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TwigtheWonderkid

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48,957 posts

179 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Need to buy a bottle of decent quality rum for a birthday gift. Budget not vast, about £30.
Recommendations please.

HarryFlatters

4,203 posts

241 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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I quite like Kraken and Brugal. Both within budget smile

Nick Grant

5,490 posts

264 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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matchmaker

9,032 posts

229 months

dmitsi

3,583 posts

249 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Gosling's black seal rum is lovely and not seen too often in shops or pubs. Very tasty, you can order it through amazon for about £25.

TwigtheWonderkid

Original Poster:

48,957 posts

179 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Great, they all fit the bill. Thanks guys (and girls possibly). Now I'll pick the one that looks the most expensive!

PedroB

512 posts

161 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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If you'e not bought yet, I'd recommend Angostura 1919. £25ish from Waitrose at the moment. Really nice and smooth. Great for sipping.

6th Gear

3,572 posts

223 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Slightly above the budget, but lovely stuff.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ron-Zacapa-23-Rum-70/dp/B0...

shirt

25,376 posts

230 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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the el dorado is unbeatable at £30 really. and if you get budget creep the 15yo is even better. zacapa isn't worth the money at all.

addz86

1,470 posts

215 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Kraken gets the vote from me

ascayman

13,314 posts

245 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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1919.

Hosenbugler

1,856 posts

131 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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The eldorado is not bad at all. If feeling flush this has to be the best Rum I've ever encountered.

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-4553.aspx

Black can man

31,973 posts

197 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...


https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...


You won't go much wrong with these two bottles of nectar sent from the gods.

Black can man

31,973 posts

197 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Talking of Rum we have just returned from Egypt & saw this cheeky little bottle at the airport.

Austrian rum coming in at 60% so the bottle says, Curiosity got the better of me, smells very potent.


https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...

crouchingpigeon

525 posts

222 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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6th Gear said:
Slightly above the budget, but lovely stuff.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ron-Zacapa-23-Rum-70/dp/B0...
Apparently this from M&S is from the same source and is bloody lovely

http://www.marksandspencer.com/cana-negra-guatemal...

IanA2

2,897 posts

191 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Two quite different rums.

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-9207.aspx Chairman's Reserve

and

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-4570.aspx Wray and Nephew Overproof

Both excellent.

vsonix

3,865 posts

192 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Black can man said:
Talking of Rum we have just returned from Egypt & saw this cheeky little bottle at the airport.

Austrian rum coming in at 60% so the bottle says, Curiosity got the better of me, smells very potent.


https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=...
They also do an 80% ABV version - it's like vanilla flavoured petrol. It's mostly used in cooking (cakes and suchlike) and cocktails where a dop or two is added at the end to make the drink seem more potent, it's also set fire to quite a lot as it burns cold. The club I used to work in in Hamburg, the barmen were fond of pouring lines of it up and down the granite bar and setting fire to it, it did look quite impressive but stuck me as an awful waste. I had a bottle of it once, lasted me a couple of years. Practically impossible to drink neat, you could feel it evaporating before you'd managed to swallow it.

dudleybloke

20,553 posts

215 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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Can't go wrong with a bottle of Pussers.

Pferdestarke

7,192 posts

216 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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El Dorado is excellent.

I also like Woods' Demarara at 57%

TwigtheWonderkid

Original Poster:

48,957 posts

179 months

Tuesday 27th October 2015
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I've ordered the El Dorado for him. The combination of it costing £48 originally, the 12 y/o thing and the posh looking bottle swayed it.

Thanks for all the suggestions.