New Guy ? - Don Lorenzo

[Drag Line]

A little help for the new guy (by the way this place is the Rum Mecca- great site). A few years ago somebody brought me a bottle of Don Lorenzo Dark from the Abacos which I really enjoyed. I went there last year and was going to get a bottle and was told that it was no longer available. The store was rather small and limited, so I wasn't sure if he was trying to get me to buy something else or was telling the truth. Can someone shed a little light on this? By the way I went for the 8 year old Barbancourt which I thought was a pretty fine substitute. Thanks

[Edward Hamilton]

Welcome to the rum forums. Don Lorenzo is no longer being made so you weren't getting a line from the store owner. That bottle of Barbancourt you found is one of the favorites among members here at the Ministry of Rum.

Now I won't be able to think about much besides sailing in the Abacos for the rest of the day. It was one of my favorite places in the Bahamas.

[Bahamian]

I left the bahamas about one month ago and the Don Lorenzo bottles on the shelfs got less and less. The "Dark Reserve" is one of the few bahamian rums I realy enjoyed. The other was the 7 year old "Yer Ho" by Ole Nassau wich is also not been made any more...

It's such a great pety, but most of the tourist seem to buy more of that flavoured stuff...

So I hope to be able to find some old bottles on in the back of some dusty shelf when i'll be back in the islands in august...

[Rum Runner]

The other was the 7 year old "Yer Ho" by Ole Nassau wich is also not been made any more.

Given current American English vernacular I think that label would have not passed approval if they had tried to export it to the USA.