The Mrs and I put a bottle of that away a while ago. It was OK, but not great. Will try the fruit thing - thanks for the tip!
It is very aromatic, so not to everyone's liking. In my days (short and few, but recent) hustling people from a bar with 12 different rums it was an easy sell, mostly due to its aroma. Pretty much any acidic fruit will cut it nicely, just seek a good balance which in my opinion is minimal additions (see below).
Rum is clearly the new IPA - or is it the old Gin?
Anyways, what are the mixer options for spiced - dry GA? Ice and sparkling? I'm a noob, but I need to try and look a little more sophisticated late at night
1 ice cube, if you really need to mix it.
Best way to look at this is why are you mixing it? For a taste reason or so that it lasts longer. What spiced rum is it?
Here's an easy one if you have a few ingredients in a 6 to 8 ounce glass
1 shot rum
1 tea spoon raw sugar (stir into rum gently)
1 wedge lemon/lime (squeeze in the good stuff and drop the carcass in)
A few mint leaves (bruise them a bit)
3 ice cubes
Soda water top up (can also use ginger ale)
Stir it gently when all is in the glass. Its a mini mojito.
There's also the mini-colada (yep miniature pina-colada):
1 shot rum (best suited to a sweet molassesy dark rum rather than a sharp punchy one)
1 shot pineapple juice
1 dash coconut milk
Dress it with some roasted coconut flakes. This one can require a little fine tuning on volumes for personal pallets.
If you want to look sophisticated get some nice cognac balloons and serve your evening fine of choice neat. Spirits, liqueur, coffee, chocolate, warm milk...doesn't reay matter what, a good glass goes a long way. The winning is real.