Rum

[Simi 60]

Originally Posted by Shrew

I agree 100%, and that really applies to all booze. We find good quality booze is smoother and oddly, we find we tend to get less hangovers with good quality booze.

I am convinced its the attention to start and stop temperatures, when to collect the good spirit and not collect the bad.

The bad part is methanol and fusel alcohol, which causes hangover, and extreme cases where the distiller uses all product, even death.

Perhaps some of the commercial distillers try and get those last few dollars from their brew?

[a64pilot]

I’m no distiller, but it’s an art or taste to know when to cut the head and tail off, what backwoods distillers call it. Temp if you have an extremely accurate thermometer ought to be able to tell, but it’s still detectable by taste even when the temp says there is no more methanol, and whatever it is in the tail. The methanol comes first I’m sure, but something else comes at the end, and you catch the middle

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by Peregrine1983

Here's my vote for Havana Club 7 Year if it hasn't already been mentioned. My absolute favorite. Kills me that I can't buy it in the states.

I like Havana Club to and I can buy it here in Panamá!

[Falbala60]

HEY did you tought that RUM will be a so BIG thread !
Bigger than lithium batteries ?

How knows EL RON PROHIBIDO ....
El Ron Prohibido Rum Review

with Cruzan Black Strap Rum ... they are my best
they are really exquisite and because
nobody knows them and when you make them to taste...
IT'S A HIT !

[Hud3]

I don't know if anyone mentioned Ed Hamilton and his Ministry of Rum website. I haven't read the entire thread. Lots of interesting stuff on the site. It's a good resource if you want to branch out in your rum drinking.

Ministry of Rum

Ed has sailed around the Caribbean for many years sampling rum and writing about it. He's sponsored a number of tastings using judges who know their rum. The latest, held in 2012, awarded Havana Club two of the three Gold Medals in the Premium Rum category.

Premium Rum - Gold
Havana Club Añejo 7 Años
Parcero Reserva Especial 12 Year Old Rum
Havana Club Seleccion de Maestro

Link to the complete results:
2012 Rum Tasting Competition

[belizesailor]

Im currently wrapping up a trek to Everest Base Camp. I never even imagined that Nepal had a good rum, but I was pleasantly surprised to discover Khukri rum. Its not a world class rum, but its pretty damn good. Good enough to sip neat or as a top shelf mixing rum.

http://www.khukrirum.com/

[RCabakCat30]

Mount Gay rum from Barbados is our favorite for sipping. Cap't Morgans is for mixing. Going to drink rum now!

[BlackHeron]

ABC store brand rum at $12 and change for 1.75 literally is good enough for me. It's just sugar and water. No reason it has to be so expensive.

[kapnd]

I used to be able to get a superior Mount Gay sugar cane rum, dark and delicious, smooth as roller bearings, but haven’t seen it on the shelf in several years now.
Most of the brand name rums have gone to hell, not anywhere near the flavor they had previously, tastes like watery syrup with some everclear added for alcohol content.
I've taken more to bourbon lately, for a consistent product with a robust flavor that can be enjoyed without having to add soda pop to make it palatable.

[rbk]

Originally Posted by RCabakCat30

Mount Gay rum from Barbados is our favorite for sipping. Cap't Morgans is for mixing. Going to drink rum now!

The Mount Gay black barrel is another level worth exploring.

[rbk]

Originally Posted by kapnd

I used to be able to get a superior Mount Gay sugar cane rum, dark and delicious, smooth as roller bearings, but haven’t seen it on the shelf in several years now.
Most of the brand name rums have gone to hell, not anywhere near the flavor they had previously, tastes like watery syrup with some everclear added for alcohol content.
I've taken more to bourbon lately, for a consistent product with a robust flavor that can be enjoyed without having to add soda pop to make it palatable.

If you can find it look for Flor de Cana 7 year, better than the 12 & 18 year IMO. I haven’t been able to find the 25 to test against. Hands down one of the best out there and I drink more rum than my Perkins does oil. I really need to fix that rear seal

Flor de Caña

[Scott Berg]

Sipping an Havana Club 7yr anejo as I type this... there is a LOT of good rum out there and each countries best is great. That said, we do like to "eat and drink locally" and lo and behold, they are opening a distillery across the street from our current mooring! https://www.thrashersrum.com/

[belizesailor]

Im having some Havana Club tonight too, quite nice.

[sailorboy1]

I think all the responders to this thread need to buy me a rum to prove their position

[sailorboy1]

I was looking through my old threads and this one seems the most viewed thread I ever started.

Just in case people wonder what is really important..