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Wankel · 09-19-2008, 06:11 PM

For frozen fruity drinks like margaritas and daquiris, I use cheap rum and tequila - Port Royal, Old Mr. Boston, Montezuma - because the fruity flavor of these drinks can be so overwhelming. Am I committing a faux pas? How many of you do the same or should I be pummeled with an empty 1.75 plastic rum bottle?

SMOKINACTUARY · 09-19-2008, 06:20 PM

IMO there are inexpensive good rums and tequilas out there that will make better cocktails, even fruity frozen ones.

Ron Mathusalem Platino is an excellent white rum and Hornitos Tequila is nice tequila both of which won't be a waste if mixed.

But drink what you like.

AnejoMofo · 09-19-2008, 06:56 PM

No faux pas, my man. That's exactly right. The high quality stuff is made to be enjoyed on its own. Why dilute it with other flavors or complex mixtures? When you're making a cocktail use the cheaper stuff. This idea is supported by such notables as Kingsley Amis who wrote extensively about drink. That's how I do it.

soxs · 09-23-2008, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SMOKINACTUARY

But drink what you like.

I am a Drink what you bought person. I have a Brazilian Rum that I bought because it came with a musher. That stuff smells grouse and tastes like it smells....but it has to go. So, mixing it with Coke helps make the bottle go away

casual · 09-23-2008, 07:24 AM

I've got some Bacardi Gold Kerosene flavored rum. I might mix it with my gas for the lawn mower, but I dont think I can bring myself to drink it.

Maybe I could save it for a party??

LabRatGDI · 09-23-2008, 08:09 AM

Bacardi should've just stuck to the white dry rum, IMO. It makes a yummy planter's punch. Well, the way I make planters punch, that is.

It's a few more bucks, but I just love Mount Gay as a mixer. You can get a 1.5 liter for around 29 dollars here.

SMOKINACTUARY · 09-23-2008, 08:29 AM

I thought you hate Mount Gays?

SmoKerch · 09-23-2008, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by casual

I've got some Bacardi Gold Kerosene flavored rum. I might mix it with my gas for the lawn mower, but I dont think I can bring myself to drink it...

I usually don't buy anything I wouldn't drink straight.

Not being snobbish, but I've come to prefer quality over quantity, even in mixed drinks.
So I've cut back to only five or six drinks at a sitting instead of seven or eight.

SMOKINACTUARY · 09-23-2008, 09:21 AM

You are the model of restraint!

Catdeddy · 09-23-2008, 09:31 AM

Try Bacardi Select. @ $10.00, give or take a dollar or 2; decent taste, though I wouldn't drink it straight when I could get better--but it gives a decent rum taste to your drinks without wasting a more expensive sipping rum; it is a dark rum, so it it might not make the prettiest drink; but it does a lot better than regular Bacardi, Ronrico, etc., and is less expensive than Matusalem.

Captain Morgan's also adds a little more flavor (duh!) to those frozen drinks.

09-19-2008, 06:11 PM	#1
Wankel Herf God Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Wankelwerke AKG, Friedrichshaf Posts: 15,009	Am I committing a cardinal sin? For frozen fruity drinks like margaritas and daquiris, I use cheap rum and tequila - Port Royal, Old Mr. Boston, Montezuma - because the fruity flavor of these drinks can be so overwhelming. Am I committing a faux pas? How many of you do the same or should I be pummeled with an empty 1.75 plastic rum bottle? __________________ "Hey, I found a live one!" - Red Skelton as Freddy the Freeloader, picking up a discarded, but still smoldering cigar butt.

09-19-2008, 06:20 PM	#2
SMOKINACTUARY Huge Cranium Herf God Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Highland Mills, NY Posts: 14,457	IMO there are inexpensive good rums and tequilas out there that will make better cocktails, even fruity frozen ones. Ron Mathusalem Platino is an excellent white rum and Hornitos Tequila is nice tequila both of which won't be a waste if mixed. But drink what you like. __________________ ...the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers. - Viktor Frankl

09-19-2008, 06:56 PM	#3
AnejoMofo Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Live Free or Die! Posts: 1,824	No faux pas, my man. That's exactly right. The high quality stuff is made to be enjoyed on its own. Why dilute it with other flavors or complex mixtures? When you're making a cocktail use the cheaper stuff. This idea is supported by such notables as Kingsley Amis who wrote extensively about drink. That's how I do it. __________________ Check out Blog of the Leaf! FFF *GO PATS!!* "Always have cigars; the rest you can fix." -Ernesto Padilla _______ RIP Cubano67

09-23-2008, 07:24 AM	#5
casual Club Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuck in a cube, man!! Posts: 4,138	I've got some Bacardi Gold Kerosene flavored rum. I might mix it with my gas for the lawn mower, but I dont think I can bring myself to drink it. Maybe I could save it for a party?? __________________ Scot

09-23-2008, 08:09 AM	#6
LabRatGDI Herf God Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Willowick, OH Posts: 36,008	Bacardi should've just stuck to the white dry rum, IMO. It makes a yummy planter's punch. Well, the way I make planters punch, that is. It's a few more bucks, but I just love Mount Gay as a mixer. You can get a 1.5 liter for around 29 dollars here. __________________ I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. -- Benjamin Franklin

09-23-2008, 08:29 AM	#7
SMOKINACTUARY Huge Cranium Herf God Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Highland Mills, NY Posts: 14,457	I thought you hate Mount Gays? __________________ ...the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers. - Viktor Frankl

09-23-2008, 09:21 AM	#9
SMOKINACTUARY Huge Cranium Herf God Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Highland Mills, NY Posts: 14,457	You are the model of restraint! __________________ ...the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Maidanek were ultimately prepared not in some ministry or other in Berlin, but rather at the desks and in the lecture halls of nihilistic scientists and philosophers. - Viktor Frankl

09-23-2008, 09:31 AM	#10
Catdeddy Herf Meister Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Jackson, Mississippi USA Posts: 5,559	Try Bacardi Select. @ $10.00, give or take a dollar or 2; decent taste, though I wouldn't drink it straight when I could get better--but it gives a decent rum taste to your drinks without wasting a more expensive sipping rum; it is a dark rum, so it it might not make the prettiest drink; but it does a lot better than regular Bacardi, Ronrico, etc., and is less expensive than Matusalem. Captain Morgan's also adds a little more flavor (duh!) to those frozen drinks. __________________ Smoke a cigar and make a great day better.

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