Plantation Sealander Rum

Plantation Sealander is sold here as a rum, but the listing doesn't say whether it is white, gold, dark, aged or spiced, and gives no ABV, origin or age statement. Check the label for those before you choose how to use the bottle. The guidance below is general rum practice, not a measured profile of this bottle. The label's style decides most of the use. A white or lightly filtered rum usually tastes of sugarcane, vanilla and light citrus or tropical fruit. It suits a Daiquiri, built from rum, fresh lime juice and simple syrup, shaken hard and strained into a chilled coupe. It also works in a Mojito, with mint, lime and soda served over crushed ice in a highball. A Piña Colada, blended or shaken with pineapple and coconut cream, is another good fit. Gold and aged rums usually bring caramel, baked banana, toasted oak and warm spice. They are the better choice for a Rum Old Fashioned, stirred with a little demerara syrup and bitters and served over a large ice cube in a rocks glass. A dark, full-bodied rum is the traditional base for a Dark 'n' Stormy. Pour it over ginger beer and ice in a tall glass with a lime wedge. If the label points to an aged expression, try it neat or with one cube in a tulip or small snifter, at cool room temperature, before you commit it to a mixer. Spiced rums mix well with cola or ginger beer and tend to be too sweet to sip neat. If you can't tell the style from the label, a Daiquiri is a low-risk first test. Whether the rum tastes thin or rich in that simple three-ingredient drink will show you where it belongs.