Post #778353 by Hurricane Hayward on Sun, Jul 30, 2017 5:01 PM

On 2017-07-30 06:08, mikehooker wrote:

On 2017-07-30 01:21, Hurricane Hayward wrote:
I finally found a bottle of Banks 5 Island, which of course led to a Daiquiri showdown ...

1. Who won?

2. What proportions you using?

My usual go-to for straight-up Daiquiris: 2 oz rum, 3/4 oz lime, 2 tsp granulated organic sugar.

It's almost a dead heat. I give Plantation a slight edge, but that might just be due to my familiarity with it. These are easily the two best multi-island, blended white rums. Havana Club is the only other rum I've had that makes a better Daiquri. Also a fan of El Dorado 3, which is sort of a middle ground between the two styles.

Banks also edged out another 86-proof rum, Cana Brava (which I rate just below the above group along with the 89-proof Bacardi Heritage/1909). ...

[ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2017-07-30 17:10 ]