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Afternoon Golfer wrote:I believe Pusser's, "The Single Malt of Rum" is produced on Tortola.

yummm, pussers yup, had a few painkillers in Totola, brings back some memories, that I can't remember

If you go to Tortola, check out the Callwood Distillery in Cane Garden Bay. Its over 200 years old.

ahhhhhh



I want to go back to the island,
Where the shrimp boats tie up to the pilin'.
Give me oysters and beer for dinner ev'ry day of the year,
And I'll feel fine, I'll feel fine.

docandjeanie wrote:

karat wrote:

docandjeanie wrote:Malibu is a good one in Barbadoes. We had some great lime rum there, and it is only sold there, if you go, get me some and ship to me, no kidding. I can send you $$ thru paypal just let me know, if you get there.

Jeanie

I thought they stopped making the lime rum... I bought one bottle (silly me) about 6 years ago... Inquired about it and they only made it for Barbados and France! Then they stopped.

When was the last time you had it or saw it Jeanie. That is the SMOOTHEST rum I have ever tasted!!!

Hey Karat, how's the job search going?

Well, they may have stopped , my last time in Barbadoes was 2003, so it could be gone, we haven't done that cruise in a while. I remember buying one bottle, very stupid of us, we should have shipped a case back home, had it in the airport as a sample, loved it so we picked up a bottle, drank it as soon as we got home, everyone loved it. I have picked up a lime rum from PR, but not nearly as good as the Malibu lime....

If anyone goes to Barbadoes, let us know....

Thanks, Jeanie

fyi- a little birdie told me that Brinley Gold will be coming out with a lime rum soon.... and if you've had their other rums, you'd know this is awesome news for lime rum.

-a

MobileTikiBar wrote:

docandjeanie wrote:

karat wrote:

docandjeanie wrote:Malibu is a good one in Barbadoes. We had some great lime rum there, and it is only sold there, if you go, get me some and ship to me, no kidding. I can send you $$ thru paypal just let me know, if you get there.

Jeanie

I thought they stopped making the lime rum... I bought one bottle (silly me) about 6 years ago... Inquired about it and they only made it for Barbados and France! Then they stopped.

When was the last time you had it or saw it Jeanie. That is the SMOOTHEST rum I have ever tasted!!!

Hey Karat, how's the job search going?

Well, they may have stopped , my last time in Barbadoes was 2003, so it could be gone, we haven't done that cruise in a while. I remember buying one bottle, very stupid of us, we should have shipped a case back home, had it in the airport as a sample, loved it so we picked up a bottle, drank it as soon as we got home, everyone loved it. I have picked up a lime rum from PR, but not nearly as good as the Malibu lime....

If anyone goes to Barbadoes, let us know....

Thanks, Jeanie

fyi- a little birdie told me that Brinley Gold will be coming out with a lime rum soon.... and if you've had their other rums, you'd know this is awesome news for lime rum.

-a

Cool, I think I had a mango rum in the islands by Brinley Gold, that was pretty good as well. I really want some Lime Rum, hope your little birdie is reliable.... That PR one wasn't very good at all. If you like rum, try this Caribbean Martini; equal parts of Malibu coconut rum, pineapple rum, black rum and sour mix, shake over over serve chilled.... very yummy...

ContinentalDrifterIII wrote:If you go to Tortola, check out the Callwood Distillery in Cane Garden Bay. Its over 200 years old.

Me, outside the Callwood Distillery in January, standing in front of the sugar cane. It would be cool to be there in March,
when they're actually crushing the cane and making the rum. It was dormant when we were there. The place looks prehistoric.

my Jimmy is currently on Trinidad, and he says the Royal Oak there is as good as the Mount Gay Extra Old on B'dos or the Doorly's on B'dos. There is an article in this month's Caribbean Travel & Life on boutique rums on some of the French islands, I think maybe Martinique, which is of course currently being hammered by Hurrican Dean. Malibu also makes a mango flavored rum, and I don't know where you are, but here in California you can buy it. We used to occasionally buy the lime when we lived in B'dos, but we never did like the coconut.
We have been to Bequia, Mayreau, BVI, USVI, St. Vincent, Bonaire, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago Keys, Jost, PR, and Isla Margarita VZ, as well as of course living on B'dos. What were you wanting to know about each? I believe that Air Jamaica, or Caribbean Air still sell a sort of island hopper air ticket that is good for as often as you want to go for a 21 day period. You might look into that.
Cruising is nice, but if you find something you like, you can't stay or change as you gotta go back to the boat.

Soooo much good info. the moorings site, very cool. the air passes, very cool. now i just have to take the time to try and plan an itinerary to see what the best value is.

The big places for me would be: brinley, mount gay, pyrat, appleton, vizcaya.... oh so many!

^^^^^^^^^^ power to our Phfriends in the Caribbean, Dean is on the way, hope they are all okay.

