Ahh Mount Gay that “hilariously” named rum that often leads to a myriad of puerile double entendres and unfunny jokes. Staple of Airport Duty Free’s and increasingly more and more present on the supermarket shelves in the UK. More often than not discounted by a few pounds from its £18 price tag.
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Ahhh the French you could almost hate the entire nation for Michel Platini and his Anglophilic tendencies alone. So the French being the French they couldn’t make r(h)um the English way they had to do it their way.
And so was born Rhum Agricole (Agricultural Rum) a more expensive way of making rum. Agricole rum is made from fresh pressed sugar cane juice rather than molasses. Due to the price of the various rhum agricole’s on offer I was expecting something quite spectacular. However, from looking online it seemed quite overlooked and not a lot if it seemed to be getting on any notable award lists.
Bundaberg or “Bundy” as its more popularly known in its native Australia is that particular nation’s most famous spirit drink. It is available in a variety of guises and the Bundaberg company even makes its own Cola for its pre-mixed cans and bottles.
I’d seen this rum a lot when I was in Australia on holiday a few years back. However, I wasn’t into rum back then so I never gave it a try. Since becoming more interested in rum I’d seen the rum online a few times at around £20-25. I finally thought I’d give it a try.