My cocktail blog: The Boo Lion

[SlowRain]

Interesting. I've been told that the vast majority of Phillipine rum is awful...

I've heard that, too, but I enjoy it more than what I'm slogging down now.

I forgot about the Ron Zacapa...

I believe it's not actually a blend of different rums, as such, but of different years...

That's the stuff. I did a quick search and I think it's called the Solera method.

[SlowRain]

I'm drinking a 12-year-old Appleton right now, but I don't really recommend it.(

SR -

One of my favorite rums.

On Jamaica they have a soft drink name TING.

Mix it with Appletons rum and you get a 'vanilla" tasting drink that is excellent.

Many the afternoons drinking these 'sundowners' at Ricks in Negril....

That's quite possible. I think it would make a good rum for mixing.

[Kiwi]

I love Barbancourt from Haiti which is an agricole, and so got the Saint James, but it tastes like paint thinner to me. I'll have to try the one you mentioned!

Well said on the Barbancourt! Best rum in the world in my book.

It is a little different to other agricoles though. I think this is mainly because it is distilled to a higher proof. So while it has that grassy taste, it is much more restrained (higher proof means more alcohol and less 'other stuff', where some of that 'other stuff' is actually flavor).

Great rum anyway.

I don't mind the Saint James though. It's not the best agricole out there, but it's more than adequate.

[Tempo Gain]

I don't mind the Saint James though. It's not the best agricole out there, but it's more than adequate.

It's got a very strong flavor I don't care for. Not sure how to describe it. Almost a kaoliang flavor.

Pretty good just before though poured over the pina colada sorbet my daughter made today

[Chris]

By the way, Green Chartreuse now available at Breeze Super.

[Bu Lai En]

By the way, Green Chartreuse now available at Breeze Super.

It is? Just after I brought Green and Yellow in from NZ. Well, it's still good news.

Actually, I think I found another place that has Chartreuse. Have yet to go there, though.

Thanks for the info.

What I really want is somewhere to by some Rye.

[jdsmith]

i just saw some Spanish sangria in carrefoure, b.

[Bu Lai En]

i just saw some Spanish sangria in carrefoure, b.

They've got a few Sangria's. I tried one, and it was fine. Good for the price really,I guess, but I think it's probably a lot more fun making your own. I aim to do so as soon as the weather gets nicer.

I'd be open for sugegstions as to what wine to use for some nice Sangria.

[SlowRain]

I bought some Havana Club Añejo Especial in Save and Safe in Dali (大里) today for 500TWD. It's pretty good. Sweet. Smooth. I think I like it better than my La Tondena from the Philippines, and it's less than 100TWD more. Unfortunately, that's the only Havana Club rum they had. I'd like to get my hands on that 7-year-old stuff if they have it.

I went to Drinks in Taichung on Wen Xin Rd, but they didn't have much for rum, just Bacardi and another one that was cheap and looked suspect.

[Bu Lai En]

I bought some Havana Club Añejo Especial in Save and Safe in Dali (大里) today for 500TWD. It's pretty good. Sweet. Smooth. I think I like it better than my La Tondena from the Philippines, and it's less than 100TWD more. Unfortunately, that's the only Havana Club rum they had. I'd like to get my hands on that 7-year-old stuff if they have it.

I went to Drinks in Taichung on Wen Xin Rd, but they didn't have much for rum, just Bacardi and another one that was cheap and looked suspect.

Snap. I bought that bottle today too, but I haven't actually tried it yet. I saw it at RT Mart for the same price, 500NT, and realised it was 200NT cheaper than at Breeze supermarket, so just bought it. If you're up in Taipei, Breeze has both the Havana Club Blanco (great for mojitos and the like) and the 7 Year (which I haven't tried).

I agree about drinks. I think, aside from Bacardi, their rums look very dodgy (I mean even worse than the Bacardi).