Rum Ruminations

Next Wednesday's rum tasting...

@YakLord What are the details for the two Valinch & Mallet bottles?

@YakLord Please report back on the results of your rum tasting.

@fiddich1980 Saint Catherine 14yr Cask Strength Single Cask (Jamaica, so also Worthy Park), and Diamond 17yr Column Still Cask Strength Single Cask (Guyana, so also Demerara Distillers Ltd.)

@YakLord a really solid and varied line-up.

@MRick Will do!

@cricklewood It certainly was! Interesting as it was primarily whisky drinkers with little exposure to rum. The Barbancourt was definitely the lightest of the rums, and a good one to start with. It's just under $50 CAD, and had people wondering why they'd been drinking other rums, and things improved from there.

The Foursquare Premise was complex, but still enjoyable. Of the two Worthy Park rums, the V&M was the better of the two, but the Single Estate Reserve was still quite good. The two DDL rums were both fantastic, but hard to do a direct comparison because they came off of different stills.

@YakLord Thanks for the comment. I saw $50 CAD and though "Does the LCBO carry that? I wonder where he got it"? A quick LCBO rum search didn't turn up any Barbancourt or Worthy Park...BUT a name search did show those rums. I ordered one of each.

@OdysseusUnbound Their site is so broken when it come to searches...

The SAQ has the full Barbancourt lineup ( minus the 15 year-old), and the 8 year-old is slightly cheaper in Quebec, but not much.

Black Tot Rum a blend of Carribean rums. The disclosure of the blend components can be found a their website. It is a blend where each component contributes to the overall quality of the experience.

El Presidente...

• 2oz El Dorado 12 year-old

• 1oz Cointreau

• 1oz Lillet Blanc

• 1tsp Grenadine

• a dash each Orange Bitters and Angostura Bitters

• garnish with a Blood Orange Twist and a Cocktail Cherry

Two excellent blended rums:

The 50th is a very well executed Caribbean blend.

The 2021 is a flavour trip in both flavour profile and textual mouth feel.

Daiquiri with Welsh White Rum and Violet Syrup...

The white rum is from this taster pack from Anglesey Rum Co.

Florida Daiquiri (a slightly sweeter version of the Hemingway)...