RUM POLL

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u lov this rum?

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Mount Gay 3
Havana Club 3
Cruzan 2
Flor de Caña 2
Myers 2
Matusalem 1
Bundaberg 1
Brugal 1
Gosling's 1
Appleton Estate 1
Bacardi 1
Old Monk 0
McDowell's No.1 Celebration Rum][2] 0
[[Mitjans]www.ronmitjans.cl] 0
Montilla 0
Ocumare 0
New Grove Plantation Rum 0
New Grove Oak Aged Rum 0
Panama Jack Spiced Rum 0
Pampero 0
Pusser's 0
VooDoo Spiced Rum 0
Varela Rum,151 proof, Panamà 0
Tanduay 0
Stroh 0
Silver Kiss Rum 0
Sailor Jerry 0
Santa Teresa 0
Royal Reserve 0
Ron Zacapa Centenario 0
Ron Diaz 0
Ronrico 0
RedRum 0
Pyrat 0
Wray and Nephews0
Malibu Rum 0
Macuro 0
Braddah Kimo's Maui Rum 0
Bounty Rum 0
Black Seal 0
Bermudez 0
Beenleigh 0
Barbancourt 0
Bayu 0
Barcelo 0
Bambu Rum 0
Angostura 0
Admiral Nelson Rum 0
Brinley Gold Rum 0
Cacique 0
Captain Morgan 0
Lambs Rum 0
Lemon Hart 0
Jolly Roger 0
Honey Rum 0
Green Island 0
Goodwill 0
Don Q 0
Don Lorenzo 0
Coruba 0
Cortez, Ron Cortez, Panamà 0
Carupano 0
Abuelo, Ron Abuelo Añejo, Panamà* 0


Will M., Friday, 2 November 2007 20:47 (eighteen years ago)

i like BRUGAL

Will M., Friday, 2 November 2007 20:50 (eighteen years ago)

Goslings gets my vote but I feel bad not being able to put in for Mount Gay or Cockspur, which didn't make this list out of wikipedia being shit. I want to try Pusser's but haven't found it.

El Tomboto, Friday, 2 November 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.tvheaven.ca/rumpole18.jpg

gff, Friday, 2 November 2007 20:56 (eighteen years ago)

Cosign on Cockspur.

Went with Havana Club.

Dom Passantino, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:05 (eighteen years ago)

this is my thread!!!

Cockspur is amazing. mt. gay regular is a fine $20.

jergïns, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:13 (eighteen years ago)

the one and only RUM appreciation thread

jergïns, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:14 (eighteen years ago)

7 yr old havana club

s1ocki, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

so many on that list i've never tried.

sailor jerry is shit btw.

jergïns, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:15 (eighteen years ago)

who's tried 10 cane? that is one weird assed rum. i thought i loved it at first and now i can't even stand the smell of it (and no i didn't have a bad experience)

jergïns, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:19 (eighteen years ago)

All rum is horrifying. I blame a bad college experience with rum and Diet Coke.

HI DERE, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:20 (eighteen years ago)

cruzan is hella underrated. it's a great 15$ bottle, esp the dark and the amber

jergïns, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:22 (eighteen years ago)

Wait I do like Cruzan! We brought back about a bazillion bottles from our honeymoon ($3/bottle, thankyou VI).

HI DERE, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:31 (eighteen years ago)

Cruzan yeah. I tend to go for the aged dark mellowed out rums, so some home favorites are El Dorado 15 year and Ron Pampero Anniversario.

Rum is really one of the best values in liquor, it's possible to get some top notch stuff for under $30/bottle.

I DIED, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)

in Bermuda I noticed the other rum drink besides barritt's + goslings D&S is cockspur a regular ginger ale like canada dry, kind of a light & stormy I suppose.

El Tomboto, Friday, 2 November 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

Appleton and Havana Club are all I've really enjoyed, I will have to try some of the other recommendations here. I prefer to drink it straight up, is that odd?

Matt D, Friday, 2 November 2007 22:40 (eighteen years ago)

Not to me, but depends on the rum.

