# \#rum **URL:** https://spiritsandcocktails.community/tag/rum/1.md [Latest](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/latest.md) · [Categories](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/categories.md) · [Tags](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/tags.md) --- ## [Banana Daiquiri](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/banana-daiquiri/1329)
**Author:** [@CurrerBachman](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/CurrerBachman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/banana-daiquiri/1329 "2026-07-31T23:18:51Z")
For some God forsaken reason, I’ve found myself looking into the history of the Banana Daiquiri (blended or otherwise) and scrutinizing the veracity of the various claims of various inventors. 1: George Soule, Mountaint… --- ## [Pass the rum — starting each of our rum journeys](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/pass-the-rum-starting-each-of-our-rum-journeys/41)
**Author:** [@ben](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/pass-the-rum-starting-each-of-our-rum-journeys/41 "2026-04-06T01:55:20Z")
The Rum Reader was created in part to showcase writing about rum from new and lesser-known voices. Now it’s time to hear from even more people: You. Too often I see articles about what drinks you should be drinking. Ins… --- ## [Queen’s Park Hotel Super Cocktail](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/queen-s-park-hotel-super-cocktail/1247)
**Author:** [@CurrerBachman](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/CurrerBachman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/queen-s-park-hotel-super-cocktail/1247 "2025-10-14T13:38:19Z")
Aside from being featured in Beachbum’s Potions of the Caribbean, the Queen’s Park Hotel Super Cocktail (QPHSC) seems to be a largely unknown cocktail, outside of those who like their drinks rummy, complex, and cold, and… --- ## [The Daiquiri Dossier](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-daiquiri-dossier/104)
**Author:** [@ben](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-daiquiri-dossier/104 "2025-04-28T09:27:01Z")
The Rum Reader has committed itself to the infinite study of the crucial rum sour, the Daiquiri. We’ve organized several symposia with bartenders and drinks historians across the country, and plan to keep on doing so. B… --- ## [Consumer rum blending. Anyone doing it?](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/consumer-rum-blending-anyone-doing-it/705)
**Author:** [@Bostonapothecary](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Bostonapothecary)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/consumer-rum-blending-anyone-doing-it/705 "2024-09-12T10:50:25Z")
I’ve been doing a lot of blending rums right off the shelves and, wow, is it fun. Does this interest anyone else? Currently, I’m sipping on a blend of 20% Doctor Bird (Moscatel cask finish) and 80% Clairin Communal. Thi… --- ## [Coconut rum](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/coconut-rum/168)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/coconut-rum/168 "2024-03-07T01:29:42Z")
To the limited extent anyone cares, coconut rum seems to be a problem. The problem is that most of the commercially bottled coconut rums are disgusting. And if they’re not disgusting, they’re usually lame (e.g., Cruzan)… --- ## [Masters of the Mai Tai: A Discussion](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/masters-of-the-mai-tai-a-discussion/292)
**Author:** [@ben](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/masters-of-the-mai-tai-a-discussion/292 "2023-06-12T13:50:04Z")
Before the downfall of civilization, a panel was convened to discuss the Mai Tai: esteemed cocktail creators Garret Richard, Shannon Mustipher, and Natasha Bermudez, and esteemed cocktail quaffer “Tiki” Adam Kolesar, all… --- ## [Small Barrels? Miracle Micro Aging solutions or just an overhyped "man" gift?](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/small-barrels-miracle-micro-aging-solutions-or-just-an-overhyped-man-gift/541)
**Author:** [@Eaglesr](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Eaglesr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/small-barrels-miracle-micro-aging-solutions-or-just-an-overhyped-man-gift/541 "2023-04-09T14:26:40Z")
Curious to get the thoughts of anyone who has experimented with small barrels for aging? I’ve read several articles that claim that they are miracle workers; speeding up the aging process by reducing the size of the bar… --- ## [Mystery: The Ronrico Mixtro’s Guide](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/mystery-the-ronrico-mixtro-s-guide/20)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 5:22pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/mystery-the-ronrico-mixtro-s-guide/20 "2023-01-24T17:22:18Z")
