Post #748666 by GatorRob on Wed, Aug 5, 2015 6:44 PM

I finally got my hands on the Navy Style rum (yea!). After a few sips to get a feel for it, I made a Black Magic style (i.e., coffee flavored) drink with it. While I enjoyed it, it didn't totally play nicely with some of the other ingredients (coffee, lime, passion fruit, etc). And I kept thinking, "this somehow reminds me of smoked meat... Why?!?" Well, Bryan's description of wanting to give it a smokey wood and gunpowder flavor definitely answers that. My taste buds weren't lying to me. I am scratching my head though trying to figure out exactly what to do with this rum. Thinking a Navy Grog would be the obvious. Any other ideas? It's got a great flavor, but the uniqueness of it and its high ABV make it a little finicky to mix with (at least to me).