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CR0X

1,841 posts

198 months

Friday 17th June 2011
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mcflurry said:
CosIm said:
I agree - Mount Gay is awesome
[url]Mount Gilbao|http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/product.asp?pf_id=1000000000266
[/url] is made at the same location and tastes good smile
We met the boss at Rumfest last year, and had a nice taste too wink
Mount Gilboa is our customer. Like the bottle?! We do!

eco21

143 posts

168 months

Monday 20th June 2011
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mcflurry said:
I believe Mr T stock the standard Pampero for a very reasonable price smile
Will keep an eye out for it - usually bring a bottle back when travelling - keep me going

pontypool

614 posts

238 months

Tuesday 21st June 2011
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Learnt about rum over three successive New Year's sailing holidays in the Virgin Islands and for me Mount Gay XO is head and shoulders above the rest. In the BVI it is about £10 for a litre bottle!

Over here is it about three times as much for a 75cl, however trick is to get it in Makro in bulk a couple of times a year. smile

Rollin

6,077 posts

244 months

Saturday 22nd October 2011
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RichUK said:
Gandalf Beckwith said:
If you want to push the boat out a bit try a bottle of Diplomatico Exclusiva Reserve (from Venezuela from memory...) - all on it's own, it's absolute nectar!
Absolutely delicious. Especially with a cigar as the sun goes down.
It is the best rum I have had.

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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reminded myself of this thread whilst pouring a drink just now, i need assistance and recommendation!

currently have in the cupboard:

myers's, which is used for mixing and does the job well being fairly weighty/dark.
appletons vx, used as a mixer for lighter appetites.
ron zacopa solera 23, which was twice the price of the myers's and half as good. do not buy.
pyrat xo - which is most odd. reminds me of a very weak stroh80 crossed with cointreau. bought it having read great reviews, but it isn't my bag at all.

prob. the nicest rum i've had to date is appletons 21yr old, but having just looked on the whiskey exchange i will wait until the next time i can but it at distillery prices [cost me about $30 iirc!].

i like a weighty rum and the taste of molasses/toffee, but smooth and rounded with it. too often i find the hgher priced stuff veering off towards cognac territory [nose wise, and flowery tasting]. tried gosling black seal and kraken in a bar the other week and thought both were poor [kraken managed to taste of the sea!].

can any afficianados point me towards a suitable drop? have got someone flying out to visit me on saturday so i need to put an order in.

JB!

5,254 posts

179 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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Brugal is seriosuly good too!

however i couldnt resist a litre for morgan's spiced for £13!

Wadeski

8,132 posts

212 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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they can be expensive, but El Dorado 12,15 and 21 are fantastic.

surprised you dont like Zacapa though, its decent stuff imho.

T84

6,941 posts

193 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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I thought the Sailor Jerry taste had changed a little, which is a shame as I really liked it.

Quite like Captain Morgans and Lambs Navy as well.

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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Wadeski said:
they can be expensive, but El Dorado 12,15 and 21 are fantastic.

surprised you dont like Zacapa though, its decent stuff imho.
its just not very smooth, which is at odds with the price. el dorado 21 sounds good.

PS - T84 - there's nowt wrong with lambs now and again. 50:50 rum and black was my student 'gettng pissed cheaply' drink of choice! you can still find the old recipe SJ at specialiset retailers, but it is pricey for what it is. buy tesco almond coke and mix with mount gay or appletons vx and a squeeze of lime - you WILL prefer it.

SVX

2,182 posts

210 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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You'll struggle to beat a drop of the Kraken... IMHO of course.

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Tuesday 29th November 2011
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i found it to be really odd, like it was mixed with seawater. purely based on one encounter though, so take that as you will.

rum is a strange drink. with whisky i know what i like and have several 'go to' drams [usually smokey/peated malts] but i am yet to find the rum equivalent of lagavulin 16. it doesn't help given my location and the shoddy duty free selection viz malts. guess i need to take an empty bag when i go to curacao/grand bahama in jan!

ps - drinking ron zacopa with ice just now. needs to be fuller flavoured with more bottom end.

Garym85

99 posts

147 months

Sunday 18th December 2011
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Hi guys, just new on here. Always scoured the forums but never posted until now.

I myself am a huge rum fan, Infact, I work for the biggest drinks company in the world-diageo. Some of our rums are the best there is but have massive appreciation for all rum.

Personal favourite (and it is widely regarded as the best rum In the world) Ron zacapa. Delighted so many people have sampled it. Also Ron zacapa XO but personal opinion the difference in price isn't worth it.
Another rum I'm liking right now is pampero anniversario.

Good to see so many folk sharing similar views.

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Sunday 18th December 2011
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funny that both of them are diageo eh gary? wink

at £50 non duty-free, i really don't think ron zacopa is worth the money.

on another topic, i have recently noted that the whiskey exchange deliver internationally and not having to pay VAT will nullify/outweigh the postal charges smile

Garym85

99 posts

147 months

Sunday 18th December 2011
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Very true buddy. To be absolutely honest- if I didn't use my staff discount I would never have paid the money for them.

In terms on my drink of choice if I'm at my local it's usually Havana especial (not a diageo brand)

I do agree though...I think zacapa is £53 in tesco at the moment which is something I would never pay for a bottle.

Plenty of really great rums out there...just need to keep sampling!

Fishtigua

9,786 posts

194 months

Sunday 18th December 2011
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My recipe for a Rum Punch.

I used to make it by the gallon each day to take to the beach for clients & guests.


1 ltr of dark rum (I use Cavalier from Antigua but Mount Gay is okay) never a spiced rum.
1 ltr of orange juice
1 ltr of pineapple juice
6 limes, juice of but chuck'em in the bowl anyway afterwards
A good slug of gomme or sugar syrop
Angustura bitters, loads of. Almost 1/4 of a small bottle.
Nutmeg grated fresh on top

That, chaps, is a bloody good tipple.

Garym85

99 posts

147 months

Sunday 18th December 2011
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Fishtigua said:
My recipe for a Rum Punch.

I used to make it by the gallon each day to take to the beach for clients & guests.


1 ltr of dark rum (I use Cavalier from Antigua but Mount Gay is okay) never a spiced rum.
1 ltr of orange juice
1 ltr of pineapple juice
6 limes, juice of but chuck'em in the bowl anyway afterwards
A good slug of gomme or sugar syrop
Angustura bitters, loads of. Almost 1/4 of a small bottle.
Nutmeg grated fresh on top

That, chaps, is a bloody good tipple.
Sounds very good. Mount gay works well in a lot of cocktail/punch mixes.

I made a cocktail fore the mrs last night

2 parts zacapa
2 parts pineapple juice
1 part gomme which was Infused with vanilla pods
Fresh squeezed lime
Few fennel seeds on top..


I quite liked it but she really didn't haha...didn't stop her drinking 5 of them. Though!