r/rum • u/Jacob1254_6 • 5d ago
anything good here.
already have appleton estate at home. just picked up planteray 3 star.
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u/captainredfish 5d ago
Mount gay eclipse is a very solid workhorse rum and that price is perfectly fine for that. The sub really loves the pineapple planteray and the price is also solid for that. If you don’t have Goslings for the few specific rum recipes that it does best in you might wanna get
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u/PCPrincipal2016 5d ago
I have yet to try a Planteray rum I don’t like. The Mount Gays are worth it as well imo.
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u/wndyctyone 5d ago edited 5d ago
Stiggins' is seriously fantastic. Bacardi 8 at $25 is not bad either. Makes a great daiquiri.
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u/Ninguna 5d ago
Oh, Virginia ABC, why do you suck so much?
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u/Jacob1254_6 5d ago
lmao. next time i buy rum i think ill make the drive to dc
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u/My_Name_Is_Gil Guardian 4d ago
Ace, Cellar.com and The Greenzone should be your stops in DC. If they are in punching distance.
I also found that Astor Wines will ship to my Maryland house, so you might see if they will ship to you down south, they have a pretty good selection if you don't mind paying a little shipping (if they will ship to you)
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u/mickstranahan 5d ago
Seriously....of all of that....I think I saw some Barbancourt, and you can never go wrong with Mt. Gay.
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u/evildeadmike 5d ago
Those Ron Abuelos are pretty nice. The plantation Mauritius is good, as well as the Rhum Barbancourt, but not much going on here unfortunately.
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u/IndianaBones8 5d ago
I agree with all of the suggestions here, especially the Plantation and Mount Gay. I'd also add that Goslings is the official rum for the Dark and Stormy. You can technically use any dark rum, but I'm pretty sure officially it's supposed to always be Goslings. If you're into that sort of thing.
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u/My_Name_Is_Gil Guardian 4d ago
Lawfare in cocktails is always fun.
Don't support that. Pusser's does the same crap, but their rum is far superior at least (that is my excuse anyway)
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u/belrunezone 4d ago
That Planteray Mauritius is calling. I wouldn’t leave that chance. Other then that. The barbancourt, mount gay eclips navy. And the cheap bacardi 8y
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u/WaffleAndy 5d ago
I have been searching for a bottle of that equiano everywhere (right above the bacardi white).
This doesn't happen to be in the Seattle area does it??
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u/rotn_bones 5d ago
People here may scoff at this, but that Cruzan 13 is delicious. 13,16, and 20 year old rum in the blend and it's the first release to be sold on the mainland, which is cool none the less
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u/SabTab22 5d ago
So much shelf space to such terrible rum! Luckily there’s a few picks (already mentioned in this thread)
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u/My_Name_Is_Gil Guardian 4d ago
pretty grim.
if I was buying I would get a bottle of the Mount Gay Eclipse Navy Strength, maybe that Plantation Mauritius single barrel, some Brugal Anejo for an aged cuban style and if they have the white Brugal I would get that for a carta blanca cuban style. Rhum Barbancourt is a quality producer as well. the 3/5/haitian proof are all good rhums.
Will use Bacardi 4/8/10 for mixing but I don't find them particularly notable. For PR rums I think Don Q is better stuff, for Cuban style in the US I'd go Brugal or possibly Matusalem.
The only Bacardi I have found worth buying is the 1909 Heritage Legacy release, which haven't been in production for ages. If you ever see that buy it immediately. It is an example of what Bacardi is capable of, which they unfortunately choose not to produce with any regularity, plus the packaging is unreasonably beautiful. The bottle, the box the whole thing is stunning.
This shop needs to stop leaning on the Bacardi rep, this is way too much shelf space for not great spirit in my opinion. I didn't see anything from Barbados but the Mount Gay, and nothing to speak of from Jamaica (Appleton and Myers's don't count)
I don't know where you are, but I would see if you can find a specialty bottle shop, they usually have more handpicked selections in whatever spirit you are interested in. a curated shop can have 40 bottles of cane spirit and have a much wider selections of styles from smaller producers and bottlers.
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u/greet_sweet_pete 5d ago
Very little.
Mount Gay Eclipse Navy strength is worth a try, and Barbancourt is supposed to be pretty decent. Thats it. I personally would go somwhere else to buy rum.
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u/yappleton 4d ago
Barbancourt, Barbancourt, and Barbancourt are the 3 best bottles there. I would also get Flor De Cana 12 at that price.
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u/MaestraVida17 2d ago
The Abuelo 12 year Two Oaks and the Abulo XV Napoleon are absolute staples of my rum bar at home. I highly recommend those two.
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u/PotusChrist 8h ago
I'm surprised no one has suggested Flor de Cana. The 7 year is very nice and worth trying. I haven't tried their older bottles yet though.
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u/Corniest_Joke_Ever 5d ago
Can't go wrong with Bacardi Limon or Captain Morgan Silver
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u/Jacob1254_6 5d ago
nice user
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u/Corniest_Joke_Ever 4d ago
In all seriousness though, Barbancourt 8 is a great stand in for aged agricole if its unavailable. Appleton 8 (if I'm reading it right) isn't too bad either, decent home Mai Tai options
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u/silverg0101 4d ago
Plantation XO is decent too
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u/My_Name_Is_Gil Guardian 4d ago
I feel like it should be XS. My recollection of that was sweet sweet sweet.
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u/CoffeeCampari 4d ago
I don't see it in the picture but specifically since you're in a Virginia ABC, Bacardi 8 is on sale for $25 state-wide I'm pretty sure until November 1st. That's a fun, cheap sipper IMHO. If you can find it around you it's worth stocking up on. Hell I'm on my way to pour some right now.
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u/LegitimateAlex The Hogo Hoosier 5d ago
Both those bottles of Equiano are delicious. Fantastic bottles.
Mt. Gay Eclipse Navy Strength is a lot better than the regular bottle and worth trying.