El Tomboto, Friday, 2 November 2007 22:40 (eighteen years ago)

Appleton is my favorite of these that I've had; I didn't realize there were so many rums I've never tried.

nickalicious, Friday, 2 November 2007 22:48 (eighteen years ago)

Also, I'm through with rum + coke. After many tests I've decided rum + fruit juice (oj + splash of cran my fav) is the route for me.

nickalicious, Friday, 2 November 2007 22:49 (eighteen years ago)

good rums are supposed to be drank from a snifter, so straight isn't so different. i've had bartenders at expensive places get on me for adding soda and a lime to a 12$ shot.

jergïns, Friday, 2 November 2007 23:09 (eighteen years ago)

everybody try rum rickey (rum + club soda + lime) tonight!

my favorites are cockspur and mt. gay. as jergins said, the cruzans are surprisingly good considering the price; probably the best value i've found.

for you who think you hate rum, don't give up hope. i thought the same thing after my freshman year in college. then i tasted good rum.

lxy, Friday, 2 November 2007 23:19 (eighteen years ago)

spiced rum and coke is god's gift to the girl drink drunk

Tracer Hand, Saturday, 3 November 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

i have to go with myers for sentimental reasons

Tracer Hand, Saturday, 3 November 2007 01:29 (eighteen years ago)

RUM POLL STILT SKIN.

s1ocki, Saturday, 3 November 2007 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

Noise admins still waiting for their first pubic hairs

gr8080, Saturday, 3 November 2007 02:26 (eighteen years ago)

HC U NO ME

remy bean, Saturday, 3 November 2007 04:52 (eighteen years ago)

Mount Gay. My folks are just back from a fortnight in Barbados and I have my fingers crossed for a bottle (they got me one last time, so a precedent has been set).

Madchen, Saturday, 3 November 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)

I love Mt Gay. It's has this overt ethanol flavor and odor but it somehow works.

wanko ergo sum, Saturday, 3 November 2007 15:54 (eighteen years ago)

Voted for Havan Club 'cause there's no Jack Iron (q.v.) on the list.

Nubbelverbrennung, Saturday, 3 November 2007 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

I voted Myers because I, increasingly, my tastes are turning into the tastes of an old person.

Abbott, Saturday, 3 November 2007 22:51 (eighteen years ago)

only potable rum

http://images.egullet.com/u2/i1540.jpg

adam, Saturday, 3 November 2007 23:05 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

flor de cane 12 year

jergïns, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:31 (eighteen years ago)

bundaberg lolz.

W4LTER, Monday, 5 November 2007 00:37 (eighteen years ago)

It's got to be Mount Gay, plenty of ice, wee squeeze of freshly picked lime. Mmmmmmm.

*rumpie*, Monday, 5 November 2007 10:52 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

Havin' warmed Gosling's + lime + honey. Dunno a name for it, but this is good. Kinda like a toddy w/o tea.

libcrypt, Friday, 14 December 2007 23:58 (eighteen years ago)

the rum rickey is a bit dangerous I've found. mmmm rum rickey.

El Tomboto, Friday, 14 December 2007 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

oh god they're something else. cockspur + soda + lime (skip the sugar) is the most perfect drink i've found.

jergïns, Saturday, 15 December 2007 00:28 (eighteen years ago)

we need to hang out

El Tomboto, Saturday, 15 December 2007 00:33 (eighteen years ago)

what kind of rum will i buy on my way home from work?

lxy, Saturday, 15 December 2007 00:42 (eighteen years ago)

cockspur and mt. gay is the answer

lxy, Saturday, 15 December 2007 04:19 (eighteen years ago)

Mount Gay is possibly the best name ever for a consumable.

libcrypt, Saturday, 15 December 2007 06:08 (eighteen years ago)

possibly one of the best tastes, too

lxy, Saturday, 15 December 2007 07:41 (eighteen years ago)

There isn't a single Rhum Agricole Martinique AOC on that list. Wikipedia sucks. There's probably a more diverse range of rums distilled on Martinique alone than on that poxy list.

https://www.weinquelle.com/fotos/s4547.jpg

Ed, Saturday, 15 December 2007 10:19 (eighteen years ago)

okay i want that

lxy, Saturday, 15 December 2007 18:08 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Pampero 0

best rum on this robbed

this filthy ambulance of a season (jergins), Monday, 24 August 2009 02:31 (sixteen years ago)

Bundaberg 1

eww

wilter, Monday, 24 August 2009 02:32 (sixteen years ago)

still the best i've had

http://www.refinedvices.com/newsimages/rum/pamperoan.jpg

( ´_ゝ˙) (Dr. Phil), Monday, 24 August 2009 03:21 (sixteen years ago)

also:

Myers 2

gtfo

( ´_ゝ˙) (Dr. Phil), Monday, 24 August 2009 03:22 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/images/gavel_400.jpg

luol deng (am0n), Saturday, 14 November 2009 20:20 (sixteen years ago)

luol

lxy, Saturday, 14 November 2009 21:02 (sixteen years ago)

Rum Poll Stilt Skin

Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Saturday, 14 November 2009 21:03 (sixteen years ago)

five months pass...

bundaberg lolz.

― W4LTER, Monday, November 5, 2007 12:37 AM

looool australia wtf

i tried the fijian rum when i was there. BOUNTY. yeech

rahni, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 04:21 (fifteen years ago)

four months pass...

