What's your latest rum purchase? - Tiki Drinks and Food

M mmaurice Grand Member (1 year) Joined: Feb 25, 2015 Posts: 92	M mmaurice Posted posted on Wed, Aug 3, 2016 1:27 PM On 2016-08-03 10:49, Warboys wrote: Hey all, it's been a while! Was in duty free the other day and picked up some Zacapa 23. I always thought of Zacapa as a rum to drink straight... but honestly I didn't like it that much so I'll start using it in my cocktails. What category does it fit into? Are there rums in the same category that I can replace with Zacapa? I've read somewhere about someone sticking it in a Mai Tai (although what can you NOT stick in a Mai Tai!). I used it the other day in a high end Trader Vic Style Navy Grog 2oz Homemade TV Grog Syrup (http://5minutesofrum.com/blog/2014/4/10/spice-syrup) 1oz Lime 0.5oz Grapefruit 1oz Zacapa 23 1oz Appleton 12yr 1oz El Dorado 12yr Damn tasty!!!

On 2016-08-03 10:49, Warboys wrote:
Hey all, it's been a while!

Was in duty free the other day and picked up some Zacapa 23. I always thought of Zacapa as a rum to drink straight... but honestly I didn't like it that much so I'll start using it in my cocktails.

What category does it fit into? Are there rums in the same category that I can replace with Zacapa? I've read somewhere about someone sticking it in a Mai Tai (although what can you NOT stick in a Mai Tai!).

I used it the other day in a high end Trader Vic Style Navy Grog

2oz Homemade TV Grog Syrup (http://5minutesofrum.com/blog/2014/4/10/spice-syrup)
1oz Lime
0.5oz Grapefruit
1oz Zacapa 23
1oz Appleton 12yr
1oz El Dorado 12yr

Damn tasty!!!

Post #766999 by mmaurice on Wed, Aug 3, 2016 1:27 PM