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$39 for Epices Creole in Massachusetts, US! Thanks for the review!

Great vid, thanks a lot.

if u wanna try a great white rum, try white oak from trinidad and tobago. Great with a splash of cold water or on the rocks

I love Myer's in Hurricanes and in a weekday Jungle Bird

"It's not that sweet"??? Maybe they make different bottles in the UK because this was always one of the sweetest rums to me.

Good evening. thank you for taking the time to compare, found your tasting very interesting. Although I use Appleton signation with Myers rum as topper, I love Clement Rhum for single Rhum Mia Tia. I mix from scratch, Trader Vic's recipe. Always fresh fruits and mint (lucky I live in Florida and grow my own mint). You are right the 8 year old is much more fruity and I am Scotch/Whiskey drinker, the 12 year old and up are much more as you said Toffee oaky taste. Thank you for your review. FYI I also like to use Hamilton 86 and St Johns Gold when I can get them, especially St. John's. are they still in business?

If you just learn to speak clearly you got many more viewers. I dont understand what the fuck you saying

I love Smith and Cross for tiki cocktails. I usually add Hamilton Rum’s as well, they have fantastic imports for all things tiki in the USA. Their worthy park Jamaican golden rum blend is crazy, overripe bananas for days.

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Holy 💩. Enough with the 500 flavors pantone™️! Just say if it’s good! BTW it’s delicious, this bloke loves his spiced rums Glue?! 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️ Sniffing too much my man

I am a whiskey bourbon drinker but lately I have been craving rum so I went out and bought Flor De Cana 7, 12, 18, I still haven't opened any of them yet.

$29 USD in Houston, TX

Just has a look and the 46% real mccoy is now only £39.74 and the 40% is now £39.45

Can’t believe there’s so many 8 fans. I feel like Hamilton blows it out of the water as a sipper and a mixer. Might as well be drinking whiskey because that’s all I taste

What rums (and why) would you recommend for a boozy chocolate cake?

Fruitcake. Just paid $18 for this in SW Ohio. Old favorite and great with Coke.

I feel like Appleton is a really nice rum but it lacks that Jamaican “Hogo” you love so much. I’m lucky that my interest in alcohol and rums coincided with me moving to New York where any bottle I want is available, albeit at a premium. Whereas the 750 is available at $26 at Astor Wines, Warehouse sells the 1L for only $1 more. Given what a great entry it has been for Jamaican rums, I definitely see Appleton having a permanent place on my bar. That said, I might upgrade to the 8 or 12 year if im looking for a bit more “hogo” but even so, it can be cut with smith and cross, which I also like to drink in a daiquiri, or perhaps even with the Coruba, which I have not yet tried.

Hey steve

New to the channel. What about any Foursquare ecs?

Can you stop saying funk that means a bad smell

El Dorado 12 is very easy to distinguish, it has a dry aftertaste, it leaves a dry effect after drinking it. Plantation XO is distinguished by a thicker texture, it is more oily. All 3 are excellent rums. My favorite is Dictador 20, then Plantation XO, this from the price range up to 50 euros. For Cuba Libre I prefer For de Cana 7. Good luck!

to spell terroir just do this : ter like in terronova and oir like in wanna do it

Overpriced but a good rum

Austria, 38 Euros - love it!

Hi Steve, not long subscribed to your channel as wanting to dip my toes into the fascinating world of rum and enjoying the content your providing for this! Do you still have your discord channel? Can’t seem to find the link for it

Its a proper funky tasting one i love it.

My go to. $37 at my local stores.

I prefer the FDC 12, the 7 is good for cocktails.

Hey Steve, you struck a nerve with me on this one and I couldn't let it go for a while... Well, I had like 4oz of Doorly's 12 left in a bottle and decided to make a daiquiri with it to lay it rest. 1oz lime, .5 oz simple, 1.5oz Doorly's, clear pour. My impressions (which could be clouded with your influence on me!) - while drinkable and not bad, the rum overpowers the lime. I would have to say that I may use this rum elsewhere, but not in a daiquiri. I have another unopened bottle, it is perfectly drinkable on its own as a cognac, and I may use it in other cocktails. I can get on sale for about $28.

