Post #43701 by thejab on Sun, Jul 20, 2003 11:50 AM

Kick the Reverb:
I couldn't find Old Pascas rum in "The Complete Guide to Rum" (by Edward Hamilton) but the top Barbados rum makers are Mount Gay, the West Indies Rum Refinery Limited that doesn't bottle their own rums but produces rum for every bottler in Barbados except Mount Gay, Hanschell Inniss Limited that blends and bottles Cockspur, and R. L. Seale that bottles various rums as well as John D. Taylor's brand of Falernum (the original Falernum, soon to be available in the U.S. again!).

Swanky: The Complete Guide to Rum says that Saint James Hors D'Age is a blend of several rums that are older than 3 years and it is "one of the best rums from Saint James". The more commonly found Saint James rum (in the U.S.) is Royal Ambre, which is 2 years old.

Saint James rum comes in the most beautiful square bottles embossed on all four sides with the company name and "Plantations Martinique". The bottles are worth keeping after the rum is gone (maybe for storing some home brew). The guide book says the bottles are made in Marseilles.

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[ Edited by: thejab on 2003-07-20 11:52 ]