Post #773490 by Dr. Coruba on Tue, Feb 28, 2017 9:49 PM

On 2017-02-27 10:14, HopeChest wrote:
Thanks for the link, Skip! That place is the only one I could find online that I could actually order it from, but the "Special Order" up to 14 days turnaround bit had me scratching my head. I may need to just suck it up, place the order, and cross my fingers.

Worth the wait. The 14 days, which could be much shorter, is because they don't have it on the shelf. Ace is near the distributor for the Trader Vic's rums, so they order it as needed. Ace does their special orders on Mondays and if the timing is right, they get the Royal Amber in on Tuesdays. which means you could have it pretty quick. BUT, if your order misses the Monday ordering that week, that's why it can take 14 days.

If you enjoy it, I would start stocking up on it. Now that Trader Vic's is down to just two U.S. locations, and only one of the two locations, Emeryville, USES the Royal Amber (sadly the Atlanta TV doesn't use it for their Mai Tais), this really great Mai Tai rum could go the way of Kohala Bay :(