New Review: Mount Gay 1703

[Capn Jimbo]

Coming soon...


Sue Sea is big on birthdays. I'm not. But I love her dearly, so that means her day is celebrated, in this case by doing a happy hour at one of Ft. Lauderdale's many prestigious beachfront emporiums.

Prime location, mere feet from the water, $20 drinks and you are serviced grandly. Fortunately it was happy hour, two for one and we were so engaged with a few wines and calamari when I spotted a bottle of Mount Gay 1703.


But we don't review super-premiums!

Why? Simple. The Rum Project is based on two premises: first, that world class rums don't have to be expensive. Prime example: Barbancourt Five Star. Or even Mount Gay's Extra Old at was once about $29, ballooned to $50 in a failed marketing scheme, and once again settled back down to about $32. Second, our audience is the 99% - you and I - who are more worried about paying bills then having a look-at-me bottle on the bar.


But....

It was Sue Sea's birthday, I was feeling grand and frankly it's very rare to find a bottle of 1703 on the bar, so we asked the price. Answer: $23 for a shot. Oh well, why not we thought, let's share one. And then a big surprise!

We'd been chatting up the bartender all evening, and when he walked over to pour the 1703, he proceeded to pour it very heavy, then - gulp - poured two! Oh no, we ordered only one. But as we were about to correct him, he set them down and said - the second one is on me, happy birthday!

Good grief! Two double pours or even more, perhaps a $100 worth, for $23 (or $11.50 each). So with plenty of product, and time to enjoy it we then proceeded to give the 1703 a good taste and review.

Stay tuned for the result...

[Capn Jimbo]

The Review for Mount Gay 1703...


is now (here).