 |
Substitute for Demerara Rum?? |
marcoslive
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 09, 2004
Posts: 44
From: SPAIN
|  Posted: 2004-05-05 09:16 am Permalink
I have Bacardi Light , Bacardi 8 years, Rum from Barbados, Dark jamaican rum, jamaican spiced rum, venezolan rum, cuban rum,.....a lot of rums but I'd like to know the best substitute as I can get demerara rum her ein spain 
|
Klas
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 04, 2003
Posts: 202
From: Stockholm, Sweden
| Posted: 2004-05-08 12:27 pm Permalink
I'm not sure, but if I was in the same situation, I would try either amber Martinique rum or Havana Club Anejo Reserva as a substitute for Demerara.
_________________
T H E - S U R F I T E S
|
pablus
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 23, 2003
Posts: 2149
From: www.crazedmugs.com
| Posted: 2004-05-08 5:29 pm Permalink
Klas, welcome back.
[ This Message was edited by: pablus 2010-07-22 12:46 ]
|
Klas
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 04, 2003
Posts: 202
From: Stockholm, Sweden
| Posted: 2004-05-10 06:37 am Permalink
Quote:
|
On 2004-05-08 17:29, pablus wrote:
Klas, welcome back.
|
|
Thanks Pablus  (although I never really left, just didn't visit as much)
_________________
T H E - S U R F I T E S
|
thejab
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2986
From: Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2004-05-10 1:33 pm Permalink
Quote:
|
On 2004-05-08 17:29, pablus wrote:
Demerara is a spiced rum |
|
I may have to disagree with you, my friend. I don't think it's spiced. This is from Grolier's Encyclopedia (via a web site):
Quote:
| The darker, heavier Jamaican rums--made for the most part in Jamaica, Barbados, and Guyana -- are produced from a combination of molasses and skimmings from the sugar boiling vats; the darkest, Guyana's Demarara, is produced by very rapid fermentation and is not particularly heavy bodied. The fermentation of other substances in the molasses enhances the liquid's flavor and aroma. |
|
marcoslive - Did you look for rum from Guayana? All Demararas are from Guyana, but not all Guyanan rums are Demararan (only the ones made in Demarara region). So, you may want to ask around for Guyanan rum.
|
pablus
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 23, 2003
Posts: 2149
From: www.crazedmugs.com
| Posted: 2004-05-10 2:23 pm Permalink
You're right, of course.
I should have written "Demerara has a slight spiced flavor."
My goofy recipe is an approximation proffered by someone who lives in Tampa and has only now found one location within a 35 mile radius to buy El Dorado (both kinds).
Ain't nothin' like the real thing.
|
Swanky
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 4815
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2004-05-10 2:29 pm Permalink
The simple answer is, use dark rum.
|
TheMuggler
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 289
From: Brooklyn, NY
| Posted: 2004-05-10 3:23 pm Permalink
Quote:
|
On 2004-05-10 14:23, pablus wrote:
My goofy recipe is an approximation proffered by someone who lives in Tampa and has only now found one location within a 35 mile radius to buy El Dorado (both kinds). |
|
Pablus,
Florida liquor stores can ship to Florida addresses, so order up a few bottles and pour the mailman a Demerara Dry Float as a "thanks" for taking such fine care of your fragile shipment:
Wally's Mills Avenue Liquors in Orlando will probably ship and they have great prices on all the El Dorado rums.
|
thejab
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2986
From: Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2004-05-10 3:33 pm Permalink
Quote:
|
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.
|
Kono
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Oct 08, 2003
Posts: 1266
From: Orlando
| Posted: 2004-05-10 4:56 pm Permalink
Muggler, does Wally's have a good selection of spirits that you can't find at ABC and all the other chain liquor stores? I live pretty close to Wally's but never went there because it looks kinda dumpy. I've been trying to find a liquor store in the area with a decent selection. I hate reading about spirits and liqueurs here on TC and then find out that my neighborhood liquor stores can't even special order the stuff (Trader Vics, Aqwa etc). Any other liquor stores in the area that are worth checking out?
|
Hot Lava
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 01, 2003
Posts: 190
From: Saint Petersburg, FL
| Posted: 2005-05-01 7:03 pm Permalink
Thanks to this post and a weekend in Orlando, I've finally acquired Damerera rum!
A visit Wally's did the trick -- I picked up two bottles of El Dorado, the regular and the dark, just for kicks. They had the 15-year reserve there, and if I like the others, I'll be back for that one too!
I struck up a nice conversation with Wally -- it seems his wife and my girlfriend have mutual friends, so he's going to see if he can get Lemon Hart. We shall wait and see.
|
Doctor Z
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 01, 2002
Posts: 1603
From: The Hale Moana Lounge, Torrance, CA
| Posted: 2005-05-01 8:53 pm Permalink
With the exception of a bottle of Watson's I picked up in Scotland, I've exclusively used Lemon Hart for my Demerara. I see talk here (and just saw on the shelf at Hi-Time) about El Dorado. How does it compare to Lemon Hart? It's priced a lot less, lemme tell ya...
_________________
Purveyor of
Doctor Z’s 'Not-Quite-Patented' Hangover Remedy
“Sworn BY, not sworn AT”
Ask for it by name!
|
hala bullhiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 26, 2002
Posts: 570
From: champaign,illinois
| Posted: 2005-05-01 10:46 pm Permalink
el dorado is good and will work, but is no lemon hart
|
JTD
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 07, 2003
Posts: 407
From: J'ville
| Posted: 2005-05-02 07:07 am Permalink
I've been using Pusser's as a Demerara substitute. Am under the impression that Demerara is a substantial component of this blend. I think they say it's the same recipe the Royal Navy traditionally used.
Am I all wet on this?
JTD
|
