Updates to The Mai-Kai Cocktail Guide on The Atomic Grog - Tiki Drinks and Food

HH Hurricane Hayward Grand Member (1 year) 16 miles from The Mai-Kai Joined: Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 1867	HH Hurricane Hayward Posted posted on Fri, Aug 12, 2016 7:19 PM Unfortunately, Coruba never panned out, so they've been pouring Appleton Reserve while they wait out the great Kohala Bay outage. It's definitely a higher quality rum than the earlier substitutes and works fine in some drinks. But you may notice the lack of funk in the Black Magic and some others. I had no complaints with the Zombie, however. Meanwhile, the new Lemon Hart 151 is starting to appear on store shelves (in Austin and the Florida Panhandle) ... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=51252&forum=10&start=45 The Mai-Kai plans to reach out to the distributor, so it may not be long before we find out whether we see another return of the venerable 151 Demerara rum.

Unfortunately, Coruba never panned out, so they've been pouring Appleton Reserve while they wait out the great Kohala Bay outage. It's definitely a higher quality rum than the earlier substitutes and works fine in some drinks. But you may notice the lack of funk in the Black Magic and some others. I had no complaints with the Zombie, however.

Meanwhile, the new Lemon Hart 151 is starting to appear on store shelves (in Austin and the Florida Panhandle) ... http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=51252&forum=10&start=45

The Mai-Kai plans to reach out to the distributor, so it may not be long before we find out whether we see another return of the venerable 151 Demerara rum.

Post #767386 by Hurricane Hayward on Fri, Aug 12, 2016 7:19 PM