Post #298034 by Quince_at_Dannys on Mon, Apr 9, 2007 10:22 PM

Nothin' wrong with list posts! Love your choices, here's mine. Keep in mind, your rum choice may vary depending on what you plan to do with it (mixing or sipping). Here's my personal picks for EITHER mixing or sipping.

#1 Lemon Hart Demerara 151°
#1a Lemon Hart Demrara Rum--Any Lemon Hart rum is like a trip to another time, another place. When I drink this stuff, it's always summer, it's always a trip to the Mai Kai, it's always 1961... It just blows me away every time open a bottle. Get some--sip it, mix it, enjoy it. To me, it's tiki in a bottle.
#2 Mount Gay Extra Old
#3 Kaniche Rhum Martinique (very rare, only I and a few others have a supply)
#4 Rhum Barbancourt 8 star
#5 Angostura 1919

I'm also a big fan of Appleton White and Appleton Extra.

St. James Hors d'Age--also right up there in my book.

I often bemoan the many wonderful rums of bygone years that are no longer available to us, but truth be told we live in a great time with more great choices of GOOD QUALITY liquor than ever before. (Just avoid the trendy flavored stuff, seek out the well-crafted aged rums.) The internet makes it super easy to get all kinds of obscure rums.