I've never had rum at all, as far as I know, but am interested to give it a try. Suggestions?
I'm coming as a whisk(e)y drinker, if that makes any difference, and particularly enjoy more heartily flavoured varieties.

If I can get it in a supermarket here in the UK then even better.

Not many votes on this poll, sadly, so I don't lay too much stock in its results.

Thanks rum drinking friends.

krakow, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

so do you want something that you can drink on its own or with a little ice?

call all destroyer, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:43 (fifteen years ago)

(vs. something to mix with?)

call all destroyer, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:43 (fifteen years ago)

anniversario
cockspur
flor de cane
mount gay

con suelo, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)

As a whiskey drinker you'll definitely skew toward the aged rums - if you're okay with sweeter notes a lot of them (Ron Zacapa Centenario, Pampero, El Dorado, etc.) have a very developed brown sugar taste which is pretty delicious but definitely sweeter than the caramels in whiskey. Any of the aged rum agricoles from Martinique will be less syrupy and sharper (distilled from cane sugar rather than molasses), also delicious. Not sure about availability in the UK, though.

I DIED, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)

yeah some less-sweet options would be a nice clement from martinique or maybe appleton estate reserve which is real tasty.

call all destroyer, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:56 (fifteen years ago)

I'm looking for something to drink sans mixer. With or without ice, as appropriate.

I'm certainly partial to a sweetness of taste; I very much enjoy Amaretto, Glayva and Drambuie for example.

krakow, Sunday, 3 October 2010 20:58 (fifteen years ago)

if you like it a little sweeter, this is a good sippin' drink

http://mixdrinkipedia.com/_media/brand/rum/pyrat-rum-xo.jpg

i actually wrote a little column about rum this summer, but instead of linking that i'll just link you to my principal source, which was the guy who publishes the gifted rum guide. he has a long list of recommended rums on his website.

a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 3 October 2010 22:00 (fifteen years ago)

(for his sipping-rum choices, scroll down to the gold/pale rums)

a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 3 October 2010 22:02 (fifteen years ago)

that's a cool resource, tips!

call all destroyer, Sunday, 3 October 2010 22:13 (fifteen years ago)

you will never regret buying pampero.

― lxy, Monday, November 2, 2009 9:21 PM (11 months ago)

especially for straight sipping imo

sleeve, Sunday, 3 October 2010 22:51 (fifteen years ago)

One of my bros will drink nothing but Captain and Diet Coke. When the sugar in both metabolizes with cigarettes it's a horrifying stench.

raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 October 2010 22:52 (fifteen years ago)

didn't realize until recently that capt. comes in under 40% abv; so your bro is shorting himself valuable alcohol in addition to drinking something disgusting

call all destroyer, Sunday, 3 October 2010 22:54 (fifteen years ago)

btw for the uninitiated pampero and anniversario are the same thing

con suelo, Monday, 4 October 2010 04:31 (fifteen years ago)

I bought a bottle of Mount Gay Eclipse last night, following advice on Facebook too. The Rum journey begins...

krakow, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 09:46 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

I'm drinking a hot chocolate and Captain Morgans before I turn in. Yum.

A brownish area with points (chap), Monday, 22 November 2010 01:27 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

Dr. Phil and am0n otm

― harbl, Friday, November 13, 2009 9:10 PM (1 year ago)

Secrets will not Block Justice (harbl), Sunday, 27 February 2011 23:47 (fourteen years ago)

i have a bottle of mount gay

am0n, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 04:32 (fourteen years ago)

Barbancourt 0

smh

just sayin, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:52 (fourteen years ago)

http://www.champersgroup.com/productmedia/barbancourt-5-star-rum-8-years-old.jpg

just sayin, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:55 (fourteen years ago)

yah barbancourt is pretty good, certainly better than myers!

call all destroyer, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:16 (fourteen years ago)

for real! altho i would never turn down myers. ive realised lately there are many many rums that i enjoy

just sayin, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:23 (fourteen years ago)

yeah tbf myer's dark is one of the best rums for one of my fav. rum drinks but it's blunt and not versatile. myer's light blows though.

call all destroyer, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:24 (fourteen years ago)

i dont know if i've ever seen the light one in the uk, they have the dark at my corner store so i've got it quite a few times

just sayin, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:32 (fourteen years ago)

what is yr fav rum drink btw

just sayin, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:34 (fourteen years ago)

the periodista!

1.5 oz. dark rum (myer's, maybe goslings)
.75 oz. apricot brandy
.75 oz. triple sec
.5 oz. fresh lime juice

call all destroyer, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:45 (fourteen years ago)

i have those ingredients! will make

just sayin, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:51 (fourteen years ago)

eight years pass...

