Good vodka. Good welfare state. Once Were Vikings apparently.

But they mostly take orders from Germans and Americans nowadays. Sad!

  • CriticalResist8 [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, and it doesn't even have to be expensive!

    For rum I buy the diplomatico, from Venezuela. It's expensive (around 50 for a bottle), but it's the best. Rum kinda has that "cheap" image, but I prefer it to whiskey. I like that they get all the flavours in the Diplomatico from the cane sugar and nothing is added in. I used to get the Don Papa from the Philippines (made by an ex-Cointreau executive, so not local, just cheap labour), and they spice it to hell and back so it's not really rum, it's more of a flavoured alcoholic drink.

    edit: and by Diplomatico, since they have several, I mean the Reserva Exclusiva that comes in a dark green bottle!

    • Golabki [comrade/them,undecided]
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      1 year ago

      That sounds tasty. Also cool that it’s from Venezuela.

      It would be kinda cool to collect booze from socialist countries and put a print of the anti drinking “Nyet” poster near it lol.

      Edit: finding a way to get some North Korean Soju would be lit too.

      • CriticalResist8 [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        It's a very sweet rum, almost tastes spiced in fact, but it's not. Very good rum tbh, I can't imagine buying anything else.

        Although I have to correct you that Venezuela is not socialist, but social-democrat! Still, we stan Chavez for the pure cojones on that man

        • Golabki [comrade/them,undecided]
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          1 year ago

          I have faith that they’re working on it. I may be biased though because you said, the sheer courage of it. Daring to stand upright in the shadow of the imperial core.

    • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Oh yeah, Diplomatico is great. Even if money's tight, you can get lots of decent rum on a budget. Appleton and even Havana Club are usually what people think of but Plantation Grande Reserve Five Year is my go-to.

      • CriticalResist8 [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I got a 7 year old Havana Club and I'm sorry, I love you Cuba, but it's bad 🤮

        almost as expensive as the Diplomatico too for this bottle. Since it's the only brand Cuba sells under, there's many different names like the Especial, Seleccion, so maybe I need to try another one but... for the price I paid I'm not sure I want to repeat the experience.

        • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, Havana 7 is not a great sipper but it's something if you're a broke-ass Midwest student who didn't want to touch spiced rums with a 12 ft pole like I was (Captain Morgan was my first experience with rum and turned me off of rum entirely for a year lol).

          For Cuban rums, aside from the premium Havana Club stuff, there's also Santiago de Cuba which I've been meaning to try.