Post #752885 by Hurricane Hayward on Tue, Oct 20, 2015 8:12 PM

I got a little sidetracked, obviously, but a few recent purchases brought me back to ranking all my white mixing rums. My biggest take-away: I own entirely too many white mixing rums.

So without further adieu, here are the white rums rated 2.5 or higher (on a 1-5 scale). For comparison's sake, my overall No. 1 is Lemon Hart 151 (4.4).

• Havana Club Anejo 3 Años (Cuba) – 3.5
• Havana Club Añejo Blanco (Cuba) – 3.3
• Plantation 3 Stars (Jamaica/Barbados/Trinidad) – 3.2
• Bacardi Heritage/1909 (Puerto Rico) – 3.1
• Denizen (Jamaica/Trinidad) – 3.0
• Papa’s Pilar Blonde (Central America/Caribbean) – 3.0
• Bacardi Maestro Gran Reserva (Puerto Rico) – 3.0
• Flor de Cana Extra Dry (Nicaragua) – 2.9
• Brugal Ron Blanco Especial (Dominican Republic) – 2.9
• The Real McCoy 3 (U.S. via Barbados) – 2.9
• Cruzan Estate Light (U.S. Virgin Islands) – 2.8
• Don Q Cristal (Puerto Rico) – 2.8
• Mount Gay Eclipse Silver (Barbados) – 2.8
• Mount Gay Special Reserve (Barbados) – 2.8
• Tanduay Silver (Philippines) – 2.8
• Wicked Dolphin Silver (Florida) – 2.8
• Clement Premiere Canne (Martinique) – 2.7
• Doorly’s Macaw (Barbados) – 2.7
• Ron Matusalem Platino (Dominican Republic) – 2.7
• Tommy Bahama White Sand (Barbados) – 2.7
• Appleton White (Jamaica) – 2.6
• El Dorado Superior (Guyana) – 2.5
• Vizcaya Cristal (Dominican Republic) – 2.5

Bacardi Maestro Gran Reserva is new. It's Bacardi's "super premium" mixing rum. I actually like the 89-proof Heritage a little better. The extra proof gives it some extra kick. Here's a good article that breaks down all the Barcardi whites:
http://www.alcademics.com/2015/05/the-difference-between-all-those-bacardi-white-rums.html

They still can't touch Havana Club, of course. And I also picked up a bottle of Bacardi's Havana Club (U.S. release), which of course is rubbish. It didn't even make this list, along with a few other bottom-shelf whites (Trader Vic's, Ron Carlos, et al.) I find it hard to believe Captain Morgan White is worthy, but I may have to give it a try just out of curiosity.

Okole maluna!