Uncle Ron's Academy: June 2013

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.....