I looking to sample various Rum's. Who offers the best Rum selection in Negril?
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I looking to sample various Rum's. Who offers the best Rum selection in Negril?
That's a really good question. I did go to a "Rums of the Caribbean" tasting once at Swept Away a number of years ago and found it fascinating (and delicious).
Try the Appleton rum tour if you get a chance. It's a nice drive in the country and you can try all their rum's over and over :)
Aqua next to Fun Holiday used to have a ton of different rums but not sure if they are still open.
Hi Smiley. Cool thought just focusing on the special rums of Jamaica. Hope you have yummy rummy day or as many as works for you. Cool rummings.
The Appleton Estate tour is a good pick. I did a photo shoot there 3 years ago and got an inside look. Unfortunately I drove there from Treasure Beach (about a 3 hour ride) and had to sip rather than gulp. Talk about a kid in a candy shop!!!! As for me any Rum Bar that has the Appleton line is the BEST RUM BAR
PS. At the gift shop at the Estate they have some rums that I have never seen offered in any retail or duty free shops. Some really old and $$$$$$!!!!
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Try the Appleton's "extra" with the black label and you may not have to look any farther. Sip it over a cube of ice like a good Kentucky Bourbon. They have other older blends that are wonderful, but very pricey.
Respect,
Col. Andy & "Wildcat" Pam
Was drinking the Appleton Reserve on our trip a few weeks ago, lots of ice and a splash of ginger beer. Just finished a bottle of the 21 yr here, really amazing.
Doc what is the price of a 21 year stock please? How expensive can a bottle of rum be and what would give it the value? Thanks for any thoughts on this.
Don't know the 21 year old question but check the 50!!!
http://www.bornrich.com/appleton-est...ependence.html
I bought it here in San Antonio for $35, the reserve was about $30. The gift shop next to Treehouse wanted $100 for it. The value is in how smooth and tasty it is, like Col. Andy said, you don't have to mix it.
Here in Negril I've seen the 21 year old for around $125 U.S. I'm sure duty free it's cheaper. The older the rum the more smooth and complex the flavor becomes. Last time I was at Appleton I bought their 250th anniversary bottle of 35 year old. It was soooo good! I paid about $200 for it if I remember right, and there's no guarantee of that! I'm blessed that I can get the 12 year old Extra at my local liquor store for about $30.
I have actually seen the 21YO here in Milwaukee a few times. I bought a bottle about 5 years ago at duty free for $100 and quite frankly thought it was NOT worth anywhere near that. It wasn't smooth at all, for that $$$ I'll stick to buying single malt scotch
Back when Aqua was in business we sampled most of their rums, I made of list of what was for sale here at home and tried everyone they had at Aqua and the winner was Zaya even over much more expensive options.
Thank you Johng. Very interesting and exactly what I was wondering about. I would love a bottle of that and just maybe one day.... Dreaming.....
Confession: I actually bring rum to Negril. Crazy, I know, but can't live without my Mount Gay.
rum bar..........in the hills thats overproof and nothing else.......a rum bar is a local bar like red dragon was in the day
JB all the way!Quote:
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Thanks to you all for the great information.
Appleton Estate makes Wray & Nephew OP, by far their biggest seller on the island. Household necessity from chasing "Duppies", spare fuel if you run outta gas, to drinkin it.
When there was no electricity in the country everything was warm. Beer, soda, juice. Yea they had a block of ice that they would "pick" but they would have but not cold drinks
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I agree Zaya is a fine Rum. My personal fav is from Venezuela - Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva (green bottle) great to sip straight.
Yo Ho Ho and a bottel of rum...listen for my song as I stroll the beach Feb 26,27,28...
Perhaps somewhere in the offices of W&N there are still a few bottles of the best of the best
In 1981 the company was expanding the in bond warehouse in Spanish Town
A false stone wall was uncovered and inside were several barrels of rum that were from the US prohibition era.
I was given a flask of it and in 1982 it tasted like fine Cognac. I wonder what it would be now.
Cap
If you ever see One Barrel Rum from Belize....a true delight!! I begged our local liquor store to get it and surprisingly, they did! Also asked them to try and get Chris Blackwell's Black rum in (which I really like) yet no luck so far. There are many State regulations that seem to complicate matters.
100% agree that Blackwell rum is quite nice, but I didn't see it behind any bar in Negril. However... If you are looking for a good rum cocktail--like a good rum craft cocktail--I asked George at Xtabi to make me a series of off-the-menu rum drinks last week. One after the other was perfect, a couple I recognized and some new tastes to me. And no pina colada or dirty banana in the bunch. The highlight was when George mixed me a two rum cocktails in one lowball: the bottom half with Meyers dark (per my request for Meyers) and the top with Appleton Genesis, they looked like one drink but the flavors of the two rums was apparent from the top sip to the bottom sip. So, just ask for a good rum cocktail and you will be rewarded by one of Jamaica's best bartenders.
Pushcart had Appleton 21 year-old last time I was there. Yum!!!
If anyone is going to see Protoje in Santa Cruz, CA this Saturday, ping me and I'll clunk a plastic cup of rum with you.
Hey Smiley,that is the exact same rum we fell in love with at Aqua.We now order a bottle online from a place in NYC,when we want a Jamaica come back weekend!
Excuse my ignorance, but what happens to a 50 year old bottle of rum after another say 20 years? Does it go bad because not barreled? Does it, on the other hand, improve and become more valuable?
I prefer Flor de Cana from Nicarauga.
I'm guessing but think it doesn't change much after its bottled, perhaps if its stored in a very hot place it might degrade with time but would not improve over time in a bottleQuote:
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Thanks Brewer.