Wall Street Journal How's Your Drink?

[Edward Hamilton]

Eric Felten wrote a nice article on my favorite spirit in his space called How's Your Drink? (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121513768133228445.html) that appeared online this morning.

Eric wrote me and mentioned that the ti' punch recipe shouldn't be 1 1/2 oz of sugar cane syrup. He's planning on a correction note next week.

[Matusalem]

I wonder which Flor de Caсa iteration he drank.

[rumdog007]

I believe he was having the 4 year silver. I like it in a dry daiquiri, a lot.

[Edward Hamilton]

I was a little surprised by that assessment of Flor de Cana 4 year old, but depending on the order in which they were tasted his palate may have been prejudiced. This wasn't a blind tasting but it does go to show that you need to taste spirits several times before you make a decision, a luxury few journalists have time to enjoy.

[Matusalem]

I was a little surprised by that assessment of Flor de Cana 4 year old, but depending on the order in which they were tasted his palate may have been prejudiced. This wasn't a blind tasting but it does go to show that you need to taste spirits several times before you make a decision, a luxury few journalists have time to enjoy.I think you might be hitting precisely what came to my mind based on what I read. I'd bet Eric tasted the Flor either first or early on with in the round of items he was unimpressed with. After dabbling around with agricoles reverting back to a molasses based rum would probably taste like quite an improvement to one who is unfamiliar with or doesn't appreciate the lesser distorted flavors of agricultural rhum.

I didn't mean to sound critical - there's plenty of room for differing opinions - that's the beauty of this thing. Personally, I'd take La Flor Extra Dry over Tommy (which ever iteration) every day of the week.