What is Uncle Ron's Academy?



Uncle Ron’s Academy is a happy dynamically fluid crew who gather in various sized groups, committees, gatherings, celebrations enjoying visits with or just hanging around Uncle Ron.

Who is Uncle Ron? Uncle Ron is a "spirit". However, the Academy should say that it was a "aha" sort or moment when we realized that the "Ron" in Ron Carioca or Ron Zacapa Centenario was not a primero nombre but Rum! So when we gather it’s more of a family adventure valuing all those great things like life, love, learning. It is more than a night out on the town... So, we are Uncle Ron’s Academy....

This blog spot will feature all sorts of things like rum, music, feasts, literature, dancing, links to other rum sites, events, adventurers and one of the great causes we support: Los Primos Project

Upcoming Happenings

Havana Nights Dance
Nov. 2nd at 7:00pm
Mic Mac Amateur Aquatic Club
for moe info go to: http://www.losprimos.ca/



Thursday, June 6, 2013

Rankings 2013… the 10th anniversary The Final Tally


It is/was quite a night… the number one rum from each of the last ten years. In 2003 the line up was Brugal, El Dorado, Havana Club, The Captain ( Morgan), Parrot Bay, Barcardi Cicion, Casa Dorada, Lemon Hart, Matusalem, Caribbean Club 7, four Square, Bacardi.  the most every sampled was in 2011 when there was 43 from all over the world… The Academy is thankful to those who adventured far and wide to return with Uncle Ron’s spawn ( gotta be a better word for that) year after year.

So the rankings for the 10th URN (too bad that acronym did not spell “keg”). It was fun hanging with Don Ron and Rona’s Brian, John, Kay, Wendy, Dave, Ruth, Nels, Theo, Anna, Bill ( via phone), Marilyn, Mark, when preparing for the night and recording the results… comments like: Is something weighted unfairly if it is numbered Number #1? Does the numerical order make a difference( if people sample according to the number of the bottle? What if they just had Drysdale’s Pepperoni or Keith’s Chicken jerky? There are a lot of variables. We’ll have to do it again!

It is a night of preference. We do evaluate although it could be said while there is restraint there are no controls. And surprises, Zaya resting in #6, Gosling’s Family Reserve answering to Black Seal! And how about that Cruzan Black Strap right up there with rums that are  two to three times it’s cost (could be a good time for a theme to understand Economics 101, the difference between cost and Value).

The Campus' in Edmonton, Dartmouth, Tsawwassen and Calgary discussed the scoring being ranked by average score or total score... it was agreed to post the vote according to the over all average score... Click on the pic below to see the whole ranking results.....


Below are links of the Rum Ranking above to web pages and reviews by Uncle Ron’ s Friends. For the rankings since 2003 go to Uncle Ron’s Night Scoring Page…………………

We’ll post some pics of and videos of the night and other adventures… Join Uncle Ron’s Academy on Facebook follow us on youtube and when we figure out the twitter thing Uncle Ron has saved a twitter account and more.

Join uncle ron’s facebook page…. And watch when the academy gets this twitter thing figured out.

Punta Cana ron My Viejo   http://www.therumelier.com/id85.html

Lengendario Elixer De Cuba
 http://therumhowlerblog.wordpress.com/rum-reviews/dark-rums/legendario-elixir-de-cuba-7yr-old-rum/

Ron Millonaro Reserva De Cuba  http://www.ronmillonario.com/intro.html

Cruzan Black Strap Rum 
https://therumhowlerblog.wordpress.com/rum-reviews/flavoured-spiced-rums/cruzan-blackstrap-rum/

Gosling’s Black Seal  http://www.bilgemunky.com/pirate-reviews/rum/goslings-black-seal/

Zaya Gran Reserva  http://www.examiner.com/article/zaya-gran-reserva-rum-from-trinidad

El Dorado Demerara 12 y.o. 
http://rumdiariesblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/el-dorado-12yr-old-demerara-rum/

Ron Zacapa Solera Gran Reserva 
Gosling’s Family Reserve 

Brugal Ron Anejo 

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