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

C Colin Member Joined: Aug 20, 2013 Posts: 6	C Colin Posted posted on Sat, Apr 4, 2015 4:56 AM I thought gold and amber were the same thing, but I once was talking with the bar staff at the Trader Vic's here in Portland and realized, at least there, you can find a distinct chain of command as far as house rums go: --Light rum --gold rum --amber rum --dark rum They use the house amber rum for their mai tai. I've tried all of their rums by themselves and the amber is the only one I like. It has a nice nose to it and works well with the house mai tai, whereas the others just taste really cheap to me. One day they were out of the amber, and they said they made amber rum for the mai tais that day by mixing one part gold rum with one part dark rum. I didn't care for the substitution.

I thought gold and amber were the same thing, but I once was talking with the bar staff at the Trader Vic's here in Portland and realized, at least there, you can find a distinct chain of command as far as house rums go:

--Light rum
--gold rum
--amber rum
--dark rum

They use the house amber rum for their mai tai. I've tried all of their rums by themselves and the amber is the only one I like. It has a nice nose to it and works well with the house mai tai, whereas the others just taste really cheap to me. One day they were out of the amber, and they said they made amber rum for the mai tais that day by mixing one part gold rum with one part dark rum. I didn't care for the substitution.

Post #740693 by Colin on Sat, Apr 4, 2015 4:56 AM