Jeanie

Oh, one last thing... on Barbados, sometimes, Island Safari, the guys who take you all over the island on a jeep -- and it is such a good time, you see the whole island, drinks and a great lunch, too... anyway, sometimes, instead of Island Tours, they do what they call a Rum Shop tour, where the jeep does the island but stops at about 4 classic rum shops, and they have special food and you meet the rum shop owners... well on an island with 1000 rum shops (after all Mt. Gay is patented to 1703, and B'dos IS "de land where de rum come from"), well, we only got to do this once during the time we lived there, but if you are going down, go to the Island Safari website and see if the Rum Shop tours are available. You sound like just the person to appreciate it!

Cool pix Bubba Phan! I want to go back to de Islands.....
I think you bought the same bottles as me, cane rum and spice rum!

MobileTikiBar wrote:Soooo much good info. the moorings site, very cool. the air passes, very cool. now i just have to take the time to try and plan an itinerary to see what the best value is.

The big places for me would be: brinley, mount gay, pyrat, appleton, vizcaya.... oh so many!

Sound great, so much rum and so little time. I have used Moorings before and we had a great time.

The bananas were destroyed and some damage, but looks like the Windward islan's didn't get hit as hard as the bigger places up north are going to be -- Re the Moorings charters, IF you are at Soper's Hole (home of one of the Moorings sites) and you haven't time for a long trip on a boat, but want a day of sailing to Jost and the cays and White Bay (Sandcastle and painkiller land) consider a day sail on the lovely cat 'Kuralu', which doesn't take cruise ship people but does, guaranteed, give you a wonderful day in the VI-- you DO have to swim ashore with your money in your suit to buy a drink or two at the bar at the Sandcastle, but hey, no 'pain' without some gain, n'est pas? and Robin has a website. As the Pusser's folk say... "to the wind that blows, and the ship that goes, and the lass that loves a sailor!"

Advice? Yes! Whatever you do . . . DO NOT TAKE CRUISE SHIPS!!!!!!!!!

take puddle jumpers and take your time. Many islands are so close that you can sail on your own . . . just rent.

Cruise ships are horrible and you are on some one else's schedule. They are loud. They are eye sores. They are boring. They should be outlawed.

further advice . . . stick to the Lesser Antilles if you are a rookie. Safe waters and mostly safe towns on mostly safe islands . . . if you have lots of money and time go to Bequia.

pojo wrote:Cruzan Rum is another alcohol to pick up.

blah . . . that would be like going to Key West to drinkLandshark or Margaritaville Tequilla . . . Cruzan is not very good . . .

Bielle Rhum Vieux Hors' d Ase . . . St Barths . . . Best ever . . . seriously . . . go to St. Barth's just to try it. Not too expensive either . . . bout 55 American a bottle down there.

Cruzan...Well, it is better than Bacardi, but then that is not saying much...

Bequia, yes! go see the turtles at the reserve... stay at the Frangipani or Friendship Bay... sigh! Love Bequia... favorite little 'town' island there is!

Know there is Moorings at Antigua and Soper's, where is there south? Trinidad? there certainly isn't in the Grenadines, altho' they are great to sail... maybe Tobago? Does anyone know? Some yacht place anyway.

bubba phan wrote:

ContinentalDrifterIII wrote:If you go to Tortola, check out the Callwood Distillery in Cane Garden Bay. Its over 200 years old.

Me, outside the Callwood Distillery in January, standing in front of the sugar cane. It would be cool to be there in March,
when they're actually crushing the cane and making the rum. It was dormant when we were there. The place looks prehistoric.

do they give tours? For some reason, I didn't think you could get that close.

There is no OSHA in the Caribbean. Adults are expected not to get themselves hurt... on the other hand, don't expect to sue if you do do something dumb.

We actually had a private tour (with my sis and her hubby who were visiting us at the time) of the actual Mt. Gay distillery up in the cane fields of St. Lucy up in northern Barbados. You could go at 2 pm and one of the supervisors would walk you around and you could be right up close to everything. Didn't cost anything, but we tipped him. Obviously you have to rent or have a car and drive up there, or hire a cab driver to take you.

This is not the same as the "tour" of the bottling and shipping facilities for Mt. Gay down at Brandon's near the port. There they have a shop, a bar, tables, tasting, and an abbreviated tour of the warehouses, bottling, etc.

If you have ever toured the lovely little Maker's Mark distillery in Kentucky, particularly in the spring when the flowering trees are in bloom, you will discover you can 'go right up close' there. You can even 'dip' your own small purchased bottle of Maker's in the wax and sign it. But, you can't drink at the distillery or buy any for consumption. Their shop is limited to t shirts, glasses, etc. Maker's is in a DRY county!! You have to drive back up to Catholic Bardstown, which is also the location of the pretty "My Old Kentucky Home" [which was the home of a Union officer at the time of the Civil War, whose cousin happened to be the Pittsburgh composer Stephen Foster], to actually buy any Maker's for consumption!

We just went to Jamaica in March and are going to Aruba in October. Been to Aruba twice before and Antigua once. We always fly, don't like cruise ships. Have done mostly all inclusives, and really like them. Not much better than unlimited top shelf!!