RUM POLL

i like BRUGAL

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.

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

Cosign on Cockspur.

Went with Havana Club.

this is my thread!!!

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

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7 yr old havana club

so many on that list i've never tried.

sailor jerry is shit btw.

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)

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

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

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

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.

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.

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?

Not to me, but depends on the rum.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

i have to go with myers for sentimental reasons

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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).

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

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

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

only potable rum

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flor de cane 12 year

bundaberg lolz.

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

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

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

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

we need to hang out

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

cockspur and mt. gay is the answer

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

possibly one of the best tastes, too

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.

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okay i want that

Pampero 0

best rum on this robbed

Bundaberg 1

eww

still the best i've had

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

also:

Myers 2

gtfo

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bundaberg lolz.

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looool australia wtf

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

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.

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

(vs. something to mix with?)

anniversario
cockspur
flor de cane
mount gay

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.

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

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.

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.

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

that's a cool resource, tips!

you will never regret buying pampero.

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

especially for straight sipping imo

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.

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

btw for the uninitiated pampero and anniversario are the same thing

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

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

Dr. Phil and am0n otm

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

i have a bottle of mount gay

Barbancourt 0

smh

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

yah barbancourt is pretty good, certainly better than myers!

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

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.

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

what is yr fav rum drink btw

the periodista!

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

i have those ingredients! will make

Spiced tum and voke ftw omnomnom

And play some sheila e. Smoke. And yes.

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

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

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?

goes along smoothly:

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

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!

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.

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)

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?

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

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.

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

lol

it's really complex but not at all sophisticated,

a needlessly complex tiki cocktail? be still my heart.

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.

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

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.

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