Some people HATE this rum. They're wrong.

[@ultimatemaitai]

Derek putting all cocktail channels to shame. Great pick from Arminder.

[@justinrodriguez234]

The intro is basically the effects Rum Fire has on your brain ☺️😵‍💫🍻

[@jcloiseau]

Man that production value is getting insane. Looks like an intro out of mkbhd!

[@makeanddrink]

Would love to borrow Marques' $250K camera robot for just a few hours.

[@JeffreyPisarek]

The collaboration we all need but don’t deserve. You guys both are the absolute best in this space. ❤

[@bdwilcox]

They should consult with Robyn Smith, PhD from This Blog's Neat for the technical stuff. She's a chemist who specializes in distillation and spirits. I believe she's also in California but not sure if Northern or Southern Callie.

[@user-cd4ud8oy2j]

Always impressed by how high quality these videos are

[@makeanddrink]

Thank you!

[@WhoKnowsNose]

Holy shite! 3 oz of rum fire!😂
I'll be trying this very soon.

[@skwebs]

Guys please keep this collaboration content coming, awesome stuff

[@BenthenameScott]

Added this one to my lists after Arminder's short/TikTok on it months ago. You two together are magic

[@barstoolbanter7212]

Don't have any Rum Fire yet but I did just get a bottle of Wray and Nephew overproof for Christmas and have been looking for more recipes to make with it. This is going on the list for sure even though that 3 oz pour does seem a little steep. Only one way to find out I guess.

[@PatrickJaszewski]

Just made one tonight. This is no joke delicious - my first experience with Rum Fire, but I see what the hype is all about. And of course, beautiful work in the video ad well. Great collab and awesome production!

[@makeanddrink]

🔥 🔥 🔥

[@user-zm3zx5hd3h]

I rewatched this and made, and drank three rum-fire walkers. Then,I decided to try one with a Aperol rather than Campari. Wow, it was really good as well.

[@afinecupofcoffee8476]

Rum Fire is probably a top 5 rum for me. It's just so good. I really love it in a Kingston Negroni as well. I've never heard of this drink so I'm excited to make it soon. Give me the funk. Gotta have that funk.

[@roundup1253]

Rum fire is the best I ever used for Tikki drinks. It’s great, I add it to many rum based drinks and it never disappoints. I don’t know if my nose is a little off but I smell so much ripe banana flavor when I smell on the bottle. For me it’s close to banana liquor like Tempus fugit.

[@roundup1253]

I now made this drink and true, it’s marvelous. IMHO 9 cl Rumfire is clearly too much. I took 6 cl Rumfire and 3 cl Plantation 3 Stars and still Rumfire cuts easily through. It’s the finest arome of an Jamaican Rum I can imagine. I smell only ripe bananas and caramel so it’s a very satisfying mouth feel but I think you can spare half of the Rum Fire amount and still have a super aroma cocktail and it’s a little easier to approach for most people… congrats what a nice drink

[@loriaram]

Visuals are next level. I love this channel. Thank you Derek!

[@makeanddrink]

I appreciate that! Thank you

[@ViewerofContent]

Came back to this video a few days ago and was inspired to order a Fire-walker at my local tiki bar. Bartenders looked at me like I was crazy and one told me a personal bad experience, but I ended up loving it. Maybe finished the drink a bit too quick.

[@sw1sha442]

Suggest an episode comparing overproof unaged Jamaicans. Rum Fire vs Wray vs ?

[@Xune666]

Rum-Bar Overproof!

[@makeanddrink]

We did discuss that. Might wait until the Worthy Park overproof is released… hopefully very soon!

[@ennuigamer]

I've seen comments of either Rum Fire or Rum Bar Overproof being the best white overproof Jamaican rum but neither one is clearly seen as better than the other -- it's always one is preferred over the other by a hair. Rum Bar is made by Worthy Park Estate, so I guess it boils down to if you like Hampden or W.P. more? I've also seen a consensus that Wray & Nephew is the "entry level" overproof rum due to its lower ester count. I say: get all three and try them out!

