I love unaged rum. Paranubes, Grand Arome, Savanna Herr and Clairin to name a few. I recently bought an Australian Kilik from Romdeluxe, that's really good. A lot of red berry notes.
Oh so many bold white rums in my cabinet! Love the Clairins, but you can also wake me up for a grassy agricole, Pere Labat for instance. Recently opened a bottle of Barbancourt Blanc 55, not THAT bold, but very nice nonetheless. And indeed, a little of those rums go a long way in a cocktail. Keep up the good work! Love your chanel.
A dried cloth bandage scraping across your tongue…..hahaha!!! Your descriptions are absolutely on point and incredible. Your description for Rum Fire (rotten bananas, etc) really got me! And it’s spot on! Thanks Arminder, keep up the fun work. Love it!
this is one of my favorite videos of yours, and i would love to see a continuation of this series. my first dive into rum agricole will likely be kōhana heirloom kea, per your suggestion and others’, but these three will definitely be on my radar to try soon, as my palate is maturing to truly appreciate more wild and out-there flavors. great video as always, Arminder.
@@therumrevival i finally got my hands on the kōhana kea (lahi varietal), though not the heirloom collection edition, as nowhere shipped to my state. i am happy to say that i thoroughly enjoyed my first cane juice rum. it was definitely a shock to my palate, but once i adjusted, i was taken away by the brothy greens and bright florals/fruits. thank you for your video on the kea. i am officially hooked on cane juice rum.
@@unansweredprayer1122 I'm so glad to hear that!! There's a huge wide world of different cane juice spirits to try. Enjoy! I don't think I have the Lahi varietal. I'll have to get my hands on it and try it. Have you tried it in a daiquiri yet?
@@therumrevival honestly, i am almost always a neat sipping guy, so i have yet to try it in a daiquiri. i will be getting into cocktails soon though, so i will be sure to leave myself enough kea for one and i’ll let you know once i try it.
Semi-new to your channel and I've been loving your erudite and amusing reviews. I've found that the Holmes Cay makes an an absolutely dazzling Rum Scaffa. I use 1 oz of the Holmes Cay, fat 1/2 oz of Benedictine and one dash Angostura. In the same overproof white funk bomb vein, Rum Fire absolutely kills in a 50/50 shot with Cynar; a more profound version of the Wraynar 50/50 with Wray and Nephew.
That scaffa sounds delicious. Can't wait to make it, thanks! And agreed on the RF/Cynar shot. Funny because I'm actually working on a 50/50 video and that one was on my shortlist to feature.
I'll probably have to dig around Colorado a bit to find some of these, but these are the exact kinds of flavors I enjoy exploring in any spirit. I'm coming from the whiskey world, and much like you am getting a bit tired of the same ol' stuff (which is a reason I'm branching out to other spirits), and rum/tequila have been great for new, bold flavors. Gonna have to check around for several of these! Cheers!
Try Mr. B's. Both locations have incredible selections. I've bought the Grenada River overproof white there before, along with a number of other rums I haven't found anywhere else.
@@DenzelSmashingtonand just to add for the uninitiated Coloradans; if you've never been to Yacht Club in RiNO for a drink, they have some incredible new release rums on the bar that I haven't even seen covered on this channel.
I have bought both Rivers Granada and Holmes Cay Arome recently and your descriptions of both could not be better! Rivers is easy to love, but I can’t say the same of Holmes. I love wild, bold, pungent r(h)ums, but Holmes was seriously challenging. Then I added a quarter ounce of it to a Shrunken Skull along side an ounce each of Mt. Gay Eclipse Navy Strength and Hamilton Demerara 86 and I’m now an avid fan of Holmes Cay Arome. Cheers from one Bay Area r(h)um lover to another 🍻
We did a tasteing of big bold unaged rums a week or so ago in another group. The stand out was the Paranubes Cana Moroda. There were also some interesting Jamaican examples from SBS and Warehouse #1 (which I appreciate are probably not avaliable in the US). The Mohoba high ester was also really good. We finished with a HERR at 68% abv which certainly came out fighting.
The Holmes Cay Grand Arome, to me, is straight up green olives on the nose and tastes just like it smells, imo. Just a teaspoon in a classic Mai Tai is mind blowing.
