An Adult Rum and Coke?

Should such a thing exist? Probly not how ever the problem for me is I like a Rum and Coke now and again, but I am no longer 22 so the thought of drinking copious amounts of syrupy cola smothered over a little unintelligible rum is no longer really appealing. I want to taste the rum and all its complexity, and I want my cola to compliment the rum in return. To be clear, my quest here is for flavor as I do not drink as much as I used to so when I do I want my time to be well spent. Here is what I have come up with.

Start with a standard rock glass, fill the glass to one third an equal portion of water and ice (for the purist’s use water and cubes from a trusted bottled source such a evian, or better still a reverse osmosis filtration system), then add a third of rum (Find a neat amber rum such as Mount Gay or Bacardi Anajo. You want something with a more complex flavor than a light rum but nothing that will break the bank, this is after all just a rum and coke. Althought I have on ocation spluged and used an 8 year old sipping rum Rhum Barbancourt with some astounding results. However due to the price of this product I consider it cost prohibitive and not acceptable for daily consumption), Finally top off the last third with thecola (finding the right cola for this last third is critical, so I advocate a premium cola made with real sugar stay away from those cola’s sweetened with corn syrup, and for God’s sake especially not aspartame! My personal favorite is called Cane Cola) by Boylan Bottling).

So there you have it, if you have a favorite please share it, my wife gets grumpy when I drink rum all the time.