A basic guide to RUM for everyone!
TIME STAMPS
Intro: 0:00
What is Rum?: 1:24
A Brief History: 2:29
Color Coded: 4:03
The Traditional System: 6:30
These 3 Things: 8:00
Some Starting Points: 11:18
New Bottle Tasting: 13:03
Sign Off: 14:09
That Glorious Sign: 14:52
For a more thorough explanation and breakdown of rum, I strongly recommend:
Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki by Martin Cate with Rebecca Cate: https://amzn.to/3qNsgKk
For Rum’s extensive & fascinating history, check out:
And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails by Wayne Curtis: https://amzn.to/3DDGWzq
THE BOTTLES ON THE TABLE (not all shown)
Multiple Origins:
Plantation 3 Star (blend from Barbados, Jamaica, & Trinidad)
Probitas (blend from Jamaica & Barbados - called Veritas outside of U.S.)
Jamaica:
Appleton Estate Signature Blend
Appleton Estate 12 year Rare Blend
Smith & Cross Navy Strength
Wray & Nephew Overproof
Hamilton Jamaican Pot Still Black
Barbados:
Real McCoy 3 year
Real McCoy 12 year (what I was sipping on)
Guyana:
Hamilton 86 Demerara
Hamilton 151 Demerara Overproof
El Dorado 8 year
El Dorado 15 year
Bermuda:
Gosling's Black Seal
Trinidad & Tobago:
Angostura 1919
Puerto Rico:
Don Q Gold
Nicaragua:
Flor de Caña 7
Martinique:
Clément Canne Bleue
La Favorite Coeur d’Ambre
Rhum J.M VSOP
Haiti:
Clairin Communal
Brazil:
Novo Fogo Barrel-Aged Cachaça
Indonesia:
Batavia-Arrack van Oosten
THE TOOLS I USE
My workhorse double jigger: https://amzn.to/3lmmKrK
My go-to large shaking tin: https://amzn.to/33vnMLJ
My go-to small cheater tin: https://amzn.to/3qecbe5
Hawthorne strainer: https://amzn.to/2VBUSWh
Fine mesh strainer: https://amzn.to/3mitomO
My favorite mixing glass: https://amzn.to/3qoVgai
Bar spoon: https://amzn.to/3wkkDhg
Julep strainer: https://amzn.to/3mymEyA
Hand juicer: https://amzn.to/3ioOwFe
Rubber bar mat (6"x12"): https://amzn.to/3h2IJERds
The Glencairn Glass: https://amzn.to/3icRVr7
My Gibraltar Rocks Glass: https://amzn.to/3fcDPEd