I have another reunion Agricole savanna lontan 57 and I love it in my Mai Thais. It also shares the strong olive note. I may have to try to source to Holmes Cray Grand Arome to see how they compare.
@@therumrevival My recommendation is to make it max 1/4th of your blend. My personal blend at the moment is half Oz Hampden overproof, half Oz the high ester Agricole. Half Oz Appleton 12 and a half Oz oftd combined with j.m. Schrubb as the orange liqueur. Credits go to make and drink for the orange liqueur selection and the blend is also loosely inspired by the blend from the ultimate Mai Thai site also referenced by make and drink.
Yeah, just a tiny bit is perfect. It is an explosion of flavor, so can easily take over and have an effect like when you add too much absinthe to a zombie.
Awesome video! I have had Rivers before and it is amazing in a ti' punch! I am curious though, do you find yourself reaching for these types of rums on the regular or do you have a different daily driver?
Man, I have been toying with picking up a bottle of Rivers but the price point kept keeping me at bay. You may have just convinced me. 100% making that Negroni. Love Averna. And Neisson L’Esprit opened me up to the wild world of unaged cane rums. Love it so much. But… where the Clairins at?
If you like Averna, then I think you'll really like that cocktail. Oh the clairins are definitely coming. I hope to feature different white rums in the future.
Habitation Velier release a limited edition Savanna Grand Arome that is my favorite rum, unaged and uniquely wonderful! I’m so on board with adoring bold, unaged white rums!
Great video! I have yet to experience the Esprit. Need to track one down. I get Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce on the Grande Arome 😂. I adore the Rivers. A small aliquot in a Mai Tai is super good as well. A pal of mine brought me the 75% from the distillery. Have yet to crack that one….
I can totally see the BBQ sauce. Speaking of Mai Tais, the folks at Rumba (or is it Inside Passage) age Rivers for their Mai Tai blend... I want to try that so bad.
@@therumrevival Oh that's interesting. It might be Rumba. They do not share any menu items with Inside Passage and their Mai Tai has a reputation. We've tried it but had visited Inside Passage immediately prior so...details are fuzzy LOL. Now I want to go back. The place I know that uses (used?) Rivers in a Mai Tai is Cure in NOLA.
This is also my favorite rum category! And I just picked up the Grand Arome and Rivers… so exited to try them!
Oh awesome! Would love to hear what you think. Especially the grand Arome
So many “fans.”
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What can I say? I love my “fans”
I love unaged rum. Paranubes, Grand Arome, Savanna Herr and Clairin to name a few. I recently bought an Australian Kilik from Romdeluxe, that's really good. A lot of red berry notes.
Those are all great unaged rums. Defniitely plan on featuring those in the future. I had a Killik from Dead Reckoning and I loved it.
Great video, love the variety of white rums available. I actually started my rum journey with white rum so darker aged rum is something new to me.
Thanks! Very cool to see that you have the reverse journey. Plenty of big bold aged rums to keep you busy lol
White bold rums are the bees' knees. When I make my way back home to NY, I'll pick up some of these high-quality rums.
Going to NY Rum Fest this year?
Love anything Neisson
Oh so many bold white rums in my cabinet! Love the Clairins, but you can also wake me up for a grassy agricole, Pere Labat for instance. Recently opened a bottle of Barbancourt Blanc 55, not THAT bold, but very nice nonetheless. And indeed, a little of those rums go a long way in a cocktail. Keep up the good work! Love your chanel.
The Pere Labat stuff is so good. THe 59 is great. I've had a couple of sips of some of the 70% stuff and WOW...that was something else!
A dried cloth bandage scraping across your tongue…..hahaha!!!
Your descriptions are absolutely on point and incredible.
Your description for Rum Fire (rotten bananas, etc) really got me! And it’s spot on!
Thanks Arminder, keep up the fun work. Love it!
lol I can taste the rum just by reading that description. Thanks so much for watching!
this is one of my favorite videos of yours, and i would love to see a continuation of this series. my first dive into rum agricole will likely be kōhana heirloom kea, per your suggestion and others’, but these three will definitely be on my radar to try soon, as my palate is maturing to truly appreciate more wild and out-there flavors. great video as always, Arminder.
Thank you so much! I definitely plan on featuring more in the future. Do let me know what you think of your first experience with the kea. Cheers!
