Wanting to try Rum?

[Steve]

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[Nely]

Originally Posted by snkbyt

here is the good stuff Dan

Darn Florida monkeys! Giving away my rum secrets like that. Now my favorite rums are out there in the open for all the monkeys to grab. Seriously though, the rums mentioned by Blueface are THE finest rums. Zaya gets my vote too.

When did Oronoco became available in the States? Anybody in South FL seen it?

[ATLHARP]

Originally Posted by Nely

Darn Florida monkeys! Giving away my rum secrets like that. Now my favorite rums are out there in the open for all the monkeys to grab. Seriously though, the rums mentioned by Blueface are THE finest rums. Zaya gets my vote too.

When did Oronoco became available in the States? Anybody in South FL seen it?

Yes,

I must confess! All these Rum secrets are from Nely. Blueface was drinking Bacardi when we first met him and Mikey (Made In Dade) was doing rum and cokes with lighter fluid!

ATL

[Bigwaved]

Originally Posted by ATLHARP

Yes,

I must confess! All these Rum secrets are from Nely. Blueface was drinking Bacardi when we first met him and Mikey (Made In Dade) was doing rum and cokes with lighter fluid!

ATL

You say this like something has changed...maybe when you break out the fluid is it.

[txmatt]

Originally Posted by Nely

When did Oronoco became available in the States? Anybody in South FL seen it?

I ordered mine online back in October. Mission Liquor appears to have the best price right now $38.

Originally Posted by adsantos13

Txmatt...
Try to get some Sugar Cane Syrup. A mix of cane based rum, cane syrup, and a squeeze of lime is called a Ti'Punch and is very very good.
A great cane syrup made esp. for this is Petite Cane from Martinique.
http://www.internetwines.com/rws33357.html
Another is Depaz
http://www.shop.com/op/~DEPAZ_Cane_S...678?sourceid=3

How is that stored once opened and how long does it last?

[adsantos13]

Originally Posted by txmatt

How is that stored once opened and how long does it last?

I have only bought one bottle of Petite Cane, and it didnt last long as I was on vacation. I left it out on the kitchen counter for about a week or so and noticed no real difference or degradation. I was up at a lake house in upstate NY late in the summer though, so it wasn't exactly too hot, actually it was a bit chilly.

You can always shoot Ed Hamilton an email (a rum expert, who brought the Cane Syrup to the US market), theres contact info on his websites...Ive met him at a tasting and he's a super nice guy who LOVES rum and replies to email pretty quickly.

http://ministryofrum.realnets.com/
http://www.caribbean-spirits.com/

[TMoneYNYY]

I'm WANTING to... but the MAN won't let me.

[booboo]

I just saw this tread today. After reading threw here and being a rum drinker looks like i am going to have to try one of the three that you guys have talked about a lot. Diplomatico, Zacapa 23, Ron Centenario. This is a great thread and lots of good info for me. I started doing some more looking around. Thanks for the start of some more of the high end Rums around.

[bigswol2]

See if you can get your hands on some Havanna Club 7. Wheeeew!

[booboo]

After reading this and thinking that I need to expand my tastes in Rum (Captain Morgen) I thought why not. I went out and got myself some Pyrat xo. It was a lot different then what I was use to but after a few glasses it was something that I started to like. So after that was done I picked up a bottle of Sailor Jerry Rum. It tasted a lot like Captain Morgen but stronger. The other night I finished that bottle off and went to the store. They did not have much for options. I picked out Appleton Estates V/X. I had any yet, that will be tomorrow night. Looks like I am going to have to start to do some shopping online to get some others or just keep hitting different stores to see what else I can find. Thanks for some ideas to try I will keep my eye out for them for sure.

[Che]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this already but this is one of the best deals going on rum right now. The 12 is a great ron (by my taste). Last week the 21 was only $49.99

http://www.shoppersvineyard.com/search.asp?s=el+dorado

[Bigwaved]

Originally Posted by Blueface

Diplomatico= $28
[SIZE="4"]Zacapa 23 Anos =$32[/SIZE]
And my personal favorite Ron Centenario=$33

Take this advice well from the Rum Runners of the South Florida Crew.
In addition to our three favorites that Mike (Made in Dade) has listed, add Zaya ($30).
Can't beat any of those four. All with their own characteristics that make each different but just as good.

Oh, by the way, please don't ruin it with ice.

I had a swig of this at my friend's house last weekend. It is good stuff.

[ky toker]

Originally Posted by stig

Some rums that I have tried and liked and would reccomend.

El Dorado (This is a relatively new company)
12 year old about $23.00 This was very nice!

15 Year old about $30.00 In this price range this would be the best tasting rum that I have had to date. This was superior to the Pyrat XO, the Captain Morgans Private Stock and the Centenario.


Captain Morgans Private Stock - About $33.00 per bottle. A little sweet for some here but I like it.

I've never had any experience with good sipping rum, plenty with Parrot Bay and other ditch water 151, but nothing to really drink. Over at a buddies Friday night and he had a bottle of the CM Private Stock so I thought I would fix a glass. This rum was very good. I'm needing something to take on vacation to drink on the beach and my usual bourbon just isn't going to do it. Rum is made around places with beaches, so this must be the drink. I'll give the El Dorado a shot and will be taking one of these bottles with me.

After the Captain Morgans I'm ready to dive into my rum journey.

[MCSmarties]

I absolutely love my rum, taken neat. Nothing against cocktails, like a delicious mojito, ti punch or planteur ('cuba libre' and other soft-drink-cum-booze mixtures don't count as cocktails in my book) but nothing beats a 'vieux rum', served WITHOUT ice in a wide-bellied glass, first lightly rubbed with a tiny sliver of lime peel.

'Vieux rhum agricole' from the French antilles is extremely high on my list. Some of my favorites are:

from Martinique:
DePaz Reserve Especial (very dark amber, lots of oak)
J. Bally 'Pyramid' 7 ans d'age (comes in a one-of-a-kind glass pyramid - 70cl of smooth, amber, spicy bliss!)

from Guadeloupe:
Marie Galante (kind of an 'earthy' and taste, stronger than others - 50% alcohol content)

Flor de Cana Centenario from Nicaragua has "quite simply, the best rum in the world" written on its label, which I thought was horribly pretentious until I actually tasted it. Now, I don't know if there can really be such a thing as a single best rum, but they come darn close to it indeed!

Venezuealan Santa Teresa 1796 is also amazingly good with a distinctive taste - I would say a bit sweeter and somehow 'smoother' than other rums I've tried? Hard to describe, it just tastes a bit different from most other rums, at least to my palate.

I don't like rum from the former English colonies - Barbados, Jamaica... - as much. They're not bad, I just find that they have less 'taste' or 'bite' in them.
Appleton Estate for example tastes IMO like liquid candy!

Bacardi Ron (at least their 'regular' product) is to real rum what Budweiser is to real beer!

[hornitosmonster]

Some Pyrat is on sale at the local Bevmo. At $20 is this a good buy?