What proportion of your rum is worthwhile? - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Sunny&Rummy Member Melbourne, FL Joined: Jun 13, 2013 Posts: 601	S Sunny&Rummy Posted posted on Mon, Aug 5, 2013 12:52 PM About 90% is worthwhile in that at least one goto drink needs that particular rum or the drink won't sing. that drops to about 70% worthwhile if I define that as rums used regularly in maybe 3 or more different cocktails. A good example of this distinction is Cruzan Blackstrap versus Coruba or Smith&Cross versus Appleton V/X. If I don't have Cruzan Blackstrap and Smith&Cross on hand I can't make either a proper Corn N Oil or a Kingston Negroni so there will be a couple of regular rotation cocktais that will be scratched from the menu. But if I'm out of Coruba that nixes about half of the Tiki/Caribbean cocktails I typically mix up, and ditto for V/X. Whether greater mixing varsitility = more worthwhile rum I am not sure.

About 90% is worthwhile in that at least one goto drink needs that particular rum or the drink won't sing. that drops to about 70% worthwhile if I define that as rums used regularly in maybe 3 or more different cocktails.

A good example of this distinction is Cruzan Blackstrap versus Coruba or Smith&Cross versus Appleton V/X. If I don't have Cruzan Blackstrap and Smith&Cross on hand I can't make either a proper Corn N Oil or a Kingston Negroni so there will be a couple of regular rotation cocktais that will be scratched from the menu. But if I'm out of Coruba that nixes about half of the Tiki/Caribbean cocktails I typically mix up, and ditto for V/X. Whether greater mixing varsitility = more worthwhile rum I am not sure.

Post #688822 by Sunny&Rummy on Mon, Aug 5, 2013 12:52 PM