@@therumrevival i finally got my hands on the kōhana kea (lahi varietal), though not the heirloom collection edition, as nowhere shipped to my state. i am happy to say that i thoroughly enjoyed my first cane juice rum. it was definitely a shock to my palate, but once i adjusted, i was taken away by the brothy greens and bright florals/fruits. thank you for your video on the kea. i am officially hooked on cane juice rum.
@@unansweredprayer1122 I'm so glad to hear that!! There's a huge wide world of different cane juice spirits to try. Enjoy! I don't think I have the Lahi varietal. I'll have to get my hands on it and try it. Have you tried it in a daiquiri yet?
@@therumrevival honestly, i am almost always a neat sipping guy, so i have yet to try it in a daiquiri. i will be getting into cocktails soon though, so i will be sure to leave myself enough kea for one and i’ll let you know once i try it.
I have a bottle of Worthy Park 151 and it’s amazing.
Its been a while since I've had it but I enjoyed that one!
That Grenadian River rum is 🔥🔥🔥
Had to pick up 2 bottles 😅
You can never have enough!
Semi-new to your channel and I've been loving your erudite and amusing reviews. I've found that the Holmes Cay makes an an absolutely dazzling Rum Scaffa. I use 1 oz of the Holmes Cay, fat 1/2 oz of Benedictine and one dash Angostura. In the same overproof white funk bomb vein, Rum Fire absolutely kills in a 50/50 shot with Cynar; a more profound version of the Wraynar 50/50 with Wray and Nephew.
That scaffa sounds delicious. Can't wait to make it, thanks! And agreed on the RF/Cynar shot. Funny because I'm actually working on a 50/50 video and that one was on my shortlist to feature.
Still having trouble getting behind the HC Reunion Grand Arome. Will try Mike’s Accidents Will Happen.
Let me know what you think
Rum Fire, The Funk, Wray & Nephew and on the lower abv side Ten to One.
great lineup! funky all the way.
I'll probably have to dig around Colorado a bit to find some of these, but these are the exact kinds of flavors I enjoy exploring in any spirit. I'm coming from the whiskey world, and much like you am getting a bit tired of the same ol' stuff (which is a reason I'm branching out to other spirits), and rum/tequila have been great for new, bold flavors. Gonna have to check around for several of these! Cheers!
Cheers to another fan of big bold flavors! I hope you're able to find these near where you are.
Try Mr. B's. Both locations have incredible selections. I've bought the Grenada River overproof white there before, along with a number of other rums I haven't found anywhere else.
Second Mr. B's. Mondo Vino and Denver Wine Merchant also have great selections.
@@DenzelSmashingtonand just to add for the uninitiated Coloradans; if you've never been to Yacht Club in RiNO for a drink, they have some incredible new release rums on the bar that I haven't even seen covered on this channel.
@@TheMooseOnTheLeft Thanks so much! I'll definitely make a trip to one of their stores to look around. Appreciate both you and @DenzelSmashington
Just ran into your channel, I have been drink rum for about 15 years. My 2 favorites are Bumbu and Brugal
Thanks for checking out the channel and cheers!
@@therumrevival is there any chance you can do a video on rums that are similar to brugal and bumbu?
@@tacticalbarkscorpion definitely on my list to do
I have bought both Rivers Granada and Holmes Cay Arome recently and your descriptions of both could not be better! Rivers is easy to love, but I can’t say the same of Holmes. I love wild, bold, pungent r(h)ums, but Holmes was seriously challenging. Then I added a quarter ounce of it to a Shrunken Skull along side an ounce each of Mt. Gay Eclipse Navy Strength and Hamilton Demerara 86 and I’m now an avid fan of Holmes Cay Arome. Cheers from one Bay Area r(h)um lover to another 🍻
I have to try that Shrunken Skull now, thank you and cheers!
Great video! I’m picking up a bottle of the Rivers Antoine on Saturday. Very excited to give it a try.
Thanks! Let me know what you think of Rivers
Great video! Picked up some Sajous and Uruapan and they have not disappointed! Definitely will be experimenting with a negroni riff.
awesome, those are two of my favs
We did a tasteing of big bold unaged rums a week or so ago in another group.
The stand out was the Paranubes Cana Moroda.
There were also some interesting Jamaican examples from SBS and Warehouse #1 (which I appreciate are probably not avaliable in the US).
