Rum

[belizesailor]

(Doh! Ancient post Id already replied to).

[sailorboy1]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

Let's talk rum!

So when I was in the Bahamas there was cheap rum and beer was expensive. I found that you could find rum for around $11/bottle (white or dark as they tasted the same). But also there was expensive rum and it was amazing how a hole in the wall place would have a $200 bottle of rum. For the most part the brands were the same as I had seen in the USA.

[Delancey]

So a friend is passing through Nassau on his way to catch a flight to meet us down in the Exumas. "Hey you need anything?"

"Sure, rum down here is twenty bucks but ten in Nassau, get some rum!" I said.

My friend reaches for a bottle of brown rum without looking closely at it. Turns out to be Ricardo Mango Rum which maybe isn't a dark rum but is in a dark brown bottle. Blarff! Really the most heinously vile concoction imaginable next to the Captain's. Yuck!

We tried to make fruity rum punches with it but ended up dumping half a bottle overboard. Total alcohol abuse. Neptune repaid our lack of consideration with a blow that kept us trapped at anchor for three days. Should have dumped it on the beach....

Sorry Neptune!!!!

[fSymo]

"three days. Should have dumped it on the beach....

Sorry Neptune!!!!"

I hope quoting this sorry helps!

[neverstop]

Lots of good rums listed but my old standby will always be Pussers. Great neat and an awesome painkiller.

[pete33458]

I drink a bottle of rum every 3 days or less, and the only thing I consider myself to be a true expert in is rum. I'd rather drink a low fat pumpkin spiced cappuccino than spiced rum and, in my opinion, white rum is only suitable for daquiries (the real ones, not that stuff from a blender), in which case I prefer Flor de Cana Silver. Mostly I drink aged dark rums. My everyday rum is Santa Teresa Anejo (VZ), $16 by the bottle ($12 when you buy 6 cases at a pop...). My second favorite overall (for the record, I will not spend more than $40 for a bottle; although I can afford it, it offends me) is also a Santa Teresa rum, 1796 (their year of incorporation). My favorite rum is Mt Gay XO (Barbados). There are many others that I drink on occasion. The El Dorado aged rums from Guyana are among my favorites, as is Ron de Barrilito 3 Star (PR). If you finish that list and like them and want more, let me know. And, to paraphrase Hunter S Thompson, I don't recommend excessive rum consumption as a way of life to anyone, but it works for me.

Pete

[RainDog]

Originally Posted by neverstop

Lots of good rums listed but my old standby will always be Pussers. Great neat and an awesome painkiller.

You better make your Painkiller with Pussers. If you don't they will sue you.

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[lamadriver]

I lived in Latin america for 6 years.

my preerence

Anything Flor de Cana will do 8- 12- and up

Zacapa Centanrio

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by lamadriver

I lived in Latin america for 6 years.

my preerence

Anything Flor de Cana will do 8- 12- and up

Zacapa Centanrio

Been in Central America for a dozen years now and those are my favs too. 😆

[rajsach]

Don Q gran anjejo and Don Q 10 yr aged limited that is only released every other year in small batches and to my knowledge only available in Puerto Rico. Both about mid $40s here.
Also a fan of Ron Zacapa 23yr

[belizesailor]

Ron Botran has a new version of Zacapa out which is aged in charred barrels....thus Zacapa Negra. I ran across a bottle priced at about $75...a bit steep for a taste test. Anyone tried it yet?

Im travelling back to Guatemala in November and hoping they have samples at duty free in the airport!

Review: https://www.rumratings.com/brands/17...etiqueta-negra

[Halifax Sailor]

speaking as a Cdn Maritimer, the best, absolute best, rum I have ever had was Crown Royal on ice...............................................


https://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-7...-whisky-canada

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by Halifax Sailor

speaking as a Cdn Maritimer, the best, absolute best, rum I have ever had was Crown Royal on ice...............................................


https://www.wine-searcher.com/wine-7...-whisky-canada

Whiskey = Rum? How so?

[CoralReefer]

Aye the Rum!

2 Handles, 2 Fisted!

[rbk]

+1 for Flor de Cana but I prefer the 7y vs the 12 all prices aside. My second go to is Havana Club 7y. The only time I'll waste good rum in a coke is if I need some caffeine and there's no cheap sh*t around as there rarely is on our boat unless we've had someone on board who left some.