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Tiare
05-15-2008, 06:31 PM
Read it here: http://www.refinedvices.com/Havana-Club-to-bottle-rum-in-India
Rum Runner
05-15-2008, 08:02 PM
With chicken curry and naan! Curious to find the last bastion of communism in alignment with the largest democracy in the world. Namaste! Thanks Tiare.
Tiare
05-15-2008, 08:29 PM
Don`t thank me, thank the Count!

BTW: Chicken Curry and Naan is nice!
Torpnubber
05-15-2008, 08:30 PM
What's the world coming to!!

India and alcohol....who would have thought it possible :confused:
Rum Runner
05-15-2008, 08:59 PM
Don`t thank me, thank the Count!

BTW: Chicken Curry and Naan is nice!

I shall go over and give the Count just due..And thanks for the correction on the spelling of naan...I always get that wrong.
Tiare
05-15-2008, 09:07 PM
You got the spelling of naan right!:)
Edward Hamilton
05-16-2008, 12:43 AM
India has been on the biggest alcohol producers for a long time. There is a lot of sugar cane in India made into sugar, molasses and then rum, of all qualities.
krustykrab
05-16-2008, 09:56 AM
India has been on the biggest alcohol producers for a long time. There is a lot of sugar cane in India made into sugar, molasses and then rum, of all qualities.

Where does all the rum go? Seems like we have 1 or maybe 2 rums from India here in the US...? Old Monk is one, I think, and I can't think of the other
Edward Hamilton
05-16-2008, 10:22 AM
Some of it is consumed in India, it is also sent shipped to China and other SE Asia countries. Thailand and the Philippines are other rum producing countries which don't export much of anything to the US. And then there's Australia which also isn't well represented in the US.

One of the reasons you don't see a lot of these rums in other markets is that historically the best rums have come from the Caribbean basin and the US and European markets have developed a taste for aged Caribbean rum and most of the rums from other places have a different taste profile and they are competing with established brands.
RumBarPhilly
05-17-2008, 12:20 PM
Looks like everything gets out-sourced to India!
Paulipbartender
05-18-2008, 09:58 AM
The indians have a mad passion for rum. I've sat with Indians desperate to convince me that Old Monk is the finest rum in the world - to be fair, every rum producing country has passionately loyal locals.

Sip Old Monk and fresh pulped pineapple juice on Anjuna beach at sunset and you might even be convinced!!
forrest
06-14-2008, 01:00 PM
Old Monk and fresh pulped pineapple juice

Old Monk and fresh pulped pineapple juice, on any beach (or hell on my patio) is quite nice.
JMac
06-14-2008, 06:56 PM
The indians have a mad passion for rum. I've sat with Indians desperate to convince me that Old Monk is the finest rum in the world - to be fair, every rum producing country has passionately loyal locals.

Sip Old Monk and fresh pulped pineapple juice on Anjuna beach at sunset and you might even be convinced!!

???? thats interesting....I have some Indian co-workers and they LOVE their rye, especially Crown Royal and Weiser's. I wonder if it depends on what part of India they originate?
Rum Runner
09-18-2008, 09:01 PM
Here is a new press release (http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-24014.html) on the upcoming roll-out of Havana Club in India.

What I found interesting is that they will be shipping to India in barrel and then bottle it there. I doubt the trip will last long enough to change the flavor profile much, but it could add a bit.

Rather a throw back to the good old days of rum traveling in barrel aboard ship.