Let's talk RUM, share yours.

Here are my favorites, hope I can find other good ones...
share yours.

for Cuba Libre / Rum and Coke= Bacardi Añejo (made in Mexico) similar to the original Cuban formula.

for fruit drinks Bacardi White

to drink neat or on the rocks (lightly)
Botran smooth, supposedly from the same distillery as Zacapa
Flor de Caña 12 very good rum
Havana Club (CUBAN) "The Masters Selection" exceptional rum, not in US
Kirk & Sweeney veeery smooth
Doorly (best value) and also very smooth

For a really sweet rum RON MIEL (Spain)



LONG READING BELOW ! Intended for those wanting to learn more about rum.
not an essential part of this thread.

Types of Rums


Rum is produced in more than 80 countries, using many divergent methods, with copious variations of fermentation, different types of distillation, myriad blending styles and a plethora of aging techniques.

White rum is clear, usually has milder flavor and lighter body than gold or dark rums. These light types of rum are most often used to create cocktails.

As rum mellows in barrels over time, it takes on amber or golden hues. These golden types of rum usually present a more flavorful profile than the white or clear rums. Gold rums are used to make cocktails in which a stronger flavor is desired. In Latin countries is is the traditional rum for the Cuba Libre cocktail and similar drinks.

The term Dark Rum is essentially meaningless. Many aged rums are referred to as dark, only to distinguish them from light. The label of dark rum is often assigned to a range of rums that are not clear, from light golden amber to black, as well as rums that are well aged.
The darkest, richest, heavy bodied rums are often referred to as black rums, offering bold tropical essence to libation and recipes. Most rums are made from molasses, a thick, dark sweet liquid left over in the process of manufacturing crystallized sugar. The black rums retain much of this rich molasses and caramel flavoring and are sometimes colored with burnt caramel to achieve consistently dark hues. Black rums are essential to many uses in the baking and candy-making industries, imparting bold sweet spicy flavors to cakes, candies, desserts and sauces.
Navy rum refers to the traditional dark, full-bodied rums associated with the British Royal Navy.

Premium Aged Rum
Many fine rums are aged in oak barrels for years to achieve a superior flavor profile. The interaction of spirit and wood has a positive effect on the smoothness, the richness and the subtle flavors of the rum.
The number of years vary and you will see terms as XO (extra old), Extra Old, Añejo, and others.
Most of these are best enjoyed neat and/or on the rocks (lightly).

Vintage rums are most often seen from the French islands, where the growing and processing season is short. In some cases, private label rum brands purchase a large bulk of rum from a single production year, age the product and bottle it when maturity is peaking.
Boutique rum brands are bringing more vintage rums to the market every year. These types of rum tend to be limited editions that are valuable to collectors and serious rum enthusiasts.
Most rums available for sale in the U.S. are 80 to 100 proof(40% to 50% alcohol by volume). Types of rum which contain higher concentrations of alcohol are often labeled as overproof rums.
Rhum Agricole is a specific category of rhum made principally in the French territories of the Caribbean, especially Martinique, but similar styles are also produced in Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante and St. Barths. Reunion Island (a French Overseas Territory, like Martinique) and it’s neighboring Island Nation of Maritius in the southwest Indian Ocean also produce Agricole style rums. Rhums made in Haiti from cane juice may also be considered agricole by some rum experts.

The Brazilian sugar cane spirit known as cachaça (kah-SHA-sah) is one of the most popular categories of cane spirit in the world. Made from fresh sugar cane juice, cachaça is often bottled with little or no aging in barrels, presenting a full-flavored profile spirit most popularly enjoyed in cocktails, such as the caipirinha (kai-pee-REEN-yah), the national drink of Brazil.

Aquardiente is a spirit fermented and distilled from fruit, most often sugar cane. The name can be translated to “burning water” or “fire water.” Aquardiente spirits are not aged. Their simple distillation process retains robust flavors of the vegetal matter used. In Columbia, aguardiente is usually flavored with anise. Each region of the country produces their own spirit which cannot be exported to other regions.
Flavored and Spiced Rum The myriad types of flavors and spices infused into rums offer a wide range of interesting and multifarious variations of spirits, both full proof and limited potency liqueurs and creams. Spiced and flavored types of rum offer unique flavors to cocktails, rum cakes, holiday libations and many other uses, bringing decidedly tropical flavors to the palate.
Solera Rum
Solera aging system is a cascading process where younger rums are aged in oak casks and then blended with older rums. The aged rum are arranged in different flights with the oldest distilled rum on the lowest levels of the Solera.

This is not intended to be an absolute complete guide. A lot of information was brought over from the link above, visit their page for more information.