Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

i revisited the low end Barbencourt. I have sampled enough rum to know what I like and as money is not easy to come by I think I will just stick to what I like, which is the Appleton v/x or 12 year old. If someone offered up the higher end Barbencourt I would certainly try it but I don't want to was...

Sorry it has been so long since I posted. I got you message but have been absconded by life. At any rate... I revisited the Barbencourt. And I am struck by my distaste for it. It is bitter about all I get out of it. Thank god it has alcohol. It is the only redeeming value I can find in the bottle. I...

I did not like the finish of this rum at all. It seemed almost antiseptic or something. Seriously it made me make a face. This probably is the first cane juice rum i have tried. It just seemed the exact opposite of what taste I look for. I use the Appleton v/x as my benchmark for rum. I definitely p...

i must be missing something. I cannot find anything redeeming in this spirit.

I am like 180 degrees from Sue and Jimbo.

this was another bottle I picked up recently. Nothing much to add to Sea Sue's words. She hit it on the head.
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One good pour of this is enough for me. Could never drink it all night long.
I like it but a little goes a long way.

3 stars

I have been on a rum buying jag of late and picked up a .750 of Pyrat XO yesterday. It is 24.99 on our shelf. I dunno, middle of the road stuff. My opinion is tainted though. Patron is big name big time distilling. And I can't stand the stupid orange ribbon tied around the neck much less the clankin...

no traction it appears.

I am not sure this rum fits any existing catagory.

I actually picked up a bottle of Atlantico. I stopped in a liquor store in Smyra Ga Monday. Purposely looked for a rum I had not seen available in Knoxville. Atlantico caught my eye. The color of the rum looked good, the age and blend seemed a buying point. I like it. I like it a lot. I enjoy the he...

After restudying the top shelf of our rum section ( no need to look I know it by heart, but still gaze in wonderment at it all) I decided my Christmas bottle was going to the the Ron Anejo Pampero Aniversario. it is priced on the shelf at 29.99, but for Mike it was free. The boss is happy to reward ...

the distributor I worked from previously sold it. As i recall it was great rum. it did seem to change on every shipment. Now they don't order it in. It sold very well. Now it is not available. TN liquor laws suck. No chance of getting it in east TN. If my old company does not want to import it, none...

i tasted it years back when this post was relevant, it had a distinctive blueberry taste.

have not seen it in a bit. if we got some I would buy a bottle. I liked it.

I was unwilling to believe it, but I've never had a chance to make such a comparison. Mme Tiare noted a difference between a bottle from the 40s and the stuff they produce today, while not the sharpest toothed shark in the waters, i wonder how you can compare Bacardi from the forties to Bacardi fro...

so I have a choice, my wife's rum cake or the crab dip I get from Coastal Connections. Okay, really I do not have to decide. I can have both. My lovely wife made a Rum Cake the other night for me to take to work. It was simply orgasmic. Eating it is akin to having a wet cake sponge that tastes like ...

fwiw the glass I use for drinking is exactly like the first glass pictured minus the stem. I like that when I drink from it I can't help but get a good whiff of it all. And way further down the page is a pic of a monkey drinking from a bottle That poster is framed and hangs from the back wall of our...

thanks for the input janks, maybe i spoke incorrectly or was not clear. My glass for drinking is a bowl shaped glass, it came from a Glenmorangie gift pack. It absolutely contains aroma. I just called it a rocks glass. I have not looked at the glassware link yet but am fixing to do so directly. If I...