HUFFINGTON
09.01-08.13
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WELCOME TO ANOTHER edition
of our recurring series of Cocktail
Taste Tests, which aim to figure
out when expensive liquor makes a
difference. This time, we gravitated
toward mojitos, one of the most
fun drinks in the universe — and
the perfect drink for summer heat.
We mixed up a bunch of mojitos, all using the same recipe
(which you can find ahead) but
with different brands of rum,
ranging widely in price. We had
a couple dozen HuffPost writers
and editors taste all 11 samples
blind and give their feedback to
us. (Samples of all the rums, save
Bellows, were provided to us by
their distillers, but, as always,
our judgment was in no way affected by the brands’ participation.) Ahead, find out which
brands of rum we thought
were just right.
TAP ON EACH NUMBER FOR THE TASTERS’ VERDICTS
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From left to right: Flor de Cana ($15 for 750 mL), Banks 5 Island ($28 for 750 mL ), Don Q ($14 for 1 L ),
Brugal ($21 for 750 mL), Cruzan ($13 for 750 mL), Rhum Clement ($27 for 750 mL), Caliche ($24 for 750 mL),
Appleton ($17 for 750 mL), Mount Gay ($19 for 750 mL), Bacardi ($17 for 1 L), Bellows ($9 for 1 L)
PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAMEN DAHLEN