/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.4160400]

My boyfriend wanted to try rum and bought this.

Good or not?

[Anonymous No.4160402]

Quite good

[Anonymous No.4160409]

*snigger*

>anos

[Anonymous No.4160449]

>>4160409
7 anos!

[Anonymous No.4160453]

It's not considered an outstanding rum in the scheme of international taste tests and awards. It's considered pretty smoky and wood aged. I have no knowledge of smoothness. This might be a bit too anejo aged flavored for some mixer applications, where the age flavoring comes through, but still not smooth enough for straight up great sipping rum. It's middle of the road, I'm afraid.

Don't let the country of origin make a big difference to you. It's long been the case that great rums aren't necessarily from the island that grew the sugarcane. Flor de Cana is highly rated always, and so is appleton VX. Haitian rum, the always good Barbancourt and dominican rum is both grown over on the Haiti side. A good amount of rums are from imported molasses. One thing that stands above is smoothness. You decide if you want a flavorless mixer of white, golden, dark or bermudan black, and to what degree you want that molasses flavor combined with whiskey wood and smoke added.

Go to a site like this when you have really no clue what to buy. http://www.iwsc.net/results2010

[Anonymous No.4160460]

for what you pay for it, it is a very good rum

[Anonymous No.4160587]

>>4160453
Im the boyfriend in question, thanks for all the info. Will take a look at the link too. First time on rum, Im a whisky man, you see.

I was considering two, since it came down to which had the best looking bottle, I went with the Havana Club - how's Kraken compared to the Havana 7?

[Anonymous No.4160594]

>>4160587
goos shit!!

[Anonymous No.4160616]

>>4160587
Kraken is delicious. It's very sweet, much more so than a lot of the other dark rums I've tried. Not sickly sweet like a fruity cocktail, but the molasses comes through loud and clear.

[Anonymous No.4160628]

Sounds alright
To be honest, when I saw the bottle and price, it appeared to me as the Jack Daniels of the rum world
Guess I was off there

[Anonymous No.4160630]

>>4160587
Drink it with ginger beer and lime.

A great take on the dark and stormy.

[Anonymous No.4160654]

>>4160587
This.
It's good rum for a cheap price.
I enjoy mixing it with coca-cola.

[Sick OP No.4160691]

>>4160654
>I enjoy mixing it with coca-cola.

[Anonymous No.4160697]

>>4160691
Why is gin and tonic an accepted cocktail but everyone gets their jimmies rustled by rum and coke or god forbid whiskey and coke?

[Anonymous No.4160710]

>>4160697
Because gin is nasty
just putting that out there

[Sick OP No.4160711]

>>4160697
>cocktail

[Anonymous No.4160716]

>>4160697

because idiots are among us.

that's one of the cool things about life. dealing with idiots in such a way that we prosper.

all successful people know this, and use it to their benefit. liberals try to keep this knowledge and power secret, so they can exploit it for their own advantage. that is why liberals are evil and must be destroyed.

[Anonymous No.4160748]

>>4160710
You're the guy in the previous thread who hated juniper berries, right?

[Anonymous No.4160779]

>>4160748
Nah this is my first time on /ck/, normally this is my girlfriend's territory

[Anonymous No.4160894]

can you buy havana club where you live in the US? i've seen it for sale in mexico along with a 20 year (i believe) but not in the US (arizona) and i figured it would be unavailable thrughout the states because of our trade embargo with cuba

[Anonymous No.4161063]

>>4160587
not rum. enjoy your kid's candy.

[Anonymous No.4161067]

>>4160894
it's readily available in Canadian and Mexican grocery stores

[Anonymous No.4161091]

this is the best one
but dont you dare add soda to it

[Anonymous No.4161200]

>>4161091
Zacapa makes awesome rum.

Here's some more recommendations, conveniently encapsulated in one picture.

[Anonymous No.4161204]

>>4161200
BTW my personal favorite rum that I've ever tried is probably Ron Cartavio XO. Shit's amazing. I really want to try the 25-year El Dorado but it's like 450 bucks a bottle even in the Carribean.

