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What's the best rum that money can buy?

>> No.17703613

>>17703604
Not that one. That's for people who have strong opinions about chain restaurants and college football

>> No.17703616

>>17703604
Kraken is only good for cleaning fuel injectors. I'm pretty sure if you drink even a shot of it you'll go blind.

>> No.17703634
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17703634

This when it's on sale for 10€ every two weeks.

>> No.17703637

>>17703604
meyers

>> No.17703654

>>17703634
oddly patrician choice for /ck/
one of my favorite rums since the formula for cruzan light aged rum was changed

>> No.17703665

>>17703634
Good Choice anon, this was my first taste of rum and I have been throughly disappointed by almost every other brand i have tried
Only once you start spending 5x the price of Havana will you get something of similar quality

>> No.17703692

>>17703604
Expensive rum is a joke since it's essentially sugar water. Just mix Sailor Jerry and root beer.

>> No.17703701

Appleton Estate or any Cuban white rum.

>> No.17703706

better question is what is the superior style of rum? For me its Jamaican.

>> No.17703709

>>17703692
Interesting that you'd select Sailor Jerry and not Captain Morgan, the cheaper alternative, considering it's just sugar water.

>> No.17703714

>>17703706
Jamaican is objectively true, because they can't adulterate their rums.

>> No.17703718

>>17703706
>>17703714
jamaican was what the subway shooter drank in his rant videos

>> No.17703724

>>17703709
Higher proof and tastes better. Under $30 isn't expensive.

>> No.17703725

>>17703706
Cuban white rum.

>> No.17703735

>>17703604
wray and nephew

>> No.17703747
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>>17703735
Is this a rap duo?

>> No.17703756

>>17703735
no, it's excellent overproof Jamaican rum

>> No.17703868

>>17703634
Never had it but a lot of rum lovers have this listed on their top 5.
The USA has a trade embargo against Cuba, so you need to circumvent the law and buy it from a duty-free store in canada.

>> No.17703883

I'm not spending a lot of money on rum because it's going to be going into mixed drinks.

Once you put it into a long island or something to get a woman drunk, she's not gonna taste the difference.

>> No.17703907

>>17703868
The stupid Embargo is probably a reason for the hype in the USA. In the rest of the world it's just regular rum (definitely not in the top 5) but impossible to beat for the price. It's great for Daiquiris or just rum and coke.

>> No.17704080

A good Havana Club or Diplomatico.

>> No.17704100

>>17703706
jamaican or guyanan for me

>> No.17704132

>>17703714
>Jamaicans cannot add things to their rum
>therefore, every other country adds things to their rums
I try to stay away from Jamaican rums specifically because most people who swear by it also turn out to be idiots.

>> No.17704734

>>17704132
based

>> No.17704802

bumping the 'cado

>> No.17704813

>>17704132
First I'm seeing it.
Usually the big sell on Jamaican rum is the "funk" that characterizes rums for that region.

>> No.17704828

>>17703907
The hype is for the aged stuff, which is lackluster at best. No one cares about the 3 year because memesters want their rum to be whisky even though that's not how any of this works

>> No.17704840
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17704840

too easy to drink

>> No.17705874 [DELETED] 

Rum is nigger slave invention

>> No.17705922

what is a good rum for sipping that has isn't sweetened, has no coloring or artificial stuff and doesnt have to be bought online?

>> No.17706285

>>17705922
Bayou XO
Baccardi 8 year
Baccardi 10 year
Mount Gay
Perteño

>> No.17706295

>>17705922
Forgot about Cruzan hurricane proof.

>> No.17706299

>>17706285
Porteño*

>> No.17706300
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>>17703604
Ronny D

>> No.17706311

>>17705922
i like ron zacapa and don q a lot

>> No.17706696

>>17703604
Hamilton 86 is my go-to
> easily drinkable without being boring
> works well mixed or neat
> affordable (~$25 near me)

>> No.17706794

>>17703604
I really like Chairman’s reserve and I haven’t found one better

>> No.17707421

>>17706311
Both are the opposite of what je asked for.

>> No.17707599
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17707599

Smith and Cross, Appleton estate are great. Depends on what you want.

