How many different rums in your home bar?

Down to these last few... Cubans from Tokyo.

Appleton Extra 12yr
Bacardi Select
Hana Bay Gold
Havana Club 3yr
Havana Club Cuban Barrel Proof
Lemonhart 40%
Matusalem Gran Reserva 15yr
Rhum Tahitian Brun
St Elmo
Trader Vics Dark

Havana Club 3 is my fav white rum, AppletonX & Matusalem15 are my fav drinking rums, the Barrel Proof is best sipping rum, Trader Vics Dark I like much better than Myers', the Tahitian is pretty unique (fruitcake-like), St. Elmo is only for cooking rum cakes, Bacardi Select is the worst--I'll probably have this bottle forever, Hana Bay reminds me of Hawaii and the Lemonhart is my new everyday rum.

On 2009-11-25 09:36, Swanky wrote:

On 2009-11-24 20:33, bigtikidude wrote:

On 2009-11-24 11:31, Swanky wrote:
Some 20 YO Mexican Rum in a cool bottle

That's probably Macambo.
its it a plant, meshy type material?
Jeff(btd)

Correct. Got it for the bottle on vacation. Now I am tempted to open it. A 20 YO Rum intrigues me.

oh you most surely should try it.
I too bought it originally for the Bottle,
and I needed a dark rum.

I found/read on the tag that is made the Mexican way of making rum.
not the Cuban way. I don't know the difference.
but I like it.
its dark, and tastes great.
but its not overly sweet or molasasy , kinda dry for a dark.
IMO.

drink up.
Jeff(btd)

Wood's is fantastic... ask any Royal Navy veteran what they drink and that is probably the brand they come up with.

I never heard of Woods, sounds interesting... any place to get this in San Francisco?

I've never seen it in the States. I used to get mine at the duty free whenever I stopped over at London Heathrow. But lately they have not stocked it there. :(

Sounds a lot like Lemon Hart, both British Navy Demeraras, but Woods is strong at 57%. Any taste comparisons?

It looks and tastes darker, more molasses-like. I like sipping it with one cube of ice, to take the edge off. None of that sissy sweet or dry stuff. Rummy tasting rum. Yum.

But Lemon Hart is equally good, just a little different, more "golden". I would be hard pressed to favor one for the other. I would drink both. :D

On 2009-11-24 20:33, bigbrotiki wrote:
Pikey's, how is that Wood's Old Navy Demarara regarded in England? Do folks appreciate it, or is it seen as old style gut rot? I love that stuff.

A bit of both really...

It's the only Export strength Rum that is sold as a common 'main-line' spirit in England.

As said, it's definately the choice of Old Sailors...

An 'Old School' tipple would be equal measures of Woods and Peppermint Cordial, known as a Rum and Pep.

Kinda strayed of into the Wood's. Well I started this thread and have not yet put my own selection on until now. It was allot better awhile ago but as work slowed down the rum went down as well. Still some good in there and some not so good but it works.

i see Brugal & Mount Cay a lot but never tried... how are they?

The patio bar is gone. Here is what is in the indoor lounge now.

Appleton Extra
Appleton Reserve
Angastura 1824
Barbencourt 15 yr.
Bacardi Cocnut
Ballast Point Three Sheets white ( meh, not worth it)
Cruzan Estate Diamond Rum
Cruzan Black Strap (old bottle)
Classic Rum Demerara 10yr Port Morant
Don Q gold
Gosling Black Seal 151
Kraken
Lemon Hart 80 (old bottle)
Lemon Hart 151 (old bottle)
Mt Gay Eclipse silver
Meyers' Dark
Porfidio Single cane Anejo
Pyrat
Pyrat Pistol
Pyrat Superior Blanco
Pusser's 95.5 proof (old label)
Rhum Clement VSOP
Rhum Creole Shrubb
Ron Zacapa
Santa Teresa 1796
Stroh 80
Tommy B white
Voodoo Spiced rum
Wray & Nephew Over Proof
Zaya
10 Cane

Got Greyhounds? Viva Kate!

