Capn Jimbo's Rum Project Forum

So the old bottle looks like this: http://www.proof66.com/Images/Mount%20Gay%20Extra%20Old.gif and the new one looks like this: http://intoxicologist.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/mount-gay-rum-extra-old-bottle.jpg right? I've got to be honest, I like the new bottle. I like the old bottle too... but t...

Hey Capn Jimbo,
What is your understanding of the 1824? I've been trying to get my booze guy to get some in for me. What style is it? and what are your general thoughts?

Now I though Pusser's was a Navy rum; nay, I thought it was THE navy rum. Now I'm not 100% sure what makes a Navy rum, but it sure isn't a Cuban rum.

I mean, isn't it made in the British Virgin Islands?

Now I'm sure I'm wrong given who I'm talking to, but why am I wrong?

I don't think you should think of the AOC badge as a stamp of quality; rather, it just means you know what the product is. It's not so terribly important with rums (yet), but imagine the situation where you walk into a wine store and see 1000 bottles of French wine. There is no way you could know al...