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Today's Rum
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More of a whisky guy. Just picked this up after reading sone reviews. Pretty smooth, but feels thin on the tongue. Getting into rum after a Cuban buddy if mine shared some sort of aged bottle of rum his father in law visiting from Cuba brought.
Some hot buttered rum to warm up a cold day. Used Real McCoy 5 yr rum.
A nice pour of Foursquare 2005 while watching The Matrix. My favorite rum from my favorite brand. Considered by rum purists to be among the best rums in the world... Bajan rum, aged 12 years, 118 proof. Heaven...
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Forgot to post this, had it last Saturday after cleaning out the garage and some yard work. Working on this bottle for 2yrs now, got it on my bday.
I received another bottle this year for my birthday, it's the dark green label though
I received another bottle this year for my birthday, it's the dark green label though
@gurgalunas and I where discussing how to pair up a rum tasting in the Bourbon forum. This is probably a better place to have that discussion.
There are two options: by added sugar/sweetener and by country/proof
Barbados
Cockspur 12 VSOR no sugar
Doorley's 12 no sugar
Doorly's XO Barbados Rum some sugar
Plantation Barbados Rhum 20th Aniver Extra Old
Panama
Plantation Barbados Rhum 20th Aniver Extra Old a lot of sugar
Ron Abuelo 7yr Anos sugar ?
Ron Abuelo 12yr sugar?
Overproof
Don Q 151 no sugar
Panama OFTD Overproof Rum Dark Style no sugar
The other rums I have are
Diplomatico Reserve Exclusiva from Venezuela a lot of sugar
Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 System Solera Grand Reserva from Guatamala a lot of sugar
Zaya Gran Reserve 12 ? some sugar
Ron Viego De Caldas Rum 3yr ? no sugar
El Dorado 12 ? some sugar
Kirk and Sweeney 23 ? no sugar
Clement VSOP Rhum Agricole some sugar
There are two options: by added sugar/sweetener and by country/proof
Barbados
Cockspur 12 VSOR no sugar
Doorley's 12 no sugar
Doorly's XO Barbados Rum some sugar
Plantation Barbados Rhum 20th Aniver Extra Old
Panama
Plantation Barbados Rhum 20th Aniver Extra Old a lot of sugar
Ron Abuelo 7yr Anos sugar ?
Ron Abuelo 12yr sugar?
Overproof
Don Q 151 no sugar
Panama OFTD Overproof Rum Dark Style no sugar
The other rums I have are
Diplomatico Reserve Exclusiva from Venezuela a lot of sugar
Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 System Solera Grand Reserva from Guatamala a lot of sugar
Zaya Gran Reserve 12 ? some sugar
Ron Viego De Caldas Rum 3yr ? no sugar
El Dorado 12 ? some sugar
Kirk and Sweeney 23 ? no sugar
Clement VSOP Rhum Agricole some sugar
Good list.
Dont include the sourced rums in the "country lists". Brands like Plantation buy rum from everywhere, take it home and doctor it up. The Plantation Barbados is not any better than Plantation rum from anywhere else if doctoring is a concern, so shouldn't be compared to Barbados rum.
The countries that require unadulterated rum are Jamaica, Barbados, and some of the west indies like martinique? Guyana does add sugar, but are at least truthful on age statements.
All that said, group by style. Funky jamaican, clean, crisp Bajan, herbal Rhum agricole, etc. Drink what you like...
Dont include the sourced rums in the "country lists". Brands like Plantation buy rum from everywhere, take it home and doctor it up. The Plantation Barbados is not any better than Plantation rum from anywhere else if doctoring is a concern, so shouldn't be compared to Barbados rum.
The countries that require unadulterated rum are Jamaica, Barbados, and some of the west indies like martinique? Guyana does add sugar, but are at least truthful on age statements.
All that said, group by style. Funky jamaican, clean, crisp Bajan, herbal Rhum agricole, etc. Drink what you like...
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This is a very easy drinking rum, sweet enough to be pleasant on the palate but by no means sticky sweet. Subtle pineapple and banana flavors that pair well with the sweet almost buttery flavors of the Amazon Basin. The Basin is a solid medium body cigar and with the light, sipping rum it's a good pairing for new rum drinkers. The cigar has a great burn but very flakey ash as I found out when removing the cigar after the picture. Fortunately it was a short pour.
Yeah, it's that time of year for me- time to shift from a bourbon-dominant drink list to one that is rum-centric.
Finished off a bottle of Admiral Nelson recently that had been on the open shelf. It's from St Lucia, and a really good pour, just like the rest of the SLD products are.
Added more to the cabinet on a trip to Florida, some stuff not available in KC area.
EDIT- Its Admiral Rodney Rum, not the rot-gut Nelson product from Heaven Hill...
Finished off a bottle of Admiral Nelson recently that had been on the open shelf. It's from St Lucia, and a really good pour, just like the rest of the SLD products are.
Added more to the cabinet on a trip to Florida, some stuff not available in KC area.
EDIT- Its Admiral Rodney Rum, not the rot-gut Nelson product from Heaven Hill...
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I have a bottle of that one I picked up while on my honeymoon. Plus the Chairman’s reserve and the chairman’s reserve forgotten casks. Had a not so happy wife when she saw how much I spent at the resort, then seeing what I purchased in the airport on the way out hahahahaha.
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Yeah, SLD is pretty solid. I've got the Chairman's Reserve, CR spiced, Forgotten casks, and 1931 batch 3 from them. We went last year to a Sandals for our 25th, great island, and they had the chairmans at all of the bars at the resort. Fantastic time.