Tap Dancing Dept: Preacher is confronted re sugar

[Capn Jimbo]

The world of rum is now officially changed forever...


At least insofar as truth. For years the Preacher - and most of his butt buddies - simply seemed to deny the common practice of additives, the most visible being sugar. And don't you think they knew? More than a few good, intelligent and experienced lovers of spirits were both publicly and privately ridiculed for even asking the question.

In my last post on this subject, I speculated on just how these shillmeisters would react. Admitting they knew? No way, I said. The webmaster of the Floating Rum Turd took the position that it was always common knowledge, and so what? But the Preacher was a different matter - he'd been extremely vocal in clearly denying the practice.

Now's he's been confronted by an obvious reader of The Project:

"There has been a lot of information lately about how many famous "premium" rums (Zacapa, Zaya, Diplomatico, Angostura) are artificially sweetened or altered with sugar, etc. I am interested in finding some un-adulterated rums and was wondering if anyone knows of some good, unaltered rums ("true" or "natural" rum, as I've seen it referred to)."

The Preacher could only recommend his own "Special Selection" rums, and one of the cane juice rums he's long repped. As far as addressing the question, he continued...

"When the fact that many rums were sweetened became public I wondered what the consumer reaction would be. Some of these rums were obviously sweetened but until recently no one seemed to care. It's an interesting question and now that the sweet question is out of the bag, what about other additives? "

Out of the bag? No one seemed to care? Are you kidding? Surely that is an admission he knew, however oblique. He speaks as though only some of what's available were "obviously" sweetened, but that "no one seemed to care". How could they, as many who did care and even raised the question were summarily kicked off his commercial site. As far as being "obvious", no so. Even the Frozen Furball vigorously defended his #1 rum Diplomatico, a sugar bomb if there ever was one. It also fails the smell test when it's now clear that MOST (not "some") rums are sweetened, not to mention the many other additives.

The use of additives and phonying up of rum have been well known to many of us, not least Richard Seale who recently went VERY public on these practices, but has been addressing these practices for many years. I'm confident the Preacher is quite aware that sugar is merely the tip of the penis of an industry that is jamming all manner of adulterated crappola down our throats (word picture, patent pending).

Such a dicking it is. And now it's out. Will the gang rape of the rum drinking public continue now that their world has been rocked? Stay tuned...

[da'rum]

Wanker

[Dai]

I like the idea of Richard and other producers coming out about additives in rum because it makes the preacher and his flock look stupid and boosts our credibility no end. This is me getting personal, All the same though it's nice to MOR with egg on there face.

[Capn Jimbo]

No doubt Dai...


As real and as long as the issues have been known and promoted at the Project, having a major, respected and very well known distiller speak out means that the issue is now center stage. Expect the promoters to continue their tapdance. The real horror for them has not yet occurred to them:

That sooner or later that our regulators will be forced to reexamine their content and labelling. I look forward to that. It is instructive to note how the monkeys have responded to this post...

One poor fellow actually asked the Preacher to refer him to "...some articles or other publications identifying the rums with added sugar?". The Annointed One remained mute. Another monkey, recognizing that most of the sugar sated simians at the Shillery are not likely to abandon their sweetened rums easily stated "R.L. Seale's 10 is famous for not having anything added. I haven't tried it, but I know it's available here. I just value my arms and legs too much to buy it."

This latter poster knows that he's on thin ice at the Preacher's pond. With only two responses - neither favorable to denialists - the silence is deafening...

[Nekkandor]

"When the fact that many rums were sweetened became public I wondered what the consumer reaction would be. Some of these rums were obviously sweetened but until recently no one seemed to care. It's an interesting question and now that the sweet question is out of the bag, what about other additives? "

Whatever this man has consumed, I recommend to stay away from it.

How many people were banned in his forum in the past years for speaking out loud? And now he claims no one cared? That takes the cake.

Heuchler.

[Dai]

"When the fact that many rums were sweetened became public I wondered what the consumer reaction would be. Some of these rums were obviously sweetened but until recently no one seemed to care. It's an interesting question and now that the sweet question is out of the bag, what about other additives? "

Whatever this man has consumed, I recommend to stay away from it.

How many people were banned in his forum in the past years for speaking out loud? And now he claims no one cared? That takes the cake.

Heuchler.

It just goes to show how two faced the rum promoter/ambassador/reviewr side of the industry is. Your average consumer is far more honest when knowing the facts.