Haleakala Distillers ~ new Maui Rum? - Tiki Drinks and Food

S shredderboy Member Kauai Joined: Dec 05, 2008 Posts: 1	S shredderboy Posted posted on Fri, Dec 5, 2008 11:21 PM Just back from Maui! What a trip. Everybody is raving about the local rums these days. Seems Haleakala Distillers has won four medals in three years for a number of rums introduced since these early posts. Maui Time Weekly just did a profile, and a local bartender tipped me off that one or two of their rums are to be served at the upcoming inauguration in Washington, DC. 1st Hawaiian born President, 1st time Hawaiian rums served in DC. Makes sense to me. Anyway, I bought some but drank it all up in Mai Tai's we mixed ourselves in our condo. Better than the crap they were serving at Kimo's and Leilani's in Lahaina. Over ten bucks for a mai tai and these restaurants only use fake imported rum tasting like kerosene! Ours, made with real local Maui rums, were way better. Unfortunately, drank all we bought and nothing to bring home. Our local liquor store does not have it, but referred us to a website where we restocked http://www.mauirum.biz click on online store. If anyone is going to Maui, please bring some back. It is way cheaper locally. They say it is also retailed on Oahu and the Big Island, but I will have to wait til next year to find out.

Just back from Maui! What a trip. Everybody is raving about the local rums these days. Seems Haleakala Distillers has won four medals in three years for a number of rums introduced since these early posts. Maui Time Weekly just did a profile, and a local bartender tipped me off that one or two of their rums are to be served at the upcoming inauguration in Washington, DC. 1st Hawaiian born President, 1st time Hawaiian rums served in DC. Makes sense to me.

Anyway, I bought some but drank it all up in Mai Tai's we mixed ourselves in our condo. Better than the crap they were serving at Kimo's and Leilani's in Lahaina. Over ten bucks for a mai tai and these restaurants only use fake imported rum tasting like kerosene! Ours, made with real local Maui rums, were way better. Unfortunately, drank all we bought and nothing to bring home. Our local liquor store does not have it, but referred us to a website where we restocked http://www.mauirum.biz click on online store. If anyone is going to Maui, please bring some back. It is way cheaper locally. They say it is also retailed on Oahu and the Big Island, but I will have to wait til next year to find out.

Post #422388 by shredderboy on Fri, Dec 5, 2008 11:21 PM