Lemon Hart question - Tiki Drinks and Food

M MaukaHale Tiki Socialite The base of the Volcano Joined: May 07, 2012 Posts: 968	M MaukaHale Posted posted on Thu, Jan 29, 2015 10:04 PM On 2015-01-29 13:20, Limbo Lizard wrote: About 7 months ago, I posted: On 2014-06-27 08:13, Limbo Lizard wrote: d, when the time comes? (Sort of like when a tiki restaurant closes for "remodeling", and never reopens.) I believe I can round out to 2 cases, from various local stores, as insurance against LH151 becoming permanently unavailable. But should I tie up $650 in this one product? What if I do, and then, as AceExplorer wondered, another manufacturer introduces a Demerara-profile product that is not just competitive in quality and price, but superior? I'd hate to have to listen to everyone, from the Bum and Martin Cate on down, rave about this magnificent new sub for LH151, better in every way,... while I'm stuck for years, trying to work through 2 cases of now second-rate LH rum! Aaaaand, here we are! My 'nightmare scenario' has come true, with 18 bottles of red label LH151 still in my stockpile, and the reportedly-superior Hamilton 151 Demerara set to arrive in local stores, any day now. "The rum's the thing..." [ Edited by: Limbo Lizard 2015-01-29 14:14 ] Limbo Lizard, I was concerned that the Lemon Hart 151 would go off line for good so I stocked up with as many bottles as my budget would allow. Today I purchased my first bottle of Hamilton 151 and made a taste comparison of the two. The Hamilton is a very smooth rum but it doesn't have the same smokey aroma that Lemon Hart has. The taste is not the same either. The Hamilton a good rum but it is not identical to the Lemon Hart. I will probably use the Hamilton in drinks but the Lemon Hart is still my preferred rum for the drinks I use it in. The Hamilton is a good substitute but I wouldn't say it is the same or a superior rum. I don't regret buying extra bottles of Lemon Hart.

On 2015-01-29 13:20, Limbo Lizard wrote:
About 7 months ago, I posted:

On 2014-06-27 08:13, Limbo Lizard wrote:

d, when the time comes? (Sort of like when a tiki restaurant closes for "remodeling", and never reopens.)
I believe I can round out to 2 cases, from various local stores, as insurance against LH151 becoming permanently unavailable. But should I tie up $650 in this one product? What if I do, and then, as AceExplorer wondered, another manufacturer introduces a Demerara-profile product that is not just competitive in quality and price, but superior?
I'd hate to have to listen to everyone, from the Bum and Martin Cate on down, rave about this magnificent new sub for LH151, better in every way,... while I'm stuck for years, trying to work through 2 cases of now second-rate LH rum!

Aaaaand, here we are! My 'nightmare scenario' has come true, with 18 bottles of red label LH151 still in my stockpile, and the reportedly-superior Hamilton 151 Demerara set to arrive in local stores, any day now.

"The rum's the thing..."

[ Edited by: Limbo Lizard 2015-01-29 14:14 ]

Limbo Lizard,

I was concerned that the Lemon Hart 151 would go off line for good so I stocked up with as many bottles as my budget would allow. Today I purchased my first bottle of Hamilton 151 and made a taste comparison of the two. The Hamilton is a very smooth rum but it doesn't have the same smokey aroma that Lemon Hart has. The taste is not the same either. The Hamilton a good rum but it is not identical to the Lemon Hart. I will probably use the Hamilton in drinks but the Lemon Hart is still my preferred rum for the drinks I use it in.

The Hamilton is a good substitute but I wouldn't say it is the same or a superior rum. I don't regret buying extra bottles of Lemon Hart.

Post #736274 by MaukaHale on Thu, Jan 29, 2015 10:04 PM