Show us your Rum

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offspring86

Original Poster:

710 posts

171 months

Saturday 10th November 2012
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Well there's a whisky thread, so lets see your rum!

Here's mine:

Ron Zacapa 23


Havana Club Anejo 7


Bacardi Oakheart


Captain Morgan


Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva Ron Antiguo


I drink them all neat apart from the Havana Club which I occasionally mix with ginger ale and a slice of lime.

The Captain Morgan and Oakheart are for general evenings when I fancy a small glass. The others are for more special evenings when I fancy something with a little more depth.

The next purchase over the Christmas period will be a bottle of Matusalem Gran Reserva 15

CoopR

957 posts

235 months

Sunday 11th November 2012
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I'd never really tried rum except from Bacardi in cocktails. But one of my uncles is and after trying some I got a real taste for it.

Shame I can't remember the ones we were drinking aside from old monk.

Cheese Mechanic

3,157 posts

168 months

Sunday 11th November 2012
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Trying to think what my current rum stash is...

Appleton 8 (had this before, darned decent)
Lamb's Spiced (not yet opened)
Foursquare spiced (Not enthusiatic about this, just not to my taste)
Flor de cana 7 yr old (not yet opened)
Barbancourt 8 yr old. (not yet opened)
Morgans Spiced (Not bad , but son in law keen on it, so buy as social thing.(

I'd like to get both Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva and Santa Teresa 1796 , but I suppose I'd best get
stuck into some more of what I have before buying more biggrin

frank hovis

456 posts

263 months

Sunday 11th November 2012
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Currently in my drinking cupboard is

Myers Dark rum

Gosling Black seal - currently fav

English Harbour 5 year old

Morgan's spiced rum

Gosling over proof rum

Pusser's blue label rum

Normally have a bottle of Watson Demerara rum kicking about for general drinking but am out just now so Gosling is the fav just now

15peter20

191 posts

158 months

Sunday 11th November 2012
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I heartily recommend Dictador rum from Colombia - now prefer it to the Zacapa. The video on the website shows a very agreeable set of distillation specialists as well.

Fishtigua

9,786 posts

194 months

Sunday 11th November 2012
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May I recommend a website.

http://www.ministryofrum.com/

I've met the guy who writes it a few times around the Caribbean, he's a sailor who funds his trips through sales of his books.

My current list is

Cavalier - Antigua
English Harbour - Antigua
Mount Gay Eclipse - Barbados http://www.mountgayrum.com/
Santa Teresa Anejo - Venezuela http://www.ronsantateresa.com/#productos

The owner of Santa Teresa used to keep his Sportfishing boat next to mine and we used to fish together quite often. He brought some of his family's really old rum down to the marina for us to taste. Wow, now that's smooth.

Ace1650cp

39 posts

143 months

Sunday 11th November 2012
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Great thread! Will post an image of my rum selection later however I thought it would be a good place to let people a real rum bargain!

http://thefloatingrumshack.com/main/index.php?opti...

If you like golden rums like I do, especially for Cuba libre's then read the above article! It's one of my favourites.

offspring86

Original Poster:

710 posts

171 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Well this afternoon I took a trip down to 'Lahdahn Tahn' to meet up with an old housemate. He's a big whisky fan so we headed over to The Whisky Exchange to peruse their products. What a place! We were like kids in a sweet shop! I ended up walking away with a bottle of R.L Seale's 10 Year Old. Looking forward to opening it next week!



I also bought a gift for my girlfriend:



Finally I picked up another bottle of Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva Ron Antiguo for my girlfriend's Father as he polished off 3 glasses of mine last time they were over!

My housemate bought a bottle of Longmorn 12 Year Old.



Edited by offspring86 on Saturday 24th November 00:35

dudleybloke

19,717 posts

185 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Wadeski

8,132 posts

212 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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Wood's certainly does the job, it about 50% ABV...

personally I think El Dorado 12, 15 and 18 are brilliant. As are some of the Diplomatico range.

