Recommend me a good rum available in USA

[UnBanded]

Adding to the list, El Dorado 12yo.

 

[chad202]

Barbancourt has moved to number one on my rum shortlist. After I get back to the house out of this crazy weather I have a bottle of 8 year waiting. Great stuff.

 

[mwlabel]

I've heard diplomatico is fantastic

 

[CVAC085]

Bacardi Oakheart is really good. That goes nicely with some coke mixed if you don't like straight up rum. I also have 2 small bottles of the Ron Zacapa as well but have yet to try. I've been told it's delicious. When I go to the cigar lounge next week I think I'm going to open one up and give it a shot. My local shop doesn't carry it, but the one by my girlfriend's house has it. So it'll depend on what store you're going too. Also, another nice dark rum is Brugal Extra Viejo I think it is, a hit and miss also in the local stores.

 

[Cigary43]

The history of Rum tells us it's one of the oldest distilled liquors around and made from sugar cane juice, molasses and is called ron anejo= old and aged rum. While it's one of the cheapest to make it has a lot of different flavors it's the aged rums that tend to garner more popularity where it is stored in oak barrels to give it a better taste. It's hard to nail down the best of the best as our tastes tend to differ esp. when it concerns rum...there is the "light" brands that garner a majority of sales while the more expensive dark brands will command a higher price but to me..the better experience when it comes to taste. It's my opinion that the better Rums are made in the Caribbean where the distilling process has almost been perfected over the last 300 years. My advice is to purchase those airline bottles of rum and try them ...half with ice and the other half of the small bottle 'neat' and see what your tastes tell you is better.....not what others say.

 

[bballbaby]

Appleton estate is the way to go. Straight from Jamaica. Yea mon!

The VX runs $17
Reserve runs $24
12 year runs about $35

 

[K Williams]

Angostura 1919 - Trinidad
Cockspur VSOR - Barbados
Mount Gay Extra Old - Barbados
Zaya Rum - Trinidad
El Dorado 12 Yr Old - Guyana
Bacardi Ocho (8) - Puerto Rico
Flor de Caña 18 Yr Old - Nicaragua

 

[K Williams]

Adding to the list, El Dorado 12yo.

My wife's(she's Guyanese) friends introduced me to El Dorado. Good stuff. Mount Gay Extra Old is a regular for me(I'm half Bajan...aka Barbadian).

 

[JGIORD]

I've always been fond of Pyrat rum. Bacardi Reserve 8YR is also good as is Zaya.

 

[Pooh Bore]

Tried the Pyrat recently and loved it.

 

[Tennessee Dave]

I picked up the Papa's Pilar. It is outstanding
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[Eric]

What is your budget?
Ron Zacapa 23, XO if you want to splurge.
Followed by Flor de Cana 12 and 18.

 

[MoldMan]

A surprisingly good find for about $16 per bottle.

With notes of bourbon, caramel, vanilla and oak. Has a slightly sweet oxidized alcohol, sherry finish.

 

[K Williams]

Just purchased a bottle of Extra Old.