A basic guide to RUM for everyone!

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