What AreYou Drinking- Right Now? - Tiki Drinks and Food

M mikehooker Grand Member (3 years) Austin Joined: Jul 17, 2014 Posts: 1211	M mikehooker Posted posted on Wed, Mar 11, 2020 1:56 PM Thanks y'all. I very much am looking forward to a potential meet up in Denver, and hopefully in LA next month as well. On 2020-03-10 22:29, Hamo wrote: Merchant's Reserve Mai Tai Martin Casa Have you come across the 100 proof Denizen? I recently saw it on sale and decided to pick it up not knowing what to expect. Instead of a blend of Jamaican and molasses-based Martinique rum like the Merchant's Reserve, it's a blend of "dark" Demerara rum and cane-based agricole from Martinique, bottled at a higher proof. It's got some oak, some vanilla, and some sweetness, which is not my favorite profile, but the added heat and a little bit of spice helps rounds it out. I don't taste a lot of the agricole influence and hate that they're so vague as to use the term "dark" in this day and age to describe the Guyana rum without any sort of age statement. I'm guessing it's fairly young with added coloring and maybe sugar as well, something I've gotten very sensitive to the past couple years. At any rate, I mixed it with Xaymaca in a Mai Tai to add a Jamaican funk element. Not bad. Would serve to guests at a gathering and they'd be satisfied but would not make it my go to. Might be worth mixing that and the Merchants sometime to see how that plays out. That Martin Casa sounds tasty.

Thanks y'all. I very much am looking forward to a potential meet up in Denver, and hopefully in LA next month as well.

On 2020-03-10 22:29, Hamo wrote:
Merchant's Reserve Mai Tai

Martin Casa

Have you come across the 100 proof Denizen? I recently saw it on sale and decided to pick it up not knowing what to expect. Instead of a blend of Jamaican and molasses-based Martinique rum like the Merchant's Reserve, it's a blend of "dark" Demerara rum and cane-based agricole from Martinique, bottled at a higher proof. It's got some oak, some vanilla, and some sweetness, which is not my favorite profile, but the added heat and a little bit of spice helps rounds it out. I don't taste a lot of the agricole influence and hate that they're so vague as to use the term "dark" in this day and age to describe the Guyana rum without any sort of age statement. I'm guessing it's fairly young with added coloring and maybe sugar as well, something I've gotten very sensitive to the past couple years. At any rate, I mixed it with Xaymaca in a Mai Tai to add a Jamaican funk element. Not bad. Would serve to guests at a gathering and they'd be satisfied but would not make it my go to. Might be worth mixing that and the Merchants sometime to see how that plays out.

That Martin Casa sounds tasty.

Post #801239 by mikehooker on Wed, Mar 11, 2020 1:56 PM