>> No.17707620
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17707620

>>17703604
Sailor Jerry

>> No.17707884

>>17703665
>Only once you start spending 5x the price of Havana will you get something of similar quality
Out of all the mass-marketed brands, maybe. Good rum is insanely cheap, you buy it from poor countries like Puerto Rico and they tend to be much better than havana. All the old hat cuban rum makers fled to adjacent central american shit-holes after the revolution (and america, but good american rum is a myth)

I'm interested in what you consider to be good rum worth spending 5x the price of havana

>> No.17707911

>>17704132
>>Jamaicans cannot add things to their rum
>>therefore, every other country adds things to their rums
This is pretty much true though. Even trusted distillers who by all means make good rum and up doing this. It's legal, it sells more rum, therefore it's a safe assumption that anything you buy that isnt jamaican probably contains additives. Sugar tests only work for sugar, they dont account for the likes of extracts. It doesn't mean they're bad drinks, you should just understand that what you're buying, with rare exception, isnt purely a spirit.

>> No.17707917

>>17703701
>>17703725
>Cuban white rum
Is this some new kind of meme

>> No.17707930

>>17705922
>doesnt have to be bought online?
You dont say where abouts you live, therefore I can't know what's available to you locally, therefore by "doesnt have to bought online" I must assume you mean "can be bought at a supermarket"

I'm sorry, but you just asked me to amputate your arm without leaving you crippled. Buy online, it's cheaper and the rest of the world has much better to offer than the few bottles that probably reach your liquor store.

>> No.17708630

>>17707917
Cuba makes the best white rum. I made both those posts. I've been drinking since you were a pants shitter.

>> No.17708687
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>>17707620

>> No.17708690

>>17703604
Anything that is not dark. It gives me a horrible hangover.

>> No.17708706

>>17708630
Find me a better cuban than Wray & Nephew

>> No.17708729
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17708729

Plantation Rum

>> No.17708736

Don papa

>> No.17708745 [DELETED] 

>>17704840
This guy knows what he is talking about

>> No.17708955

>>17703634
Wish I could get this rum for cheap, they overcharge like mad here for it

>> No.17708964

>>17704840
Appleton based

>> No.17708997

>>17703634
based

>> No.17710425

>>17703701
>>17703706
basically this
there isnt much better than the older Appleton stuff

>> No.17710442

>>17703692
>Just mix Sailor Jerry and root beer
just drink fucking syrup

>> No.17710483

>>17708729
Very sugar loaded but fuck I just love it

>> No.17710511

>>17703604
literally the cheapest. its all just a way to get alcohol into your system because you're a substance addicted fuck. don't even try to pretend otherwise.

>> No.17710596

>>17703735
rum bar is better for drinking but you need the wray petrol taste for baking

>> No.17710613

>>17710511
retarded take
theres a marked difference between king 62 which is the cheapest Appleton red rum to thier high aged offerings in terms of complexity of smell and taste and harshness
I drink king 62 but pretending the 15y is better is absurd

>> No.17710699
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>> No.17710731

>>17708687
glad to see depp has cleaned himself up a bit for court

>> No.17711238

>>17707599
Whats the recipe for this? Looks interesting

>> No.17711393
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17711393

>>17711238
https://youtu.be/UcxYNCN7LDY
Here you go Anon

>> No.17711772

>>17705922
pussers

>> No.17711822

>>17703692
This man speaks the truth. Fuck the root beer though, but choose SAILOR JERRY.

>> No.17712878

Is Meyer's any good? I'm a basic bitch Captain Morgan & Coke kind of guy, but it makes me giggly when I drink enough of it

>> No.17713571

>>17711393
Good shit, thanks mate.
Def gonna try this out once it starts getting hotter

>> No.17713652

>kraken has a cool ass bottle and label
>makes me feel like a pirate
>tastes like shit
why does it have to be this way, LARPbros...

>> No.17713667

>>17713652
I doubt the rum pirates drank was much better

>> No.17713676

I really like to take shots of Bumbu or Plantation 5 Year. Smith and Cross is great for Mai Tais. Mount Gay made a really stellar mojito.

