Difference between gold and amber rum? - Tiki Drinks and Food

N n0ir Member Stockholm, Sweden Joined: Jul 14, 2010 Posts: 8	N n0ir Posted posted on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 3:59 PM Sorry if this has been up before! Almost impossible to search with "amber" and "gold" as search criterias... :P What (if any) is the difference between gold and amber rum? For example, Appleton Special Gold is a gold rum but its cousin Appleton V/X is considered to be an amber rum? Even the bum uses the two categories but never really explain the difference, for example when he writes (under gold Jamaican rum in Remixed) that you should "look for Appleton Special Gold. Appleton also makes an aged amber rum, Estate V/X, which works beautifully in recipes that call for gold Jamaican.". I assume by my own tastings that gold is lighter then the amber rums? Should the amber rums be placed somewhere in between gold and dark rums on the taste ladder? IS there a difference? Is gold and amber rum considered two different categories of rum or is the terms used interchangeable?

Sorry if this has been up before! Almost impossible to search with "amber" and "gold" as search criterias... :P

What (if any) is the difference between gold and amber rum? For example, Appleton Special Gold is a gold rum but its cousin Appleton V/X is considered to be an amber rum?

Even the bum uses the two categories but never really explain the difference, for example when he writes (under gold Jamaican rum in Remixed) that you should "look for Appleton Special Gold. Appleton also makes an aged amber rum, Estate V/X, which works beautifully in recipes that call for gold Jamaican.".

I assume by my own tastings that gold is lighter then the amber rums? Should the amber rums be placed somewhere in between gold and dark rums on the taste ladder?

IS there a difference? Is gold and amber rum considered two different categories of rum or is the terms used interchangeable?

Post #607724 by n0ir on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 3:59 PM