Any rum drinkers out there?
I used to drink rum years ago, then went on to JD for a while as everyone I knew seemed to drink it and the last few years been mainly gin. On a Virgin flight to the US recently ended up drinking a few dark and stormy’s and bang I’m back into rum.
Bizarrely for both myself and my wife, it’s now our favourite drink - dark or spiced rum with gin ale (ginger beer good too).
We’ve tried and like Kraken black spiced rum, Luggers and Bacardi Spiced.
Try Cassario black spiced from Aldi. Like Kraken, similar bottle, but much cheaper. My favorite atm.
That's good to know, thanks for the tip!Originally Posted by Harry Smith
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I always have a bottle of this in the house
https://libationsrum.com/collections/all
I can't say I'm a rum expert, but I know what I like and I like that.
For sipping - it's delicious...
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This, no mixers.For sipping - it's delicious...
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Absolutely, I have been doing the essential research and Diplomatico always trumps the competion, nice and gentle. Any improvements would be of interest ...
Havana 7 year old. Cheaper than Diplomatic but just as tasty
Respect the past, live the present, protect the future
You don't need any mixers because this rum has so much sugar it's practically a liqueur.
This, fab rumFor sipping - it's delicious...
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Can highly recommend a visit to the Pan Pacific London hotel on Bishopsgate in the City. The Ginger Lily rum bar has a fantastic selection to choose from. https://www.panpacific.com/en/hotels...nger-lily.html
J BALLY - MARTINIQUE 50ml
J Bally Heritage Rhum £41
J Bally Rhum Ambre £15
J. Bally 2002 Millesime Agricol Rhum £23
CLEMENT - MARTINIQUE 50ml
Clement VSOP Agricole Rum, Martinique £13
Clement Rhum Vieux XO £19
Clement Canne Bleue £15
Clement Creole Shrubb £15
Clement Cuvée Homere £32
SBS - VARIOUS 50ml
SBS Panama 2006 £29
SBS Dominican Republic 2006 £28
SBS Trinidad 2006 £28
SBS Mauritius 2008 £30
MEZCAN - VARIOUS 50ml
Mezan XO Jamaica £15
DICTADOR - COLUMBIA 50ml
Dictador 12yo £12
Dictador 20yo £28
TRINIDAD - TRINIDAD 50ml
Trinidad Distillers Limited 1991, Cask 2466 £59
Trinidad Rum 1991, 25yo £50
Trinidad 2003, 15yo, Asta Morris £28
HAVANA CLUB - CUBA 50ml
Havana Club Tributo 2019 £107
Havana Club 3yo £10
Havana Club 7yo £12
Havana Club 15yo £50
Havana Club Ritual Cubano £18
Havana Club Professional Edition A £18
Havana Club Professional Edition B £18
Havana Club Professional Edition C £18
Havana Club Professional Edition D £18
RON ZACAPA - GUATEMALA 50ml
Ron Zacapa Edición Negra £30
Ron Zacapa Sistema Solera 23 £19
APPLETON - JAMAICA 50ml
Appleton 8yo, 2020 Release £12
Appleton Estate 30yo Limited Edition £113
Appleton Estate 21yo £52
Appleton Estate 12yo Rare Blend £18
CARONI - TRINIDAD
Caroni Guyana 23 Ans 1996 HTR Blend The Last
Caroni Guyana 23 Ans 1996 Blend Tasting Gang
Caroni Replica 90 Proof, 100th Anniversary
Caroni 1996, 21yo
Caroni Rum 1997 Worshipful Company of Distillers
EL DORADO - GUYANA
El Dorado Port Mourant & Diamond 2001, Velier 70th
El Dorado Port Mourant 1999, 2015
El Dorado Versailles 2002, 2015
El Dorado Versailles VSG 2006
ENMORE - GUYANA
Enmore 1991 The Wild Parrot
DIPLOMATICO - VENEZUELA
Mantuano
Reserva Exclusiva
Ambassador
Diplomatico Planas
Diplomatico Single Vintage 2005 Rum Diplomatico Single Vintage 2000 Rum
RON BACARDI - PUERTO RICO 50ml
Bacardi Superior 1940s £695
Bacardi Superior Rum (Nassau) 1970s £85
Bacardi Superior Rum, Carta De Oro 1980s £100
Bacardi Superior early 1900s £373
HAMPDEN - JAMAICA 50ml
Hampden Jamaica Rum 1992 Masam £104
Hampden 1998-2018 The Wild Parrot £92
Hampden Estate 2011, 7yo LFCH Habitation Velier £31
Hampden Estate 8yo Rum £20
ANGOSTURA - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 50ml
Angostura No.1 Cask Collection 16yo, 2nd Edition £39
CHAIRMAN’S RESERVE - ST. LUCIA 50ml
Chairman’s Reserve, The Forgotten Casks £34
Chairman’s Master Reserve Selection 2006 13yo £46
