Post #691327 by Sunny&Rummy on Sun, Aug 25, 2013 6:07 AM

My sense memory is not good enough to allow particularly meaningful comparisons between the new stuff and the old. While my impressions of drinks made then and now do differ I am pretty sure most of the differences stem from my changing tastes rather than huge differences between old and new LH151. The '34 Zombie is a good example. My early tasting notes (used to be sooo much better at that when I furst started mixing) show I thoght the drink was unbalanced and a bit too strong with the original LH151. Now with the new stuff it is one of my absolute favorite drinks, but I think that is the refinement of my own tastes and not the difference in the rums.

I also only eever had one partial bottle of the old LH151 (from a friend who had it around for years and didn't much care for it) to play with so my experience with the original product is quite minimal.

I LOVE the New LH151 in the Atomic Grog Jet Pilot tribute. It was really that drink at Mai-Kai that best showcased the depth and complexity the LH brings to the drink. I had had one in April 2012 during Hukilau and it was good but didn't knock my socks off. I went back two months later in June after they had resumed using LH151 after something like a 15 year absence and this time the Jet Pilot absolutely blew me away.

The Boo Loo with the new LH151 is also excellent.

For the most part I share your desire to avoid south FL (Florida Keys excepted), mostly because of the traffic. But I a solutely make an exception for Mai-Kai which I try to get to as often as possible. As yet, that is only a couple times a year outside of Hukilau, which is not nearly enough.

"If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel."
Robert Louis Stevenson

[ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2013-08-25 06:12 ]