Post #333412 by The Gnomon on Wed, Sep 19, 2007 10:45 AM

What? You don't have any furniture that needs to have built up wax or polish removed?

I think of both Not Worthy and That Suck products to lack artisic care in the distillation and blending process. They are artistically careless. They are produced with quantity in mind rather than quality. They have all the goodness processed out of them and then they get doctored back into some sort of marketable condition. The ones That Suck get a lot less doctoring.

While I personally think that Bacardi, its second label (Castillo), Ron Rico, and rums of that ilk suck, I'm reluctant to relgate them to the completely hopeless. So, I guess I'd have to call them Not Worthy, even though there are lots of better rums around that I think of as Not Worthy.

The hopelessly awful, ergo That Suck, candidates for me include any kind of "store brand" rotgut that sells for $6.99 regular price per 1.75 L plastic bottle. It smells more like rubbing alcohol than anything else, but not as clean. The label should say "wax remover" rather than "rum" on it. Believe it or not, I do have a wild recipe that calls for this very rotgut. I call it Hot Parts Punch. It's really quite bizarre. I doubt that many, if any, would ever make one, but if you ever do, you'll really get into it.

I appreciate your verve for experimentation. That's how magical potions are created. As for the Bumbo, I brought it up today because it's September 19, "Talk Like A Pirate Day."

Argh! D'ye think ye have it in ye to pass a pirate quiz?