and the RUM is for all your good vices....

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » July 24, 2008 1:33 pm

Ambition At Bay wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
Ambition At Bay wrote:Anniversario (Venezuela) over 1 ice cube.....

and then after dinner......

d*m... you bringing that to KW?
You betcha, the boat is always stocked, and if the weather sucks, I'll transfer it to the car. Yup, Anniversario and cigars on board are in order.

I'm going to have to break into my piggy bank in that case, make sure the cigars match the rum

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 24, 2008 1:36 pm

I'm a big fan of Pyrat...

Tried this out last week for the 1st time...at Alpine.
Seemed to be popular, the bottle was empty within an hour:

PIRATE'S CHOICE KEY LIME RUM

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » July 24, 2008 1:42 pm

CaptainP wrote:I'm a big fan of Pyrat...

Tried this out last week for the 1st time...at Alpine.
Seemed to be popular, the bottle was empty within an hour:

PIRATE'S CHOICE KEY LIME RUM

Cinci drained the Ron Matusalem

in an hour as well.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 24, 2008 1:48 pm

We need to get Lisa34's hubby on here....

His home bar has something like 150 different types of rum....it's very impressive.

Demerara · Post by **Demerara** » July 24, 2008 7:26 pm

I like a lot of rums, but I usually end up buying Lamb's Navy Rum because it's the least expensive big bottle I can buy here in the Great White North -- currently $34.15 for 1.14L. It's a bit cheaper than buying the 750ml bottle (and lasts a bit longer, too).

It also delays that panicky feeling you get when the bottle starts looking empty.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » July 24, 2008 7:35 pm

Sailor Jerry got me in a little trouble last weekend......
it's good with pomegranate juice.......at least that's what people told me.

Demerara · Post by **Demerara** » July 24, 2008 8:03 pm

pbans wrote:Sailor Jerry got me in a little trouble last weekend......

He got you pregnant?

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » July 24, 2008 9:55 pm

Demerara wrote:
pbans wrote:Sailor Jerry got me in a little trouble last weekend......
He got you pregnant?

d*m that Jerry and his "a girl in every port" mentality

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » July 24, 2008 10:52 pm

Demerara wrote:I like a lot of rums, but I usually end up buying Lamb's Navy Rum because it's the least expensive big bottle I can buy here in the Great White North -- currently $34.15 for 1.14L. It's a bit cheaper than buying the 750ml bottle (and lasts a bit longer, too).

It also delays that panicky feeling you get when the bottle starts looking empty.

If you split two vanilla beans, scrape them and let it all soak for about a month, it'll be much, much better.

Demerara · Post by **Demerara** » July 24, 2008 10:56 pm

Coconuts wrote:If you split two vanilla beans, scrape them and let it all soak for about a month, it'll be much, much better.

I don't think I've ever had a bottle of rum that lasted for an entire month!

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » July 25, 2008 2:08 pm

I will give the Pyrat a try. I ration the good rum worse then the British Navy used to...

z-man · Post by **z-man** » August 11, 2008 12:06 pm

Bfan53 wrote:Just mixed up a mojito using 10 Cane rum from Trinidad......I've been looking at this rum everytime I'm in the liquor store thinking "Should I pay that much for rum?" I'd always used Bacardi for my mojitos. I even have 3 pots of fresh mint growing on my back porch steps.....got to have fresh mint!

I can now say without hesitation that the 10 Cane takes this drink to another level!

The quality of the liquor definitely makes or breaks a mixed drink.....unless your primary goal is just to get smashed!

Lacey (Mrs Z) usually makes her mojitos with 10 Cane,
but was using Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum this weekend

They were even better than the 10 Cane version!

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 11, 2008 12:49 pm

z-man wrote:
Bfan53 wrote:Just mixed up a mojito using 10 Cane rum from Trinidad......I've been looking at this rum everytime I'm in the liquor store thinking "Should I pay that much for rum?" I'd always used Bacardi for my mojitos. I even have 3 pots of fresh mint growing on my back porch steps.....got to have fresh mint!

