[OT] Language Cocktail

Paolo Invernizzi paolo.invernizzi at gmail.com
Thu Sep 19 00:01:39 PDT 2013


On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 19:33:15 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
wrote:
> On 2013-09-18 20:39, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>
>> Particularly the flavored ones :). Like Coconut/Pineapple 
>> Parrot Bay, or
>> Malibu. Tried Capt Morgan's spiced rum once too, very good. 
>> Not so
>> big on black rum when I tried it, but maybe it was just the
>> brand or needs the right mixed drink.
>
> Nooooo, not Captain Morgan. It's horrible. Captain Morgan, 
> Bacardi and Negrita (if I recall correctly) are the three worst 
> kinds. At least of what is common here.
>
> Havana Club is very nice standard rum. Nothing fancy, good for 
> mixing drinks. Ron Barcelo is another good rum. Cruzan is also 
> very nice, unfortunately I can get it here.
>
> If you want something better, for drinking as it is without 
> mixing, kind of like with Cognac, a dark rum is best. Rum 
> Plantation Grande Reserve Barbados is one of my favorites, very 
> affordable. Diplomático is a bit more expensive but very nice.
>
> Mount Gay is a nice rum, both good for mixing drinks and 
> drinking as it is.
>
> With dark rums, it nice to drink them slightly warm. Boil some 
> water, pour it in a glass. Pour some dark rum in a Cognac 
> glass[1], put the glass with the rum on the glass with water. 
> The glass with the rum shouldn't touch the water, but almost. 
> You get a completely different flavor. Very nice :)
>
> I once tried a dark rum. At first I almost thought it was 
> whiskey, it had a very smoky flavor.
>
>> Pirates (and ninjas!) know how to drink ;)
>
> :)
>
> [1] 
> http://www.cognac-glasses.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Cognac.jpg

+1 for Plantation!


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