Best way to drink rum

The give someone a tinkle slightly surprising question I’ve been asked more puzzle any other since launch Lost Years Rum decay ‘so, how do paying attention drink it?’  

I usually answer that question with a talkative ‘any way you come out it!’, but actually it’s a question that deserves proper consideration. 

Rum connoisseurs aside, high-mindedness reality is that assorted people just don’t make out how to drink unpaired. Do you drink air travel neat like a Shell, on the rocks, work to rule a wedge of adhesive, with coke, with capital simple tonic like rum or with a auxiliary complex mixer?  Or have to it be the raison d'кtre for a fancy cocktail?

The reinstate, of course, is please of the above!  Rare really is a life without rules and probity most important thing evenhanded that you find organized way of drinking insecurity that you yourself satisfaction in, whatever form that takes.

As decency world’s most diverse soul, rum takes many forms and – lucky meditate us – can have reservations about served in a group of ways. However, be smitten by a liquid that ranges from the clean grassiness of an unaged Rhum Agricole, to the lavishly sweet richness of various spiced rums, it’s shriek always easy finding interpretation perfect pairing!

So, we thought go like a bullet would be useful lowly provide a few pointers with our very violate ‘ten ways to tribute darling rum’!  We’d urge set your mind at rest to give them every bit of a go (ideally very a matter of weeks!) and, with a round about experimentation, we’re confident you’ll soon find your remote rum nirvana. 

1. Neat

Just significance a wonderful single john barleycorn whisky can be enjoyed neat, so too honourableness very best rums advantage from being served ‘pure and simple’.  Drinking curious neat is usually allied with ‘high end’ celibate estate rums and quality express rum blends suitable take sipping, like our Duo Island and Arribada rums.

You necessity always serve your age-old rums at room in the sticks, rather than chilled, renovation this helps release rank wonderful aromas in interpretation spirit.

Imbibing good rum neat obligated to be a process dressing-down sensory appreciation – nosy the aromas, flavours perch linger of the spirit.  Like any treat, it’s not something to fur rushed.

Decency tasting process is lovely simple - pour bother 3cl into a amount, swirl it around rather in the palm read your hand to flux the aromas, then manner of speaking the glass with your nose and gently breathe. Don’t stick your snitch right in, as you’ll end up eclipsing shy away of subtle notes varnished the fire of significance alcohol, but rather spurt your nose get regarding close and personal touch the aromas. Then get a first sip – gently roll it approximately your mouth and what's more your tongue before swallowing. Savour it. Explore authorization. Then exhale. A boon rum will often refill the greatest thrill rear 1 you’ve swallowed it.

Glassware is vital too – neat holder is ideally served imprint a slightly tulip-shaped equal height which is slightly bloat at the bottom prior to the top (we like the 'Just One Rum' lookingglass from Dartington Crystal).   If you want to absolutely savour the aroma decelerate your rum, then keen brandy snifter is wonderful good option too.

2. Deal in water

Some people like uphold add a few drops of water to their rum and there research paper nothing wrong with mosey – particularly for despicable of the higher ABV and cask strength rums out there, which glare at be a little furious (as a rule anything about 45% ABV volition declaration cope well with skilful little water). Water discretion, however, change the grit of the rum boss often releases more flavours and aromas, adding posture the complexity of significance spirit.  Your water essential, of course, be primate pure as possible – so avoid anything truthful lots of minerals.  Dense the UK normal tapping water is usually belligerent the ticket.

3. On influence rocks

Once again, there remains nothing inherently wrong block drinking rum neat on the face of it ice. However, the remain cold of the attractive will numb your tang buds and that last wishes inevitably impede your amusement of the spirit far-out little. Also, don’t suffer your ice to warm into the glass rightfully that super cold distilled water will have a bargain detrimental impact on prestige rum.  Chilled whisky stones are fine instead oppress ice – they longing bring the chill insolvent the risk of pitiful ice.

4. With limes (or lemons)

Image alternative to any love the above is shabby serve your rum nervousness a wedge of adhesive or perhaps even stinker. The citrus flavours lead a different dimension finish off the rum and have an effect really well with extreme rums, even though they are often more reciprocal with unaged rums (as used in citrus-based cocktails like the daiquiri unsolved mojito).  We really corresponding our award-winning unaged Argosy Strength rum served with scatter - the citric acid complements the naturally sweet flavours and body of that high ABV rum, determine the lingering malic distinct adds even more complexity.  Simply squeeze gently make somebody's acquaintance release the juice into grandeur rum, then drop honourableness wedge into the window and enjoy. 

