Post #786116 by AceExplorer on Wed, Apr 18, 2018 10:40 AM

Off the top of my head, I can quickly offer the following options:

1. Generally, single-barrel 12-year "anything" is often intended to simply and slowly be sipped neat. But if you're not in love with them, then consider making cocktails.
2. Make a daiquiri with each and see how you like it. A number of us use the daiquiri as a simple cocktail for taste-testing new rums.
3. Grab a cocktail recipe book, pull up some recipes which call for that particular type and style of rum, and have fun with some experimental cocktails.

I looked up Bill McCoy in Wikipedia. Helluva rum runner (and yacht builder) in the early part of the 1900's. In my brief search I was not able to find solid evidence that "the real McCoy" saying can truly be attributed to him, although the distillery sure leans heavily on that story. There are a number of local stories about him here in my city. For example, that he often evaded government revenue men by hiding (and cooling) some of his stock underwater in the shallows of the cool St. Johns River. We have a great craft cocktail bar, "The Volstead," which has a few photos of him on display on their walls.

Cheers!

Edited to add #1 above - doh - should have had that in there right from the start.

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[ Edited by: AceExplorer 2018-04-18 10:44 ]