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27-07-2017, 02:00
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#136
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Subic Bay Philippines
Posts: 539
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Re: Rum
All you Rum drinking sailors you better hoist your sails and head this way (Philippines) great Rum both dark and light with all sorts of world medals showing how good it is COST for their top range 26 oz bottle USD $1 - $2
Hard not to get excited about that
Cheers
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27-07-2017, 12:22
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#137
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Brisbane Australia
Boat: Red Witch 19
Posts: 4
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Re: Rum
For a really good rum:
If I can afford it Flor De Cana 25
If I can't Ron Zacapa 21
For a good rum:
Matusalem 15
Cheap but not nasty:
Caruba
Mt Gay
For guests/paint stripper:
Bundaburg
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05-08-2017, 13:13
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#138
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 34
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Re: Rum
Mt Gay is the cruisers rum. Havana club if you can get it.
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22-09-2017, 08:37
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#139
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Earth
Boat: Amel Super Maramu 53 ft
Posts: 614
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Re: Rum
Quote:
Originally Posted by es02
For a really good rum:
If I can afford it Flor De Cana 25
If I can't Ron Zacapa 21
For a good rum:
Matusalem 15
Cheap but not nasty:
Caruba
Mt Gay
For guests/paint stripper:
Bundaburg
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Had 2 shots of Ron Zacapa last night. Solo on the boat. NEAT please
The answer is RUM. .... now what was the question???
:-)
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22-09-2017, 17:24
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#140
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
Posts: 13,480
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Re: Rum
Quote:
Originally Posted by Eleuthera 2014
Had 2 shots of Ron Zacapa last night. Solo on the boat. NEAT please
The answer is RUM. .... now what was the question???
:-)
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Just noticed today that Botran has out a new line of rums (new to me anyway). Like Centenario, these are sistema solera blended rums, but lower age designations. Yum, new rums to try!
http://www.botranrums.com/index.php/...s-us/rums-us-2
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22-09-2017, 18:16
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#141
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Port Ludlow Wa
Boat: Makela,Ingrid38,Idora
Posts: 2,050
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Re: Rum
Why is there never any rum? That is the question.
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23-09-2017, 03:40
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#142
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
Posts: 13,480
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Re: Rum
Plenty where I am.
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23-09-2017, 13:06
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#143
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Always travelling
Posts: 272
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Re: Rum
I'm more of a bourbon or scotch guy, but am currently in Panama so it's rum for now. A bottle of the Zacapa 23 yo solera was only US$40, and I am really enjoying it. If you are a whiskey sipper, this is a rum to try.
I found the base level Ron Abuelo to be acceptable in a cocktail, so the next bottle I buy will be their 7 or 12:year offering.
Once, at a supermarket in Honduras, I was given a free sample of Flor de Cana. They were very proud of it. I'm sure it was the base offering, rather than a more aged version, but it was one of the most vile things I have ever tasted. I would rather drink turpentine.
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23-09-2017, 14:14
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#144
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: On a boat
Boat: 1987 Cabo Rico 38 #117 (sold) & 2008 Manta 42 #124
Posts: 4,172
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Re: Rum
The major bourbon and Scotch companies are merging with major rum companies and pushing the interchangeable nature of those spirits through their distributors. We went to a mixology class and made the same drinks with both rum and bourbon and for mixed drinks it often very very close.
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23-09-2017, 15:17
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#145
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Always travelling
Posts: 272
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Re: Rum
That's good planning for those businesses. I am a former bartender, and am familiar with those switchouts. However, from a personal standpoint, I don't want my bourbon, or scotch, or rum mixed with anything, and that includes ice.
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23-09-2017, 16:55
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#146
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
Posts: 13,480
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Re: Rum
Quote:
Originally Posted by SFS
I'm more of a bourbon or scotch guy, but am currently in Panama so it's rum for now. A bottle of the Zacapa 23 yo solera was only US$40, and I am really enjoying it. If you are a whiskey sipper, this is a rum to try.
I found the base level Ron Abuelo to be acceptable in a cocktail, so the next bottle I buy will be their 7 or 12:year offering.
Once, at a supermarket in Honduras, I was given a free sample of Flor de Cana. They were very proud of it. I'm sure it was the base offering, rather than a more aged version, but it was one of the most vile things I have ever tasted. I would rather drink turpentine.
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Yes, both Botran and Flor de Caña products are available in Panamá for about what they cost in their home countries.
Flor de Caña makes some nice rums. The older stuff is better. Still a bit more harsh than Zacapa, but quite good.
Weve been based in Panamá for a few years now (Guatemala prior to that). We got spoiled by Botrans fine line of rums while in Guate. Weve tried to develop a taste for Abuelo, but have not been successful. We stick with Botran or Flor de Caña now...at the same price as back in Guate...why not.
I do want to try some of the older Abuelos, but not willing to spring for a whole bottle just to try...need to order a few shots in a bar sometime.
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04-10-2017, 07:25
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#147
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CLOD
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: being planted in Jacksonville Fl
Boat: none
Posts: 20,364
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Re: Rum
over 22,000 reads on a thread just titled "Rum", must say something about what people really want in a thread
One of the questions I now realize since I started this thread is that you need to understand what your rum is for. Is it for sitting around sipping, or is it for the alcohol. If it is just the alcohol that really opens the door for the gallon plastic bottle that says "Vodka".
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Don't ask a bunch of unknown forum people if it is OK to do something on YOUR boat. It is your boat, do what you want!
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04-10-2017, 08:11
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#148
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: At the intersection of here & there
Boat: 47' Olympic Adventure
Posts: 4,852
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Re: Rum
Quote:
Originally Posted by stevensc
Puerto Rico's Don Q Gold
Try a Caipirinha made with it is very good, a Capirinha made with rum is called caipirissima.
Salud
Steve W
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I believe a Caipirinha is made with Cachaca which is not a rum but similar.
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04-10-2017, 11:55
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#149
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
Posts: 13,480
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Re: Rum
Quote:
Originally Posted by belizesailor
Yes, both Botran and Flor de Caña products are available in Panamá for about what they cost in their home countries.
Flor de Caña makes some nice rums. The older stuff is better. Still a bit more harsh than Zacapa, but quite good.
Weve been based in Panamá for a few years now (Guatemala prior to that). We got spoiled by Botrans fine line of rums while in Guate. Weve tried to develop a taste for Abuelo, but have not been successful. We stick with Botran or Flor de Caña now...at the same price as back in Guate...why not.
I do want to try some of the older Abuelos, but not willing to spring for a whole bottle just to try...need to order a few shots in a bar sometime.
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Speaking of Panamanian rums. I tried some Panama Red recently. Very alcoholic, like 108 proof, but aside from a bit of alcohol harshness a good rum...would be better to my tastes mixed to cut the harshness, but like it better than Abuelo.
Its uncommon in Panama because its made for the export market.
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05-10-2017, 12:56
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#150
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Michigan and Mexico
Boat: Nor'sea 27, BCC 28
Posts: 81
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So many great Rum's, so little time!
10 Cane is a favorite of mine, very smooth! Did not see it previously mentioned.
Ron Zacapa Cantenario 23 is great!
I had a bottle of Pampero Aniveriso from Venezuela that was wonderful! Alas with the political situation there and the collapse of the economy my favorite liquor store (Total Wine and More) has not been able to get any.
So I am making my list and checking it twice for all the great rums mentioned! I have some work to do to catch up and try some new ones.
Goslings Black Seal 151proof is still one of my favorites, sipping on ice is heaven!
I had a chance to tour Appletons in Jamaica, and Bacardi in Puerto Rico - both heaven on earth!
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