I can now say without hesitation that the 10 Cane takes this drink to another level!

The quality of the liquor definitely makes or breaks a mixed drink.....unless your primary goal is just to get smashed!
Lacey (Mrs Z) usually makes her mojitos with 10 Cane,
but was using Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum this weekend

They were even better than the 10 Cane version!

found the "Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum" in KY on the supply run before the Cinci tailgate. While I shared the Ron Matusalem 15 with everyone, both the Flor de Cana and another bottle stayed safely ensconced in the room for trying at home. Now I just have to get some more of the Ron Matusalem before Stars, or find a way to go thru all of that down there after making a run to the Winn-Dixie's liquor store up the road from the Island House.

I do like the Flor de Cana 7, nice taste to it. Have not tried it with the ultimate test tho... a cigar and the sipping.

NEO · Post by **NEO** » August 12, 2008 9:35 am

z-man wrote:
Bfan53 wrote:Just mixed up a mojito using 10 Cane rum from Trinidad......I've been looking at this rum everytime I'm in the liquor store thinking "Should I pay that much for rum?" I'd always used Bacardi for my mojitos. I even have 3 pots of fresh mint growing on my back porch steps.....got to have fresh mint!

I can now say without hesitation that the 10 Cane takes this drink to another level!

The quality of the liquor definitely makes or breaks a mixed drink.....unless your primary goal is just to get smashed!
Lacey (Mrs Z) usually makes her mojitos with 10 Cane,
but was using Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum this weekend

They were even better than the 10 Cane version!

What color were the drinks?I have had complaints when the Mojitos are not crystal clear.( Maybe next time I should say make your own damn drink

)

I do not get the hoopla about the 10 Cane, personally I am not a fan of it.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 12, 2008 10:18 am

NEO wrote:
z-man wrote:
Bfan53 wrote:Just mixed up a mojito using 10 Cane rum from Trinidad......I've been looking at this rum everytime I'm in the liquor store thinking "Should I pay that much for rum?" I'd always used Bacardi for my mojitos. I even have 3 pots of fresh mint growing on my back porch steps.....got to have fresh mint!

I can now say without hesitation that the 10 Cane takes this drink to another level!

The quality of the liquor definitely makes or breaks a mixed drink.....unless your primary goal is just to get smashed!
Lacey (Mrs Z) usually makes her mojitos with 10 Cane,
but was using Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum this weekend

They were even better than the 10 Cane version!

What color were the drinks?I have had complaints when the Mojitos are not crystal clear.( Maybe next time I should say make your own damn drink )

I do not get the hoopla about the 10 Cane, personally I am not a fan of it.

not crystal clear? you make impure mojitos? how dare you????

NEO · Post by **NEO** » August 12, 2008 10:57 am

RinglingRingling wrote:
NEO wrote:
z-man wrote:
Bfan53 wrote:Just mixed up a mojito using 10 Cane rum from Trinidad......I've been looking at this rum everytime I'm in the liquor store thinking "Should I pay that much for rum?" I'd always used Bacardi for my mojitos. I even have 3 pots of fresh mint growing on my back porch steps.....got to have fresh mint!

I can now say without hesitation that the 10 Cane takes this drink to another level!

The quality of the liquor definitely makes or breaks a mixed drink.....unless your primary goal is just to get smashed!
Lacey (Mrs Z) usually makes her mojitos with 10 Cane,
but was using Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum this weekend

They were even better than the 10 Cane version!

What color were the drinks?I have had complaints when the Mojitos are not crystal clear.( Maybe next time I should say make your own damn drink )

I do not get the hoopla about the 10 Cane, personally I am not a fan of it.
not crystal clear? you make impure mojitos? how dare you????