Sometimes we experience great difficulty dating materials from the past. The Mixtro’s Guides published by Ronrico in the 1950s, and perhaps before and after, are intriguing examples. Of these four, only the one in the… --- ## [Perfecting the Practice of Planter's Punch](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/perfecting-the-practice-of-planters-punch/489)
**Author:** [@ben](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/perfecting-the-practice-of-planters-punch/489 "2022-08-29T19:52:15Z")
Four of New York’s top bartenders delve into the Planter’s Punch. While this is primarily a conversation about nerdy bar technique, it also touches on the history of the drink in the Caribbean, including its colonialist … --- ## [Light, Cuban-style rum](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/light-cuban-style-rum/150)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/light-cuban-style-rum/150 "2021-10-29T17:19:10Z")
An amazing thing about the Cocktail Renaissance: so many things that were long gone have since returned. But not everything. My white whale is what I have come to call light, Cuban-style rum, by which I mean the complex,… --- ## [Bats and spirits](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bats-and-spirits/366)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bats-and-spirits/366 "2021-03-06T15:55:26Z")
It’s easiest to approach spirits and cocktails in a decontextualized manner, because that dodges a lot of difficult, ‘controversial’ things that might create conflict, or worse, be bad for business. One of those habitual… --- ## [House-blending rum and Frankenrum](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/house-blending-rum-and-frankenrum/169)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/house-blending-rum-and-frankenrum/169 "2019-09-11T17:14:29Z")
Rum is a wonderful—and frustrating—category. But one of the wonderful things about rum (perhaps not all, but most examples) is that they blend easily and additively. The exotic drink genre is largely built on this fact. … --- ## [Why Are Hundreds of American Distilleries Suddenly Producing Rum?](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/why-are-hundreds-of-american-distilleries-suddenly-producing-rum/162)
**Author:** [@ben](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/why-are-hundreds-of-american-distilleries-suddenly-producing-rum/162 "2019-08-15T18:22:32Z")
It seemed a reasonable question, so Will Hoekenga (@whoekenga) was dispatched for the answer. --- ## [’Ti Punch](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/ti-punch/154)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/ti-punch/154 "2019-07-22T19:32:09Z")
@Splificator recently wrote a brief on the ’Ti Punch for the Beast, which subsequently raised questions (from Europeans, mainly) on Facebook about lime juice—or rather, lack thereof—in the form outlined in the article. A… --- ## [The Birth (and Rebirth) of Rum Brands](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-birth-and-rebirth-of-rum-brands/123)
**Author:** [@ben](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-birth-and-rebirth-of-rum-brands/123 "2019-05-22T14:08:32Z")
Now available for your comments and the resulting controversy: I took the opportunity of the recent launch of the Hampden Estate rums to investigate the history and purpose of brands a bit. Featuring the significant c… --- ## [Mystery: Quarter-Deck Cocktail](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/mystery-quarter-deck-cocktail/100)
**Author:** [@archibrecht](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/archibrecht)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/mystery-quarter-deck-cocktail/100 "2019-04-16T18:23:46Z")
Hello all! I’m so happy that this forum now exists! Attempted tonight to mix the “Quarter-Deck Cocktail” out of Martin’s Index app, which reads as follows: 1 1/3 oz jamaican rum 2/3 oz fino sherry, oloroso sherry, or … --- ## [David Gluckman on "Chasing Big Bacardí"](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/david-gluckman-on-chasing-big-bacardi/71)
**Author:** [@ben](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/ben)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/david-gluckman-on-chasing-big-bacardi/71 "2019-04-07T14:14:43Z")
This article, by David Gluckman, garnered a lot of comment on other platforms, so now’s the chance for s&c.c to take a crack at it. We often discuss distillers and how they create spirits, but David comes from the dread…