RUM?!

[desi_de_lu_lu]

Consider it medicinal.

I will take that as medical advice..

 

[KittyT]

Never tried Sailor Jerry, but even the ghetto liquor store in my neighborhood has it.

Ron Anejo is good. I also really like Appleton, Goslings (best for Dark and Stormies), Ron Viejo de Caldas (a great Columbian rum), and Flor de Cana, which is from Nicaragua. Flor de Cana is fantastic, but it is apparently not sold in the US. I've only seen it in various Central and South American countries.

 

[Absinthe_1900]

J. Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum, it's very smooth for being a high proof spirit.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

My normal rum is Mount Gay Eclipse (generally around $15 in Indiana bottle shoppes). I also have various bottles of more expensive rums lying around for when i need something a bit smoother. Royal Mile Whiskys stock a nice selection.

bk

 

[flat-top]

Yeah for sure it is good.. I was surprised. It actually tasted better at home than at Viva.. (lol taste buds were dead).

My friend and I were stumbling around the ballrooms with a bottle. (12.99 at the casino gift shop!) I have never been that drunk for so many hours in a row.

 

[desi_de_lu_lu]

My friend and I were stumbling around the ballrooms with a bottle. (12.99 at the casino gift shop!) I have never been that drunk for so many hours in a row.

OOoooh..so THAT was you.....!

Just kidding.

I think we went through a case of it at Viva...went from one buzz to another.

 

[desi_de_lu_lu]

Never tried Sailor Jerry, but even the ghetto liquor store in my neighborhood has it.

Ron Anejo is good. I also really like Appleton, Goslings (best for Dark and Stormies), Ron Viejo de Caldas (a great Columbian rum), and Flor de Cana, which is from Nicaragua. Flor de Cana is fantastic, but it is apparently not sold in the US. I've only seen it in various Central and South American countries.

I second the Flor de Cana. OMG...I forgot about this one.. well, in truth I only had a sip.. but the bottle was really unique. It was the Centenario one. Ay Chihuahua.....smooooth.

 

[KittyT]

I second the Flor de Cana. OMG...I forgot about this one.. well, in truth I only had a sip.. but the bottle was really unique. It was the Centenario one. Ay Chihuahua.....smooooth.

I just found their website and apparently they do have a distributor in the US....

http://www.flordecana.com

 

[desi_de_lu_lu]

I just found their website and apparently they do have a distributor in the US....

http://www.flordecana.com

Then it would be safe to assume you could ask for it by name at a fine restaurant/bar?

I wonder how much a bottle would run...price wise?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, Flor de Caña is a grand sip. My only expensive-ish one right now is Diplomático Reserva, from Venezuela. Sipping right now, on the rocks. Lovely.

bk

 

[desi_de_lu_lu]

Yes, Flor de Caña is a grand sip. My only expensive-ish one right now is Diplomático Reserva, from Venezuela. Sipping right now, on the rocks. Lovely.

bk

I wish I were in your time zone Baron Kurtz...to be sipping right now. lol

alas, back to work

 

[Mike K.]

There's a bunch more on this thread...

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=28091

 

[jamespowers]

Flor de Cana can be picked up at your local BevMo.
I have been getting mine there for years.
http://www.bevmo.com/productinfo.as...flor+de+cana&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=All

 

[Shaul-Ike Cohen]

Diplomático Reserva, from Venezuela. Sipping right now, on the rocks. Lovely.

bk

Doesn't the ice dull the flavours too much?

 

[rmrdaddy]

I have a good friend that prefers Pyrat on the rocks. I drink it neat, but hey, different strokes...
For neat sipping, along with the aforementioned Pyrat, I like HC7 when I have some on hand, and Zaya, which is pretty nice stuff as well.

 

[lillielil]

Sailor Jerry rum is my favorite ever. I originally bought a bottle because I liked the packaging, and was surprised to find that it's really good! I usually put it in Cuba Libres, but ran out of Coke recently and decided to try it on the rocks. I'm not going to bother with the Coke any more.

It's weird - all the liquor stores in VA are state run so they should be the same, but I can find it at only one in town. It's worth the few extra miles.

 

[flat-top]

I found it!
I found Sailor Jerry Rum this weekend in PA! And I realized why I love it so much: that hint of caramel flavor. Oh man, I want some NOW, but it may be a LITTLE too early (it's 9:30am here on the East Coast).

 

[ShesSoVaVaVoom]

ah Sailor Jerry, he and I have had some great times!! he's patiently awating my in the freezer whenever I want him.

 

[adamjaskie]

Sailor Jerry is a good spiced rum. I'm not really a fan of spiced rums, though. They're tasty, just not something I would go for most of the time.

Meyers is decent, inexpensive, and readily available. It's pretty good neat from a mug, or mixed with RC Cola, and I always have a bottle on hand for any recipe that calls for rum. It's the defacto standard for bananas foster.

Gosling's Black Seal is pretty similar to Meyers, but I like it a little better. IIRC, it's a bit cheaper, but not as readily available. Again, neat from a mug is my general preference for cheap dark rums. We tried to keep a handle of it on hand in college for pirate shenanigans. I killed off a third of a handle (a handle is 1.75L) and woke up none the worse for wear, though my roommate who had about the same amount was pretty messed up the next day, so YMMV.

Mount Gay Extra Old is a REALLY good rum. Aged in old bourbon casks. My roommate bought a fifth of it, and decided he didn't like it (but then he doesn't like bourbon either), so he sold it to me. It's mostly gone now, but I've been taking it slow, just a snifter of it now and then, sipped over a long period of time.

Ahhh college.

 

[John in Covina]

Mojitos from Scratch

for dark I liked Planter's Punch and Pussers.

With the hot weather we have been making Mojitos from scratch and using Bacardi Silver.