Rum

It is approaching the time of year that my consumption of rum goes up.  Rum and cokes, daiquiris(the real ones, not those fruity things that come out of a machine), mojitos, and the occasional pina colada.  Over the years I have really grown to like rum.  Like most gen Y-ers, my first experience with rum was the Captain.  Capt and cokes were a way of not drinking beer when I was younger.  Later in life I met some members of the Bacardi family and decided to give their rum a try.  So, I started to drink Bacardi, a lot of people think it is bad rum, i would have to disagree.  When I drink Bacardi I feel like I am drinking rum.  It isn't rum for the Mrs., or the occasional drinker, it is the the rum drinker that likes a good punch in the mouth of rum.  Makes me feel like Hemingway would have drank it, a man's rum.  My tastes have graduated though, but I still like Bacardi.  When I was in Jamaica on our honeymoon I won a bottle of Appleton and bought another bottle, and that is a very unique tasting rum.  I really like Myers Rum in my rum and cokes and as a floater on girly drinks.  10 Cane is good for mojitos and daiquiris.  Speaking of daiquiris, lets discuss those for a second.  A daiquiris is not a red colored thing that comes out of a machine, that is a frozen daiquiri, and they aren't even close to the same.  A real daiquiris has a few simple ingredients and it is somewhat related to what Papa Hemingway drank.   1.5 oz of rum, 1 oz simple syrup, 1 oz lime juice, and club soda and ice to the top of a high ball, that is it.  I prefer mine a little different.  I prefer 3 oz rum, 2/3 oz simple syrup, 1 oz lime juice, and the club soda and ice.  My version of the Papa Doble(the drink of Hemingway).  I am going to graduate to try some different rums this summer to make sure I am not missing anything.  I am so glad drinking rum is back in season for me!

Below is Hemingway at El Floridita in Cuba.