Favorite Rums List

[Edward Hamilton]

You can now make your own favorite rums (http://www.ministryofrum.com/forums/recipes.php) list. In the future I will be assembling this list to be viewed by the public, but your list will remain confidential.

You have to be logged in to make your own favorite list.

The above link is going to be changed but you can access your favorite rum list and edit recipes by using the Favorites button on the nav bar above.

[Milicent]

No problems for me.

[Dood]

Only one I couldn't find on the list: Brugal Siglo de Oro

[Paulipbartender]

It's acting as a challenge list. Who's tasted them all?

:D Not me I'm sad to report

Also what about;

El Dorado 21 and 25
XM 7 and 10
Silver Seal - the whole range
Angostura 1919
Conde de Cuba
Diplomatico Anejo 6 year old - and Reserva 8 year old
Edwin Charley range
Zacapa Centenario XO

Any of these would probably have made my list. Good work Ed

[Tiare]

- And the ones i told him - Zaya, Pussers, Silver Seal, and many more..
But i think the rest will come ..
Its a good thing this fav rum list isn`t it:)

[Edward Hamilton]

I knew this was going to cause me more work. For some of the rums mentioned above I don't have any credible information, others will be added today.

I don't know anything about Silver Seal, or Conde de Cuba, though I saw it in London last year. My recollection is that it wasn't actually from Cuba, can anyone confirm the country of origin of that rum.

[Paulipbartender]

It's from the Dom Rep

[RumBarPhilly]

Some faves I didnt see...

Rogue Hazelnut Rum
Tortuga White
Mt Gay Tricentennial
Diplomatico rums
Oronoco
Plantation rums (particularly Barbados!)

[bluewave6]

Cool idea. It will be neat to see fellow rummies fav's

[Paulipbartender]

May I share my lengthy list? I bet everyone's dying to share their faves;

Appleton Estate 12 year old - Appleton Estate Extra
Appleton Estate 21 year old
Appleton Estate 250th Anniversary Rum
Appleton Estate Reserve Jamaica Rum

Barbancourt Reserve du Domain, Barbancourt 15 year
Barbancourt Special Reserve, Barbancourt Five Star

El Dorado Special Reserve 15 year old
El Dorado Superior Demerera Rum 12 Year Old
Also would add;
ED 21 and 25
Banks XM 10
Rum Nation Demerara 12

Flor de Caña Centenario 18

Havana Club Añejo Reserva

Long Pond Distillery 25-year-old

Mount Gay Extra Old Barbados Rum
also MG Tricentennial

Pampero Anniversario
Diplomatico Exclusiva
Would add;
Diplomatico Reserva


Zacapa - Ron Zacapa Centenario Reserva
Zaya

Pusser's Blue Label
Pusser's Red Label

Also would add not on list;

Wray and Nephew 17 year old
Silver Seal Demerara 28
Royal Oak from Trini
Santa Teresa Bicentennial

Sure I've missed a few but all these rums have moved me in some way over the last few years. I really, really bl**dy love my aged rums!!!

:D

What have I missed lads and ladies?

[Edward Hamilton]

I just added the El Dorado 21 and 25 year old rums, both of which are very good. Some of the others I don't have any good information and I try very hard not to add rums to the list where I only have some marketing information from the distiller's pr firm. All too often the rum just doesn't live up to the story.

The research continues.

[Paulipbartender]

Ed, recognising most humbly that this is tantamount to offering snow to the eskimos.....are there any rums that might be available here that are harder to source where you are?

We're chatting to all the UK suppliers, importers and distributors daily and we could suggest bottles sent your way, if you would like?

[Edward Hamilton]

Ed, recognising most humbly that this is tantamount to offering snow to the eskimos.....are there any rums that might be available here that are harder to source where you are?

We're chatting to all the UK suppliers, importers and distributors daily and we could suggest bottles sent your way, if you would like?

There are a number of rums that don't make it to this side of the pond, but originated south of here. Silver Seal Demerara rums for example aren't found in the US at all. I was just in Jamaica and saw a couple of bottles of Edwin Charley rum but Wray & Nephew is much more interested in the Appleton Estate Jamaican rums.

I should have taken the opportunity to bring more rums home from London, but I'll be more prepared next time I come over.

I thought I had the Flor de Cana 18 on the list, and just found it. Hopefully the new list format will make it easier to find some of your favorite rums. Another rum you'll have to look for is Royal Oak from Trini listed as Angostura Royal Oak Select. Over the years the rum names have had to include a distiller so that I could find them and to avoid confusion.

Havana Club Anejo Reserva is another one that is on my list, so please check again.

As for sharing lists. I'm working on making our favorites lists viewable by others, in my spare time, which is hard to find these days. One of the problems is making these lists viewable by others with some security so others can't change your list. I'll also be adding a couple of other fields like last updated.

Eskimos need snow too.

[Edward Hamilton]

If you will update your Profile in the User CP > Edit Profile and then in the top block of questions

Select whether or not your list of favorite rums will be public or private. Make my list of favorite rums

> make this public by selecting public from the list. (The default is public for new users)
And Wahla, your list of favorite rums will be pubic for others to see. In the future I'd like to make this available only to other members who are logged in but I don't have that code in front of me. It's always something.

I took the liberty of changing Paul's profile so we can all see his list so he doesn't have to type so much. Next I'm going to have a cumulative list of member favorites but that's going to have to wait until I have another glass of my favorite spirit.

After making this public, I edited my list of favorites. While there are some rums I would rather drink than others, I tried to choose those rums that I prefer from a particular distiller. As an example, the Barbancourt 5 star, 8 year old, is my favorite from Barbancourt. Of course I like to drink the others, but that is my favorite of that group.

[Paulipbartender]

Ed, when I click to my favourites, it brings up your list and tells me I am logged in as you.

[Edward Hamilton]

Damn, I didn't make up a second user name yet for testing but hopefully this is sorted out. I never claimed to be a programmer.

[Paulipbartender]

Thanks Ed. Good job

[Edward Hamilton]

No need to thank me. it's the least I can do. And as my last boss told me, "Ed, you always do the least you can do."

[Paulipbartender]

Explains why we both became self-employed. Pretty sure I haven't been missed in the office work-place

[Edward Hamilton]

I believe the term is willfully, self-under-employed.

[Michael]

Can we add rums to the template of favorites choices? Having noted that the country of Venezuela seems to have been inadvertently left off the list of choices, it would be nice to include the rums from Santa Teresa, Diplomatico and Pampero.

[JMac]

and we can't forget rhum agricoles like Neisson, La Favorite, Rhum JM, La Mauny, Damoisseau, etc...

[Michael]

and we can't forget rhum agricoles like Neisson, La Favorite, Rhum JM, La Mauny, Damoisseau, etc...

All of which are currently available choices in the existing list template. Just look under Martinique or Guadaloupe, as appropriate, after reaching the template. To get there just click on My Favorites at the top of the forum pages and then Go to my Favorite Rum List where one's list can be edited.

On the other hand, the country of Venezuela appears to have been left off the list entirely. :(