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Bosun Bird
Select the right rum (see Mr Clapham's recommendation below) and you have what he aptly describes as "a Last Word Jamaica daiquiri."
Bryn Maagaard
11th October 2025 at 17:22
I used a rum ostensibly from Barbados but it's far too sweetened to be worthy of that origin and a herbal liqueur with a more prominent wormwood flavour than chartreuse. The result was quite pleasing all the same. Quick aside Jason recommends Xaymaca from planteray but in the recipe above the only recommended rum is Myer's dark. In fact many cocktails recommend only Myer's but would not any aged pot still jamaican do?
12th October 2025 at 08:24
Yes, other similar rums would work.