I bought a 1litre of 12yr old at duty free for $6400 Guyanese dollars around £24 pounds

FDC18 is $50 in LA, personally prefer FDC12

Just discovered Bacoo and made killer Mojitos a few weekends back. What is your opinion about it?

RL Seals 10 year is $27.99 all day long in Texas where the Plantation is around $59.99. RL Seals is the best bang for your dollar at this time between the two!

So the double retort holds wash, vinegar and heads in the main tank, early tails in the first retort, and late tails in the second retort. Making good rum from molasses is HARD!

Tip from a French speaker: As long as you visibly make an effort, your charming enthusiasm will way outweigh any judgment we would have about your accent. Love your channel.

Damn! Just ordered the 12 year old on Amazon for 37€.

I’m betting these days you would probably recommend a St Lucian rum over these?

Just paid $21.99 in California

I ordered a bottle directly after watching this video. That, and a Selección de Maestros. I'm really a whisky sipper but thought it would be nice to have a summery alternative not too complicated for a beginner.

Mixing with Mount Gay XO is a hard call for me on price ($90-100 CAD). I reserve it for sipping (maybe a Corn n' Oil or Rum Fashioned wouldn't feel as wasteful idk). I use the Eclipse for highballs and punches. I think it works really well for those and it's super affordable at $33 CAD (under £20). Then there's the double cask, the Black Barrel, at $60-70 CAD. That's a harder one to mix with at that price, but maybe it's cheaper for you. That's the one you can sip neat much more easily than the Eclipse, standouts in cocktails better like the XO. It is more barrel forward, more oak and none of the cognac of the XO, but that's both a matter of preference and question of whether or not that will show thru in a cocktail. In any case, while you might be looking for one bottle (maybe the Black Barrel is that), the core range exported from Mount Gay is less than $200 CAD (£110) to stock three bottles that each bring something different to a drink or for sipping. If they exported the unaged Silver, I'd say you could probably get away with just having those 4 bottles in your bar and you'd be set! 😂 Edit: I know in more recent videos, you've said your palette has really dried out. I would be curious to see you compare Planation XO and Mount Gay XO again given how much sweeter that Planation/Planteray is.

Very engaged review. And exactly the puzzle I am trying to solve: which Jamaican rum to bring with me on Holiday for a great Mai Tai. I already have a bottle of Clement Canne Bleue. I will go for the Worthy Park 109. But am afraid to miss out on the SC banana funk I so much love.

Myers and o.j. the go to drink. Not sweet and the o.j. cuts the sweetness even more. Why would anyone go looking for bananas in a sugarcane drink? If you want banana put one in and make a cocktail. Just saying.

Rums and Cigars from Cuba are so good that even the cheap ones are better than some expensive foreign brands. The Communist Gov prioritize the quality of this business and they pay well their engineers if not they will leave the country; I have bought this Santiago de Cuba Rum and is superb! My respect to you Sr, great review!

just bought the black tot master reserve 2023, cant wait to taste it!

You left out Siboney 1920 and Red Label

Is the 'Finest St Lucia Rum' (with a mostly white label) the updated version of the 'Original'?

I started out on the Original and really liked it. When I tried the legacy I enjoyed it so much that I have found it hard to drink the original now for some reason. The taste seems different now when trying the original. Maybe my tastes have changed since trying new rums but I definitely would buy the legacy with no hesitation

I absolutely love the Doorly’s 12. It sips like a really smooth bourbon. I love Foursquare, so I need to try Real Mccoy as well. I am down to try ANY brand from Foursquare. Cant go wrong with any brand from them. 🥃

U.S. here... MGXO is $70 where I'm at. But my town is a desert for rum, paid $45 for Appleton 8-year yesterday

Hey Steve. This was my first rum purchase in the US for $20! I came in to Total Wine & More to get Appleton Estate Signature. They were doing tastings and I got to try this and it was on sale. So I saved a few bucks and I’m happy!