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Kill Devil
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Joined: Feb 16, 2011
Posts: 248
From: Chicago
|  Posted: 2014-05-23 08:36 am Permalink
I'll second that. While I wouldn't take it straight, I dig J Wray Overproof. It has a wonderful banana/fruity smell, and adds a great edge to many cocktails/punches. Recently I made the Appleton Estates punch with one fifth each or Appleton V/X, Coruba and J Wray Overproof, which I heartily recommend. It brings the FUNK
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AdOrAdam
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Joined: Jun 16, 2013
Posts: 388
From: Wolverhampton, UK
| Posted: 2014-05-23 1:23 pm Permalink
Ill third that 
W&N is what it is, a strong white Jamaican rum. It isn't called for & so does not 'fit' tiki recipes but it is a distinctive product that can work well in other cocktails... pour with a light touch & it goes a long way.
I also agree, don't mess with it neat!
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GentleHangman
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From: Stuart, Florida
| Posted: 2014-05-23 2:58 pm Permalink
Currently in my home bar:
Appleton Estates: Special,VX & 12 year old
Smith & Cross
Kohala Bay
Coruba
Don Q Gold
Ron Carlos Dark Dry
Cruzan white & dark ("Aged"),9 & blackstrap
Pussers, red and blue label
St. James Extra Old & Hors D'Age
El Dorado 5, 12 and 15 year old
Black Seal Regular & 151
Bacardi 8, 151 and Oakheart spiced
Barbancort 5 Star
Mount Gay 1703
Matusalem Clasico
Lemon Hart 151
Zaya
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tribble222
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Joined: May 02, 2014
Posts: 1 | Posted: 2014-05-23 4:22 pm Permalink
My current selection:
Coruba
El Dorado 5
Lemon Hart 151
Plantation Barbados 5
Mt. Gay Eclipse
Appleton Estate V/X
Bacardi 8
Flor de Cana 7
Flor de Cana Extra Dry
Havana Club Blanco
Plantation Barbados 2000
Smith & Cross
Potter's 151 (Pretty much used just for flames)
Bacardi Superior
Bacardi Gold
Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
Next 3 on my "need to get" list is Clement VSOP, Appleton Extra, and Banks 5 Island
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stormrider
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Joined: Jul 02, 2013
Posts: 61
From: Ft Misery, Fl
| Posted: 2014-05-26 6:49 pm Permalink
Don Q grand anjeo
Coruba
Bacardi coconut
Ron Bermudez
Cruzan Dark
Cruzan White
lemon heart 151
Cruzan 151
Goslings 151
Cruzan Blackstrap
Goslings black seal
Don Q crystal
Ron Del Barrito 3 star
Centenario
Blue chair bay coconut
blue chair bay white
blue chair bay spiced coconut
Cruzan coconut
Flor de Cana 4
El Dorado 5
Calico jack Cherry
The Kracken
Admiral nelsons spiced
I think that's all
Storm
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djmont
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From: Potomac Falls, VA
| Posted: 2014-06-12 4:41 pm Permalink
I used to keep a list, but I got lazy and stopped updating it. I think I have ~150 or so. Pretty much all the usual suspects. I think I have a picture on here already. Lemme look.
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FelixTiki
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Joined: May 23, 2014
Posts: 2
From: a very Long Beach in CA
| Posted: 2014-06-17 11:01 pm Permalink
My current stock:
St George
Lemon Hart 151
Zaya
Coruba Dark
St James Royal Ambre
Pusser's 15yr
Pusser's Blue Label
Rhum Barbancourt 8yr
El Dorado 8yr
Blue Chair Bay Coconut
Appleton White and V/X
Whalers dark
Cruzan Single Barrel, 151, Coconut, banana, pineapple, mango
Malibu
Gosling's
Koloa White
Wray & Nephew Overproof
Stroh 160
Pyrat XO
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Humuhumu
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From: San Francisco
| Posted: 11 days ago; 3:03 pm Permalink
Just updated the rum list for Balhi Ha'i, seems like a good time to share it here. 43 rums, if my quick & sloppy count is accurate.
How to Increase Your Rum Selection In Three Easy Steps:
1. Befriend rum snobs
2. Invite them to parties
3. Profit!
Most of these bottles were received as hostess gifts. I have awesome friends.
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jokeiii
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Joined: Sep 18, 2010
Posts: 354
From: Miami
| Posted: 10 days ago; 06:54 am Permalink
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How to Increase Your Rum Selection In Three Easy Steps:
1. Befriend rum snobs
2. Invite them to parties
3. Profit!
Most of these bottles were received as hostess gifts. I have awesome friends. |
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That's bloody brilliant.
Alas, I've been doing it exactly backwards: I'M the rum snob that comes 'round bearing the good stuff.
At any rate, I like the idea of doing a menu for my home bar. My wife and those whom I've offsprung will roll their collective eyes in unison, but that's just a side benefit. So, basically, I'm swiping this idea.
Inventory-wise I have -- and since I am going strictly off-memory here, like they say on C-SPAN "I reserve the right to revise and extend my remarks." -- the following, in the order in which I remember it:
1- Bacardí Carta Blanca (1.75L, barely 2-3oz left) UPDATED 7/16/14 - FINISHED. Will likely replace it with Barbancourt White, which is an in-all-but-name Rhum Agricole
2- Cruzan Aged Light (1.75L)
3- Tortuga Gold (about ½ of the 750ml) Will likely replace with Chairman's Reserve or Plantation Grand Reserve
4- Bacardí 8
5- Bacardí whatever it is they are calling their "black" rum these days (about ¼ of the bottle left) Will likely replace with Coruba or maybe Kohala Bay if I can dig that up.
6- Flor de Caña 7
7- Flor de Caña 12
8- Doorly XO (2 bottles)
9- El Dorado 5
10- Kirkland (i.e. Costco) Spiced Rum (What? Shut up.)
11- Myers Dark (375ml)
12- Bacardí 151 (to do Beachbum's "switcheroo trick" on cocktails that call for both a silver/gold rum AND LH151)
13- Pampero, whichever one comes in the leather pouch
14- Sta. Teresa (I forget which one, I think "Selecto," the bottle was hideous so I put it in a decanter)
15- Deadhead (which I quite like, incidentally, in the RIGHT cocktail applications)
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