Does anyone know anything about Rum? Really good rum?

[MrsKingfisher]

My db was telling about rum I wasn't really paying attention which sounds awful but I was also helping my dad with his Sainsbury's order!

Anyway, he was telling me he only likes Jamaican or Bajan rum because they don't blah blah single something (cask?) so it's authentically rum or something..anyway apparently his favourite Mount Gay black barrel has changed so I wanted to try and get him something he might like.

He doesn't like spiced rum, I'm looking for something that is either Bajan or Jamaican that isn't your regular supermarket rum. Something different something that's special.

Any rum connoisseurs out there that can help please?

Was he talking about solera, which is a way of managing age across casks? It can also be seen as a way to over claim age for sherries and rums. Some people are VERY anti solera.

Ratu- a Fijian spiced rum. The spices make it very Christmassy too. It's beautiful.

He might also have been talking about sweetening up, which is as it sounds, adding in extra sugar to the rum. Jamaican rum doesn't do this by law.

I was going to suggest Wray and Nephew rum too. It goes down well on holiday along with a bit of lime

captain morgan spiced rum, can drink it neat. so bloody lovely

@TheSpottedZebra

He might also have been talking about sweetening up, which is as it sounds, adding in extra sugar to the rum. Jamaican rum doesn't do this by law.

Yes this is it, the sweetening and adding of flavours. He just wants the unsweetened unflavoured traditional rum.

I guess I can only look at the Jamaican and Bajan distilleries and choose!