[ Edited by: Mr. NoNaMe 2011-06-20 09:03 ]

I am definitely an underachiever when it comes to drinking; my meager supply is a bottle of Cruzan 2 yo, half a bottle of Kraken, and a bottle of Bacardi 151 that I bought to light my tiki torch mug. Perhaps I can serve as a bad example :lol:

Mad Dog- how's the inventory coming along?

Appleton Estate Reserve
Bacardi 151
Bacardi 8
Bacardi Dragon Berry
Bacardi Gold
Coruba Dark
Cruzan Aged Light Rum
Cruzan Black Strap
El Dorado 5
El Dorado 12
Kraken Black Spiced Rum
Koloa Coconut
Koloa Dark
Lemon Hart 151
Myers's Platinum White
Pyrat XO Reserve
Rhum Clement VSOP
Seven Tiki Spiced Rum
Smith & Cross

Appleton Estate 21-year-old
Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum [leftover from Christmas eggnogs]
Cruzan Black Strap
El Dorado 12
Lemon Hart 151
Saint James Royal Ambre
Tanduay 1854
Tanduay ESQ
Wray & Nephew Overproof

unfortunately, the good bottles have but a bit left, the bad ones are nearly chock full...

On 2014-05-12 19:56, thePorpoise wrote:
Unfortunately, the good bottles have but a bit left, the bad ones are nearly chock full...

Yeah that happens to me sometimes, I have a few duds that have lasted for ever & have even combined some because I cared very little about them (see below)

I tend to split my collection between:

English ~ Jamaican
Appleton 12
Appleton 8
Appleton VX
Smith & Cross
Myers

English ~ Demerara
El Dorado 15
El Dorado 12
El Dorado 8
Lemon Hart 151
Pussers Blue Label
Pussers 15

English ~ Other
Goslings 151
Cockspur
Angostura 1919
Jeffersons
Jack Iron

Spanish
Mocambo 20
Bacardi 8
Havana Club Anejo Reserva
Havana Club 3
Brugal Blanco
Bacardi Superior

French
Clement VSOP
Saint James Rhum Vieux
Barbancourt 8 star (5 year)
Trois Rivières Blanc

Other
Sailor Jerrys
Sam Song
Santa Teresa Orange
Malibu
A bottle of miscellaneous dark rum bottle ends combined together (Captain Morgan, Kracken, OVD etc ~ it's actually quite good in Painkillers)

Rums I'm out of but will restock soon:
Ron Zacapa 23
El Dorado 5

Currently:

Appleton V/X
Bacardi Superior
Bacardi Select
Ballast Point Three Sheets
Belize Travellers 1 Barrel
Braddah Kimo's Da Bomb 155
Coruba
Cruzan Black Strap
Cruzan Light
El Dorado 12 Year
Gosling's
Gosling's 151
Havana Club Blanco
Havana Club 3 Anos
Havana Club Anejo Reserve
Havana Club 7 Anos
Lemon Hart 80
Lemon Hart 115 (homemade)
Lemon Hart 151
Matusalem Gran Reserve 15 Year
Mount Gay Black Barrel
Myers's
Plantation Rum Barbados 5 Year
Pusser's Navy
Pyrat XO Reserve
Ron de Jeremy
Ron de Jeremy Spiced
Saint James Royal Ambre
Sea Hag Spiced (homemade)
Trader Vic's Dark
Trader Vic's 151
Whaler's Rare Reserve
Zaya 12 Year

Plus two cachacas
Yprioca Crystal
Yprioca Ouro

"I am Lono!" -- Hunter S. Thompson

[ Edited by: arriano 2014-06-18 08:41 ]

Appleton Special
Appleton V/X
Appleton Extra 12
Bacardi 151
Bacardi Reserva
Clement Rhum Vieux
El Dorado Dark
El Dorado 8 Year
Havana Club 3 Anos
Havana Club Especial
Havana Club 7 Anos
Koko Kanu
Lemon Hart 151
Mount Gay Eclipse
Myers's Original Dark
Wray & Nephew Overproof

Only thing I really miss here in Sweden is a good but cheaper alternative to Appleton Extra 12. Now I have to use the 12 for any drink that calls for Dark Jamaican. Oh, and we don't have any 151 proof rums here either but I've stocked up on those so I'm good for years to come.

