The Ultimate Plantation Rum Review

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We can get our hands on 8 different Plantation Rum varieties. So we bought all of them to blind taste test in a classic daiquiri! Let's see how many she gets right!
We try the following Plantation Rums: Stiggins Fancy Pineapple, 3 Star, Original Dark, 5 Year Aged, Isle of Fiji, Xaymaca, XO 20th Anniversary, OFTD.
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0:00 Intro
2:06 What Plantation Rum Are We Drinking?
2:50 Pineapple Plantation Rum Taste
4:38 3 Star Plantation White Rum Taste
6:52 Original Dark Plantation Rum Taste
8:26 5 Year Aged Plantation Rum Taste
9:41 Isle of Fiji Plantation Rum Taste
12:07 Xaymaca Plantation Rum Taste
14:08 XO 20th Anniversary Plantation Rum Taste
16:46 OFTD Plantation Rum Taste
18:38 Blind Taste Test of Daiquiris
31:08 The Results

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21 июл 2024

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@TheSpiritoftheCocktail 2 года назад

AWESOME!!!! This is such a great review!!! Ive had 6 of these, by far the Isle of Fiji is my favorite. Pineapple is def a close 2nd. So many flavor to choose from with this lineup!! CHEERS!!!

@carl_busch 2 года назад

I totally agree!

@ColinMacInnis 11 месяцев назад

9:37 “it makes me happy” is EXACTLY the right phrase. My favourite rum hands down!

@carl_busch 11 месяцев назад

So so good. Cheers

@scdeluge 2 года назад

Really like your channel! Recently got into rum and just bougt the plantation 5 year. I personally enjoy the longer videos you two have been putting out.

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Thank you so much. We really appericate it.

@TheWeePearl 2 года назад

Wow! That is an impressive line up!

@carl_busch 2 года назад

I'm happy to have all three of them.

@RobsHomeBar 2 года назад

Taste the XO again and think toasted coconut! That’s like ALL I get when I taste XO. Love it!

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Will do.

@TheloniousSphere 3 месяца назад

The 5 year is my all-time fav rum neat sipper and the 3 star for mixing - I like the Xaymaca also neat for Jamaican style rum. Nothing tops that 5 year neat or on the rocks.

@carl_busch 3 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing!

@Toukon4ever 2 года назад

Great review 👏. I've tried the XO, Xaymaca, and Pineapple rums in a classic daiquiri and rank them in that order.

@carl_busch 2 года назад

That XO is really really good. You might like the 5 year if you can find it.

@Toukon4ever 2 года назад

@@carl_busch I tried that 5 year and now it's one of my favorites!

@carl_busch 2 года назад

@@Toukon4ever it is really really good

@UnclePete 2 года назад

Pineapple, XO and OFTD are great, for a daq, I'd use 3 star, or 5 yr. with a OFTD bump. Orig dark I don't love. fun review. BTW probably got some added sugar in these, Plantation is in to that for sure.

@carl_busch 2 года назад

It does seem a little sweeter

@ironmantran 2 года назад

A PLANTATION RUM flight to end all flights ! ! ! AMazingly good ! !

@carl_busch 2 года назад

It was LEGENDARY!!

@JJ-wi2uw Год назад

I love the Original Dark Plantation Rum.

@carl_busch 11 месяцев назад

It's so so good

@boozeontherocks 2 года назад

Loved this review. I have four bottles, now I want the rest :)

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Which four do you have?

@boozeontherocks 2 года назад

@@carl_busch I have the Three Star, Xymeca, Fiji and Grand Reserve.

@stephane.foisy.186 2 года назад

Fiji single cask 2008 is my jam as they also age it in ex Islay whisky cask. Though I do also enjoy the XO for the coconut funk.

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Hope to try that.

@christinecamley 2 года назад

O.F.T.D is my favourite Plantation rum!! Delicious! I adore it and I use this fantastic rum in an Old Fashioned! It makes a spectacular Old Fashioned variation! :-) I also occasionally use the Original Dark in an Old Fashioned variation, but I prefer the O.F.T.D. for that cocktail. The Plantation Pineapple is lovely, and I really enjoy the Isle of Fiji. I love the Plantation 3 Stars and the Grande Reserve. They lend themselves to such a range of amazing cocktails. Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry is a fabulous delight! Demerara syrup is lovely with most of these rums. I use Demerara in my Plantation O.F.T.D. Old Fashioned cocktails. Deelightful!! Terrific video Carl and Riley. You are both lots of fun!! Yes to Riley's caramel observation! You definitely need to have a palette cleanse between tastings, otherwise it's sensory overload. There should be a limit with tastings because all of these do create an overload. 3 at a time would be my preference!! I liked this longer video!!

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Totally agree with limit of 3 but it was super fun to do.

@christinecamley 2 года назад

@@carl_busch For sure!! It looks like so much fun!!

@seamansj 2 года назад

Great video and I been wanting to try some plantation rums. I have just started drinking bourbons for last 6 months but I have had rum mixed drinks for last 4 yrs but I have not had any rum by their self. But if you see this comment can you tell me what is the “funk” that you are talking about in the rum? Is it something good or bad. Just a newbie trying to learn and thanks again for the video.

@kilercrab3213 2 года назад

Drinking 3 star mojitos right now and they're awesome

@carl_busch 2 года назад

So so so good!!

@kazzbekker5190 Год назад

I did a old fashioned with plantation pineapple, Mai Tai twist and Corn'n oil with plantation overproof

@carl_busch Год назад

That sounds great. What was your specs?

