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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3863550, member: 1414"] My main experience with it was Bacardi 151 at UConn, which didn't end well. Some whiskey drinkers encouraged me a few years ago and I bought Appleton 12. It was a good one to start with. For sipping rum, avoiding the sweet stuff is critical. Nothing from Barbados or Jamaica can have added sugar. It's an area of debate, with some wanting to dose the rums and still use the geographic designation. [URL='https://thefatrumpirate.com/hydrometer-tests-2']Hydrometer tests[/URL]. Bacardi has sugar, Plantation has sugar, Captain Morgan, El Dorado, Ron Zacappa, Diplomatico, Ron Abuelo will all have added sugar. If you liked bourbon more I'd suggest a Privateer Distiller's Drawer or Queen's Share, but most of it is aged in new charred oak. If you find one not aged in new charred oak (lighter color), it's generally a single barrel cask strength rum (around 55%) from Ipswich, MA. Aside from that, Appleton, 12, anything from Foursquare including Doorly's 12 at Total Wine, Mount Gay Black Barrel or XO. There are many others. The Agricole style rhums aren't my thing, but some love them. Worst case you just upgraded your summer cocktails for $15 extra. I've been making Hemingway daiquiris and true Mai Tais in the summer. [/QUOTE]