Klas, you are fortunate that you seem to be able to freely get Havana Club rums. Here in the US we have to deal with a trade embargo, and Cuban Havana Club products are very hard to come by.

I'm with you Klas, to be able to get an 'everyday' dark Jamaican that is good in almost all situations (like Coruba) in the EU would be good. I regularly switch between Appleton 12 / 8 / VX / Myers depending on the drink - VX or Myers getting the most use, the 8 & 12 being used less.

AceExplorer, the Havana Club rums are good but there really are some equally fine alternatives available.

I forgot that we also have Myers's here but I only use it for drinks that explicitly calls for it. The Appleton V/X isn't really an alternative for dark Jamaican in my book but more of a gold rum. I find it really ridiculous that our government monopoly liquor stores offers a selection of 260 different rums but only have two dark Jamaican's in the lower price class (Captain Morgan and Myers's).

[ Edited by: Klas 2014-05-20 05:16 ]

On 2014-05-12 19:56, thePorpoise wrote:

Wray & Nephew Overproof

been lookin for this stuff but no place ive been to sells it

[ Edited by: Jay4 2014-05-15 19:03 ]

Wow, I thought I had a lot till I read some of the ones on here...

my current collection:

Mount Gay Eclipse
Mount Gay Special reserve
Appleton VX
Appleton 21 year (well I had some…)
Cruzan Aged white (excellent well IMHO)
Cruzan Aged Dark (really more of a gold I think)
Myers Dark
Myers Platinum (bought it to see if there was anything I could use if for, there isn’t)
Pussars Navy
Bacardi Special reserve
Bacardi 151
Bacardi Silver (left over from before I was clued in to Cruzan, I think it must be 3 years old…)
Lemon Hart 151
Sailor Jerry
Kraken

Being in the San Francisco area I have pretty good access to a lot of good rums, though if anyone knows where I might pick up some Lemon Hart 80 proof I’d be obliged. I’ve actually tried a lot of the more recommended whites like Fluer de Cana and 10 Cane but so far as I can tell there’s not much call for them in most tiki drinks, Cruzan is cheaper by a mile and maintains the same taste profile in mixed drinks.

On 2014-05-15 19:02, Jay4 wrote:

On 2014-05-12 19:56, thePorpoise wrote:

Wray & Nephew Overproof

been lookin for this stuff but no place ive been to sells it

[ Edited by: Jay4 2014-05-15 19:03 ]

well you aint missing much. think of kerosene, but less smooth. unless you're from jamaica, aint no reason to fool with it.

On 2014-05-14 12:13, AceExplorer wrote:
Klas, you are fortunate that you seem to be able to freely get Havana Club rums. Here in the US we have to deal with a trade embargo, and Cuban Havana Club products are very hard to come by.

I often think that during Tiki Oasis I should lead a group of out-of-towners down to Tijuana to get Havana Club rums. But then I think I'd probably lose someone down there and get blamed.

On 2014-05-22 08:49, arriano wrote:
I often think that during Tiki Oasis I should lead a group of out-of-towners down to Tijuana to get Havana Club rums. But then I think I'd probably lose someone down there and get blamed.

Arriano, you won't get blamed if others in your group actually want to lose that someone! hahahaha...

On 2014-05-19 00:26, thePorpoise wrote:

On 2014-05-15 19:02, Jay4 wrote:

On 2014-05-12 19:56, thePorpoise wrote:

Wray & Nephew Overproof

been lookin for this stuff but no place ive been to sells it

[ Edited by: Jay4 2014-05-15 19:03 ]

well you aint missing much. think of kerosene, but less smooth. unless you're from jamaica, aint no reason to fool with it.