FORSYTHS – JAMAICA 50ml
Forsyths WP 151 Proof Rum Habitation Velier £35
FOURSQUARE – BARBADOS 50ml
Foursquare Veritas White Rum £15
LONG POND - JAMAICA 50ml
Long Pond 2007 TECA Jamaican Stills £42
MONYMUSK – JAMAICA 50ml
Monymusk Jamaica Rum Gold £15
Monymusk Overproof White Rum £18
MOUNT GAY – BARBADOS 50ml
Mount Gay 1703 2018 Edition £45
Mount Gay Black Barrel Double Cask Blend £15
Mount Gay Eclipse Heritage Blend £16
Mount Gay Select Blend 7yo £35
Mount Gay XO Peat Smoke £68
Mount Gay XO Triple Cask Blend £22
Mount Gay Last Ward 2007 Habitation Velier £44
NEISSON - MARTINIQUE
50ml Neisson 2005 12yo 70ans Velier £72
Neisson L Esprit Bio £25
BLACK TOT –
GUYANA 50ml Black Tot 40yo Rum £500
Black Tot Finest Caribbean Rum £52
Black Tot Navy Rum Last Consignment £195
^^^ I am almost frightened to ask but what do those prices actually buy?
I am not much of a spirit drinker (once or twice a year at most) so am hardly qualified to recommend anything but https://rondiplomatico.com is rather nice I like it with ginger beer (that’s the only way I can drink spirits once I have had my fill of beer)
Failing that Kraken is very drinkable as you have found out.
Edit Zelig has good taste as well but likely does not taint it with ginger beer,
Last edited by Sinnlover; 24th May 2022 at 17:55.
This……https://beckfordsrum.com/product/bec...m-and-caramel/
It is unbelievably smooth and drinkable neat on ice
I’ve spent years and £££ on a rum odyssey and come back to a couple of reasonably priced ones.
Mount gay, the normal one not the extra strength is a great medium/light rum.
Goslings black seal dark rum is fantastic on its own or with cola, ginger ale or lemonade.
Rumbullion! Is very sweet but great to sip on neat with ice.
Kraken is a good spiced option.
If anyone mentions Captain Morgan we should ban them from the forum :)
Yup!
Not being a rum expert, I bought this because it was cheap on Amazon and had lots of recommendations. And it does seem to be good as far as I can tell.
At the reasonable end of the market price wise "CUT" is an excellent brand of rum. I've had both the Spiced and Smoke rum and both were excellent. Also Bumbu is very nice too.
But if you want to do it properly I'd go for Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Sistema Solera Rum. Not tried the Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva Rum recommended here yet so must do that....
Bit harsh, hes not that bad.
Harsh but fair 😀
For something different you could try Vietnamese Sampan, if you can get it.
The overproof is delightful. I've not took the step up to fullproof yet.
https://www.distillerie-indochine.com/en/2266-2/
I've not tried the spice yet, but will when I see it.
My friend is a big rum drinker and he recommended Appleton estate 12,Mount Gay XO and Doorley 12 or 14 ,these are premium sipping rums
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I'm no expert but very fond of this. Made by Cuban women FWIW.
Sipping the Cassario Aldi tonight. Not with a cube
We’ve been going through a lot of spiced rum lately, trying different ones with some great results.
Lugger Spiced Rum was very nice, need to get another of those soon. As was a honey spiced one from the Devon Rum Co. We’re getting a delivery from the craft rum company every other month and this month we received the No Name Distillery which is also good. Also was given Duppy, which we’ve not tried yet.
We’re probably being heathen’s here but we prefer ours with ginger ale or ginger beer, with a slice of lime, or some lime or lemon juice.
Interestingly (well interesting for me, boring for you maybe :-) ), the very first Rolex shop I ever went into was in Charlotte Amalie, which is in St Thomas in 1997. There was a Rolex AD called A H Riise that had two stores in the same town. It’s the shop that made me want to save up for one and I always remembered the name as it was unusual. I found out last week they do their own rum - Black Barrel Navy Spiced. It’s just arrived, so looking forward to trying.
We’ve been going through a lot of spiced rum lately, trying different ones with some great results.