[@afinecupofcoffee8476]

I've never had Rum Bar. I used to get W&N but when I saw Rum Fire for the first time I asked the liquor store employee about it and he said "Think W&N but the wild funky cousin of W&N" and I was like "wtf I thought W&N WAS funky". The rest is history. I only get W&N now if I can't get Rum Fire.

[@satellitescreenprintinginc3404]

They just keep getting better 🎉

[@user-ly2tu8on3f]

I found Rum Fire in San Francisco!!! LETS GOOOOOO!

[@Supersamazing]

I made that drink with Wray & Nephews Overproof because I can't get Rum Fire, and boy it is tasty, but dangerous!!
Absolutely beautiful and super interesting video, as usual. Happy new year!

[@TheDukeOfReuben]

Nice....I was just about to post the question to see if Wray & nephew is a comparable substitute. Thanks!

[@markmcvicar2654]

Love both these channels. Cheers Derek and Arminder!🎉🎉

[@therustybartender]

That intro makes me question my channel lol That was absolute fire , amazing man.

[@rolfremie9634]

So I'm a rum noob. I did the rum noob thing and bought a bottle of rum fire. I can't even... but then! I made a fire walker. O.M.G! So delicious. But watch out! 63% is no joke hahah!

[@Ganimal81]

This cocktail got soo much better once I was half way through and talking to unicorns riding midget 😂😂😂 so good thanks guys

[@scotty_tiki-ohana]

Such a great cocktail! I made one the other day.

[@whyattn]

Where's my Derek and Arminder buddy cop show? NBC please.

[@therumrevival]

lol - I'd watch that!

[@therumrevival]

6:11

[@stevenvanderville2589]

That's a great shot! So intense. Like something very serious is afoot.

[@TheBowerbird]

This is such an awesome and interesting video! Thanks for what you do!

[@happycamper2220]

Thank you. Is this for one cocktail or two? The Rum Firewalker makes a Zombie look very tame...

[@JasonBunting]

Finally got some Run Fire and made cinnamon syrup, and this cocktail is just _too_ much for me. @therumrevival is an animal, and props to him for enjoying such intense flavor - I'm going to need years to work into liking the chemical tastes of some of these "high-ester" rums, they're wild. I thought Smith & Cross was intense, but it's got nothing on Rum Fire. Maybe I'll try making a variation with other rums for 2 of the ounces...

[@tylergrutbo766]

I’ll be honest I had to lengthen this cocktail with seltzer 😅

[@MrHavy09]

Nice! Luckily I can get some Rum Fire here in the East Bay. I’d personal swap in Aperol but looks like a cool recipe

[@makeanddrink]

The extra bitterness from Campari helps tame the Rum Fire.

[@ScottCrozierDuh]

3 oz of rum fire y’all crazy for this one. I struggled with this one.

[@makeanddrink]

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

[@roundup1253]

You guys re crazy, 3 oz overproof rum? Ok I try😂 you can try „Select“ instead of Campari. This Venetian bitter is a little easier, little less bitter than Campari.

[@Succumbed2Rum]

Love the collab with Arminder! His channel is great.

[@bigfiretogetherforever5047]

Mmmmmm...good video. Hey could you make a video or post on the community a list of your favorite drinks you made in 2024...? That would be cool. And rank them of course.

[@stephane.foisy.186]

Love these but I can only get rumbar

[@user-ly2tu8on3f]

“Fire, rum with me”

[@kellen1618]

Do you have a specific recipe that you use for the cinnamon syrup?

[@DuyNguyen-mh7ld]

Unfortunately can’t find this around me in Southern California.

[@stevenvanderville2589]

Excellent video. Bonus points for the trippy intro.
So a distillate or mark is a basic rum recipe prior to aging and blending. And Hampden takes its distillate code named HLCF, doesn't age or blend it, and markets it, unaltered, as Rum Fire. Is that right? Is that a common thing for distillers to do?

[@makeanddrink]

Marks or Marques are specific distillates that are registered with the Jamaica Spirit Pool. Those marks are given names by the distilleries and often named after someone or have a historical context, they also have an ester range. Rum Fire happens to be the HLCF mark and is not blended with any other marks. While the Spirit Pool and registering of marks is uniquely Jamaican (I believe) other distilleries have similar processes in other countries. If you look around the Cocktail Wonk website you'll find loads of very interesting info about marks and Jamaican distilleries.
The most famous of the marks is probably Plummer and Wedderburn as those are not only used in Smith & Cross but they are printed on the front label.

