Sunday, April 10, 2011

Why Is The Rum Always Gone? part 3



So, now that I've switched over to posting four times a week, instead of seven, my weekly EtOH reviews will be on Sundays instead of Saturdays. This week's review: Mount Gay Vanilla Rum. Much like Daniel Craig, and his portrayal of Bond in Casino Royal, I am a big fan of Mount Gay rum. Yes, it has a funny name, but the brand is known for producing outstanding golden rum.

I've tried their flagship Eclipse and Extra Old rums in the past, so when I decided I was in a vanilla mood one day, and saw that Mount Gay makes a vanilla rum, I decided to give it a try. I was certainly not disappointed. At $15 for 750 mL of 64 Proof rum, it won't exactly break the bank. (I'll give it a 3.5/5 on the Broke College Student scale. It's by no means expensive, but for only coming in a 750 mL bottle, it's not "cheap".) The first thing I noticed when I opened the bottle was the smell. It was like a vanilla bean shot out of the bottle, and punched me in the face. Which, worried me for a second as I'm not aware of many other drinks that are "flavored", taste good, and carry a punch. Typically, in my experience, these things fall in one of two categories: They are either, thick, sugary and full of flavor, or they're jet fuel with a drop of extract. To my surprise, however, when I took a sip, it actually tasted good, brought a lot of flavor, and had a real nice burn.

I can't speak on how well it mixes as it didn't take long for a friend and me to kill the bottle off, but it's high enough proof, (and provides that burn) that I believe with a bit of expermination, it could contribute to some great drinks.

On one last note, I will say that this is perhaps not the manliest of drinks, but fuck it. I wasn't going for manly. I was going for vanilla. If it bothers you that much, add 5 parts Everclear, and 2 parts grizzly bear blood to your drink.

14 comments:

  1. Yay, more rum! Not a huge fan of vanilla, but its better then most of the other flavored rums. Sounds good though, better then the over powered sugared vanilla stuff that is Malibu.

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  2. Vanilla and bear blood.... nice...

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  3. "On one last note, I will say that this is perhaps not the manliest of drinks, but fuck it. I wasn't going for manly. I was going for vanilla. If it bothers you that much, add 5 parts Everclear, and 2 parts grizzly bear blood to your drink".......where the hell does one find bear blood at 1 in the morning?

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  4. Vanilla :) Nice blog anyway! Follow

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  5. I'm more fan of Vodka :P

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  6. rum is always gone because of it's good taste

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  7. I dunno that I'd like this - Vanilla Rum...but hey only one way to find out - cheers :)

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  8. never really been into rum, if I'm being honest. I've always just drank beers. Too bad they make you piss so much though.

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  9. Im with Eric P, I stick to beer when im in the Pub

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  10. Sorry, you won't find any beer reviews here. I mostly stick with hard liquor. I brew mead from time to time, so I'll drink that some, but that's about as far as I deviate.

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