Spiced tum and voke ftw omnomnom

nathom, Sunday, 12 January 2020 22:49 (six years ago)

And play some sheila e. Smoke. And yes.

nathom, Sunday, 12 January 2020 22:50 (six years ago)

one year passes...

What's a good rum I should try? Preferably not exhorbitant, preferably not overly spiced or flavoured.

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:21 (four years ago)

I'm quite partial to some Sailor Jerry even though it's probably a bit low end for ilx

calzino, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:28 (four years ago)

wouldn't say no to a SJ, I'm just a bit done with sweet, spiced rums.

My dad got me a bottle of Wood's a while back and it's like 57%, really strong tasting - maybe a bit too much!

A friend had a nice bottle of Diplomatico which you can drink straight as it's very sweet and really quite nice tasting, but I read online that that's because they add sugar to it, which I wonder if it's a bit anti-purist?

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:33 (four years ago)

goes along smoothly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll5aPrf2zE0

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:37 (four years ago)

I used to sometimes get offered swigs of some unspecified overproof rum in unlabelled bottles or cola cans from Afro-Caribbean punters in the bookies when I worked there, that stuff was dynamite!

calzino, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:37 (four years ago)

For mixing my go-tos are Zaya Gran Reserva (Trinidad & Tobago, for something slightly darker) and Flor de Cana (Nicaragua, for white). I don't drink straight rum, though, but I have a couple of other older aged bottles somewhere.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:48 (four years ago)

I like Diplomatico, it's probably the best bargain for rum in my area. Seems a bit odd to me for people to object to adding sugar to a beverage made from sugarcane juice?

El Dorado's 12 and 15 years are good too.

This is amazing: https://rumratings.com/brands/3966-el-pasador-de-oro-xo

(that site is moderately useful, though tilts toward big spenders)

im dum (rob), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:20 (four years ago)

probably basic to rum nerds but havana club 7 is sooo good and their others are nice as well. what's the fake american version like?

Left, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:26 (four years ago)

it's probably the best bargain for rum in my area

just want to amend this to "drinkable straight" rum as there are certainly cheaper mixing rums. I don't really make cocktails at home much

im dum (rob), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:32 (four years ago)

We have a bottle of El Dorado 12 year, makes delicious rum old fashioneds.

This may not meet the affordability requirement since it runs in the $30-$40 range, but I'm a huge fan of rhum agricole. Clement is the main brand you see in the U.S. It's made from fresh-pressed cane juice, not molasses. It's very grassy, and you can make a Ti Punch with 2 oz, one squeezed lime and a few spoons of cane syrup or simple syrup. Soooooo good, and quick to make.

a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:19 (four years ago)

This is a really good strong drink, it's really complex but not at all sophisticated, which is nice.
It's from a posh tiki bar in Times Sq. Great drinks. Not the nicest place to hang.

The Derelict

.75 oz lime juice
.75 oz grapefruit juice
.25 oz lilikoi puree
.25 oz Don’s Spices #4
.50 oz Demerara syrup
.75 oz banana blend
2 dshr dshs Angostura bitters
4 dshr dshs absinthe
.25 oz Hamilton 151 proof Demerara rum
.50 oz Hamilton Navy Strength rum
.50 oz Appleton Rare Blend 12yr rum
1 oz Buffalo Trace bourbon
1 oz El Dorado 12yr rum

Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 11 June 2021 00:45 (four years ago)

lol

it's really complex but not at all sophisticated,
So why make it so complex, then?! Four rums (two of them high proof, two of them high aged), plus bourbon, seems a bit like ... overkill. Also, I had to google lilikoi. I mean, I would definitely drink it, but that's just nuts.

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 June 2021 00:52 (four years ago)

a needlessly complex tiki cocktail? be still my heart.

call all destroyer, Friday, 11 June 2021 01:03 (four years ago)

I just meant it's bold and fun and funky rather than elegant or delicate. Have you ever had a 1934 zombie?

It's a great value as well, I think they charge $21 which is like $5 more than your average cocktail in Manhattan with maybe a third of the booze. You don't need a second drink unless you wanna get really blasted, and even then you only need 2.

Had a drink there with peanut butter in it once!

Anyway, to answer the question I think Appleton Estate 12 is a good one.

Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Friday, 11 June 2021 01:05 (four years ago)

one year passes...

Tipsy, what is the name of that big Caribbean rum book you got at xmas?

The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Sunday, 29 January 2023 03:52 (two years ago)

two years pass...

I wish the nearest Total Wine & More stores weren't at least four hours away. Doorly's (Barbados, Foursquare distillate, pot/column blends, six ages available) look like the absolute best value available in all of rum but they're TW exclusives.

Strange New Wordles (WmC), Tuesday, 12 August 2025 13:54 (five months ago)

Rum Poll of the Bailey

Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 12 August 2025 17:03 (five months ago)


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