The Mohoba high ester was also really good.
We finished with a HERR at 68% abv which certainly came out fighting.
I love the Cana Morada!! One of my favorite releases from last year.
I haven’t seen too many talking about the morada
The Holmes Cay Grand Arome, to me, is straight up green olives on the nose and tastes just like it smells, imo. Just a teaspoon in a classic Mai Tai is mind blowing.
I have another reunion Agricole savanna lontan 57 and I love it in my Mai Thais. It also shares the strong olive note. I may have to try to source to Holmes Cray Grand Arome to see how they compare.
I have yet to try it in a Mai Tai but I've had a few recommendations now on doing that, so I know what I'm doing this weekend
@@therumrevival My recommendation is to make it max 1/4th of your blend. My personal blend at the moment is half Oz Hampden overproof, half Oz the high ester Agricole. Half Oz Appleton 12 and a half Oz oftd combined with j.m. Schrubb as the orange liqueur. Credits go to make and drink for the orange liqueur selection and the blend is also loosely inspired by the blend from the ultimate Mai Thai site also referenced by make and drink.
Yeah, just a tiny bit is perfect. It is an explosion of flavor, so can easily take over and have an effect like when you add too much absinthe to a zombie.
@@tommymatheson7519 great analogy
Awesome video! I have had Rivers before and it is amazing in a ti' punch! I am curious though, do you find yourself reaching for these types of rums on the regular or do you have a different daily driver?
I find myself drinking more of these during the spring and summer. Mid summer it’s mostly Ti punches for me
Hell yea! Huge Savanna Lontan fan over here, just had it, as usual for me, in a dirty Rum Martini since it's SO olive'y to me 🥂
wow, I have to try that! Big fan of the Lontan and the HERR
I wish I had somewhere to buy all the rums you showcase on here. Great video.
Not sure where you are, but Astor Wines in NY ships to a lot of states.
The grande arome is definitely my most unique purchase. Not sure about it, I think it is good in a blend. Maybe it will grow on me.
Yeah it took me a looong time to reallly get into it
That Grande Arome is a dream come true!
The grand Arome also goes well with dark maduro Nicaraguan cigars. Also mike hooker is the man! he has taught us in the Austin rum society a lot.
Yes! Glad you think so!
Man, I have been toying with picking up a bottle of Rivers but the price point kept keeping me at bay. You may have just convinced me. 100% making that Negroni. Love Averna. And Neisson L’Esprit opened me up to the wild world of unaged cane rums. Love it so much. But… where the Clairins at?
If you like Averna, then I think you'll really like that cocktail. Oh the clairins are definitely coming. I hope to feature different white rums in the future.
Habitation Velier release a limited edition Savanna Grand Arome that is my favorite rum, unaged and uniquely wonderful! I’m so on board with adoring bold, unaged white rums!
I loved that Velier Savanna release!
Great video! I have yet to experience the Esprit. Need to track one down.
I get Sweet Baby Rays BBQ sauce on the Grande Arome 😂.
I adore the Rivers. A small aliquot in a Mai Tai is super good as well. A pal of mine brought me the 75% from the distillery. Have yet to crack that one….
I can totally see the BBQ sauce. Speaking of Mai Tais, the folks at Rumba (or is it Inside Passage) age Rivers for their Mai Tai blend... I want to try that so bad.
@@therumrevival Oh that's interesting. It might be Rumba. They do not share any menu items with Inside Passage and their Mai Tai has a reputation. We've tried it but had visited Inside Passage immediately prior so...details are fuzzy LOL. Now I want to go back. The place I know that uses (used?) Rivers in a Mai Tai is Cure in NOLA.
@@jarrod-smith I regret not going to Cure last time I was in NOLA... hope to change that later this year
For me it's Rum Fire... agree with you entirely about good white rums!
Love Rum Fire!
Isn't that "fan" Steve the Barman? LOL Poor Steve.
Huh, I guess I see the resemblance 😂
His favorite rum I heard is stolen rum fire :)
lol I'm not giving it back!
Have you tried any of the offerings from A1710? Seems like they would be your style.
I have a bottle of their Bete a feu which I should be opening soon. Looking forward to it.
No need to muddy the waters!
No way you just said “mmmmm industrial waste” on camera
i sure did lol