Switching my drink

[Richard Chrz]

I’ve been less then satisfied with booze lately, I’m looking to shift a few directions. One is switching from whiskey or whisky to a neat, iced rum. Picked up a bottle of Appleton Estate yesterday. Any other people in here experienced in enjoying rum straight. What are some others I should consider trying? I’m looking also to pair with cigars, so I picked up a few cigars I thought my go with it, from Camacho Rum barrel aged cigars

[58limited]

I like dark rums (Goslings Black Seal is my fave) and they are an excellent pairing with a good cigar.

[FireMan]

I know a place in Pontiac Mi.

[smokin fool]

What???? Not gas station 5 cent Century Sam’s

[FireMan]

They are fine nonetheless.

[hoovarmin]

Do you enjoy Scotch?

[Richard Chrz]

I do, however some of my fav’s from the past have gotten to peaty for me, I used to believe them to be sweeter, hence losing my enjoyment for scotch.

[Richard Chrz]

hoovarmin I promise that I have been less then impressive, when filled with scotch!

[realdocBBQ]

Some good sweeter, non-peaty Scotches are The Balvenie Doublewood, Glenmorangie Lasanta and The Macallan 12 year - all sherry finished Scotches. Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban is also a little sweeter and not peaty, though not sherry-finished.

[rickgregory]

Older Plantation rum can be quite good. Had a 2002 that was yummy. Older rum is actually reasonable in cost, too.

[Richard Chrz]

Yeah, I can likely buy a far better bottle of rum in cost then I can a scotch, not having to be stuck to one country opens that up a bit. Which I can appreciate

[rickgregory]

Richard Chrz - watch out for all the young/specialty Plantation stuff that places sell. That's meant for drinks, etc. You want things that are 15 year old or so.

[fullbeangroup]

That's a good rum. My Brother in Law got me into some older Flor de Cana Rums, which are pretty good too. I've had some good Four Square and Plantation Rums too. If you ever see any Rolling Fork Rums, grab one as they are truly fantastic.

Have you tried any American Single Malts? We tasted thru four last week which were all fantastic. We had a Stranahan's Diamond Peak, a Santa Fe Colkegan, a Del Bac Classic, and a Balcones Lineage. Really opened my eyes to the fact that American Single Malts may be the next big thing in Whiskey.

[Richard Chrz]

Cool, I will be keeping my eyes out for sure, I will look for Rolling Forks. Also will look into the American singles you mentioned. I’m cutting my cocktails by a lot, so I’m going to start increasing the quality by the similar amounts.

[smokin fool]

I find myself drawn more towards darker Navy style rums now.
Enjoy Appletons, its pretty much all you can get at most resorts in Jamaica that I have visited.
Its edgier, less sweet than other rums I've found.
Drink it so infrequently now I have no suggestions of what you may try.

[STEbbq]

I like this idea too. Looks like most of the brands mentioned so far are not sweet so they should be fun sipping rums. You really can’t drink it straight if it is Captain Morgan’s.

[texastweeter]

Plantation XO changed my opnion of rum completely. Some of the Brugals are good too

[rickgregory]

The Plantation XO is superb.

[klflowers]

Ten to One rum is good. Also Hornitos Black Barrel tequila is very good chilled. I keep a bottle in the fridge.

[Richard Chrz]

Tequila is another move I’m going to make. Thank you, I will check that out as well.

[Northern lights smoke]

+1 on the tequila, thats my favotite!

[Attjack]

Tequila is the best liquor. I'll switch to whiskey on the cold months but tequila/mezcal is king in my book.

[Attjack]

What I like about the Pacific Rum I posted below is that it sort of reminds me of tequila.

[smokin fool]

+2 on a good tequila but it’s got to be a gold.
I got away from tequila because of chronic back pain.
From falling down....

[Oak Smoke]

I crawled away from tequila because it made me entirely too affectionate and willing to make a new friend.

[Attjack]

You figure this is the same Appleton Estate? I'm not huge on rum especially straight but I do like this one.



I also really like this one. I believe this is local to me and I'm not sure it's widely available. But again, I'm not drinking it straight.

[smokin fool]

Yes
That would be the Appleton’s I’m familiar with

[Richard Chrz]

I believe that to be same brand, just likely a better bottle then I just picked up.

[Attjack]

Another of my favorite liquors is Cachaça. Some people equate it to rum but it's different. It's better.

[Bkhuna]

Cachaça is a variety of Rhum Agricole. They are made of fermented cane squeezing's instead of Molasses.

I enjoy Barbancourt from Haiti.

I stopped trying newer runs because it seems like everything tastes like drinking a bottle of vanilla extract. I blame it Captain Morgan and the trend lemming generations.

[smokenoob]

Cachaca, simple syrup, lime muddled…. close your eyes and you’re in Brazil 😁
Caprinia! (not sure how it’s spelled)

[Attjack]

A Caipirinha is among the best summer drinks known to man.

[Richard Chrz]

58limited

[58limited]

Excellent

[58limited]

Several threads today mentioned cigars so I went and bought a couple. Just finished one, early in the day so I drank a little Cabernet with it, no hard stuff. I'll save that for later tonight.