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How far have any of you gone to bring back at least 6 bottles of rum?
Many of you will easily have me beat on this story, but right after I was vaccinated from COVID-19 in early March of 2021, I used this golden opportunity of freedom to make a 1300 mile round trip with my dog to bring back 17 bottles of rum that are unavailable where I live. Two of these bottles were the Chairman's 1931, my main reason for making this trek. Three of the stops were ordered in advance from Total Wine And More, and I did not begin the long drive until all 3 stores had what I wanted with confirmations. Two other stores were visitied that did not have a website, which made for 2 of the 17 bottles.
Many of us have travelled through the Caribbean and picking up rum along the way. Due to customs rules, one cannot bring back too much when it comes to booze. So, these single bottles often make it back to the original port of embarkation empty. I still have my empty bottle of Santa Teresa Selecto from the early nineties. Back then I thought that it was the best rum that I had tried. Now I know that this brand has much better.
Many of you have your own boats or access to good ones. Much more rum can be brought back this way.
In my scuba days, I actually used very good directions from shore to get to a sunken rum running ship (circa 1920). Some of it was still sticking out of the sand. I will never forget that wooden image
So what is your longest rum running trip? And most adventurous?
1300 mile round trip? Now, that's dedication! I haven't ventured more than a few miles - I do most of my buying online. Fortunately, lots of good shops in Cali, and out, that can/will ship.
I thought you could bring a fair amount back from abroad though. Just have to declare and pay the duty, right?
You get any of the rum off of that sunken ship? Wow!
DB:
I live in a brain dead state whereby it is illegal to ship or receive spirits from anywhere. Nothing has ever stopped me from getting what I want, so I eagerly made one way long drives of 200, 400, and 650 miles to get rums that I wanted. These days, I only travel 25 or 50 miles one way to get rums.
It has been 24 years since I traveled to the Caribbean, so I don't know how the laws have changed. I always knew that one must drink whatever they get their hands on when traveling there. I will never forget buying a bottle of Bally Rhum in Martinique only for it to not be found by the purser when the cruise ended. One cannot trust anyone down there.
There was no more rum on that sunken rum runner ship. If there was any, I am sure that it was already looted. I regret not bringing my camera for that shore dive. Visibility was only about 5-10 feet anyway.
Boys / Men when traveling abroad I take the risk, especially if your with your wife and claim half as hers. One of my best gifts for my birthday is a dedicated wine suitcase with foam sleeves and packing to bring a full case of 12 bottles of wine back weighing in at under 50 lbs to check in.
While I've never used it for wine, I take the sleeves out of one half and pack my essential belongings in that side. I bring a special bottle or two with me in the other half so I'm not dry the first day or two and then the one half brings back 6 bottles of rum. Last trip through the West Indies on a cruise ship I was able to bring back 7 bottles of rare or inavailable rums in the US. It's the only way I travel these days. They sell them at Total Wine and even though it was designed for wine it can transport any beverage safely back home, including your clothes, never had an incident. Knock on wood. I think southern Italy was my longest trip, but by plane so not sure that counts. Damn I love Rum!
Jimmy, you win the title of having gone through the greatest effort to bring back rum!!! It has been more than 20 years since I travelled out of this country.
Back in the early nineties, Mexico would only let me bring back 1 liter, so I got a bottle of their Controy (cheap Mexican version of Cointreau). The door of my apartment was open one day and the chronic mooch cleaning lady walked by and saw this strange green bottle on my bar. Of course she wanted some. Then I showed her the price tag near the top of the bottle that said "2000". She had no idea what pesos were, so I told her that it cost me $2000. I let her have one drop!!! She thought that it was just so delicious. When she left, I could not stop laughing for the longest time.
I love that story, makes me laugh too. Thanks for the laugh.
Jimmy:
Here is another funny sea story that you will appreciate. It was early November of 1996. I figured that hurricane season was over with, so my ex-wife and I boarded a live aboard dive vessel called the M/S Belize Aggressor from Belize City. This was a 110-foot yacht designed to keep all 18 of us divers with a constant supply of air in our tanks. We could easily do 4-5 dives per day.
Damn it if Category 2 Hurricane Marco formed off the coast of Cuba about 400 miles to our northeast. This created about 15 foot seas and did not allow any of us to dive. Well, if one cannot dive, it was time to drink. I found out about the few botlles of the awesome Belikin Stout, which was supposedly for the local crew members. Eventually, the rest of us divers found out how good it was and more was added to the cooler from the storage down below.
One day, I was walking on the outside of the top deck on the port side with a precious Belikin Stout. We hit a big wave and I went tumbling to the deck. All the way down, I kept telling myself, "Save the beer! Save the beer!". I was eagerly slurping up the dark head flowing from the top of the bottle when the second mate walked out from the inside cabin. He looked at me laying down on the deck with the spewing stout and asked what the hell was the matter with me. I told him that I had to save the beer. I am probably the only one that you know that has gotten both elbows bruised just to save a beer.
I am sure that you have plenty of funny drinking sea stories, so please share them.
Well I recently returned from a 3000 mile driving trip of the United States. Granted there were many reasons for the trip, but finding rum was one of them. I stopped in countless stores and brought back 10 different rums. Some great (Old Monk) and some disappointingly bad (Pecan Street Rum from TX).