Post #700181 by aquarj on Thu, Nov 21, 2013 6:30 PM

Probably the romantic IDEA of 282 year old shipwreck rum is the biggest thrill of the experience, even if the idea doesn't quite match the reality. If you think about it, it's not that far from the romantic idea of other exotic fantasies that much of poly pop is about simulating.

BUT, with that said, if you read the article carefully, she never directly says that the RUM is 282 years old. The BOTTLE is, and the rum is from the bottle, but there's never an explicit claim that it's the SAME rum that was in the bottle when it was found.

*"No, this shot of rum was from a 282 year-old bottle that was recovered from a 1733 Spanish shipwreck on the bottom of the ocean."

"The antiquated rum was strong but it also had surprisingly nice flavor"

"...the bottle that I had drank from was 145 proof Royal English ration rum, one of 18 unopened bottles recovered and valued by Sotheby’s in New York to be worth $20,000/ bottle"*

These would all still be true if the original contents were long since consumed and replaced with something else not quite as "antiquated". But no big reason to be a buzzkill - like she says, it still sounds like a fun place to visit, and even try the rum poured from a 282 year old BOTTLE.

-Randy