This is not true. J Wray Overproof is a bit of an acquired taste, but it is a unique rum that definitely has a well-deserved place in a rum bar.

I'll second that. While I wouldn't take it straight, I dig J Wray Overproof. It has a wonderful banana/fruity smell, and adds a great edge to many cocktails/punches. Recently I made the Appleton Estates punch with one fifth each or Appleton V/X, Coruba and J Wray Overproof, which I heartily recommend. It brings the FUNK

Ill third that :)

W&N is what it is, a strong white Jamaican rum. It isn't called for & so does not 'fit' tiki recipes but it is a distinctive product that can work well in other cocktails... pour with a light touch & it goes a long way.

I also agree, don't mess with it neat!

Currently in my home bar:

Appleton Estates: Special,VX & 12 year old
Smith & Cross
Kohala Bay
Coruba
Don Q Gold
Ron Carlos Dark Dry
Cruzan white & dark ("Aged"),9 & blackstrap
Pussers, red and blue label
St. James Extra Old & Hors D'Age
El Dorado 5, 12 and 15 year old
Black Seal Regular & 151
Bacardi 8, 151 and Oakheart spiced
Barbancort 5 Star
Mount Gay 1703
Matusalem Clasico
Lemon Hart 151
Zaya

I bet you feel more like you do now now than you did when you came in.

GENT

[ Edited by: GentleHangman 2014-05-23 16:38 ]

My current selection:

Coruba
El Dorado 5
Lemon Hart 151
Plantation Barbados 5
Mt. Gay Eclipse
Appleton Estate V/X
Bacardi 8
Flor de Cana 7
Flor de Cana Extra Dry
Havana Club Blanco
Plantation Barbados 2000
Smith & Cross
Potter's 151 (Pretty much used just for flames)
Bacardi Superior
Bacardi Gold
Captain Morgan Spiced Rum

Next 3 on my "need to get" list is Clement VSOP, Appleton Extra, and Banks 5 Island

Don Q grand anjeo
Coruba
Bacardi coconut
Ron Bermudez
Cruzan Dark
Cruzan White
lemon heart 151
Cruzan 151
Goslings 151
Cruzan Blackstrap
Goslings black seal
Don Q crystal
Ron Del Barrito 3 star
Centenario
Blue chair bay coconut
blue chair bay white
blue chair bay spiced coconut
Cruzan coconut
Flor de Cana 4
El Dorado 5
Calico jack Cherry
The Kracken
Admiral nelsons spiced

I think that's all

Storm

I used to keep a list, but I got lazy and stopped updating it. I think I have ~150 or so. Pretty much all the usual suspects. I think I have a picture on here already. Lemme look.

My current stock:
St George
Lemon Hart 151
Zaya
Coruba Dark
St James Royal Ambre
Pusser's 15yr
Pusser's Blue Label
Rhum Barbancourt 8yr
El Dorado 8yr
Blue Chair Bay Coconut
Appleton White and V/X
Whalers dark
Cruzan Single Barrel, 151, Coconut, banana, pineapple, mango
Malibu
Gosling's
Koloa White
Wray & Nephew Overproof
Stroh 160
Pyrat XO

Just updated the rum list for Balhi Ha'i, seems like a good time to share it here. 43 rums, if my quick & sloppy count is accurate.

How to Increase Your Rum Selection In Three Easy Steps:

1. Befriend rum snobs
2. Invite them to parties
3. Profit!

Most of these bottles were received as hostess gifts. I have awesome friends.

How to Increase Your Rum Selection In Three Easy Steps:

1. Befriend rum snobs
2. Invite them to parties
3. Profit!

Most of these bottles were received as hostess gifts. I have awesome friends.

That's bloody brilliant.

Alas, I've been doing it exactly backwards: I'M the rum snob that comes 'round bearing the good stuff.