@kazzbekker5190 Год назад

@@carl_busch like the recipe or who am i? Then I can answer for two senses im bartender but I do these two at the house party, Corn'n Oil and something like Well Oiled Mai Tai from diffords guide but I used overproof and instead of orgeat I used amaretto

@andrewmainprice2179 2 года назад

I had the Fiji,oftd and the zaymaca and my favourite was zaymaca then Fiji and finally oftd.

@carl_busch 2 года назад

They are really good for certain reasons. Zaymaca is a sleeper people don't try.

@AngryCocktails 2 года назад

If you're going to go, go the whole way!

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Go go go!!

@jshalvorsen3D 2 года назад

Late to the party, but Pineapple is so insanely good in a daiquiri!

@carl_busch 2 года назад

It really is and better late than never

@victorvannatter312 Год назад

Up here in Canada, plantation 3 star and Bacardi White are the same price. So it's a complete no-brainer. I've never even bought a bottle of Bacardi because this is available

@carl_busch Год назад

I wish 3 Star was around the same price as Bacardi. Oh well, totally worth the money.

@victorvannatter312 Год назад

@@carl_busch unfortunately it is just about the only plantation rum available of any of the stores I've gone to. I would really like to try the OFTD

@carl_busch Год назад

@@victorvannatter312 That is one of my favorites.

@ChappysTikiBar 2 года назад

In it to win it😎

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Yes sir!

@Shootsmith 9 месяцев назад

What is that noise? Chair creaking?

@carl_busch 7 месяцев назад

Ya I forgot to tighten up the bolts 🤦

@jcloiseau Год назад

To clarify for new rum drinkers here: Oftd and xaymaca do NOT have added sugar to the rum. Every other plantation rum (in particular the Fiji and the xo have 20/30g of sugar per litre added. While it makes it more palatable for many new drinkers it is considered by many in the Caribbean as sacrilegious. Also the 20th anniversary is definitely NOT 20 years old. It is 5/6 years old and is pretty misleading marketing from plantation

@carl_busch Год назад

Did not know about the added sugar. Thanks.

@jcloiseau Год назад

@@carl_busch this is actually over the year becoming a big and contentious topic in the world of Rum. Some brands like plantation made it their shtick and are quite transparent about it but others are totally not and some aficionados and professionals in the market find that adding ANYTHING is an absolute travesty.

@carl_busch Год назад

@@jcloiseau Appreciate the info.

@Succumbed2Rum 7 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed the banter between you two. It's funny that you mention "funk" on the Barbados rums bc they really aren't funky at all. The Xaymaca definitely has Jamaican funk for sure. One piece of feedback, the loud clacking sound was very distracting, I think it was the stool one of you were sitting on. Keep up the great content.

@carl_busch 7 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it! You are right the stools are cheap. Gotta find better ones or just tighten them up more often. LOL thanks for the kind words.

@northside3701 Год назад

Xaymaca was the original island name,the English settlers changed it to 'Jamaica'

@carl_busch Год назад

Ohhhh wow. Had no clue thanks for sharing.

@The_End. Год назад

”This is the definition of not drinkin responsibly” You guys bought a bottle and had it sitting for months before opening it. That’s responsible if anything 😂

@carl_busch Год назад

You don't even want to know how many bottles we have sitting that we haven't open yet.

@CoachVinoLLC 2 года назад

In Riley’s defense, that is sensory overload. I used to do wine tastings with 10 or more bottles and my palate would totally be like, “you serious fam?!”. 😂

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Oh for sure but it was fun to give it a try.

@RileyTaylor26 2 года назад

It was so hard! And my sobriety took the day off before we even started trying daiquiris 😅😅😅

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Yes it did.

@FlourEggsYeast 2 года назад

LOL that's a pretty awesome job LOL

@christinecamley 2 года назад

Agreed! My days of wine tastings are over. Palette sensory overload!

@TikiDrinksatHome 2 года назад

$23 for 3 star??? I believe it's priced around $16/17 which I always felt was a steal!

@TikiDrinksatHome 2 года назад

The Xaymaca is 100% pot-still, which makes it the most Jamaican funky rum of the bunch. Great in Mai Tais!!!

@TikiDrinksatHome 2 года назад

Loved this episode guys! Was able to watch the entire video also. I remember when you started and we talked about how rum wasn't your thing, and now here you are with full 30 minute episodes about rum. I'm like a proud parent!!!! Lol

@RobsHomeBar 2 года назад

Surprisingly 3star is only $28 here

@TikiDrinksatHome 2 года назад

@@RobsHomeBar yikes!

@RobsHomeBar 2 года назад

@@TikiDrinksatHome well that’s Canadian … so only like 5$ US

@RobsHomeBar 2 года назад

FIRST!!!

@ellyam991 2 года назад

I was just about to comment that! Next time 😂

@TheSpiritoftheCocktail 2 года назад

720 seconds late......

@stephane.foisy.186 2 года назад

Let me channel my internal Tim.. hrrrmm “Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!”

@TheSpiritoftheCocktail 2 года назад

@@stephane.foisy.186 Lolol!!!! CLASSIC!!!!

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Haha

@mary-ellenechle1320 2 года назад

Great video and we love our Plantation Rums too! We laughed along with you…keep having fun! BTW check out the “Tiki With Ray” RU-vid video when he hosted Rocky the Plantation Rum Rep I had the pleasure of introducing the show🍹🧡🍹

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Haven't heard of that channel. Will check it out. 👀

@FlourEggsYeast 2 года назад

This was like the powerhouse of any tastings you all have ever done. What I want to know is, how long will it take you to go through all that rum? Feel free to send some of that XO our way.

@carl_busch 2 года назад

Not as long as most would think. LOL