I’m not a fan of rum myself, but would like to buy a nice bottle for a friend’s 40th. He loves rum. I’ve seen a few rum threads (ha) on here so I know there are some fans.

Budget £40+? (I have no idea what your £ gets for rum these days).

What would make you rum fans tumescent were you to unwrap a bottle of it this weekend? 🙂

Tastes like shellac.

Tastes like shellac.

Is that a good or a bad thing? 🙂

El Dorado 12yo is about that price

Ron Barceló Imperial – I think is £30ish
Mount Gay Extra
El Dorado as above
Ron Zacapa 23can be had for 45ish tis very nice!
Though I suspect he will have had all the above previously you could always try an obscure one, what that would be I have no idea! 😛

I bought a bottle of the Mount Gay on a PSA yesterday. Looking forward to trying it at the weekend (which may begin on a thursday this week… 🙂 .

I am not a rum drinker, so how should it be consumed ? straight, ice, mixer ?

With coke iain. 😀

^^^^ aye right 🙂

Maybe for Morgan’s Spiced right enough….. 😆

Not rum but just bought a bottle of this today on a Prime offer. I am also looking forward to the weekend.

Well that’s bloody helpful on a recommend-me-a-rum thread. Go and sit in the corner, you! 😀

This one: Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

It’s jolly nice.

the two best rums i liked, when i drank…

kraken

ron de jeremy

possibly ron is better, a bit smoother, kraken is darker and more spiced. but both are excellent.

That sounds perfect omitn. Bottle ordered.
Success.

/thread

Ron de Jeremy?

You’re pulling my leg there aren’t you? 🙂

FFS my 40th was 18m ago.
I’ll let you off though as I do like rum.

Chairman’s Reserve is my go-to!

It would have been port for you sweetcheeks. No point getting you something I couldn’t help destroy. 😀

See I wasn’t keen on Kraken but I do like Woods. (the shellac flavoured one)

& at 57%………!!
Well below budget mind

Go and sit in the corner, you!

Go and slump in the corner, you!
😀

That sounds perfect omitn. Bottle ordered.
Success.

/thread

HTH.

(PS like Stoner, I’ve recently celebrated* my 40th birthday. If I’d know you were buying….)

*under sufferance

Just not Bacardi – ever.

Havana Club for Cocktails

Mountgay on its own.

visited this place in the BVIs once – and their stuff was rather good.

Mountgay on its own.

so it that the general recommendation – neat ? and with or without ice ?

No ice. Only ever neat

Much preferred to whisky.

Crushed ice, diet coke and a slice of lime for me.

As is….nowt!
Though if you have to 1, just 1 mind, chunk of ice to cool but it does subdue the flavour alittle 😉

Ice is for Americans and for Cocktails.

Chills the tongue, reduces the flavour.

How about a rum subscription for a rum fan? Was intrigued by this bloke telling me about his startup business, cos didn’t think rum was that popular outside the Navel (Naval?) community. How wrong I was.

Flor de cana, 10 yr old. Big round glass, loads of ice.

you will not go wrong with the diplimatico (i would have suggested that or an angoustora)
nothing worse than “ooh you like rum don’t you” and out comes the spiced rubbish or rough navy rum the colour of treacle.

Mount Gay Black Label is my favourite. A little bit vanillery without being spiced.

And one cube of ice in summer, none in winter.

Kraken for a ‘session’ rum 😯

An ex-girlfriend of mine regularly sails to South America with a boat full of beer, red wine and olive oil. She then sales back with a boat full of rum.

She’s amazing, the rum is delicious:

http://newdawntraders.com/shop

Bit pricey mind.

Mount Gay XO.

However, if you’re buying it for an ice’n’slicer, or one who mixes it with anything, Malibu.

My Mount Gay XO has just been delivered here to work…. danger sniff ??? 🙂

However, if you’re buying it for an ice’n’slicer, or one who mixes it with anything, Malibu.

Clearly, you have low-rent friends flashy.

All of the above.

Although I do tend to drink over ice.

DD, some of them don’t even have heated seats.

the appletons reserve (12y ?) (jamaica) is a good one, as others have said neat is the way to drink it, but i prefer it as a single shot, ice and coke.
brings me round after too many beers

Mount Gay XO currently on offer on Amazon! ( or was yesterday!)

“La Hechicera”. Possibly “Abuelo 12”. Both should be about budget.

I would second the Ron De Jeremy

Met a cardboard cutout of him at Rumfest once. He was there on the other day…

Out of all the rums on offer we decided it was up there with the nicest, and we did our level best to sample all of them, as many times as we could.
My mate bought a bottle there and then, and promptly left it on the stall as we staggered off. Realised later on the bus/tube/train* somewhere. “did I actually buy a bottle of that rum?” “I’m not sure…” says we
Reciept in his pocket would indicate he had… 🙁

*unsure of exact method of arriving home

GF bought me a bottle for my birthday, and a sober tasting would indicate we were right.