At any rate, I like the idea of doing a menu for my home bar. My wife and those whom I've offsprung will roll their collective eyes in unison, but that's just a side benefit. So, basically, I'm swiping this idea.

Inventory-wise I have -- and since I am going strictly off-memory here, like they say on C-SPAN "I reserve the right to revise and extend my remarks." -- the following, in the order in which I remember it:

1- Bacardí Carta Blanca (1.75L, barely 2-3oz left) UPDATED 7/16/14 - FINISHED. Will likely replace it with Barbancourt White, which is an in-all-but-name Rhum Agricole
2- Cruzan Aged Light (1.75L)
3- Tortuga Gold (about ½ of the 750ml) Will likely replace with Chairman's Reserve or Plantation Grand Reserve
4- Bacardí 8
5- Bacardí whatever it is they are calling their "black" rum these days (about ¼ of the bottle left) Will likely replace with Coruba or maybe Kohala Bay if I can dig that up.
6- Flor de Caña 7
7- Flor de Caña 12
8- Doorly XO (2 bottles)
9- El Dorado 5
10- Kirkland (i.e. Costco) Spiced Rum (What? Shut up.)
11- Myers Dark (375ml)
12- Bacardí 151 (to do Beachbum's "switcheroo trick" on cocktails that call for both a silver/gold rum AND LH151)
13- Pampero, whichever one comes in the leather pouch
14- Sta. Teresa (I forget which one, I think "Selecto," the bottle was hideous so I put it in a decanter)
15- Deadhead (which I quite like, incidentally, in the RIGHT cocktail applications)

[ Edited by: jokeiii 2014-07-16 21:00 ]

Here are the 53 different rums & rhums I currently have in my collection. I don't have any friends so I have to buy them myself, but on the up side I get to drink them myself! I've run out of storage space since I have many other spirits besides rum, don't have a bar and try to keep my collection discrete, so further additions will require deletions. As you can see I have stocked up on a few of my favorites that are no longer distributed in the states. I'd like to buy a few more of the Lemon Hart 151 "New Label" while it is still available since nearly every drink I make uses it but that would be difficult for my wife to accept so donations are welcome!

Cockspur 12 yr Barbados
Pusser's British Navy Rum Barbados
Mount Gay Eclipse Barbados
Oronoco Rum Brasil
Vizcaya Cuban Formula Rum Dominican Republic
Brugal Especial Extra Dry Dominican Republic
Ron Matusalem Grand Reserva Dominican Republic
Ron Zacapa Solera Guatemala
Ron Zacapa XO Guatemala
Lemon Hart 80 Guyana 6 bottles
Lemon Hart 151 New Label Guyana
Lemon Hart 151 Old Label Guyana 19 bottles
Lemon Hart 151 Very Old Label Guyana
El Dorado 12 yr Guyana
El Dorado 5 yr Guyana
El Dorado 151 Guyana
El Dorado 8 yr Guyana
Rhum Barbancourt 15 yr Haiti
Rhum Barbancourt White Haiti
Koloa Kaua'I Dark Hawaiian Rum Hawaii
Captain Morgan Spiced Hell
Captain Morgan Parrot Bay Hell
Coruba Jamaica 3 bottles
Appleton Reserve Jamaica
Appleton Extra 12 yr Jamaica
Appleton Special Gold Jamaica
Smith & Cross Jamaican Rum Jamaica
Blackwell Fine Jamaican Rum Jamaica
Saint James Hors d'Age Martinique 7 bottles
Clement Creole Shrub Martinique
Clement Rhum Vieux Agricole VSOP Martinique
Rhum J.M. Gold Martinique
Saint James Royal Amber Martinique 21 bottles
Rhum Neisson Reserve Speciale Martinique
Clement Premiere Canne Rhum Martinique
Coeur de Canne Rhum Agricole Bl Martinique 2 bottles
Ron Superior De Bacardi y Cia Mexico
Flor de Cana 4 yr Nicaragua
Flor de Cana 18 yr Nicaragua
Bacardi 8 Puerto Rico
Bacardi Limon Puerto Rico
Don Q Gold Puerto Rico
Bacardi Anejo Puerto Rico
Bacardi Select Puerto Rico
Bacardi 151 Puerto Rico
Zaya 12 yr Trinidad & Tobago
Angostura No. 1 Trinidad & Tobago
10 Cane Rum Trinidad & Tobago
Santa Teresa 1796 Venezuela
Cruzan Single Barrel Virgin Islands 2 bottles
Cruzan Black Strap Rum Virgin Islands
Banks 5 Island West Indies
Denizen Aged White Rum West Indies