Zacapa is very nice but a bit pricey and no way is it 23 years old, which rubs me up the wrong way a bit as it looks like it should be from the label.

For spiced rums (mixing) Sailor Jerry and Chairman's Spiced are pretty good.

Fishtigua

9,786 posts

194 months

Saturday 24th November 2012
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If you like rum, you could of course join our little club. The Tot Club of Antigua & Barbuda celebrates the traditions of the Royal Navy and the part that rum played in it's success around the world.

http://www.royal-naval-tot-club.com/about-us.php

Spleeble

333 posts

201 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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I have a small stash of rum:

El Dorado 15 (an American 40% and a Euro 43%)
Kraken
Morgans Spiced
Wray and Nephew Overproof
Aldi own brand dark
Tesco own brand white

El Dorado I'll drink neat but have not yet compared the 2 different types yet. The Kraken I'll drink neat as well but I prefer it with a cube of ice. Not had the Morgans yet but it was cheap and the rest are for mixing, normally in Hurricanes.

I would like to get the Diplimatico Reserva Exclusiv and Bacardi Oakheart looks interesting.

big_treacle

1,727 posts

259 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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I just returned from Barbados with a bottle of Mount Gay 1703. It's amaaaaaaaaaaazing

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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after a recent spell of parties my rum stash is severely depleted. only a bottle of pyrat and some matusalem 15 left. i would;t recommend the latter btw OP, it isn't very good.

myers's is my go to rum for mixing, deep and full and sugary, nom nom. a couple of those have died in the last couple of weeks along with a ron zacapa 23 [again, way overrated and overpriced] and an appletons 12yr old [nom nom nom[ and a flor de cana 12yr old [supremely nom!].

looking forward to a trip home and a good rum shop. whilst i like the fact that age stated rums are extremely cheap compared to whiskies, i bemoan the fact it's so bloody hard to buy decent stuff in duty free.


Wadeski

8,132 posts

212 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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shirt said:
after a recent spell of parties my rum stash is severely depleted. only a bottle of pyrat and some matusalem 15 left. i would;t recommend the latter btw OP, it isn't very good.

myers's is my go to rum for mixing, deep and full and sugary, nom nom. a couple of those have died in the last couple of weeks along with a ron zacapa 23 [again, way overrated and overpriced] and an appletons 12yr old [nom nom nom[ and a flor de cana 12yr old [supremely nom!].

looking forward to a trip home and a good rum shop. whilst i like the fact that age stated rums are extremely cheap compared to whiskies, i bemoan the fact it's so bloody hard to buy decent stuff in duty free.
Pyrat is good stuff, and the distillery does a nice tour.

I want to go back to Anguilla yum

jimmyboy85

380 posts

147 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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What I have in the house at the minute.

Might have to pick up a bottle of cockspur next time I'm in the supermarket too, lovely!

Defcon5

6,159 posts

190 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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big_treacle said:
I just returned from Barbados with a bottle of Mount Gay 1703. It's amaaaaaaaaaaazing
It was made in 1703? Surely not?

I'm just getting into rum. I usually have captain Morgan with coke, am I allowed to join this elite club of rum drinkers?

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Monday 26th November 2012
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Stroh 80 - you absolute rotter! smile

Wadeski

8,132 posts

212 months

Tuesday 27th November 2012
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Defcon5 said:
big_treacle said:
I just returned from Barbados with a bottle of Mount Gay 1703. It's amaaaaaaaaaaazing
It was made in 1703? Surely not?

I'm just getting into rum. I usually have captain Morgan with coke, am I allowed to join this elite club of rum drinkers?
Yes, but go try something better than the Plastic Pirates's spirit hehe

1703 is the year the distillery was founded, the rum is a blend of different aged rums.

jimmyboy85

380 posts

147 months

Tuesday 27th November 2012
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shirt said:
Stroh 80 - you absolute rotter! smile
yes A subtle tipple for the discerning gentleman.