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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 6022
From: Las Vegas
|  Posted: 2014-05-11 9:54 pm Permalink
Mad Dog- how's the inventory coming along?
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kkocka
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Joined: Jul 23, 2013
Posts: 696 | Posted: 2014-05-12 11:48 am Permalink
Appleton Estate Reserve
Bacardi 151
Bacardi 8
Bacardi Dragon Berry
Bacardi Gold
Coruba Dark
Cruzan Aged Light Rum
Cruzan Black Strap
El Dorado 5
El Dorado 12
Kraken Black Spiced Rum
Koloa Coconut
Koloa Dark
Lemon Hart 151
Myers's Platinum White
Pyrat XO Reserve
Rhum Clement VSOP
Seven Tiki Spiced Rum
Smith & Cross
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thePorpoise
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Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 1515
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2014-05-12 7:56 pm Permalink
Appleton Estate 21-year-old
Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum [leftover from Christmas eggnogs]
Cruzan Black Strap
El Dorado 12
Lemon Hart 151
Saint James Royal Ambre
Tanduay 1854
Tanduay ESQ
Wray & Nephew Overproof
unfortunately, the good bottles have but a bit left, the bad ones are nearly chock full...
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AdOrAdam
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Joined: Jun 16, 2013
Posts: 627
From: Wolverhampton, UK
| Posted: 2014-05-13 06:06 am Permalink
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On 2014-05-12 19:56, thePorpoise wrote:
Unfortunately, the good bottles have but a bit left, the bad ones are nearly chock full...
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Yeah that happens to me sometimes, I have a few duds that have lasted for ever & have even combined some because I cared very little about them (see below)
I tend to split my collection between:
English ~ Jamaican
Appleton 12
Appleton 8
Appleton VX
Smith & Cross
Myers
English ~ Demerara
El Dorado 15
El Dorado 12
El Dorado 8
Lemon Hart 151
Pussers Blue Label
Pussers 15
English ~ Other
Goslings 151
Cockspur
Angostura 1919
Jeffersons
Jack Iron
Spanish
Mocambo 20
Bacardi 8
Havana Club Anejo Reserva
Havana Club 3
Brugal Blanco
Bacardi Superior
French
Clement VSOP
Saint James Rhum Vieux
Barbancourt 8 star (5 year)
Trois Rivières Blanc
Other
Sailor Jerrys
Sam Song
Santa Teresa Orange
Malibu
A bottle of miscellaneous dark rum bottle ends combined together (Captain Morgan, Kracken, OVD etc ~ it's actually quite good in Painkillers)
Rums I'm out of but will restock soon:
Ron Zacapa 23
El Dorado 5
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arriano
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Joined: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 1404
From: Dog Patch - San Diego
| Posted: 2014-05-13 08:50 am Permalink
Currently:
Appleton V/X
Bacardi Superior
Bacardi Select
Ballast Point Three Sheets
Belize Travellers 1 Barrel
Braddah Kimo's Da Bomb 155
Coruba
Cruzan Black Strap
Cruzan Light
El Dorado 12 Year
Gosling's
Gosling's 151
Havana Club Blanco
Havana Club 3 Anos
Havana Club Anejo Reserve
Havana Club 7 Anos
Lemon Hart 80
Lemon Hart 115 (homemade)
Lemon Hart 151
Matusalem Gran Reserve 15 Year
Mount Gay Black Barrel
Myers's
Plantation Rum Barbados 5 Year
Pusser's Navy
Pyrat XO Reserve
Ron de Jeremy
Ron de Jeremy Spiced
Saint James Royal Ambre
Sea Hag Spiced (homemade)
Trader Vic's Dark
Trader Vic's 151
Whaler's Rare Reserve
Zaya 12 Year
Plus two cachacas
Yprioca Crystal
Yprioca Ouro
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Klas
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Joined: May 04, 2003
Posts: 226
From: Stockholm, Sweden
| Posted: 2014-05-14 10:52 am Permalink
Appleton Special
Appleton V/X
Appleton Extra 12
Bacardi 151
Bacardi Reserva
Clement Rhum Vieux
El Dorado Dark
El Dorado 8 Year
Havana Club 3 Anos
Havana Club Especial
Havana Club 7 Anos
Koko Kanu
Lemon Hart 151
Mount Gay Eclipse
Myers's Original Dark
Wray & Nephew Overproof
Only thing I really miss here in Sweden is a good but cheaper alternative to Appleton Extra 12. Now I have to use the 12 for any drink that calls for Dark Jamaican. Oh, and we don't have any 151 proof rums here either but I've stocked up on those so I'm good for years to come.
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AceExplorer
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Joined: Apr 03, 2008
Posts: 1887
From: Deep in the Jacksonville Florida jungle.
| Posted: 2014-05-14 12:13 pm Permalink
Klas, you are fortunate that you seem to be able to freely get Havana Club rums. Here in the US we have to deal with a trade embargo, and Cuban Havana Club products are very hard to come by.