P.S. I would format this list better but I'm too busy drinking.

[ Edited by: TropicDrinkBoy 2014-09-16 21:54 ]

33 and counting. Appleton Estates v/x and Myers Dark are in the speed rail. Yes, I see that my Coruba is empty, 2 on order!
The rest are already listed on others' posts. Cheers!

Wow impressive collections.
Mine is rather small but planning to increase. Here it goes:

Havana Club Blanco
Havana Club 3 anos
Havana Club 7 anos
Havana Club anejo especial
Havana Club Reserva
Flor de Cana 4 years gold

Next on the list are some jamaican flavours, but they are hard to find in my area so i will have to mail order them.

I'm jealous of the Havana Club and hoping we get Cuban rum soon now that the embargo is relaxed.

I have about 60 bottles of rum.

I like Cruzan, Flor de Cana and Appleton for silver rum.

For flavored rums, i go with Cruzan where I can (Bacardi O because I can't find the Cruzan orange anymore). The coconut and banana are my favorites.

For dark, my favorite is Coruba, but I also keep Gosling's, Myers's, Whalers and Cruzan blackstrap when I can.

For spiced, definitely Kraken. I have El Dorado Demerara and still have a couple bottles of Lemonhart, which I treasure, especially the 80 proof Jamaican.

For gold and aged rum, I have a wide variety. Appleton 12 and VX are my favorites, with Mount Gay Eclipse also being a standout.

The two I most dislike are Bacardi or Captain Morgan.

My supply has really refined itself lately. I hope to refine it even further when a few undesirables finish up (the Bacardi's, Don Q, and Seven Tiki). I do like to keep one spiced rum hanging around, but not sure which one deserves the spot.

Appleton V/X
Bacardi 151
Bacardi 8
Coruba Dark
Cruzan Aged Dark Rum
Cruzan Black Strap
Don Q Light
El Dorado 5
Hamilton Demerara 86
Hamtilon Demerara 151
Koloa Coconut
Lemon Hart 151
Rhum Clement VSOP
Seven Tiki Spiced Rum
Smith & Cross

Thanks to tips from many of you I've gradually built up to something like this. Besides the obvious ones - the El Dorados, Hamiltons, Coruba - the rums I've really been surprised by are the Plantation White, which is now my go to white, and the Barbancourt, which is going fast as I keep making Port au Prince's.

Appleton Special
Appleton VX
Barbancourt 4 yr
Coruba
Coruba Coconut
Cruzan Black Strap
Cruzan White
Doorlys
El Dorado 12
El Dorado 5
El Dorado 8
El Dorado White
Goslings
Hamilton 151
Hamilton 86
Plantation White
Plantation Gold
Smith & Cross
Zaya

[ Edited by: wupput 2015-04-27 17:35 ]

32 rums in my home bar:

Angostura 1919
Angostura 5 Year
Appleton Estates Extra 12 Year
Appleton Estates V/X
Barbancourt 3 Star
Calico Jack Spiced
Cayman Reef 5 Year
Clement VSOP
Coruba Dark
Cruzan Silver Aged
Deadhead
El Dorado 12
El Dorado 15
Flor de Cana White 4 Year
Flor de Cana Gold 4 Year
Hamilton Demerara 86
Kohala Bay
Koloa Kaua’I Spice
Kraken Black Spiced
Lemon Hart 151
Mocambo 20 Year
Mount Gay Eclipse
One Barrel
Plantation 3 Stars White
Plantation Original Dark
Pussers British Navy Blue Label
Pyrat XO Reserve
Ron Zacapa Solera 23
Sailor Jerry Spiced
Smith & Cross
Stroh 40
Trader Vic’s Dark

Kudos to you, Mike, for the impressive list and -- for having Stroh's! That's such a maligned rum, but its essential to making some of the Frankie's Tiki Room concoctions.

