Post #183859 by cheekytiki on Fri, Sep 2, 2005 8:40 AM

I don't know if anybody read in Tiki events about us getting a bottle of this rum for the London Luau, but this is apparently the original rum used by Vic in the creation of the Mai Tai.
This has been given specially by Joy Spence, master blender at the Appleton Estate in Jamaica, and she backs up the story of its history.
Apparently it was only recently discovered that they still had a barrel in existence which makes it also one, if not the rarest rum and you cannot buy it.
Well I got to taste it today, wow, it has a punch at 75.2% proof stronger than their 151 and very similar in colour, a deep red.
Tomorrow night we are going to auction of a 1/4 bottle at TVs and someone will also win a Mai Tai made with it!