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AdOrAdam
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Joined: Jun 16, 2013
Posts: 627
From: Wolverhampton, UK
| Posted: 2014-05-14 3:31 pm Permalink
I'm with you Klas, to be able to get an 'everyday' dark Jamaican that is good in almost all situations (like Coruba) in the EU would be good. I regularly switch between Appleton 12 / 8 / VX / Myers depending on the drink - VX or Myers getting the most use, the 8 & 12 being used less.
AceExplorer, the Havana Club rums are good but there really are some equally fine alternatives available.
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Klas
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Joined: May 04, 2003
Posts: 226
From: Stockholm, Sweden
| Posted: 2014-05-15 02:30 am Permalink
I forgot that we also have Myers's here but I only use it for drinks that explicitly calls for it. The Appleton V/X isn't really an alternative for dark Jamaican in my book but more of a gold rum. I find it really ridiculous that our government monopoly liquor stores offers a selection of 260 different rums but only have two dark Jamaican's in the lower price class (Captain Morgan and Myers's).
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Jay4
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Feb 24, 2014
Posts: 32 | Posted: 2014-05-15 7:02 pm Permalink
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On 2014-05-12 19:56, thePorpoise wrote:
Wray & Nephew Overproof
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been lookin for this stuff but no place ive been to sells it
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DevilDude
Member
Joined: May 16, 2014
Posts: 3 | Posted: 2014-05-16 11:49 am Permalink
Wow, I thought I had a lot till I read some of the ones on here...
my current collection:
Mount Gay Eclipse
Mount Gay Special reserve
Appleton VX
Appleton 21 year (well I had some…)
Cruzan Aged white (excellent well IMHO)
Cruzan Aged Dark (really more of a gold I think)
Myers Dark
Myers Platinum (bought it to see if there was anything I could use if for, there isn’t)
Pussars Navy
Bacardi Special reserve
Bacardi 151
Bacardi Silver (left over from before I was clued in to Cruzan, I think it must be 3 years old…)
Lemon Hart 151
Sailor Jerry
Kraken
Being in the San Francisco area I have pretty good access to a lot of good rums, though if anyone knows where I might pick up some Lemon Hart 80 proof I’d be obliged. I’ve actually tried a lot of the more recommended whites like Fluer de Cana and 10 Cane but so far as I can tell there’s not much call for them in most tiki drinks, Cruzan is cheaper by a mile and maintains the same taste profile in mixed drinks.
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thePorpoise
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Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 1515
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2014-05-19 12:26 am Permalink
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On 2014-05-15 19:02, Jay4 wrote:
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On 2014-05-12 19:56, thePorpoise wrote:
Wray & Nephew Overproof
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been lookin for this stuff but no place ive been to sells it
[ This Message was edited by: Jay4 2014-05-15 19:03 ]
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well you aint missing much. think of kerosene, but less smooth. unless you're from jamaica, aint no reason to fool with it.
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arriano
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Joined: Jun 13, 2006
Posts: 1404
From: Dog Patch - San Diego
| Posted: 2014-05-22 08:49 am Permalink
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On 2014-05-14 12:13, AceExplorer wrote:
Klas, you are fortunate that you seem to be able to freely get Havana Club rums. Here in the US we have to deal with a trade embargo, and Cuban Havana Club products are very hard to come by.
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I often think that during Tiki Oasis I should lead a group of out-of-towners down to Tijuana to get Havana Club rums. But then I think I'd probably lose someone down there and get blamed.
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AceExplorer
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Joined: Apr 03, 2008
Posts: 1887
From: Deep in the Jacksonville Florida jungle.
| Posted: 2014-05-22 10:49 am Permalink
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On 2014-05-22 08:49, arriano wrote:
I often think that during Tiki Oasis I should lead a group of out-of-towners down to Tijuana to get Havana Club rums. But then I think I'd probably lose someone down there and get blamed.
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Arriano, you won't get blamed if others in your group actually *want* to lose that someone! hahahaha...
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Sunny&Rummy
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Joined: Jun 13, 2013
Posts: 593
From: Melbourne, FL
| Posted: 2014-05-22 11:26 am Permalink
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On 2014-05-19 00:26, thePorpoise wrote:
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On 2014-05-15 19:02, Jay4 wrote:
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On 2014-05-12 19:56, thePorpoise wrote:
Wray & Nephew Overproof
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been lookin for this stuff but no place ive been to sells it
[ This Message was edited by: Jay4 2014-05-15 19:03 ]
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well you aint missing much. think of kerosene, but less smooth. unless you're from jamaica, aint no reason to fool with it.
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This is not true. J Wray Overproof is a bit of an acquired taste, but it is a unique rum that definitely has a well-deserved place in a rum bar.
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