Does rum age well?

roland_7707 · March 2014

raisindot · March 2014

I've had opened and closed bottles of Myers and other rums hanging around for years and have never noticed any degradation or improvement in taste or quality.

bandyt09 · March 2014

Dane, believe it or not, but I've had open bottles of rum for a few years. Worst case scenario is you'll lose some to evaporation. Find a nice bottle, sit back and enjoy. May I suggest some Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva if you can find it.

jgibv · March 2014

bandyt09 · March 2014

slamb@cigar.com · March 2014

Rum ages very well...as long as its good Rum. I had a Flor de Cana 18 year that was out of this world. Had some others as well that were a between 9 and 12 year aged, and they were very nice as well.

jgibv · March 2014

curtiscr79 · March 2014

I have had the same bottle of Bacardi for at least 10 years. You should be fine. I would keep it in a cool dark place just to make sure.

Bigshizza · March 2014

bandyt09:
Dane, believe it or not, but I've had open bottles of rum for a few years. Worst case scenario is you'll lose some to evaporation. Find a nice bottle, sit back and enjoy. May I suggest some Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva if you can find it.

Todd, aging is more than 24 hours!

jd50ae · March 2014

When I moved here I brought about a gazillion miniature booze bottles, seals intact. Decided the move was a pretty good reason to start drinking a few. Now some of these were 15 to 20 years old and the only problems encountered were about 15% had bad seals and had done some evaporating. The rest were in perfect condition and tasted the same as a new bottle would.