# What's the best rum to use for rum and cokes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520 "2002-11-06T07:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/21 "2002-11-06T17:36:13Z")
I’m asking for a trashing here, but I don’t normally care for rum and coke. The only time I’ve liked it was with Malibu coconut flavored rum. I do like the occasional daquiri mind you. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/22 "2002-11-06T18:38:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eleusis \* > \*\*Appleton rums, however, taste _rancid_ to me at least. \*\* Rancid? Wow. I’ve only had good bottles of their XV and 12-year-old. One of my co-workers got to try some 40-year-old Appleton at a media tasting. Lucky Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![radar\_ralf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@radar\_ralf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/radar_ralf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/23 "2002-11-06T18:45:02Z")
Ron Medellin and Coca-Cola is pretty hard to beat, in my opinion. It is usually made as a “Cuba Libre” as note by JRDelirious [rum, coke, juice of half a lime, dash Angustora bitters]. There are a couple of other good rums from Colombia and other S.A. locations, but Medellin is my favorite - all the folks I worked with down there preferred Ron Caldas. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/24 "2002-11-06T19:26:46Z")
If it’s _good_ rum, what are you doing putting Coca-Cola in it? Haitian rums, and other fine golden rums, are for sipping straight. Jamaican (dark) rums for Planter’s Punch. Bacardi (or a similar light rum from a Spanish-speaking country) for daiquiris. I keep a bottle of Gosling’s Black Seal, a black rum from Bermuda, around mainly for spiking the bean-pot. I suppose, in the unlikely event that I’d have a craving for a Cuba Libre, I’d use that in it. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@Tony\_Barber\_s\_Underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Barber_s_Underwear)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/25 "2002-11-07T00:57:04Z")
I’m not sure if it is available overseas, but Bundy & Coke is just about Australia’s (or Queensland at least) favourite drink, besides beer. I love it, plus they have good ads starring the Wallabies (Australian Rugby Team). You can visit their site [here](http://www.bundabergrum.aust.com/) - Bubba. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/26 "2002-11-07T01:13:04Z")
Aaah Bundy. _Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Rum Puts hairs on yer chest, and hairs on yer bum, And when we all die, and are buried in clay, Our bodies are pickled, and never decay._ ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/27 "2002-11-07T02:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by peepthis \* > \*\*Without a doubt, the best rum for a proper run & coke (or Cuba Libres; or even better, mojitos) is **Havana Club**. Which you can find anywhere in the world, except the U.S. The best white rum I’ve ever had, and the 7 year old is perfect for drinking straight up. > > That’s reason enough for me to end the embargo. \*\* Amen. Very good rum. I’ve also tried Bacardi’s 8 year “Reserva Superior” and found it unpleasantly sweet. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/28 "2002-11-07T02:50:35Z")
My vote goes for the dear old Captain Morgan. Got a half a bottle in my freezer right now. (But don’t tell that to my RA… shhh!) The first alcoholic drink I ever had was a Captain and… Diet Pepsi, oddly enough… but 'tis yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/29 "2002-11-07T05:32:02Z")
Top shelf liquor should not be wasted in a mixed drink. I prefer top shelf anything on the rocks. Appelton rum is hard to drink, also doesn`t mix well. It is a sipper. Spiced Rum mixes well with cola. Try Bacardi spice and vanilla coke, my fav. Malibu and coke go good together too. I like to drink occasionally, but only to excess. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/30 "2002-11-07T10:43:36Z")
I’m not looking for top shelf, quality stuff - I agree that it’d be wasteful to mix it. I mostly was wondering which rum complimented coke the best. I remember one of the first mixed drinks I ever have being a rum and coke, and the combination of that particular rum was excellent - I didn’t think to ask what kind was used. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/31 "2002-11-07T12:32:50Z")
**SenorBeef** - What you are looking for is Bacardi Light. It’s what works best with Coke. Obviously many people enjoy _spiced_ rum and coke, a la Captain Morgan or even the relatively new spiced Bacardi, but those don’t technically fall under “rum and coke” in my opinion. **JRDelirious** spoke the truth. I personally have to specifically say “NO LIME”, almost every time I order, to avoid being served a Cubre Libre. If I wanted one, I’d order it. **Barbarian** - Yeah, I guess that was the wrong choice of words… I mean… something like I can taste rotten fruit in there somewhere… You’ll probably agree that the standard Appleton, or even Meyer’s has no place being mixed with coke. I can tolerate it a bit more in a more tropical, fruity drink like a Mai Tai, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/32 "2002-11-07T16:08:34Z")
After my first sip of a Dark and Stormy, I knew I’d never drink R&C again. Gosling’s Black Seal rum + Old Tyme ginger beer + Lime. This is best used to wash down fried platanos. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520/33 "2002-11-09T04:02:33Z")
I think Appleton Estates from Jamaica (though most J’cans seem to prefer the overproof white rum rotgut for mixed drinks) and the Trinidad rums are pretty good, but I think Guyanese rum is the best: El Dorado Demerara. Not with Coke though - yech. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-rum-to-use-for-rum-and-cokes/135520.md?page=1)