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

W wupput Tiki Socialite Joined: May 03, 2005 Posts: 116	W wupput Posted posted on Wed, Mar 25, 2015 10:24 PM OK, here's another old thread to bump. I have questions about GOLD rums. I have been trying to faithfully recreate drinks and think I've done fine with the whites, darks, and demeraras, but when it comes to the golds I've been a bit confused. I understand there are Puerto Rican, Virgin Island, Barbados, and Jamaican rums that are referred to as gold but that they are not necessarily interchangeable. I like the Plantation 5-year old Barbados rum and have been using it most of the time when any kind of gold is called for, even Spanish style ones; though sometimes I've used Appleton VX when I forget I have the Plantation. I also picked up some Doorly's XO which I imagine will be similar to the Plantation. Then I picked up some Smith & Cross which seems like a totally different beast and which I'm pretty excited to try in anything. But I just can't get myself to pick up any Puerto Rican style golds. Am I angering the Lono? I guess the Plantation and Appleton have a bit more sweetness and heft than something like a Cruzan gold would. (Then there's that whole other question I have about the precise difference between daiquiris, grogs, and punches but I'll save that for another thread!) [ Edited by: wupput 2015-03-25 22:25 ]

OK, here's another old thread to bump. I have questions about GOLD rums. I have been trying to faithfully recreate drinks and think I've done fine with the whites, darks, and demeraras, but when it comes to the golds I've been a bit confused. I understand there are Puerto Rican, Virgin Island, Barbados, and Jamaican rums that are referred to as gold but that they are not necessarily interchangeable.

I like the Plantation 5-year old Barbados rum and have been using it most of the time when any kind of gold is called for, even Spanish style ones; though sometimes I've used Appleton VX when I forget I have the Plantation. I also picked up some Doorly's XO which I imagine will be similar to the Plantation. Then I picked up some Smith & Cross which seems like a totally different beast and which I'm pretty excited to try in anything. But I just can't get myself to pick up any Puerto Rican style golds. Am I angering the Lono? I guess the Plantation and Appleton have a bit more sweetness and heft than something like a Cruzan gold would.

(Then there's that whole other question I have about the precise difference between daiquiris, grogs, and punches but I'll save that for another thread!)

[ Edited by: wupput 2015-03-25 22:25 ]

Post #740144 by wupput on Wed, Mar 25, 2015 10:24 PM