Post #90483 by thejab on Mon, May 10, 2004 3:33 PM

On 2004-05-10 14:29, Swanky wrote:
The simple answer is, use dark rum.

I have to disagree with this. The beauty of many classic tropical drinks was the careful blending of aged rums from different areas each with different characteristics in order to achieve a complex and unique flavor. Just dumping Myers's or other dark rums that are young and artificially colored into a drink will not produce the same taste as an aged Demarara would.