Not only does the Rum "tint" them So does the Maui Gold sugar,
I still like them!Impurities and All!

z-man · Post by **z-man** » August 12, 2008 11:15 am

NEO wrote:
z-man wrote: Lacey (Mrs Z) usually makes her mojitos with 10 Cane,
but was using Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum this weekend

They were even better than the 10 Cane version!

What color were the drinks?I have had complaints when the Mojitos are not crystal clear.( Maybe next time I should say make your own damn drink )

I do not get the hoopla about the 10 Cane, personally I am not a fan of it.

Her mojitos had a bit of a tint to them this past weekend for a couple reasons:
The Flor de Cana is a darker rum (obviously

)
and she uses raw sugar in her mojititos, rather than powdered sugar.
If folks want 'em clear, tell them you'll just have to use cheaper ingredients especially for them!

10 Cane is like all the other rum agricole products (made from sugar cane rather than molasses) in that it has a drier/less sweet flavor than industrial rums (made from molasses)

" Rhum agricole or agricultural rum was developed out of necessity in the 19th century when there was a shortage of molasses. The primary ingredient of industrial rum is molasses. On the Caribbean island of Martinique, Homere Clement developed a method of rum production similar to making wine where the sugar cane was pressed like fruit to extract the juice. Rum made in this fashion, rhum agricole, represents only 3% of world's rum production."

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 12, 2008 11:39 am

Barbancourt is an agricole if I remember right, and that has always gone down nicely.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » August 12, 2008 11:39 am

NEO wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
NEO wrote:
z-man wrote:
Bfan53 wrote:Just mixed up a mojito using 10 Cane rum from Trinidad......I've been looking at this rum everytime I'm in the liquor store thinking "Should I pay that much for rum?" I'd always used Bacardi for my mojitos. I even have 3 pots of fresh mint growing on my back porch steps.....got to have fresh mint!

I can now say without hesitation that the 10 Cane takes this drink to another level!

The quality of the liquor definitely makes or breaks a mixed drink.....unless your primary goal is just to get smashed!
Lacey (Mrs Z) usually makes her mojitos with 10 Cane,
but was using Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum this weekend

They were even better than the 10 Cane version!

What color were the drinks?I have had complaints when the Mojitos are not crystal clear.( Maybe next time I should say make your own damn drink )

I do not get the hoopla about the 10 Cane, personally I am not a fan of it.
not crystal clear? you make impure mojitos? how dare you????
Not only does the Rum "tint" them So does the Maui Gold sugar,
I still like them!Impurities and All!

hey, if they are drinking your rum.. they can stfu

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » August 12, 2008 12:36 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:
NEO wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
NEO wrote:
z-man wrote:
Bfan53 wrote:Just mixed up a mojito using 10 Cane rum from Trinidad......I've been looking at this rum everytime I'm in the liquor store thinking "Should I pay that much for rum?" I'd always used Bacardi for my mojitos. I even have 3 pots of fresh mint growing on my back porch steps.....got to have fresh mint!

I can now say without hesitation that the 10 Cane takes this drink to another level!

The quality of the liquor definitely makes or breaks a mixed drink.....unless your primary goal is just to get smashed!
Lacey (Mrs Z) usually makes her mojitos with 10 Cane,
but was using Flor de Cana 7 year old Grand Reserve Rum this weekend

They were even better than the 10 Cane version!

What color were the drinks?I have had complaints when the Mojitos are not crystal clear.( Maybe next time I should say make your own damn drink )

I do not get the hoopla about the 10 Cane, personally I am not a fan of it.
not crystal clear? you make impure mojitos? how dare you????
Not only does the Rum "tint" them So does the Maui Gold sugar,
I still like them!Impurities and All!
hey, if they are drinking your rum.. they can stfu

I used to know a guy who got all bent out of shape when I'd use dark rum in my boat drinks. I thought he was going to cry when I made a strawberry daquiri with Meyers. I told him, if you do not like it, go buy your own damn rum. He never said another word.