Favorite Rum?

Coriolanus
Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:55:45 +0000
Cafe Society

Years ago, in the days of the past, one could go into a bar and order a Rum & Coke. For me, if that was my thing, it would be (white) Bacardi and Coke. There was amber Bacardi, and I believe the exact equivalents in Morgan’s rum (in fact, in the UK, I heard a woman order a Morgan and Coke).

A few times a week, my wife and I share a potable of some interesting Rum and Coke. The “interesting” often begins with Madagascar Vanilla, thus one of our favorites is HAMM, which comes in a cloudy cylindrical bottle. Yet basically interesting spices.

We also tried Kraken and every variety of “Dead Man’s Fingers,” liking the mango especially. We’ll go top-shelf Waitrose when it falls to mid-shelf, about £35 (wow, $48 more than I thought).

Almost all of it is from Barbados, Honduras, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the general Caribbean.

Here it’s starting to shrink back to boring Gin. Are any of these spiced Rums known in the USA? We’ve bought all ours at Asda and then Waitrose, and don’t go to pubs where asking for any of these brands would feel odd.

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