Post #776819 by CosmoReverb on Fri, Jun 9, 2017 2:14 PM

On 2017-05-28 21:22, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:
Hi times Wine Cellars was out of what I was looking for so I checked out the clearance shelves. The FPC Grog was 8 bucks. It’s 100 proof spiced rum, a bit on the sweet side but I’ll find a use for the 2 bottles I bought. The Ron Diaz was 5 bucks and I know nothing about it. We will see if the orgeat was worth 20 bucks(regular price). The Clement bottle is wild - I know the rum is good. I got it at regular price.

Hehe. The clearance shelves lured me into buying a bottle of that Grog a couple of months ago. Cool bottle shape, fun label design, horrible drink. At least I did not care for it at all drinking it neat, maybe I can find a mixer that will make me happier.

I know I'm going out on a limb but I'm gonna go ahead and say it... "Don't trust Alaskan rum! (Especially when it is actually a 'vodka' pretending to be a rum.) But I'll drink most anything for $8 a bottle..." :D

I have also purchased the graffiti-bottle Clément VSOP and that orgeat in the past as well. I like the orgeat and put it on par with the Small-Hand one. Not overly sweet, with more of a drier, toastier almond flavor. Not as "marzipan-y" as some other brands can be.

I picked up a bottle of the Clément Rhum Agricole Vieux - Cask Collection when I was there earlier this week. I haven't had a chance to try it yet but I have high hopes for it. (I normally prefer the Rhum JM agricoles over the Clément but I haven't tried either's vieux yet.)

edit: Ooh, I just saw that there is a 5 Minutes of Rum episode on the Clément Cask Collection Vieux. He seems to think it is like the VSOP only much more assertive.

[ Edited by: CosmoReverb 2017-06-09 22:49 ]