Post #109577 by donhonyc on Sat, Aug 21, 2004 11:48 PM

Is this $20 bottle of Wray & Nephew White Overproof Jamaican Rum good for any drink mixing?? I only bought it because I was following the Mai Tai recipe that is written on the side of the new Trader Vic's 60th Anniversary Mai Tai glasses. It reads as follows:

THE ORIGINAL MAI TAI

2oz 17 yr. old J. Wray Nephew Jamaican Rum
1/2 oz Orgeat
1/2 oz. Curacao
1/4 oz Rock Candy Syrup
juice of one whole lime

I followed this recipe to the letter and what I got was something that tasted like it should be put on cuts and abrasions in an Emergency Room. A real vile tasting concotion if I ever had one. I immediately dumped it and made a Zombie with Myers Rum instead. Now, the question is, can I actually use this brand of Wray & Nephew rum in a drink that willl actually taste GOOD?! The rum itself smells weird and no doubt added to the vile-ness of what was supposed to be the so-called original mai tai. Anybody have any info?

This kinda sucks because when I was at the liquor store it was a toss up between buying a bottle of Demerara Rum and this vile-ass Wray & Nephew swill. Unfortunately, the latter won out because I thought I couldn' t go wrong. Now I wish I bought the Demerara because there are alot of recipes in Grog Log and Intoxica that call for it. Live and learn I guess.

If anybody has any good recipes that call for Wray & Nephew please post them here before I throw this almost full bottle out the window and waste 20 bucks.

Aloha :drink:

[ Edited by: donhonyc on 2004-08-21 23:50 ]