Chris Owens

EASF?

Large diameter on-the-rocks glass. Provides enough room for the aroma to accumulate, but doesn't concentrate it too much. I've tried snifters -- they concentrate the aroma, and the raw alcohol fumes, way too much for my taste -- good for clearing sinuses and removing excess nose hair, I suppose, but not for enjoying the rum. Same with big balloon-shaped red wine glasses.

Anyone with experience with River Antoine from Grenada? Having read descriptions of it, I ought in theory to love it -- I'm willing to put up with pretty rough tasting fluids in order to experience something distinctive and authentic. So I bought a bottle. But I just can't choke it down -- strong sulfur / molasses taste, quite a bit of acidity, and some smoke. Is there more than one rum produced, labeled "River Antoine?" Did I get an off bottle, or a Rivers bottle that the rumshop had refilled with something else? Or am I simply "all talk" when it comes to trying funkier, more distinctive rums?