Deco Ginger Rum
Through my journey with spirits I’ve found that the better drinks I experience the pickier I get when I go out to drink. Sometimes being picky simply isn’t an option. This past weekend we went to a charity auction and the bar litterally had four options: Wine, Beer, Vodka and Rum (with no mixing ingredients other than juices)
My first drink of the evening was unfortunately a vodka and white cranberry. The vodka itself wasn’t bad (it came from New Deal Vodka) but the drink really didn’t do anything to show it off. The white cranberry juice and ice pretty much made the drink taste like sweet and watered down vodka.
While I haven’t really explored very many rums, for my second drink I decided to go for the signature drink they were offering that evening: the Peggy Plamer – a combination of Deco Ginger Flavored Rum (80 Proof) and lemon. Here’s the recipe:
Peggy Palmer
1.5 oz Deco Ginger Rum
1 oz Vodka (in this case New Deal Vodka)
2 oz Lemon Juice
2 tsp simple syrup
Shaken over ice and then served up.
This drink was a very nice mix of spice, sour and sweet. What impressed me about this was how balanced a drink it was. Ginger can often be an overpowering note in a drink but with the Deco Ginger Rum seemed to have just enough ginger to make it flavorful but not too much. The drink was best when it was cold and became more sour as it warmed.
I hope to have an opportunity to taste the Deco Ginger Rum on its own and see how it stand up against other rums, but I was impressed with it in this drink.
at 11:42 am
Hi, It’s Bill from Deco. I’m glad you enjoyed our ginger flavored rum. I would love to hear what you think of it on its own. I do like to give people a heads up that we make it very spicy on purpose so the ginger flavor comes through when mixed.
Thanks again for taking the time to review us and feel free to let us know if you come up with any drink ideas.
–Bill
at 12:09 pm
Bill, we have a full review of the Deco Silver and Deco Ginger coming soon. I have my initial review written and a few drinks made, going to try an experiment to see if I can make a rye and ginger with the rum
at 3:05 pm
Geoff, Awesome…I look forward to reading your reviews and trying the results of your mad-scientist experiments! I’m a fan of rye (and most whiskeys although with Scotch I tend to stick to Highlands) and had never even considered mixing ginger and whiskey together.
at 4:28 pm
I tried to do a rif on a Rye and Ginger using the Deco Rum. Unfortunately it was too sharp. The Rum and Whiskey didn’t play as well together as I had hoped. Fun to try though. Citrus seems to be the best route to go with the Deco Ginger.