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>>17713652
>hexagonal bottle so it doesn't roll on the deck in rough seas
>same recipe as originally used by the Royal Navy
>tastes amazing
Piratefags get keelhauled. These waters are ours.

>> No.17713703

>>17713676
bumbu is for niggers anon

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>>17713680
>>same recipe as originally used by the Royal Navy
Incorrect.
The only original recipe navy rum in production today is Pusser's gunpowder bottle. Lamb's is just a LARP.

>hexagonal bottle so it doesn't roll on the deck in rough seas
navy rum was in barrels and siphoned off into decanters.

>> No.17713772

>>17703665
>>17703654
If havanna is supposed to be a great rum I don't even want to taste shittier rums lmao
A nice winter drink
>really strong black tea
>add rum
>enjoy on a cold night
I think it's called grog or something

>> No.17714247

>>17713703
How exactly? I've never met a black person that even likes rum to begin with. Bumbu is just pretty smooth and has a nice banana flavor.

>> No.17714260

>>17713772
Dont worry, havana is shit tier. These rum generals are always full of tastelets and marketing victims

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17714261

For me it's

>> No.17714271

>>17710511
Too much information into your personal life, anon

>> No.17714276

>>17708690
Yeah, the food colouring really knocks you out.

>> No.17714280

>>17708630
What >>17708706 said. Cuba doesnt even make the best Cuban rum.

>> No.17714294

>>17714247
You mustn't have been to the caribbean

>> No.17715225

>>17714247
>I've never met a black person that even likes rum to begin with
anon r u retarded?

>> No.17715414

>>17703604
>>17703613
Kraken is good shit, I don't know why you have a problem with it.

>> No.17715489

>>17714261
This one was way too sweet I thought.

>> No.17715494

>>17714294
Correct.

>>17715225
No, how does that make me retarded? It's a stereotype but the like 4 I know only drink cognac lol.

>> No.17715635

>>17715414
Rum snobs look down on spiced rum, it's their hobby.

>> No.17716720

>>17708687
Captain Crack Sparrow

>> No.17716740

Usually when a product is introduced with a massive advertising campaign like the kracken I assume it’s shit.

Just the Bacardi in the clear/blue bottle is the best rum for me

>> No.17718053

>>17715635
That shit tastes like shitty vanilla shake with caramel coloring and acetone. It's not snobbery, it's objectively just a bad rum (taken into account that it's not dirt cheap.)

>> No.17718147
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17718147

for me, it's the agricoles

>> No.17718215

>>17703613
Rum is for mixed drinks, isn't it? If it's terrible then I'm getting the real $12 cocktail experience.

>> No.17718228

>>17715635
That's not strictly true, it's just that most spiced rum is really low quality and really only exists for mixers. There's plenty of respected spiced rum it's just not the mass market stuff.

>> No.17718243

>>17705922
Santiago

>> No.17718246

>>17718053
Having a working tongue is pretentious you tryhard fag. Let me guess you're american, ugh americans, let me tell you what the unemployable drink in my country

>> No.17718253

>>17715635
spiced rum is artificially flavored trash. making your own spiced syrup and adding it to a high quality rum is the pateicians choice

>> No.17718404
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17718404

Let me guess, you *need* more?

>> No.17718690

>>17703604
I bought this once it was pretty dire.

Does Malibu count?

>> No.17718801

>>17718246
I'm scandinavian, and the point is that Kraken is marketed as this exotic and "profound" spiced rum, and that's supposed to show in the price tag, yet it's bland, sweet, artificially colored, and the spice profile tastes like completely artificial. I wouldn't bat my eye if it would be way cheaper, but with price like that you are obliged to be scrutinized.

>> No.17718812

>>17718801
>and the point is that Kraken is marketed as this exotic and "profound" spiced rum
It's marketed as a party rum here, what are you fags doing

>> No.17718836

>>17718801
Same in Germany. It's 20€ on sale. Appleton Estate is 17€. 12 year old rums cost between 25-30€. There's no reason to buy spiced rum at all.

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This is good + cola for me. But this is very weird, it tastes better without cola. Like only rum.