TLF Rum club

[simonb]

Just bought a bottle of Mount Gay, currently drinking neat with a single ice cube. Any other recommendations

[Bibs]

English Harbour 10 year old. Imagine angels showing you a good time, that's the liquid equivalent

[Laura]

I do love a Morgans Spiced myself, not extravagant but very very yummy

[rocket63]

Mmmm. Morgans. Dont forget Sailor Jerry either.

[Andrew C]

Go for a Dark and Stormy Blackseal rum Ginger beer and a slice of lime.

Andrew

[basalte]

Working through a bottle of "Santiago de Cuba Anejo" bought on hols. Don`t really drink spirits, but I`m enjoying this one with imperialist coca cola added.

[The Veg]

+1 On Sailor Jerry! I also *really* like Pyrat. Then when I'm in one of my cheep moods, Myers's golden is surprisingly useful.

[Moxie]

[simonb]

Rather sadly looking for recommendations on the best way to drink it, seems quite a pleasant subtle flavour, lobbing cola in it seems a shame (and i am probably too greedy a git to just manage to drink a small one on ice)

[Bibs]

I mix rum with coke, I like the taste. Occasionally it's a sipping drink but generally it's with coke

[The Veg]

I usually just add a few ice cubes, although I'll do the odd mixer now and then. You definitely do not want to mix Pyrat; its flavour is WAYYYY too good to bury in anything else. It's also on the pricey side; use cheep rums for mixing.

[Moxie]

"I usually just add a few ice cubes..." Ditto.

I dare someone to try it with this, or to just try it on its own...

Edited July 26, 2011 by Moxie

[Bibs]

http://rumfest.co.uk/

[Kimbers]

I'm with Laura on the Morgans Spiced.

There are some really nice sipping rums about but you have to spend more than £20 for it to be nice and smooth enough to drink neat.

[molemot]

Best way to have cold neat spirits...be it rum, single malt, whatever...keep the bottle in the fridge!! And the glasses in the freezer...or the bottle in the freezer too, if you're really into chilling out! Don't want to dilute the magic stuff, do we, troops??!

[simonb]

No aromas from the freezer, so would never put a malt there. Good for white spirits (keep a bottle of Aquavit there whenever I can get some) but as I have heard snifters recommended for good rum (a brandy balloon glass) I suspect a bit of warmth is expected

[ChrisJ]

Thought I'd create a specific Rum thread as there is a Gin thread.

When I lived in Uganda, I could buy Havana Club for 2 USD a bottle. Cuba had a deal with Uganda whereby Uganda swapped their sugar cane output for Havana Club, hence the dirt-cheap price as Rum was not the local drink - Uganda Waragi (a gin) was. Thought Havana Club was fantastic - especially as I ran a bar (Als Bar Kampala - look it up) - so drinks for me were "on the house".

Since returning to the UK in 2005, I haven't found anything better. On our recent Mexico road trip, I discovered Havana Club 7. Wow - very smooth.

So, any Rum recommendations/thoughts are welcome.

 

[Bibs]

On 25/07/2011 at 22:06, Bibs said:

English Harbour 10 year old. Imagine angels showing you a good time, that's the liquid equivalent

I still stand by this, best rum I've ever tried
 

[Sparky]

I did a quick alcohol inventory recently, and I found another bottle!  I now have 3 unopened.

[Bibs]

We need to fix that for you

 

[Sparky]

So selfless.  What a guy.

[Bibs]

[ChrisJ]

This is not bad

 

[oneshot]

Just had a customer give us this

Authentic Jamaican white rum - 63% proof

[Rambo]

That isn't 63% proof. It is 63% ABV ie 63% alcohol by volume.

In terms of "proof" it is 126 proof.

For proof, double the ABV ie a typical 40% ABV malt whisky is 80 proof

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Rambo