Rum Lovers - Good Quality Rums

[Silke]

Lovely thread, other than Pisco, rum is the one thing I drink. I wish I was more of a connoisseur though!

My only experience other than the types not worth mentioning has been the Matusalem Gran Reserva.

I'll definitely check this thread out for inspiration.

I absolutely love rum, but it seems like the only well known cocktails are tropical drinks, and when I'm in a bar, bamboo umbrellas seem a little inappropriate...

Can someone tell me some well known rum cocktails that I could order without feeling silly?

"Fidel Castros" should work for you, lime, ginger ale, rum. I love them, very refreshing.

 

[Atinkerer]

For me, it doesn't get any better than El Dorado 12.

 

[randooch]

Pyrat!

And those hand-blown bottles are impossible to recycle. Someday I'll refill 'em; until then, they'll keep catching light in my garden window.

 

[Mike K.]

Some reading for those interested in sipping rums:
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/articles/boston_magazine_liquids_sipping_rum/

One of my personal favorites:

 

[Guttersnipe]

Fedoragent already mentioned it, but I have to agree. Havana Club Reserva is just the cat's pajamas.

I've never really regarded rum as a sipping liquor until - thanks to Fedoragent - I had the chance to sample Havana Club.

 

[Dave the Hick]

Ron Zacapa 23 Anos.

cane juice rather than molasses

Then what you have is not rum, but cachaça, AKA aguardente or aguardiente ("burning water"). Which for my money is better.

I have a friend with contacts all over the Caribbean (don't ask) who brought me several bottles from micro-distilleries. I don't remember the names, but I remember the quality.

 

[St.Ignatz]

Then what you have is not rum, but cachaça, AKA aguardente or aguardiente ("burning water"). Which for my money is better.

I have a friend with contacts all over the Caribbean (don't ask) who brought me several bottles from micro-distilleries. I don't remember the names, but I remember the quality.

A couple few decades past a friend brought aguardiente back from Columbia and it was a whole different critter.

 

[Dave the Hick]

It varies a lot in flavor and quality. In some you can taste the sugarcane. In others all you taste is alcohol and pain.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

A couple few decades past a friend brought aguardiente back from Columbia and it was a whole different critter.

I recently had some Columbian Rum called Dominon and I agree a rather different flavour.

 

[Lancealot]

I absolutely love rum, but it seems like the only well known cocktails are tropical drinks, and when I'm in a bar, bamboo umbrellas seem a little inappropriate...

Can someone tell me some well known rum cocktails that I could order without feeling silly?

A Dark and Stormy. Dark Rum, ginger beer (or ale) and a lime wedge.

 

[filfoster]

Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of

Mt Gay, (yes, I am secure enough to drink it). No matter what brand, neat or with water or on the rocks, it tastes like a rubber band. How do I know? I have chewed rubber bands. I seldom do now-I have rum!

 

[Bustercat]

Pyrat XO is really good stuff. There's 4 levels, the really old stuff is the tastiest. So smooth and naturally sweet.

On the cheap, sailor jerry isn't bad, definitely drinkable straight. I think it's flavored with cherry or something, but it's subtle.

 

[Lancealot]

Just picked up a bottle of Myers for the house.

Anybody ever had rum from Haiti? I had a customer at work say it was some of the best he has had but could not remember the brand name?

 

[daizawaguy]

Rivier du Mat, Reunion, Indian Ocean:eusa_clap

 

[Hexenmeister]

Has anyone tried The Kraken Dark Spiced Rum? It's been getting great reviews among the booze-o-blog-o-sphere. I've been trying to find it here in Utah, but the DABC rage never pays attention to the latest liquors, thus Utah lags way behind the rest of the nation.

(I love the bottle!)

 

[Tomasso]

Heads Up!! Rummies.

Here's an event worth attending.

 

[Murph351]

Has anyone tried The Kraken Dark Spiced Rum? It's been getting great reviews among the booze-o-blog-o-sphere. I've been trying to find it here in Utah, but the DABC rage never pays attention to the latest liquors, thus Utah lags way behind the rest of the nation.

(I love the bottle!)

I like it. Not really a Spice Rum like Sailor Jerry. More subtle spices.
It makes a great substitute for any drink that calls for Cruzan black strap rum or Goslings dark Rum.
I use it in my dark and stormys.

 

[miserabelle]

I usually drink Captain Morgan's, or a bit of Sailor Jerry when the mood strikes At the bar I went to last night they were out of rum! Had to make do with Malibu, which was nice... but not what I was after x

 

[miserabelle]

Has anyone tried The Kraken Dark Spiced Rum? It's been getting great reviews among the booze-o-blog-o-sphere. I've been trying to find it here in Utah, but the DABC rage never pays attention to the latest liquors, thus Utah lags way behind the rest of the nation.

(I love the bottle!)

I've never seen that before! It looks amazing though x

 

[Chas]

I drink mostly Young's "Old Sam"; it's pretty old-school rum, lots of layers to it. My favorite.