As it is supposed to be British Summer Time, I thought I would make this months Rum of the Month a summer rum. So I decided to go with this fantastic Overproof mixer.
As you can see Wray and Nephew White Overproof Rum is traditionally drank on Jamaica with Ting. A Jamaican grapefruit soda and plenty of ice. This a potent Overproof mixing rum but nonetheless a very good one. To read the original review please click on the link or photo.
At a mere 83 seconds logically there shouldn’t be enough content in this video to even merit an article – no matter how small. However, there is so much to talk about in this video to simply comment on the link would not be doing rum any justice whatsoever.
Originally broadcast by the BBC as part of its Middle of the Road Saturday morning Food and Drink programme, this video has been posted on Youtube as part of CaribbeanCookingTV’s channel. At 7 seconds it invited discussion on the best value rum in the world……..
Rum and Britain have a long and tangled past together similar to other plundering European countries such as France, Spain and the Netherlands. Indeed the very origins of the word “rum” has been attributed to each of these nations (and others) at some point.
Like it or not rum was used as a commodity by British Privateers and was used to establish the slave trade in the Caribbean and the US. Empires were built on the trade of goods in the Caribbean and the islands frequently changed ownership between the warring European Empires.
Spiced Rum comes in for a lot of flak. It is widely viewed as a cheap party drink and in the US it is widely seen as a Frat House mixer. Drank with the sole purpose of getting very drunk, very quickly.
Here in the UK many peoples views on Spiced Rum have been clouded by Morgan’s Spiced Gold and Sailor Jerry. In the late 00’s Sailor Jerry and Cola was actually the “in” drink for a short period. For reasons which have never been fully explained the Sailor Jerry boom in the UK was cut short, not by changing trends but by the actual producers of the rum.
Following your feedback we have decided to introduce a Rum of the Month. Every month we will trawl the archives and select a rum which has scored between 3 and 5 stars (Good to Superb). As well as posting the original review we will also give the reason behind the selection. It may have some relevance to the particular month or it may just be an old bottle I re-discovered in back of the drinks cabinet.
The Indian Ocean Company and Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits are delighted to announce the release of the fourth batch of Penny Blue XO Rum.
Named after the world’s rarest stamp, Penny Blue is distilled at Medine, the oldest operational distillery on Mauritius, dating back to 1926. The estate is situated a few metres from the sea on the west of the island, near Bambou.
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31st July 2016 will mark the 46th Aniversary of Black Tot Day. 31st July 1970 was the final day a “daily tot” of Navy Rum was given to British Royal Navy Sailors and personnel.