Believe it or not there's another one of those commercially based product "days", in this case "National Rum Day". What's next, "National Preparation H Day"? Wait and see.
Anyway, this is a big Forbes deal, as punk writer "Larry something" posted another of Forbes plush and well photographed, look-at-me articles obviously aimed at their 0.01% audience of conspicuous consumers. In his article "National Rum Day: Try Some Really Old Rum", Larrypoo blathers on about just two distillers worth "celebrating"...
Appleton's $5000 per copy "50 year old", and Plantation's entire line. The Plantation copy was so long and lush that it amounted to a near full page advertisement for them. I mean really, who's blowing who here? You decide. Worse yet, Larry (with whom I've debated before) once again shows how very little he knows about rum (other than what the distiller inserted up his posterior cererectum). Namely, he claims that Plantation is unique in their sherry barrel finishing, and second that Plantation's "exquiste" flavor comes from being made from sugar cane, not molasses.
Gulp, really, Larry?! I just hadda post...
No doubt you're wondering, first will Larry leave this one up? I think so. And second, will Larry condescend to leave yet another snarky reply (his norm)? Survey sez...At Capn Jimbo’s Rum Project (Googleable) we of course do a lot of thinking about rum, particularly fine pure and aged versions, of which there are few. In celebration of “National Rum Day” one could recommend any number of fine old rums from Mount Gay, Appleton, Flor de Cana, Barbancourt, Ron Matusalem, El Dorado and really quite a few others. All fall under your category of celebration of the finest.
Why you focused on a one-off 50 year old available only to handful of 0.01 percenters, and then posted an extended commercial for just one distiller is a matter of intrigue, I must say. And although Planatation does indeed produce a number of fine rums, your accolades that you attribute to “…the sugarcane (all quality rums are made from sugarcane, not cheaper molasses)” is almost completely false, as almost all the Plantations are sourced from your dreaded molasses. Second, Plantation is hardly unique in their sherry barrel finiishing, a process not uncommon to many rums, including Richard Seale (Doorly’s XO), Dos Maderas, and several others.
Still I wish to commend you for your excellent diction, grammer and complete sentences.
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