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Spriited Discussions => SPIRITED DISCUSSIONS => Topic started by: pz on September 05, 2013, 01:13:25 AM
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For anyone that likes an aged extra-smooth rum, Pyrat is an excellent choice.
Besides, the bottle can be recycled for other uses. For instance, I have a rumtopf in which I have strawberries and rum that I have had in the pot for 14 years. Pyrat bottles make an excellent bottle to use as special containers for Christmas (or other) gifts.
Back to the rum, it is one of the smoothest I have tasted; honey, fruit, and citrus notes fill the room as you uncork the bottle. The spirit pours like golden nectar.
http://cocktails.about.com/od/rumreviews/fr/Pyrat-Rum.htm
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looks like a smooth rum.
but i love my whisky .
thanks for the info.
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Single Malt Scotch guy over here. Had a bad time with Rum once and never quite git over it :-\
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I will have to seek it out and give it a try. I do like the way the bottles look. Great idea re-using them for gifts, etc.
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Thanks pz. Not a big imbiber these days (was way too good previously... ???) But, I do enjoy a good single malt and a nice rum. Not sure I'm ready to lay out for the 1623, but the XO sounds like it's worth a try.
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Try kraken, I like it a bit better than pyrat but I keep a bottle of it around
I like the name
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I do like a good Rum. A couple of my favorites
A 15 year old Haitian Rum
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A single barrel estate rum from St. Croix
(http://i1361.photobucket.com/albums/r662/RickB23/IMG_1828_zps25318d6b.jpg)
Both very nice.
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I need to do my shopping chores today, and will stop by the liquor store to see if any of these are available - thanks for posting
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Pyrat is a very smooth rum ... the same folks who make Patron Tequilas make the brand. I was lucky enough to have some of the Cask 1623 at a spirits tasting in Biloxi at the Beau Rivage Casino and it was outrageous.
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When I am drinking, and not drinking beer, Sailor Jerry is my rum of choice.
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Here's my rum of choice
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Not nearly as nice or smooth, but when we were traveling the Amazon through Peru a couple years ago, we came across a "local" distillery - made and exported some Peruvian rum. We spent a couple hours touring "the operation" and sampling the rums. His house and "showroom" were up high on stilts - after sampling his rums, we had to be VERY careful walking back down the steps. These were some powerful rums. The grinder is normally operated by water buffalo, they let the girls walk it around to see what it was like. Customers arrive on the river by boat and make their purchases.
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A few more pictures from the rum producer on the Amazon in Peru. Hard to believe how much Rocky has grown. The trees had beautiful pink flowers that coated the ground and smelled fantastic!
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Sailor Jerry is one of my son's (and his comrades) favorites, and is very good. I looked for the other rums you gents have recommended, but only found Kraken, and it was on sale! Naturally I had to purchase one of those.
Surprisingly, there is an Idaho distillery that produces a very good $12 cane sugar rum:
(http://www.rum.cz/galery/nam/us/bardenay/img/us224.jpg)
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A few more pictures from the rum producer on the Amazon in Peru. Hard to believe how much Rocky has grown. The trees had beautiful pink flowers that coated the ground and smelled fantastic!
Wow David, you are quite the world traveler - great pics and thanks for posting! I really enjoy seeing the adventures of others. ;)
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PZ - we could and should probably be saving for retirement. But we've always spent our "extra" money on taking the girls to various places. When I worked for Johnson Wax and was a global director - I always said that I wanted to take my kids (if and when I had them) to strange places. I wanted them to meet and play with kids of different colors, languages and opportunities so they would understand that none of that made a difference.
My youngest (Rocky) spent her first birthday in a small fishing village in Mexico. We never go to the resorts. We look for the fishing villages or the place at the end of the road. The kids always make friends.
Sometimes it is difficult, but I have always found in 30 years of traveling, if you have a good attitude, whoever you meet will try their best to help. The key for me is that my girls learn NOT to be afraid. I think fear is the biggest problem when meeting new cultures. They have been to dozens of countries and just been thrown in to survive. It has been fun!
Emma - our oldest - has been studying Spanish the past couple years. She has been traveling the Americas since she was 2 years old. I am convinced this has "paid off" as she is an honor student in Spanish. It is amazing how kids learn things. It was like that when I went through Berlitz immersion training 20 years ago... 8)
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I like the same kind of travel, David - avoid most of the tourist hangouts whenever possible. We don't get to travel that much, but our last adventure was to southern France, in a tiny town called La Toulzanie, where we rented a gite as a central home spot from which to tour the back country of southern France. We've many fond memories of wine, cheese, and bread while traveling the tiny towns. For instance, we could purchase a bottle of Cahors wine for a couple of Euros, and a wheel of Camembert, plus a baguette of bread for the same. I could eat like that every day.
You're so correct in saying that having a good attitude will win you the day. I've colleagues that tell me that they hated France because the people were so rude there - my experience was the opposite. From Paris to southern France, we drove the back roads and almost never encountered a person with a negative attitude. All we had to do was try to speak their language, be polite to them, and they would go beyond the call of duty to help you.
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Excellent pics David!
Very good travel advice from David and PZ!
Here is a really nice rum I found last year that won't burn a hole in your pocket.
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