New Rum report

George Grand
George Grand Posts: 12,258
edited March 2013 in The Clubhouse
While in Puerto Rico a couple weeks ago, I picked up a few bottles of Bacardi rum. Bacardi Reserve is so-so, but infinitely better than regular old Bacardi. Now, Bacardi 8 is very special. I didn't even know this eight year old stuff existed. It's very nice. On ice, it tastes like a very good rum. The presentation is not bad at all. After a couple seconds in the gullet, the sugarcane comes out into your throat (and brain I guess). With no ice, it is almost like drinking a nice cognac. It's no Goslings, but recommended anyway. Now while on the subject of my old favorite Goslings, it appears there is a Goslings "Old Rum" which is very rare. I need to find some of this material for my research. Looks like it sells for about $50 a bottle, and in some circles is considered to be the finest rum there is.

That is all.
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  • Lowell_M
    Lowell_M Posts: 1,660
    edited October 2006
    Drunk George, Try Gin. Rum isn't so good.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited October 2006
    You can probably pick up a bottle in Philly!!!!! Oh my!!!!
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  • Lowell_M
    Lowell_M Posts: 1,660
    edited October 2006
    I'm in PHilly righ t now!!! My bro lives in Philly..Here to visit!
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited October 2006
    Sounds like Brasil's sugar cane "pinga". Try it in a glass with some hand chopped mixed fruit and blended ice then report back.
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited October 2006
    C'mon George, lots of added sugar is "good for you" with alcohol.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2006
    Go back to the heartland and swill gin. That's where the real cow and horseshit is.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited October 2006
    Wow...Rum makes George grumpy...well more grumpy than normal.:D
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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 915
    edited October 2006
    I'm not from Philly, but comparing Jersey to Philly is like comparing horse **** to cow ****. Still ****. **** Rum.

    BINGO!!

    Yes my friend you are so correct. There is completly nothing in New Jersey worth a **** besides the Jesrey Shore. Even most of the shore is a run-down ****-hole, including the casinos. Did you ever try driving in jersey? Holy **** - they have friggin circels, and there is NOTHING worse than a jersey driver. Not one of them can friggin drive. Google it and you'll see...

    As for the RUM, I love the stuff. Appleton's or Mt.**** is real good. Don't like gin. Hey GG hope you don't take this stuff to heart...but let's face it. Excluding your HiFi and rum, jersey is very uneventful and dull place.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,518
    edited October 2006
    I'm not from NJ or PA, but have spend enough time in both to say that NJ has very nice, beautiful areas as does PA. However, Philly is a very scary place. Some of you need to open your eyes.
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  • Libertyc
    Libertyc Posts: 915
    edited October 2006
    I'm not from NJ or PA, but have spend enough time in both to say that NJ has very nice, beautiful areas as does PA. However, Philly is a very scary place. Some of you need to open your eyes.
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    F1,
    I agree Nj has some very nice areas at the shore points. I pracitally grew up down the shore. Philly a very scary place??? Whats it Halloween already? If you want vary scary go to Brookyln. They'll out your eye.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2006
    Not a drop of rum last night.

    America's ****, Filthadelphia. Wasn't always that way, but it sure is now.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,720
    edited October 2006
    George Grand wrote:
    Not a drop of rum last night.

    America's ****, Filthadelphia. Wasn't always that way, but it sure is now.

    Might we assume, George, that you won't be sitting in front on your TV today, wearing your Eagles jersey, rootin' on the boyz from Philly ?

    Before you answer: remember, they're playing the Cowboys with the infamous Terrel Owens.

    Quite the conundrum, I'd say; the Mob vs. one of Lucifer's Princes.
    Sal Palooza
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited October 2006
    Rum never seems to settle correctly in my stomach.

    I'm a kettle one and cranberry guy myself
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited October 2006
    Good god how does anyone drink **** gin???

    I've always considered Bacardi rock-gut, but have never tried the 8 year stuff, either. I've always liked rums from Jamaica and other islands, like Appleton's and Myer's, among other rarer brands..

    I'll have to give it a try...are you bringing any to PFest, George?
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited October 2006
    ND13 wrote:
    Good god how does anyone drink **** gin???


    How could anyone not? Tang 10 and tonic with a splash of lime:D
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,720
    edited October 2006
    Gin is in the same league as port wine.

    ....and that's not a good thing. :(
    Sal Palooza
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited October 2006
    mrbigbluelight wrote:
    Gin is in the same league as port wine.

    ....and that's not a good thing. :(


    yum, port wine :D
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited October 2006
    Gin is great if you like chewing on pine tree air fresheners.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited October 2006
    PolkThug wrote:
    Gin is great if you like chewing on pine tree air fresheners.


    In the list weird things ive ate I bet those wouldnt be half bad.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2006
    I cannot attend PolkFest. Wendi and I together is long and hard on Troy.

    Great rums would include Goslings, Appletons, Mt. ****, Flor de Cana (Nicaragua), Anniversario (Venezuela), Ron Abuelo (Panama). I like the taste of Myers, but I drank a bottle of that once and got a real bad headache.

