Thread: Rum of the Day

More of a whisky man myself, however, one of my brothers loves rum. So I always make sure that I have a bottle waiting for him when he visits. This is one of his favourites....

I have always preferred sweet and/or sour flavors to dry or bitter. So I started out on screwdrivers. I'm surprised it took me so long to come around to the Rum side. I mean, it's usually made from sugarcane, for crying out loud!

Enough rambling.
Note: I'm a lightweight. And not having children with thumbs (our Sheltie is our fur-baby), I keep the usual suspects in the fridge.

I'm a sucker for cherry flavors.
Cruzan: Black Cherry over about 3 ice cubes, mixed half and half with cherry Pepsi in a tall glass. That's for when I'm drinking more for the flavor than the effect.
Captain Morgan: Black over about 5 ice cubes until the glass is about 40-45% full, add cherry Pepsi and maybe some grenadine to bring the cherry taste to the front of the line . That's for when I'm at home getting my buzz on. Like when I have to stay up to reset my sleep for a change in my work schedule; usually spent running a muck on Battlefield.

Captain Black has a lovely cherry note to it, even my dull sense of smell picks it up on the cap cork. At 94.6 proof and about $20, it is a decent value for a lightweight like myself.

Sincerely,
Crawler.

Stuff you can't get in the US? 7 Year Old Havana Club from the Evil Mini-Empire.
Stuff you can get.....for now? 15 Year Old Barbancourt from Haiti.
Pampero Aniversario from St. Hugo's Workers Paradise aka Venezuela is good too.

RHUM PANAMA

Transcontinental Rum Line
PANAMA 2011
Distilled in 2011 – Bottled in 2018
This rum has matured near the Panama Canal in Bourbon barrels in tropical conditions for 6 years and then for 1 year in Europe.


French Product

What’s with the black squares?

These are "whiskey stones" tcrideshd. They are made of granite or steel. You keep them in the freezer and you use them in the glass when you want your whiskey at a lower temperature but without diluting it with the water of the melting ice cubes.

I prefer the metal cubes because they are completely neutral. The granite tends to get the smell of the freezer.

Oh LORD! Don't give Tc any more ideas!.....

Awww hell now I got to have some!

The metallic cubes are better. No smell from the freezer and no taste. They also cool the whiskey much better. The granite ones reach room temperature in about a minute and they do not cool the liquor sufficiently.

Cooooollllll. I ordered me a couple sets, round ball bearings and ones like those, are yours solid steel or liquid filled