Lugger Spiced Rum was very nice, need to get another of those soon. As was a honey spiced one from the Devon Rum Co. We’re getting a delivery from the craft rum company every other month and this month we received the No Name Distillery which is also good. Also was given Duppy, which we’ve not tried yet.
We’re probably being heathen’s here but we prefer ours with ginger ale or ginger beer, with a slice of lime, or some lime or lemon juice.
Interestingly (well interesting for me, boring for you maybe :-) ), the very first Rolex shop I ever went into was in Charlotte Amalie, which is in St Thomas in 1997. There was a Rolex AD called A H Riise that had two stores in the same town. It’s the shop that made me want to save up for one and I always remembered the name as it was unusual. I found out last week they do their own rum - Black Barrel Navy Spiced. It’s just arrived, so looking forward to trying.
I look forward to your thoughts on the Black Barrel Navy Spiced, could be one for my Christmas list!
Both perfectly respectable ways to drink rum. Navy grog is rum, lime and water whilst ginger beer with a dark rum float and a wedge of lime is a 'dark and stormy'....
We’re probably being heathen’s here but we prefer ours with ginger ale or ginger beer, with a slice of lime, or some lime or lemon juice.
Your friend is a scholar, a gentleman and a fine judge of rum.
I’m a big fan of Blackwell. I’m no connoisseur and I think that the connection to Ian Fleming’s Goldeneye - not to mention Island Records - might be a significant factor in my appreciation!
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If you can find it anywhere, try a Tandulay rum,
Most I have tried are very civilised, even for drinking neat.
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Appletons all day long.
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Sipping then the Diplomatico. Cheaper sipping and nice cocktails the Havana Club 7 which incidentally is £21 at Waitrose currently.
El dorado 12 is my go to rum. Don’t think you can beat it for the quality to value.
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One of my friends drinks a lot of rum and I think he drinks Captain Morgan if that is known?
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Santiago de Cuba 7 years is nice if you can get it
Can’t beat Wood’s Old Navy if you’re after something a little more manly.
You need your taste buds testing:)
Thats my tipple of choice , not a big fan of the spiced rums
Used to knock back a few Screeches in Newfoundland but ive not seen any for sale over here
https://screechrum.com/
We’ve got a nice drinks cabinet and since thread we’ve been adding the odd rum bottle to it :unconscious
Is that the Tiffany drinks cabinet? Was £500 but since the Patek special edition came out it's worth £20k.
El Dorado 12yr is often discounted to £30 on Amazon and at that price is pretty unbeatable - great for sipping and in an Old Fashioned.
For sipping/treat:
El Dorado 15yr
Ron Zacapa 23
Havana Club Seleccion Maestro
Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva
For cocktails:
Mid/dark (Dark and Stormy etc): Diplomatico Mantuano or Havana Club 7yr. If you're into Rum and Coke then imo Havana Club 7yr and a twist of lime is unbeatable to make one.
Light: (Mojito etc) Havana Club 3yr
I like Havana Club 7 year. Picked some up at the distillery in Havana, very smooth.
Only ever bought one bottle of rum - Pusser’s Rum.
Really liked the clean taste - totally unlike all the ‘cooking’ rums I had tried before.
My dad drinks alot of rum, but only white rum and sprite. Had a few bad experiences drinking rum in my younger days so avoid it now, this was mostly in Trinidad and each drink is mostly rum with a splash of coke.
I quite like these two
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No idea what it’s like, but I picked up this from NC last week. (When I travel I like to try the local stuff that we can’t get back in the uk.)
I’ll update once I’ve had a taster.
…likewise with the whisky
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Last edited by zelig; 11th June 2022 at 14:00.
Basically, it's rum with a hit of cinnamon, lots of sweetness & a hint of vanilla.
Not terrible, but not great either.
I'd imagine it could work quite well in the right cocktail... or maybe I need another to reassess ...
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I'm not much of a rum drinker but I was very pleasantly surprised by Kraken, I originally bought it simply for the branding and bottle shape!
I enjoy it just with ice if you haven't tried it on the rocks yet.
A friend of mine really enjoys this stuff:
Well I’m off on holiday soon so was going to save it a while, but in the spirit (get it :-) ) of the forum, I’ll try it and report back :-)
Funnily enough we drink Kraken a bit and quite like it. My mate drinks Sailor Jerry’s all the time, but I haven’t tried it yet.I'm not much of a rum drinker but I was very pleasantly surprised by Kraken, I originally bought it simply for the branding and bottle shape!
I enjoy it just with ice if you haven't tried it on the rocks yet.
A friend of mine really enjoys this stuff:
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