Holey Dollar Rum

[HookLine]

Friend bought a bottle of Holey Dollar Rum. Expensive shit, made in Fiji, supposedly the best in the large booze shop. Certainly the most expensive at $70 a bottle.

Before I even tasted it I could tell what was wrong with it, and tasting just confirmed it.

Heads. And lots of 'em.

Could not drink more than 3-4 mouthfuls. Just tasted like paint stripper to me.

My friend said the same, and thinks he wasted his money. I agree. He does not know I still. But I am gonna take him some of mine and see what he thinks. (I won't tell him I made it until after he has tried it).

Apparently it won gold ('Best in Class') at the 2009 International Wine & Spirits Awards.

No wonder I only drank commercial vodka and gin before I started making my own spirits.

Only decent commercial rum I have tried so far is triple stilled Bundy. Actually quite nice and smooth.


So the obvious lesson is: Make your own. (But you all know that already. )

[rad14701]

The old thought process of "if it gives you a headache the next day it must have been good"...

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As an aside, I watched an episode of Myth Busters last night where they compared the hangover from just drinking beer and drinking beer and hard liquor... Drinking just beer yielded more of a hangover, which I would blame on the additional adjuncts and CO2... Bring on the hard liquor...!!!
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[IceStiller]

If i remember correctly when beer is fermenting there forms a chemical that makes your body excrete liquid.hens you pee a lot when drinking beer.
A spanish friend of mine always puts a pinch of salt in his beer to counteract it. I don't see the reason here in Iceland, it's not like its hot or anything.

[LWTCS]

Hey Hook,
Please let us know what your pal thinks of your homemade.

Do you recon you might spill the beans?.......... Or just let him wonder where you got the...................

[rubber duck]

I agree the only comercial rum I like is old new orleans and that just ok.

Why is it that even some of the best rums on the market tast like there over oaked and a little like lighter fluid?

[HookLine]

Hey Hook,
Please let us know what your pal thinks of your homemade.

Do you recon you might spill the beans?.......... Or just let him wonder where you got the...................

Haven't decided yet. If he likes it then he gonna ask what brand it is. Got any suggestions?

[kiwistiller]

hook, line and sinker?

[HookLine]

Fair enough. Should have seen that one coming.

[Barney Fife]

Haven't decided yet. If he likes it then he gonna ask what brand it is. Got any suggestions?

Welcome to my world! When I just pour shots, they ask what it is, and when I give them some "big name", the next time they come by they ask why their "batch" wasn't as good as the ones I seem to get. Nobody knows what I do, but damn it's tough....

What I don't understand is the awards; who the hell hands those down? Do they award points for heads? I taste them in everything from high end whiskeys to high end rums, too. Guess if you spit it out, the hangover part is moot....

[rubber duck]

Haven't decided yet. If he likes it then he gonna ask what brand it is. Got any suggestions?

What I don't understand is the awards; who the hell hands those down? Do they award points for heads? I taste them in everything from high end whiskeys to high end rums, too. Guess if you spit it out, the hangover part is moot....

I gess if all you have to judge is garbage then garbage wins. I realy hate comercial rum if the general public knew what good rum is and it was avalible a lot more of it would be consumed.