[Anonymous No.4161212]

>>4160697
Rum/Whiskey and coke is designed to mask the flavor of the spirit and thus allow you to get drunk faster. It's not a good drink to drink for taste particularly. Gin and Tonic is, just like a well-made old fashioned, whiskey sour, or sazerac cocktail is, for instance.

That said, you still shouldn't use really high quality whiskey in those things unless you've got a lot of money, save the good shit for sipping. But it does make a difference to use good whiskey.

[Anonymous No.4161219]

>>4160400
Please refrain from mentioning your sex and/or gender while visiting /ck/. Although you may not be aware of this (although I think you are), many people posting on 4chan are not in an intimate relationship.

Therefore, referring to your femininity can be highly offensive to others, as they visit /ck/ to have fun and intellectual discourse, not to be reminded of their shortcomings (as perceived by society).

I hope you remember this in the future and refrain from using any key words that can be used as gender identifiers. It really is not that much to ask and will prevent threads from degenerating into flame/troll disasters.

Some of us also choose to be single and our virginity is not a badge of shame. The inherent superficial and highly opportunistic behavior of women is not attractive to every male, and therefore we do not have to be constantly reminded of your kind while on /ck/. It is not necessary and can be considered, "attention whoring" (a very just term).

Thank you very much,

- /ck/

[Anonymous No.4161223]

>>4161212

say somewhat off topic, might be better fot he other cocktail thread on the front page, but when i get a cocktail , say a manhattern, i useally get it with jameson or crown royal. i would like whisky suggestions that are not single malt scotches for sipping..

[Anonymous No.4162060]

>>4160894
Were from Europe, so we wouldnt know
I have come across some american fora while Googeling it, so Im guessing you can find it around somewhere

>>4161091
I once saw that one in a magazine, I was looking for it but gave up on finding it
Heard it came out 1st in multiple tests

>>4161223
I cant say it too loud, but try Chivas Regal 18yo

[Anonymous No.4162281]

>>4161219

you arent' as bad as /b/, but you are pathetic. /ck/ has no problem with reality, and the fact that most people self-identify as male or female.

/ck/ is one of the few grownup boards. lets keep it that way, please.

[Anonymous No.4162317]

>>4161219
OP didn't mention gender.

[Anonymous No.4162343]

>>4162281
>getting mad at copypasta

Also the correct whiny asspained response requires mentioning reddit. Get with the program.

[Anonymous No.4162371]

>>4162343

>everyone on /ck/ keeps track of copypasta like a 13 year old /b/tard

as i said, /ck/ is for grownups. get with the program or go back to /b/, /v/, /a/, or whichever kiddies' club that spawned you.

[Anonymous No.4162372]

>>4162371
>keeps track

It's been posted multiple times per day for the past few months. Is it summer in Australia? Because normally we don't get this many drooling newfags in the morning.

[Anonymous No.4162548]

And all the while there is no food or cooking being discussed
Which is more random, /b/ or /ck/?

[Anonymous No.4162573]

>>4162372
>It's been posted multiple times per day for the past few months.
Nope. As the inventor (and sole poster, it seems) of this copypasta I can verify that I only post it a couple times a week, max.

Then again, the first time I post many tl;dr neckbeard posts people often say "nice copypasta I've seen it before" even though I just made it up.

[Anonymous No.4162577]

>>4162573
Will you stop shitting up the thread now?

[Anonymous No.4162903]

Pic related is also an excellent rum in my opinion.

Very smooth.

[Anonymous No.4162951]

>>4162903
Wouldve been sold if I had spotted that one in the liquor store

PS Am I the only one who would feel uncomfortable asking for a nice, big bottle of Mount Gay?

[Anonymous No.4164304]

How is Ten Cane rum?

[Anonymous No.4164340]

>>4162903
This stuff is good. Close in flavor profile to Zacapa 23, but 10 bux cheaper.