    MBBL, You assume correctly. Tonight is the Greek festival over in Cherry Hill. Great food and those gorgeous Grecian babes. Wouldn't miss it for the world. I'm not at all into pro sports, certainly don't have a favorite football team, and would agree that T.O. is a lowlife idiot. HOWEVER, as I stated before, I would root for a team comprised of Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and child molesters before I pulled for ANYTHING from Filthy. Gin. What a **** drink.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,720
    edited October 2006
    So.....I guess I'll take that as a "No". :)
    Sal Palooza
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2006
    You all need to realize that George is FAR from capricious. Anything he does, he does for a VERY good reason.

    I differ in that there are few things I enjoy more than a dry Bombay Sapphire martini.

    BDT
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2006
    George Grand wrote:
    While in Puerto Rico a couple weeks ago, I picked up a few bottles of Bacardi rum. Bacardi Reserve is so-so, but infinitely better than regular old Bacardi. Now, Bacardi 8 is very special. I didn't even know this eight year old stuff existed. It's very nice. On ice, it tastes like a very good rum. The presentation is not bad at all. After a couple seconds in the gullet, the sugarcane comes out into your throat (and brain I guess). With no ice, it is almost like drinking a nice cognac. It's no Goslings, but recommended anyway. Now while on the subject of my old favorite Goslings, it appears there is a Goslings "Old Rum" which is very rare. I need to find some of this material for my research. Looks like it sells for about $50 a bottle, and in some circles is considered to be the finest rum there is.

    That is all.
    George, I hear there is a new 12 year old Puerto Rican scotch that is supposed to be clear. Hear anything about it?
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2006
    George Grand wrote:
    Not a drop of rum last night.

    America's ****, Filthadelphia. Wasn't always that way, but it sure is now.
    Philly’s filth is directly proportionate to its mayor. Mayor Ed Rendell good, clean, safe, city. Mayor Greene, good, clean, safe, city. Mayor Goode, horrible crime rate, filthy city, corruption, poorly run city. Mayor Street, horrible crime rate, filthy city, corruption, poorly run city.:mad:

    You are right it always wasn't and isn't always this way!!!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2006
    TroyD wrote:
    there are few things I enjoy more than a dry Bombay Sapphire martini.

    BDT

    Very, very, dry with three olives. I'm right there with you brother.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2006
    Can't help with the scotch. It's the very first thing I ever got radioactive on (9th grade?), and to this day it's still verboten. I do have a intact bottle of Glenfiddich that an Englishman just recently gave me. I'm saving it for when my good buddy from Oz, "Aussie Mac" drops in.

    I enjoy Greek cognac (Metaxa) far more than I enjoy rum, but I have a limited stock of that (only about a case left) so it's a little Flor de Cana tonight.

    I don't know about the timeline. I dislike John Street as much as the next guy, but the violence and especially the "wolfpacks" of the '80's down around South Street were there long before Street became mayor. For the uninformed, the wolfpacks were groups of 5-10 young, inner city "gentlemen". The area around South Street is a happening little place, frequented by couples strolling and stuff like that. Little eateries and shops. There is virtually no parking on South Street. You'd have to park a few blocks away in the residential areas. The wolfpacks knew this and waited for you and your honey to finish up your evening and head to the car. They were waiting for you on those sidestreets. Even if you double-dated, a couple guys were no match for the numbers, especially if they were armed, which in Filthy is just about a given. Oops, I slipped. I do see know where your timeline attributes the beginning of the slide to Willie B. Goode. At least he firebombed the Move freaks though. Him and that police commissioner he had at the time whose name sounded vampirish. Can't remember it. Gregor something or other.

    GREGOR SAMBOR! Sounds like a flesh-eater if I ever heard one.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited October 2006
    George Grand wrote:
    Tonight is the Greek festival over in Cherry Hill. Great food and those gorgeous Grecian babes. Wouldn't miss it for the world.

    NO WAY!

    I missed you by a day! I was there on Saturday with my friends Regas and his girl Alexandria, His brother John, Constantine and Sophia! Had a GREAT time and got "radioactive" on Ouzo! Lots of dancing and music with a bouzouki, gyros, kebabs, spinach pie and shouts of OPA!

    Yeah, Greek Festivals are a blast!

    Now I gotta take my Greek friends to a Polish festival and see how they like that and see how well they can handle thier Vodka and beer!
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited October 2006
    George Grand wrote:
    long and hard on Troy.

    .


    nope..........NOT going there.........just not gonna do it :D


    was in philly for the weekend for a wedding. it wasnt bad, but since i pretty much stayed in the Phily Marriot by the convention center the whole time probably helped that assessment. they do drive like complete arseholes though, and this from a North Jersey guy..LOL
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited October 2006
    oh and P.S. Rum=sure, why not
    Gin = ewwww, I'd rather drink Listerine while getting kicked in the pills
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2006
    Getting radioactive on ouzo is just about the worst hangover in the world John!

    Lou, at least they changed the saying on their license plates. Now when they perform a really "precision maneuver" like cutting you off at high speed, you don't have a license plate in your face that says "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania".
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