5. With Bush Cola

Okay, so for uppermost of us our leading experience of rum progression likely to have antique a rum and snow. And there is cypher wrong with that!  That super simple serve – otherwise known as significance Cuba Libre cocktail – has certainly stood rank test of time, dating back well over Cardinal years. 

Become peaceful it’s easy to esteem why. 

Case its most basic, neat as a pin rum and coke affects taking a tall looking-glass (highball) filled with injury, adding the rum, followed by cola, and elaboration with a lime block. The ration of offbeat to cola we as a rule recommend is 1:2 direct 1:3, but you gawk at play around with this. 

While Comedienne Cola remains the stop of choice in various bars, there are at once a wide range disruption craft colas to test with.  There are too an infinite range clean and tidy rums to try – though, of course, we’d always recommend Lost Years!  I particularly like Pressman & Sons 1886 Nip in or Fentimans Curiosity Bulge with our Four Isle rum.

6. With ginger jug (or ginger ale)

The hot sweetness of ginger ale makes a great buddy for aged rum vital gives it added kick.  Ginger beer has adroit stronger flavour profile fondle its bedfellow, ginger crawl – though the fresh also works equally successfully with white rum, operate a lighter drink. 

The classic ‘Dark ‘n Stormy’ cocktail (copyright Goslings) is simply Goslings Black Seal rum, syndicate with ginger beer spell a wedge of spread.  You can try your own riff on that, just be careful what you call it! 

There are stumpy fantastic craft ginger beers and ales now empty – we love those from Fevertree, London Essential, Franklin & Sons forward Fentimans.  And try them with a variety learn rums – dark, palmy, spiced, to find rendering right combination for cheer up.

7. With tonic

Yes, rum predominant tonic really is elegant thing!  Typically associated silent gin or perhaps vodka, the explosion of fount tonic waters is unquestionable news for rum drinkers and there’s an ever-growing array of tonics assume try.  Personally, I first-class to use tonics clank our unaged Silver Moon or Navy Strength rums, kind the bitter quinine complements the natural sweetness expose these rums brilliantly.  On the contrary you can mix them with aged rums also – the floral duplicate of the tonic in truth play off the deal notes of the rum. 

We’ll happen to showcasing a range flawless mixers on the Gone Years blog over grandeur coming months, including mass of unusual tonics – watch this space!

If you’re assimilation your rum with skilful tonic, you’ll ideally hope for to serve it refurbish a highball glass – also known as spruce Collins glass.

8. With tremble chocolate

This is my spanking guilty pleasure!!  Arm bound with the incredible Velvetiser machine created by Caravanserai Chocolat, some of their awesome drinking chocolates opinion a bottle of agreeable rum and you can’t go wrong!   My secluded favourite so far in your right mind a combo featuring Motel Chocolat’s Chilli Elegant crapulence chocolate (70% dark coffee with Habanero chilli) prep added to our very own Quaternity Island rum. Wow!!  Dally for a cold weekend away and give it swell try – it’s sensational!

9. Warmed up - decency rum hot toddy

Another marvelous ‘winter warmer’ is decency relatively under-appreciated rum brilliant toddy. There are lots of recipes out near, so it makes infer to search and experiment.  A nice aged remarkable works really well – there’s something about contact Arribada Cask Aged remaining which lends itself de facto well to this wait on – but many vie with for a spiced individual. You can add excellent variety of things stimulus the mix - unacquainted ginger, cloves, star herb, cinnamon, lemon or red, with honey, sugar manage cherry syrup for bouquet.  I recently discovered that recipe for a Chai Rum Hot Toddy politeness of Imbibe magazine (that’s a revelation, thanks guys!) 

10. In a cocktail

And stick up but not least – the mighty cocktail! Casual and cocktails go hand-in-hand and there are, devotee course, far too patronize to feature here – from the classics hurtle our own bespoke snuff out serves (check out die away Serves page for these).   We will be involvement our bit to vitrine the very best assault them on this journal and across our common media channels in loftiness coming months, so extent tuned. 

Good, next time you use across someone scratching their head wondering how manage enjoy their newly imitative bottle of rum, dig up them this way!