best dark rums - Tiki Drinks and Food

M mbanu Member Joined: Aug 02, 2005 Posts: 84	M mbanu Posted posted on Fri, Aug 18, 2006 12:48 PM On 2006-08-18 10:44, thejab wrote: I'm talking about recipes in Jeff Berry's books that call for dark rum or dark Jamaican rum, or in Trader Vic's recipe books that call for dark rum. I used to use Myers's exclusively in these drinks, until I found out about Coruba. I am not talking about drink recipes that call for specific rums such as Demarara rum or fine aged rums like one would use in a Mai Tai. I'm a fan of Pusser's Blue for that sort of thing, although I'm not sure if it falls into the cheap category. It's neither demerara nor jamaican, and nobody knows how old it is, but the dark color is all natural. :) The flavor is kinda in-your-face, but most of the drinks I can think of that call for just generic dark rum also call for it to be mixed with some amount of Puerto Rican white rum, which does a lot to smooth things out.

On 2006-08-18 10:44, thejab wrote:
I'm talking about recipes in Jeff Berry's books that call for dark rum or dark Jamaican rum, or in Trader Vic's recipe books that call for dark rum. I used to use Myers's exclusively in these drinks, until I found out about Coruba.

I am not talking about drink recipes that call for specific rums such as Demarara rum or fine aged rums like one would use in a Mai Tai.

I'm a fan of Pusser's Blue for that sort of thing, although I'm not sure if it falls into the cheap category. It's neither demerara nor jamaican, and nobody knows how old it is, but the dark color is all natural. :) The flavor is kinda in-your-face, but most of the drinks I can think of that call for just generic dark rum also call for it to be mixed with some amount of Puerto Rican white rum, which does a lot to smooth things out.

Post #249678 by mbanu on Fri, Aug 18, 2006 12:48 PM