Used to drink Lemon Hart rum way back when but I don't see it around anymore.
Used to drink Lemon Hart rum way back when but I don't see it around anymore.
Having been a Navy man for over 25 years (retired some years back), I prefer rum. A few years ago, I decided to try some better rums (can you say, "I'll never have Bacardi touch my lips ever again!!!"). I settled on a few. What is in my cupboard at the moment:
Gosling's Black Seal
Flor de Caña Grand Reserve
Appleton's V/X
A Cuba Libre is my drink of choice (using key limes if at all possible).
Another rum concoction I recently tried is black rum cake. My last batch used fruit that was soaking in rum for over 11 months. I also add a bit of semisweet chocolate chips, slow bake the thing for several hours, drizzle more rum on it when it comes out of the oven. Wrap in cellophane and foil, refrigerate, and it will keep for years (as if they last that long). Tender, moist, fruity (with a chocolaty hint), and very rummy. Awesome. I make them in small loaves, so I can give them away at Christmas. One batch makes 16 small loaves. Oh my...I need to go unwrap one....AFK!
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another sailor jerry and pyrat XO fan here.....
Old New Orleans Amber Rum is my personal favorite. I makes a distinctive Cuba libre.
Dennise
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Ahhh Rum, the first alcoholic drink I ever enjoyed.
I started with Bacardi, but soon realized that stuff is crap and found some good stuff. Appleton's is a fine basic rum, but nothing really special. Some of my favourites are just about anything sold in Cuba (Santiago de Cuba is delicious stuff, and only costs about 5 bucks a bottle) La Tondena, made in Manila, Philippines, and Pyrat xo. Pyrat is absolutely bloody brilliant stuff. You can drink it straight as easy as water it's so smooth and the flavour is phenomenal. It's damn expensive though, at least where I live. Sailor Jerry is delicious and powerful, but for some reason it gives me the rumblies in my gut. I think it's the spice they add. I like Gosling's Black Seal and Lamb's Navy too.
I typically drink rum mixed with pepsi on the rocks, occasionally straight, as with Pyrat. I also enjoy a rum and coffee, especially on a cold winter's evening.
Whenever I meet anyone who says, "I don't like rum", I ask, "Well what kind of rum have you had?". The answer is invariably, "Bacardi" to which I reply, "That's your problem right there."
I've never had anyone fail to fall in love with rum when I introduce them to the real thing.
Last edited by Gin&Tonics; 07-02-2012 at 02:13 AM.
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You should give the Bacardi reserve a shot. I rivals anything have have tried that is twice the price
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