rum suggestions for mai tai's? - Tiki Drinks and Food

CAA Chip and Andy Member Corner table, Molokai Lounge, Mai-Kai. Joined: Jul 13, 2004 Posts: 2277	CAA Chip and Andy Posted posted on Thu, Nov 22, 2007 5:30 AM I offered this idea before and some people laughed, others tried it, some swear by it...... Step 1 - Grab your two bottles of rum and remove the caps. Step 2 - Look around and make sure you are alone. If their are people around, make sure they are your friends. Or at least that they know you well enough they wont find this process odd. Odd for you I mean.... Step 3 - Place the necks of the two bottles close together. Step 4 - Sniff your two bottles together. When you are done laughing at this suggestion, read on. Why are you sniffing rum? Well, if your two rums smell like two rums, you have exactly that.... two rums. If, however, your two rums together smell yummy (more so than just some rum, you lush), like something a bit more than just two rums, you have a good pair to try in a Mai-Tai. Specifically to the Mai-tai, do this same bottle-sniff trick and include your bottle of orgeat. If the three together make you wonder if you really can snort alcohol since you already have your nose right there, you have found a winning combination. Your success will vary accordingly. I only guarantee that you will look foolish sniffing rum bottles. But! Specifically to your question ('bout dam time! ya long winded freak!....) Rum Pairings. My completely biased and unabashed opinions for suitable Mai-tai rum pairings are: Appelton Estate VX and Saint James Ambre Appelton Dark and Saint James Hors'd Age (sp?) Black Label Appelton Estate XO and Cruzan Estate Single Barrel Coruba and Oronoco (comes across as spicy, more research is needed) Brugal Dark and Cruzan Single Barrel Ron-Rico and "Old Oak Gold" (this pair was tasty, but a bit weak. A dash of orange bitters helped) I have many more pairings I have tried, but this list are the only ones I am willing to try again. Remember, and this is important, this list is from my bar and involves my taste for rum and is what I like. You may not like any of these. But, you have a starting point and I am hoping that you will share what you discover. And, here is a very long discussion about the Mai-Tai.... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=20200&forum=10&start=0 The Rum discussion starts on page four or five. And, last but not least.... Welcome to Tiki Central. Leave your liver by the door, it will only get beat up in here.

I offered this idea before and some people laughed, others tried it, some swear by it......

Step 1 - Grab your two bottles of rum and remove the caps.

Step 2 - Look around and make sure you are alone. If their are people around, make sure they are your friends. Or at least that they know you well enough they wont find this process odd. Odd for you I mean....

Step 3 - Place the necks of the two bottles close together.

Step 4 - Sniff your two bottles together.

When you are done laughing at this suggestion, read on.

Why are you sniffing rum?

Well, if your two rums smell like two rums, you have exactly that.... two rums.

If, however, your two rums together smell yummy (more so than just some rum, you lush), like something a bit more than just two rums, you have a good pair to try in a Mai-Tai.

Specifically to the Mai-tai, do this same bottle-sniff trick and include your bottle of orgeat. If the three together make you wonder if you really can snort alcohol since you already have your nose right there, you have found a winning combination.

Your success will vary accordingly. I only guarantee that you will look foolish sniffing rum bottles.

But! Specifically to your question ('bout dam time! ya long winded freak!....) Rum Pairings.

My completely biased and unabashed opinions for suitable Mai-tai rum pairings are:

Appelton Estate VX and Saint James Ambre
Appelton Dark and Saint James Hors'd Age (sp?) Black Label
Appelton Estate XO and Cruzan Estate Single Barrel
Coruba and Oronoco (comes across as spicy, more research is needed)
Brugal Dark and Cruzan Single Barrel
Ron-Rico and "Old Oak Gold" (this pair was tasty, but a bit weak. A dash of orange bitters helped)

I have many more pairings I have tried, but this list are the only ones I am willing to try again.

Remember, and this is important, this list is from my bar and involves my taste for rum and is what I like. You may not like any of these. But, you have a starting point and I am hoping that you will share what you discover.

And, here is a very long discussion about the Mai-Tai....

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=20200&forum=10&start=0

The Rum discussion starts on page four or five.

And, last but not least.... Welcome to Tiki Central. Leave your liver by the door, it will only get beat up in here.

Post #345487 by Chip and Andy on Thu, Nov 22, 2007 5:30 AM