The Best Rum Brands Under $30
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- After much deliberation, I arrived at what I think are the best rums you can buy for under $30. These are super high-value rums that don’t skimp on quality or taste. They are also available nationally, so you shouldn’t have an issue finding them at a local big-box liquor store like Total Wine or BevMo.
If you’re building out your home bar, looking to expand your rum collection and not break the bank, or throwing a huge summer party, you can’t go wrong with any of these choices.
I included dark rums and light rums, rums from Jamaica, and a rhum agricole (rum made from the juice of pressed cane sugar) from Martinique. I also went wild and picked out a couple under $20 that deserve to be considered. All of these will work wonders in tropical cocktails like the Mai Tai, Piña Colada, or the Daiquiri.
The Under $30 Rum Lineup:
Mount Gay Eclipse
El Dorado 8 Year Demerara Rum
Stiggins’ Fancy Pineapple Rum
Clément Rhum Agricole
Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum
The Under $20 Rum Lineup:
Appleton Estate Signature
Flor de Caña Blanc
Did I miss any high-value rums under $30? We’d love to try them! Let us know below.
Cheers, y’all! 🌴
Sections:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Quick Rum History
1:14 Mount Gay Eclipse
1:37 El Dorado 8 Year
2:30 Stiggins’ Fancy Pineapple Rum
3:29 Wray & Nephew White Overproof
4:20 Clément Rhum Agricole
5:10 Under $20 Rums
6:14 Outro
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Just a quick note, the Flor de Caña Extra Seco is actually aged four years and has the color filtered out. Also, Demerara rums are not made from Demerara sugar, but are named after the Demerara River in Guyana, after which the sugar is also named. Excellent list, though, I agree with all of your picks.
Thank you for these details! That's true about the Flor de Caña, and you're right about Demerara rums and Demarara sugar. The sugar cane used to create the molasses in El Dorado rums is grown and harvested from the banks of the Demerara River (from what we've read), but there is a difference between molasses and Demerara sugar, and that's our mistake. Demerara sugar is less refined than molasses and is what we use in our Demerara Gum Syrup. Thanks again for pointing those things out! We need to start sending your our scripts for proofing! Pinning this comment.
@@liberandco The fact that the Flor de Caña is aged four years only makes it even more impressive how cheaply they sell it. My favorite way to make a Daiquiri at home is with a split base of Flor de Caña and Wray & Nephew. And thank you, that's very flattering! Big fan of your products, almost time for me to put in another order with you.
Appleton Estate Signature Blend is my go to. It’s got that Jamaican funk without being too funky.
Exactly! It goes great in so many cocktails.
"Mount Gay": I was just looking at that one in the liquor store a few days ago! Not that there's anything wrong with that! haha
Take it for a spin next time!
Love this video! Keep them coming. Can't wait for the next
Awesome, thank you so much 🤗 We'll have another out soon!
Can't believe how small this channel is, keep up the great videos!
Thanks so much, it means a lot! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏
Huge run fan. Appreciate your video and your products are fantastic.
Thanks so much, Tom! Really appreciate the support.
Under $30, my go to for Daiquiris is the Bacardi 4 Year. Extra richness with the age and shows itself off rather well without being clouded out by other ingredients. Can’t go wrong!
Mount Gay has been my go to for decades.
Very good choice indeed! Cheers!
Love these
My understanding of why El Dorado rum is referred to as Demerara is because the area where is is made, which is now part of Guyana, used to be called Demerara, not because it is made from demerara sugar - it is not. Demerara sugar is sugar with some of the molasses left behind. All the rums other than the rhum agricoles are made from molasses. I like your selections, though. I haven't tried the Wray and Nephew although I've been thinking about it for a while; I think your review has pushed me to buy a bottle and give it a try.
Thanks, Glenn! Yes, we made a mistake about that! It's true that it relates to the area where it's made, near the Demerara River. El Dorado is made with molasses that comes from sugar cane harvested by the Demerara River, but it is different than demerara sugar.
@@liberandco yeah, sorry, I noticed that someone else had already made this point after I posted. Keep the videos and recipes coming!
It didn't even occur to me to make that connection with Plantation being something bad. Just didn't think about that.
A few years ago I picked up a bottle of Angostura 5 and was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was given its low price.
Nice! We haven't tried that one, but it looks like it falls into the sub $30 category. Where did you pick it up?
@@liberandco Just in a Lidl grocery store in Geneva Switzerland. I got the last bottle but the never restocked it. Too bad.
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It’s the classic original rum of the Mai tai actually J WRAY NEPHEW 17 year which is no longer made.
Don Q is an amazing value, and absolutely one of our favorites 💯 and we wish that J Wray 17 was still out there 🤤
I have tried some verygood rums and I like a nice light rum or a golden but this particular drink is so delicious with a very inexpensive mass produced dark rum. Listen, I can't compare this to any other rum drink. I must tell you, This very inexpensive rum that I tried, and you must drink it just like this... Over Ice in a large tumbler 1.Pineapple juice 2. Fresh squeezed orange juice
Equal parts or if you like a little more of one it's okay but you must use BOTH. Fresh lime. A couple chunks squeezed in at the end and the rum is Whalers dark rum.NOT the Special Reserve. Lean a little heavy on the rum. It's the most delicious thing I have ever had in my life. It's like a Cara Cara orange dipped in dark chocolate.
🤔 Thanks for letting us know, this is something we're going to definitely try here in the office!
Demerara rum isnt made of demerara sugar.. demerara is a area, a river if i remember correctly. Is done from molasses as all other rums except rhum agricole
This is true, it's referring to the river.
I was on to plantation 6 years ago but it seems like everyone else caught on to it and the price has been going up at Buck each year
Yeah, it has gone up. Inflation/the increased cost of transporting goods might be a factor as well.
I would add Plantation Five-Star and Plantation Dark.
Great choices. Rums under $30 was difficult to pick because it's such an affordable category. Lots of good ones!
I meant "Three-Star."
So Australia's Bundaberg rum is expensive in the states?
We have not seen that in our local market, so we're not sure about the cost of that!
Good video . You must test classic Indian Rum which is under 10 $ like OLD MONK OR Mc Dowells No1 Celebrations Rum . These are among world's top 3 best selling rum brands,
Good picks, those would both be in the sub $20 category! Haven't tried either, but will keep an eye out for them.
Cruzan dark or light, 1.75 L for less than $20, my go to rum...
Great pick, especially at that price point.
No love for Hamilton 86 Demerara Rum
DON Q DUDE
Don Q dude
Odd Steve the Barman puts Mount Gay in his bottom 3 of all his rums lol
It's true, he really doesn't like Mount Gay: czcams.com/video/pdl-I7Q9MVI/video.html
We agree that the rum market is super competitive at that price point. There are so many great options that if there's something you don't like about a particular rum, you can move on to the one. We think Mount Gay is a great pick, but understand not everyone agree. A little controversy is fun anyhow!
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Most of these are solid. But the Mount Gay. That bottle was the single most putrid, horrid tasting garbage id ever had the displeasure of trying.
What was so nasty about it?!
Why is a rum video being woke and PC,
Yes you should be banned from the Internet. Wanna know why? Because you're playing the Plantation card. There are still huge amounts of different plantations around the world and that's quite all right. Should they all change their name because you Americans have given the term a very negative meaning? Absolutely not.
Agreed! “What’s in a name?” Lol
Totally agree with you!!
Well, SOME Americans gave the term a bad association. But I wouldn't say it was "you Americans". We are no more answerable for the sins of our fathers than anyone is for the sins of their fathers. I am unapologetic.
wtf drink rum with ice brah....