I just counted and I have at least 86 rums in my collection (not including doubles and back stock). I didn't think it was that many. I think at this point I will always be trying new sippers, and will start culling out my mixers until I have a stable few that are acceptable in most situations.
Keepers:
El Dorado 3 through 15 (21 is not worth the extra money)
Angostura 7, 1919, 1824, no. 1
Plantation 3 on up (I have never had a bad plantation)
Lost Spirits polynesian and colonial
Pusser's blue and red
Diplomatico reserva, Abuelo 12, Don Pancho 18, Gran Matusalem
Hamilton Jamaican and Demerara, and the over proof once my lemon hart is gone
Clement vsop and blue canne
Rhum JM vsop
Appleton VX and 12
Dos Maderas 5x5
La Favorite (maybe)
Barbancourt 8
Don Q white and gold
Mount Gay 1703
Ron Barrilito 3 star
Coruba dark
Smith and cross
Denizen 8
I'm sure there's a few others, like the over proofs I use to make falernum and swedish punch.
Ones I won't keep (maybe) Dictador 20, Botran reserve, st Theresa, Zacapa and other solera styles just don't work for me, goslings and Kohala bay (Coruba works fine), fleur de Cana (maybe if they start putting the word 'year' on the bottle I won't feel like I'm being ripped off, white agricoles like st george and Dillion's and the lower proof clement, any high end mount gay, other agricoles like st James and Brugal.

KHS - That Angostura #1 is great. How did you get the Colonial?

I hate that St George Agricole as well, but if you need help with that St James let me know :wink:

Cheers

The St. George is hopelessly unsippable and I won't miss it when I run out, but I like to mix it into drinks like the Polynesian Paralysis; it goes well with orange juice. I ended up mail ordering the colonial because it's only available at one wine shop in California.

The 21 year is fantastic, it is my favorite sipping rum

You are wasting it mixing though

Flor de Cana is a good white mixer (the 4 year) - what do you prefer? I think it is better than cruzan at roughly the same price point

Five Banks and Cana Brava are better, however higher price points

On 2015-05-12 21:55, KrakenHunterSteve wrote:
I just counted and I have at least 86 rums in my collection (not including doubles and back stock). I didn't think it was that many. I think at this point I will always be trying new sippers, and will start culling out my mixers until I have a stable few that are acceptable in most situations.
Keepers:
El Dorado 3 through 15 (21 is not worth the extra money)
Angostura 7, 1919, 1824, no. 1
Plantation 3 on up (I have never had a bad plantation)
Lost Spirits polynesian and colonial
Pusser's blue and red
Diplomatico reserva, Abuelo 12, Don Pancho 18, Gran Matusalem
Hamilton Jamaican and Demerara, and the over proof once my lemon hart is gone
Clement vsop and blue canne
Rhum JM vsop
Appleton VX and 12
Dos Maderas 5x5
La Favorite (maybe)
Barbancourt 8
Don Q white and gold
Mount Gay 1703
Ron Barrilito 3 star
Coruba dark
Smith and cross
Denizen 8
I'm sure there's a few others, like the over proofs I use to make falernum and swedish punch.
Ones I won't keep (maybe) Dictador 20, Botran reserve, st Theresa, Zacapa and other solera styles just don't work for me, goslings and Kohala bay (Coruba works fine), fleur de Cana (maybe if they start putting the word 'year' on the bottle I won't feel like I'm being ripped off, white agricoles like st george and Dillion's and the lower proof clement, any high end mount gay, other agricoles like st James and Brugal.