[@stevenvanderville2589]

​@@makeanddrink Fascinating. I was just reading CW's Minimalist Tiki book this morning, actually. It's stuff like this that makes you realize how deep the rabbit hole goes. Thanks for giving us a peek.

[@mmeiselph7234]

Never seen Rum Fire in person.

[@tikichateau2355]

I made this after watching your show and it does not balance out. Suggest only 2 oz rum fire

[@miksologia]

@therumrevival
How much different will this taste with Rum-Bar White Overproof?

[@devendralatchman5724]

I saw 3oz of Rum Fire and thought 'my dude, are you ok?', 'cause I have that stuff in my bar, then I saw it was for a double and realized 'oh, ya'll just border-line'

[@makeanddrink]

We didn't split that. 3 oz of Rum Fire + 1 oz Campari for each drink.

[@devendralatchman5724]

@@makeanddrink then I wish you, and everyone else at your AA meeting a happy new year!🎉😆

[@ProtoAdamification]

Music creds?

[@blaxwax]

I agree, yes please.

[@MrJhchrist]

Is the recipe for one drink or both? 3 oz of rum fire at 63% seems like a LOT for one drink. With the Campari that's 3.55 standard US drinks.

[@makeanddrink]

3 oz Rum Fire per cocktail

[@theelk801]

man they need to redesign those bottles, they’re so tacky looking

[@kimurafrank]

I love your videos, but i dont get the point in this recipe where this comes anywhere near to "balanced".. 3 full oz of rum fire. I couldnt drink it.. neither could my gf. Zombies arent too strong for us.. but this one 🔥🔥 holy moly. I had to pass on this one.

[@makeanddrink]

Did you try it?

[@kimurafrank]

yes otherwise I wouldn't complain :))@@makeanddrink. it's the first drink i made with the bottle. I bought the bottle of rum fire, after watching a video of the gentle man in your video. :)
or maybe I just don't like cocktails that use white overproof rum as the main spirit of the cocktail. however I do like the plantation ofdt (like in an ankle breaker tiki drink).

[@chriscaddick8131]

You're right bro.. This drink is nasty.. Both girlfriend and I will NOT make this one again..

[@makeanddrink]

It’s definitely not a cocktail for those that are not fans of white Jamaican overproof. This was the first time I had experienced this drink and I had it as the first cocktail I had for that day and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So I get where someone might not like it, but it’s not a balanced drink. Negronis are not balanced and this has that vibe and many of the cocktails I enjoy are not balanced(Demerara Dry Float for instance).
Hopefully it was at least a memorable experience and who knows, maybe one day it will be your favorite drink.

[@kimurafrank]

i guess not :) but thanks for your reply. keep on doing those great videos. have a great nye.. perfection occasion to have some more delicious cocktails. greets over to the US
@@makeanddrink

[@thesaskatchewankid]

Am I walking into a Rum Fire commercial? Feels like a commercial or a group of advocates for the product I wasn't aware of beforehand.
We saw this on the channel previously and it was weird and took me by surprise. It's a pass for me. >> Next video

[@makeanddrink]

Hopefully the next video you’ll find more appealing 👍

[@chriscaddick8131]

Nasty.. This drink is horrible.. I give you credit for predenting to like it..... Here's a great grog recipe courtesy of Strongwater Bar in Anaheim, Ca... 1.5 Lost Voyage Hamilton Rum, 1/2 oz of Rum Fire, 1/2 oz lime, 1/2 oz grapefruit juice, 1/2 oz demerara syrup, 1/4 oz honey syrup, 1/4 oz St, Elizabeth Allspice Dram.. Flash blend and open pour... Your drink almost tastes like a 151 mojitio but more nasty.. Your videos are great to watch but this drink isn't.. lol

[@makeanddrink]

I think the Rum Firewalker is great, but not for everyone.

[@SpaceWolfPainter]

Rum Fire is nasty and shouldn't be used in cocktails.

[@WhoKnowsNose]

I didn't know it was opposite day!

[@erickhines4121]

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