It’s a 2 hour trip one way but it’s fall I’ll throw the wife in the truck and she can see the pretty colors of the leaves changing. I find myself unable to see through to the other side. Cheers! Great article! The actual Myers’s Rum logo is a bit out of place with the font selection, but other than that, I’m a big fan. Never tried it with any other dark rum, Josh recently back from a 2 year Hiatus on the big island. At the bar by United at HNL airport is selling them for big bucks. This product of the “West Indies” is bottled by World Spirits in Princeton, Minnesota. Just tried Cruzan Black Strap in St. Thomas, must like pancake syrup, brought back 2 liters @$9.50 apiece (much cheaper there) and love it. However a quantity of the rum from the first distillation, drunk locally and known as Clairin, is now starting to be sold outside of Haiti for the first time. I hate to tell you that Bermuda Rum is rare. • Taste 3.5/4 Become a fan on Facebook, follow our tweets on Twitter or upload your favourite Gosling’s Rum videos on YouTube. I would suggest Navy Spiced rum as an alternative to the others posted here but kraken is always top of my list! Boston” brand ‘imported’ Virgin Islands rum. With no added frills, sugar or spices, it’s an authentic rum that’s simultaneously smooth yet has a noticeable burn to it. In the glass, the rum appears a bit darker than the Coruba, with the reds being replaced by browns. ( Log Out / Pusser’s is amazing with ginger beer – but then I like Pusser’s in just about everything – on the other hand, I like to sip Pusser’s neat so much that I rarely mix it. Why would you choose Sailor Jerry over Captain Morgan, or Bacardi over Cruzan? The Lost Tiki Lounge © 2019 | Terms, Conditions & Privacy Policy. There is a slight bitterness, but no saccharin sweetness. Any thoughts. We have to say it’s pretty darn good – a rich flavourful rum that still has the sweet Demerara note to it. Cheers. The result is a mellower and warmer ginger beer, with a little added complexity. We’re Mai Tai aficionados and have messed around with quite a few rums, from Appleton to Myers (Myers is our go to inexpensive Mai Tai rum). [I'm fairly new to the whole rum scene and much like OP I've tried both Kraken and Captain Morgan Black. A startup can begin pushing product almost immediately and siphoning off aged product as it becomes available rather than trying to compete in the niche white whiskey or oversaturated vodka markets like many whiskey producers have to do for revenue prior to fully aged product becoming available. Named after ‘Captain Billy Bones’ in Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic, ‘Treasure Island’, they use a centuries old recipe and bottle a number of rums on St. Thomas. (More so than say, Meyer's.) In fact, a poster sign in the main aisle Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I’ve started to get into drinking Stone Fences (aka Stone Walls) with cider and rum. 5. • Appearance 1/1 I didn't know they made dark unspiced stuff. Light and especially pure, they’re distilled from molasses laced with specially cultivated yeasts and filtered repeatedly through either sand or charcoal. Just be super careful if you do use them this way as they’re of course highly flammable and if you expose the open bottle to a naked flame you could have an out of control fire on your hands in no time. The aftertaste has a grassy Jamaican funk mixed with a hint of orange and tobacco. What’s a mule, you ask? It's a fantastic cocktail. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. But it was a nice day for a ride. This rum was named for the ‘double phenomenon’ of a total solar eclipse and the passage of Halley’s comet in 1910. Using a blend of up to nine different rums, this pot stilled rum is a good price point Jamaican with LOTS of ‘funk’. Just trying to make sure I'm not missing out. I wrote up the whole Cartavio line on the site. Neither are sipping rums, but don't let that stop you. now you just need to try it with Bundaberg Rum too . Today, unlike most spirits, Black Seal includes products of both pot stills, as used in fine Cognacs, and continuous stills, as used in grappa. TheLostTikiLounge.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Coming from the Guyana South American region (formerly a British colony), both the rum and the sugar are named after their place of origin – the Demerara river valley – not because they share the same ingredients. Other rums like Meyers (Jamaica) and Bacardi (originally Cuban) have different tastes. Cruzan Black Strap rum is one of my favorites, Kilo Kai is another tasty spiced/black rum. Good comparison. • Aroma 1.5/2 **is because I'm not a fan of spiced rum at all. One of the most popular is their Gold – sweet, rich and aged 4 years – it’s a medium bodied rum that’s all about the butterscotch and toffee, with notes of coffee, bananas and nutmeg, and a hint of smoke that helps balance out the sweetness. The mouth feel is thin and fiery. A blend of rum from 4 Jamaican distilleries plus a rhum from Martinique. Over the years they moved on to filling up old champagne bottles with it and sealing them with black wax, which later became their signature ‘Black Seal’. “dark rum.” Especially if it’s “imported” (in large steel tanks) from somewhere in the Caribbean. The Coruba bottle is a simple shape and the plastic label is bright and brash, featuring an orange and yellow palm tree. I definitely preferred the Myers’s to the Private Stock, though I feel like dark vs. spiced may be too different of a rum. Together they work wonders. Whaler’s is for some reason a perennial Trader Joe’s favorite. Next is Gosling’s Black Seal rum—the go-to rum of many a rum mule aficionado. Appleton’s is a popular brand with many other blends to choose from. The aftertaste is just ghastly, and after a few sips, I find myself heading to the sink. The aroma is almost entirely without astringency. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Trader Vic’s Dark Rum (“West Indies”) Change ). These flavours are enhanced by blending and further maturation in France, making it a double aged rum which ends up with notes of cinnamon, clove and a slightly smoky quality. • Appearance 1/1 Allen. Great research Josh. As a guy who's really just gotten into enjoying rum very recently, what would you guys recommend in terms of dark/spiced rum? • Appearance 1/1 • Aroma 2/2 Not a sipper, but a great mixer and a brand the locals drink. With many owing their characteristic rich silkiness to the addition of plums to the mash. It rum and it comes reccomended thank you. They are also good for layering with another stronger flavoured rum. It's a bit unlikely really. The first sip leaves me searching for adjectives. The 151 proof equates to a whopping 75.5% alcohol volume, so go easy on this baby . Mixed with the ginger beer, the Coruba blends well. Well Kraken would taste more like Sailor Jerry as they are both spiced. ( Log Out / Next is Gosling’s Black Seal rum—the go-to rum of many a rum mule aficionado. I love the dark brown glass, the odd almost rectangular shape, and I especially like the line drawing depicting sugar cane, distillery and rum barrels. Gonna see if I can find a bottle of coruba and give it a try, Hey Joe–I’ve never had Diamond Head neat, so I can’t say, however, Coruba has always been my favorite “dark” rum for traditional tiki drinks and variants thereof. • Taste 1.5/4 Kraken Black Spiced Rum is made in Trinidad and Tobago distilled from naturally sweet molasses, aged one to two years then blended with eleven spices. The longest aged rum from this family run distillery in the north of Barbados. I've heard its cheap and not that bad. Jamaican rum is ‘funky’ – a term used to describe the nutty, gamey, overripe banana/fruit flavour that comes from powerful ester notes in the rum. Some tips on swapping one rum for another when the one you’re after has run out. Bacardi Black doesn’t compare to any of them, but is OK for party mixes and over butter pecan ice cream! Not a bad way to go on a November evening. In the glass, the rum is extremely dark. I know you hated Trader Vic’s, but you have described exactly what I am looking for when describing it. I'll have to head to a bigger liquor shop I guess. I won’t insult you or the ghost of Victor Bergeron by reposting it here, but suffice to say it includes grenadine and orange juice. Can a dark Demerara from Guyana really taste that different to a dark Jamaican rum? • Aroma 1.5/2 Subsequent sips are slightly less enjoyable, however, as I realize that the root beer and sarsaparilla flavors are significantly changing the character of the mixer. Dark rums get their colour from their hero ingredient, molasses, as well as their time spent in the ageing barrel. I can’t believe I hadn’t read this yet. If you’re looking for a classic drink to use your USVI rum in, the Bushwacker and Bay Breeze are to St Thomas what the Painkiller is for Jost van Dyke (BVI). Currently a Meyers fan but I’ve acquired a taste for the diamond head. Used as a floater in several Tiki drinks, the right 151 rum can add a tasty layer to your drink, or, for the ones that taste like rocket fuel, what better way to use them than in a Volcano Bowl or a flaming Coconaut Re-entry? The alcohol smell is mixed with artificial fruit flavors: banana, cherry and grape. I’ve never found Bundaberg anywhere, and have always used Reed’s. The gold version is a great classic rum with vanilla notes and enough flavour to punch up a rum cocktail. • Total 5/10. Light rums (we’ll call them light rather than all the variations) are good all rounders, you can put them in your Daiquiri’s and Mojito’s, they don’t have a really strong flavour so can be good in fruity cocktails or ones where you want another flavour to shine through. This clear rhum has aromas of cut sugar cane along with floral, fruity and slightly peppery, spice notes. A similar profile to Puerto Rican rums, Cuban rums make a good base for a layered drink. The closest you'll get to a traditional naval tot, this award-winning dark rum is produced in accordance with the Admiralty's specifications, and uses rums from Guyana and Trinidad. Those are the only black rums I've tried and I'm looking for more. This one has an alcohol level of 54.5% and won't disappoint. Thanks as always for reading. • Taste 2/4 Anyone willing to send me a gift lol, before I end up driving to texas. The Goslings Black Seal has such a laid-back nose for a rum with such a bold taste. I usually spike my cider with calvados/apple brandy. Relatively inexpensive, assertive and funky it’s often used to provide a ‘bottom end’ in tiki drinks. Here is the entire field of competitors in alphabetical order: 1. Trinidad and Jamaican rum, blended to a dark funk, with molasses, sweetness and floral notes. 6. These rums can be either aged or not. Besides I’ve only found it available in Texas and California. TOP TIP: Ideally you would have a Jamaican dark, gold and light in your bar but if you can only buy one then an Appleton Estate (this is gold coloured) is a good all rounder to start with. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
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