Rum of the Day

Hey guys,

I have begun to enjoy a good scotch (more so than any other whiskey) every once in a while, but my favorite type of liquor is a good relaxing glass of Rum. And when looking I cannot see any thread or post that mentions a rum of the day. So I thought unless there is one, here we go.

So for any rum drinkers out there what is your favorite rum or rum of the day? I like that stuff that you like to pour in a glass straight or on the rocks and sit and enjoy.

As of right now I enjoy Captain Morgan's Black Spiced Rum. Its aged in double charred oak barrels giving it a mellow smooth flavor of sweet caramel and vanilla, wrapped in sweet spices, all very sweet to the nose. I love to every once in a while add a jigger to 16oz Coke, adding a body of caramel and sweetness to the Coke, bringing home also the rum base to the glass of Coke.

I'm soon hoping to try Kraken Black Spiced Rum soon.

So if you like rum, what's yours?

Matusalem, the older the better, is my favorite. I'm not a big fan of spiced rums after being exposed to a wide variety of rums around the Caribbean Rim. It's difficult to find a really bad one derived from molasses or sugar cane like cachacas. Unless it's only rum flavored alcohol from another source but those aren't rhums.

I am not really into rum but I did ha e some really good Guiana rum about 2 years ago. I have vowed that I will get my own bottle someday. Don't know which brand it was. My friend just told me it was what his family drank on a regular basis.

Mike,
then you've probably had Wray and Nephew :nj

Ron Zacapa.

Capt. Morgans is my go to rum, but I did receive a birthday present of Pyrat aged rum. It is very drinkable....

Bundaberg Rum is the only rum to be drunk in Queensland let alone Australia

Wray and Nephew is very good stuff. That they predate Appleton and the like is interesting.

I like Pyrat too.

I like Goslings. Especially when making a Dark and Stormy with Bundaberg ginger beer or home made ginger beer.


Mike

Kraken and a coke

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....Attachment 190701

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.:D
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.

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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.

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

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

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Originally Posted by tcrideshd

are yours solid steel or liquid filled

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Mine are liquid filled, not solid steel.

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Originally Posted by Slur

Mine are liquid filled, not solid steel.

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Thank you sir. The ones I got coming do to,

May have to order a set of these metal cubes myself.
Have the stone ones, but found they didn’t get the drink cold enough or stay cold long enough, not to mention some of my whiskey glasses are thin walled and wouldn’t take kindly to stones clinking around in them

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Originally Posted by MikeB52

Have the stone ones, but found they didn’t get the drink cold enough or stay cold long enough

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Same here. I have to put all 9 stones in the glass to get it cooled. You will notice some difference with the steel cubes.




The sad list of added sugar to rums:
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Gold of Mauritius Dark Rum

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Very different from rums I have tasted.
Made in Mauritius, a small tropical island near Africa.
Sweet, of course. 30g per liter added sugar.
Ripen bananas, dates, vanilla, salted caramel, chocolate.
40% alcohol. I would prefer it to be at least 43-45%
I enjoyed it very much.

BOTRAN, RON DE GUATEMALA

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Have a nice Saturday night!