What AreYou Drinking- Right Now? - Tiki Drinks and Food

H HopeChest Member East Bay, CA Joined: Oct 19, 2015 Posts: 508	H HopeChest Posted posted on Mon, Feb 8, 2016 8:58 PM On 2016-02-08 15:35, mikehooker wrote: On 2016-02-08 14:35, Warboys wrote: Evening 2 Myers Mount Gay Eclipse Going for my 'poor man's Mai Tai'. Clement and Appleton were pricey so I've taken my two cheapest bottles and tested the results. Very different taste... much more 'artificial' tasting (hard to explain) with a sticky sweetness from the Myers and an overwhelming lack of refreshment that was in the first two recipes. Evening 3 Appleton V/X Barbancourt 8 Year This was bitterly disappointing. It was much better than the sticky sweet Myers one, but I was expecting something rivaling the VX/Clement but it was decidely untasteful. There was something so off with it, that didn't really feel like a rum mix issue. So I've got a ton of follow up questions trying to determine the source of the problem... As for Appleton, the V/X is a great base rum when mixed with another rum with more characteristics but I've not enjoyed mai tai's using that one either. I've found the Appleton V/X / Signature is actually pretty serviceable in a mai tai if you use Demerara syrup instead of simple or rock candy. Agree with you on the 12, though - it's the business.

On 2016-02-08 15:35, mikehooker wrote:

On 2016-02-08 14:35, Warboys wrote:

Evening 2

Myers

Mount Gay Eclipse

Going for my 'poor man's Mai Tai'. Clement and Appleton were pricey so I've taken my two cheapest bottles and tested the results. Very different taste... much more 'artificial' tasting (hard to explain) with a sticky sweetness from the Myers and an overwhelming lack of refreshment that was in the first two recipes.

Evening 3

Appleton V/X

Barbancourt 8 Year

This was bitterly disappointing. It was much better than the sticky sweet Myers one, but I was expecting something rivaling the VX/Clement but it was decidely untasteful. There was something so off with it, that didn't really feel like a rum mix issue. So I've got a ton of follow up questions trying to determine the source of the problem...

As for Appleton, the V/X is a great base rum when mixed with another rum with more characteristics but I've not enjoyed mai tai's using that one either.

I've found the Appleton V/X / Signature is actually pretty serviceable in a mai tai if you use Demerara syrup instead of simple or rock candy. Agree with you on the 12, though - it's the business.

Post #758806 by HopeChest on Mon, Feb 8, 2016 8:58 PM