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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Goons with Spoons > Rum -- a hot, hellish, and terrible liquor
 
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therobit
Aug 19, 2008

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What is the best rum available at the $30 or less price point?

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therobit
Aug 19, 2008

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Toast Museum posted:

There's a lot of good rum under $30. Are you looking for a particular style? The second post in the thread gives a good rundown of various types of rum. Do you plan to use it in cocktails, sip it neat, or what?

To be honest I mostly drink beer and vodka, but I like the odd hot buttered rum, rum and coke, or slug of rum in my coffee. I typically dont like to sip liquor neat, but if something was amazing I might. I actually really don't know what cockails I would make with it, buy am open to learning some.

Due to a religious upbringing I am late to developing my taste for booze. If it sounds like I don't know poo poo about booze it is because I don't.


What is a good rum for people not used to rum? I am getting low on some mount gay eclipse that I bought around Christmas and it was ok but could have been better.

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therobit
Aug 19, 2008

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Toast Museum posted:

I haven't tried it, but I was also thinking Zaya based on the talk earlier in this thread :hfive:

Don't worry about not knowing everything. Full disclosure: my interest in liquor didn't really extend beyond shots and highballs until last summer, so I barely know what I'm talking about. I just grabbed some of the recommendations from the OP that had interesting-sounding flavor profiles and wound up enjoying them.

If you're only going to have one rum on hand, this isn't the rum to recommend, but I have an inordinate fondness for Cruzan Blackstrap. It's super molasses-y, goes great with ginger ale (and probably coke), and I bet it would be really nice in coffee.

Yeah, I would prefer to have something versatile because I can only dedicate so much of my income and couner space to liquor. Does that describe Cruzan Blackstrap?

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therobit
Aug 19, 2008

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Well the other week when I went to pick up my Tito's vodka for the month I noticed that the Cruzan black strap was only like 13 bucks so I picked some up. It makes a great rum and (diet) coke, not a fan of it with ginger ale (too sweet, or maybe even just the brown sugar smell) and is ok in coffee. Had to adjust ratios a little for a white cuban due the the sweet smell but pretty good anyhow. At the price I think it is worth getting. I will try a different bottle when this runs out.

Thanks for the recommendation.

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therobit
Aug 19, 2008

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My father in law gave my wife a bottle of Appleton Estate signature and it was really good with coke. Also it is eggnog season which means it is hot eggnog with rum in it season.

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