Post #758052 by PalmtreePat on Thu, Jan 28, 2016 4:58 PM

On 2016-01-27 21:41, thePorpoise wrote:

On 2016-01-27 16:02, PalmtreePat wrote:

Any idea for replacements for the VSOP? That bottle is my most expensive and I don't think I possess anything that could replace it right now.

I'm sure I'll rankle someone by saying this, but you could try Barbancourt 5 star instead of VSOP. It's a fresh cane rum, double distilled, aged in oak, which hits all the right notes as far as I can tell, but it goes for twenty bucks a bottle.

I was going to suggest the same thing Pat, except that I was going to step it down to the Barbancourt 3 star!

The three star is what I usually use when I can get a deal on it. At the moment the only liqour store near me with it in stock is charging 20 clams for it while hi times has the five star on special for the same price, but I've seen good old three star go for around 16 on a good day. I agree with The Bum that the five is a better mixer standalone, but to my palate the three comes amazingly close when its working with other rums.