RUM POLL

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.

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

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

i used to hate rum, but after i had flor de cana i realized it is not all crap! i have since also tried mount gay. i will look forward to more good rums in the future.

sup with pyrat? i bought some bc it was on 'temporary price reduction'. haven't opened it yet...

was it pyrat xo reserve? thats a good one but the bottle shape isn't good for pouring

eyed a bottle of anejo pampero the other day. might have to go back for it

do!

lxy changed my mind about rum, i didn't think it was very good before

i didn't either, but she showed me the light!

the pyrat was... i'm not sure which. it had a charm with a buddha or something on it hung around the neck. it was too sweet.

http://www.badgerwest.com/images/PatronPyratXO.jpg

looks about right!

Ron Zacapa Centenario

^ want

RUM POLL STILT SKIN.

― s1ocki, Friday, November 2, 2007 9:31 PM (1 year ago)

was about to make this joke, thought "i bet s1ocki already made it," cmd+f'ed stil--, sighed

that Sailor Jerrys is pretty good. 92 proof

@harbl & tehresa: LOL :) <3
@am0n: i've got a cupboard of expensive, "good" rums that i don't want to drink, so i'll await your verdict before trying the centenario; plz report back.
@carne asada: really? not for me, sailor jerry.

sailor jerry is shit btw.

― jergïns, Friday, November 2, 2007 5:15 PM

@lxy: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/216204969_87d9274772_o.jpg

i thought i looked mad cheesy but i liked it enough. not much of a rum drinker iirc

it looks mad phallic more like

@am0n: nepalese rum! scotte's says it's good, anyway. friend brought some old monk from india ($3 at the duty-free, i think?). not so hot.
@carne asada: try better rum, you will be more of a rum drinker.

bah rum i do not like it

how is that even possible, jjjusten?

its my one liquor no go! i am sorry to disappoint ;_;

but. i thought you would drink anything?

jjj i thought it was my no go too, for the longest time!
maybe you need to try again with the right rum.

i mean, it's still not my go-to or favorite by any means, but i hate it much less than i thought i did and have been able to move past my bad college rum experiences :)

oh ill drink anything, but i dont always enjoy it (i hear there are pictures on the interwebs to this effect).

i broke my college sponsored tequila ban successfully, rum has actually just kind of never been my thing, there is a flavor in there that makes me go yurrrghhh

i will never make you drink rum if you will never make me drink tequila

i broke my college sponsored tequila ban successfully, rum has actually just kind of never been my thing, there is a flavor in there that makes me go arrrrghh

fix'd

found the ron zacapa centenario. i don't know how to rate it but its not living up to the reviews. gonna buy the pampero and do a comparison. spied some bottles of mt gay extra old, matusalem and cockspur 12. also saw a $180 bottle of pappy van winkle >:O

cockspur 12 is so so good.

eclipse is the only mt. gay i've liked. (drinking it right now)

you will never regret buying pampero.

what about flor de cana

also why don't you want to drink your expensive rums

yes.

all of the fdc ambers i've tasted are very good. haven't had the top of the line.

not much difference between the years, maybe? not when mixing anyway.

xp because they're not good! i would drink them right up if i liked them!

Pampero 0

best rum on this robbed

― this filthy ambulance of a season (jergins), Monday, 24 August 2009 02:31 (2 months ago)

can I get a high end S&D?

i.e. recommend me something that is actually better or as good as Pampero. Not Pyrat.

http://www.klwines.com/images/skus/1013444x.jpg

Pampero 0

best rum on this robbed

― this filthy ambulance of a season (jergins), Monday, 24 August 2009 02:31 (2 months ago)

I agree 100%. jergins, Dr. Phil, and lxy OTMFM.

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?