Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

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I picked this up at the ABC store. Never seen it before. It's priced like Bacardi or other popular brands but tastes like premium.

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Rum is mainly a summer drink for me. Over the years I have become somewhat of a rum connoisseur. Mostly it's a mixer for tropical style drinks but with a really good, aged rum I will sometimes drink it neat. Melting ice and being cold dilutes the flavor.

For the non-rum drinkers here... There's a difference between rums other than white, amber, dark, and spiced. It also matters where they are from. Most Caribbean-made rums have subtle differences in taste depending on where they were made. Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Trinidad, Barbados, etc.
 
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Bongo Lewi said:
I picked this up at the ABC store. Never seen it before. It's priced like Bacardi or other popular brands but tastes like premium.

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Rum is mainly a summer drink for me. Over the years I have become somewhat of a rum connoisseur. Mostly it's a mixer for tropical style drinks but with a really good, aged rum I will sometimes drink it neat. Melting ice and being cold dilutes the flavor.

For the non-rum drinkers here... There's a difference between rums other than white, amber, dark, and spiced. It also matters where they are from. Most Caribbean-made rums have subtle differences in taste depending on where they were made. Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Trinidad, Barbados, etc.
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Years ago when in the Philippines visiting my inlaws I bought a bottle of Tanduay rum at the local market. I heard that this was a good brand according to the travel magazines on the plane. Let me tell you that it was the worst swill I ever tasted, it was the MadDog20 20 of rums. Maybe it was bootleg with a Tanduay label, I don’t know. There’s a lot of knock off stuff in that part of the world. I did miss a chance on a Rolex for $50 in Macau, though I might have gotten it cheaper if I haggled, that’s common over there. BTW the Phils do have a good beer there, San Miguel (San Magoo) was my favorite.
 
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Years ago when in the Philippines visiting my inlaws I bought a bottle of Tanduay rum at the local market. I heard that this was a good brand according to the travel magazines on the plane. Let me tell you that it was the worst swill I ever tasted, it was the MadDog20 20 of rums. Maybe it was bootleg with a Tanduay label, I don’t know. There’s a lot of knock off stuff in that part of the world. I did miss a chance on a Rolex for $50 in Macau, though I might have gotten it cheaper if I haggled, that’s common over there. BTW the Phils do have a good beer there, San Miguel (San Magoo) was my favorite.
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The fakes are bad and more common than people think. Some American tourists died not long ago after drinking some bootleg booze that was in a top shelf brand bottle. A resort in the Dominican Republic.

I received some sage advice from experienced peers when I was traveling to places where Americans are not always welcome. Don't eat or drink anything that doesn't smell right. Or if you take a bite and taste something weird, spit it out and push it away. Better to be hungry or thirsty than dead.

Avoid mixed drinks
Drink spirits neat
Smell everything
Look for any sort of sediment, cloudiness or foreign matter
Buy the bottle when drinking wine, check the label and have it opened your table
 
Bongo Lewi said:
The fakes are bad and more common than people think. Some American tourists died not long ago after drinking some bootleg booze that was in a top shelf brand bottle. A resort in the Dominican Republic.

I received some sage advice from experienced peers when I was traveling to places where Americans are not always welcome. Don't eat or drink anything that doesn't smell right. Or if you take a bite and taste something weird, spit it out and push it away. Better to be hungry or thirsty than dead.

Avoid mixed drinks
Drink spirits neat
Smell everything
Look for any sort of sediment, cloudiness or foreign matter
Buy the bottle when drinking wine, check the label and have it opened your table
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I stayed away from spirits after that and stuck to San Miguel.
 
I am reminded of the security cam that captured a bartender covertly dipping his crank into a drink he made for a girl at the bar. Besides being completely weird, it's disgusting. I looked for the vid on YouTube but couldn't find it. I believe the story was he was hitting on her and she wasn't interested.

If he did that to my wife or GF, they would afterwards find him at the bottom of the stairs with a broken neck. An unfortunate accident.
 
From the source. Waiting for a worthy hurricane to crack the seal. No English on the label. There is an offer to go to their website and get to know the comrades that made it. If my shitty Spanish translation is correct.
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Venezuela used to make a great (dark) rum called "Cacique."

Funny though... a Puerto Rican rum called "Havana Club!"
 
I also like Brazilian rum. Cachaca.

I have Brazilian friends who introduced me to the caipirinha. Delicious! Similar to a mojito.

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The web site on the bottle doesn't go anywhere and nothing on a commie friendly google search. I guess the internet is too free for our Cuban friends.
 
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