For this episode, we asked our patrons to send in their top rum-related questions — and they delivered! We share our thoughts on:

What is presently the most underappreciated rum-producing country?

What rums do you always keep in stock?

What is your go-to daily drinker? (Go-to rum and go-to cocktail)

Now that you have been into rum for a while, have your buying habits changed?

If each of you were an independent bottler with no limit on cost, what is the one distillery you would want to pick a barrel from, and why?

If you could resurrect one now defunct rum, or now defunct distillery, which would it be and why?

How do you handle the questions like "I don't like rum, convince me", or "I drink Captain Morgan, what should I try next"? How do you recommend rum to tequila, gin, bourbon, and scotch people?

Can American rum go toe to toe with rum from other countries?

What developments do you hope to see over the next decade in U.S. rum distilleries located in sugarcane producing states?

What are some rum events on your bucket lists? And what rum events have you gone to that you do and, just as importantly, don't recommend to the community?

What is a way someone new to rum can learn about what is going on in the rum industry, new rums coming out, etc?

What is the weirdest, but most accurate, descriptor you've ever picked up when nosing/tasting a rum?

We plan to get to all of the remaining questions in a Mailbag Volume 2 bonus episode that will release later this month.

Episode Links:

Here is the GoFundMe for Daniel Regueira's (co-founder and distiller at Chicago Cane Cooperative) motorcycle injury recovery mentioned during the intro: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-daniels-motorcycle-injury-recovery

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