thread

[mr2mike]

Koloa is terrible. Went and did a tour at their shop in Hawaii when I was there. The dark was marginally better than Captain Morgan but for the price, there's way better.

I stick to Havana Club, Mount Gay, Diplomatico or Appleton 12 yr.


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Havana and Appleton are quite sweet and so is Mount Gay. Diplomatico you could pour neat and enjoy.

Cruzan isn't bad just not my top one.
Captain Morgan Private Stock is ok.
Brugal is in this category too.

Captain Morgan Lime bite run is good for rum and coke if you don't have a lime.

Sailor Jerry and Kraken are in my lower category as they're terrible neat. Just marketed well.
Captain Morgan Black spiced rum is not good. Fake coloring added to make it look aged. It isn't.

Navy and Lamb's is by far the worst. Also White Koloa is this bad too, just you'll pay more for it.

I've had my share of rum tastings and it's interesting to have someone pour samples of a bunch of decent rum and you blind test them. Top picks aren't always the one your tastes chooses.

[Kjonus]

Wow some great response. Lets keep it going.

Was surprised Lamb's was talked about all, pretty bottom of the barrel for me. But again everyone has different taste as mr2mike isn't a fan of Koloa but I seem to think its pretty good.

As for what else I have in the cabinet which I've been working on;

El Dorado 12 year (a good Demerara which most isn't)
Ron Santiago de Cuba (dark)
Legendario Elixir (pulled right off the bottling line in Havana)
Pyrat XO Reserve
Old Sam (Demerara too)
Appleton Estate V/X
Appleton Estate 12 Year Old

....do I have a problem

[Nufy]

A colleague brought some of this on our golf trip last year...


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Very very good...


Other than that I have a couple different years of Appletons in my bar at all times.

The eldorado 12 year as someone else mentioned is very good as well.

Then of course there is always...



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[mr2mike]

Bumping this as I'm going to try a few of the higher recommended items for gifts for my dad.

[pheoxs]

Originally posted by mr2mike
Koloa is terrible. Went and did a tour at their shop in Hawaii when I was there. The dark was marginally better than Captain Morgan but for the price, there's way better.

I stick to Havana Club, Mount Gay, Diplomatico or Appleton 12 yr.


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For me it's Kraken for a rum and coke or Diplomatico for a neat drink / sipping.

[94CoRd]

Originally posted by pheoxs


For me it's Kraken for a rum and coke or Diplomatico for a neat drink / sipping.

Had my first Diplomatico Reserve, neat the other night. It was an absolute pleasure!

The misses came back from Bahama's with a bottle of Tortuga! It's pretty delicious as well.

[BavarianBeast]

Originally posted by Kavy
Rum is my go to drink, I find I have to have coke zero with rum or its just way too sweet.

I am a big fan of Sailor Jerry's

Are you kidding?

Sailor Jerry's is disgusting. I remember it was what all the kids got in university when they couldn't afford anything else. I think it was like $13 for a bottle when I was going to school in the US. I thought it was one of the nastiest alcohols I had ever dranken, and the hangovers from drinking it were death.

To be completely honest, my favourite rum is bacardi gold. Yeah it's cheap, but I think it tastes great.

[ExtraSlow]

Based on Mike's recommendation, I picked up some Diplomatico. Wow is that smooth for sipping. Did a little head to head with it and Havana Club, and it's no comparison.
Couple bucks more, so maybe it's overkill when you're mixing, but I think I'll try to have a bottle of that around the house from now on.

[mr2mike]

Excellent. Glad you like it.

Just bought some Plantation 20yr Thanks to kaput's recommendation.
Giving it to my dad for xmas.

Fyi for anyone looking for these rums. There's a lot of very high end selection at Liquor Depot in Brentwood. Some are in the $200 range.

[kaput]

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[2Legit2Quit]

What rum goes best with eggnog?

[ExtraSlow]

Whatever bottle is largest. I can't stand eggnog unless it's at least 50% diluted with rum.

[npham]

Here's what I have on the go right now:

Flor de Cana 4 Year White
Flor de Cana 7 Year Dark
Bacardi 8 Year Dark

All are great value, but the Bacardi with Coke has been really good.

[codetrap]

Is good...

[firebane]

Welcome to yesterday :P

[rob the knob]

what does this mean

links plz

[codetrap]

Originally posted by firebane
Welcome to yesterday :P

Thanks. I'm enjoying it now!


.... there's no drunk on kraken icon...

[ExtraSlow]

There is however a rum thread.

I will however give props to anyone posting drunk, as I have enjoyed that pastime in the . . .past?

[codetrap]

Props for me then!!!

[baygirl]

drinking and interneting(I know this isn't a real word!) is a bad idea!