Cuba Libre VS Rum&Coke

I discovered something recently and I feel really silly. I used to think that the Cuba Libre cocktail was just a Rum and Coke with a fancier name. They even have the same Wikipedia entry. Well, not quite. There is a difference: the Cuba Libre has to have lime in it, from what I understand either a slice or a bit of its juice. So a Rum and Coke is not a full on Cuba Libre, in fact it is the Coba Libre's poorer brother. I feel like such a Philistine. I seldom order cocktails, last time I ordered a Rum and Coke was in 2018. Probably because there was no beer I liked at the pub. So anyway, next time I will make sure I order the right thing and say a Cuba Libre.

Gâteau crème sûre

Mon frère PJ a fait ce gâteau il y a quelques jours. Gâteau crème sûre classique, glaçage coloré rose avec essence de rhum. L'idée de mettre des essences de rhum est franchement inspirée, je trouve. Je l'essaierais bien, mais je crains des résultats plus mitigés.

Tous les chemins mènent au rhum

"Tous les chemins mènent au rhum." C'est un calembour très atroce que j'ai entendu récemment à la radio. C'est tellement mauvais que je voulais le partager ici aujourd'hui, comme nouveau calembour atroce. Je ne bois du rhum que de manière très occasionnelle, alors j'imagine que pour les amateurs c'est peut-être une vérité profonde.

Cuba Libre!

Yesterday, we went into a pub that was more like a club/bar, so it had little to know interesting beers, only lagers. After quickly drinking half a pint of some tasteless Spanish beer, it struck me that I might as well have a proper cocktail, something that would be suitable for a hot summer day. So I went for a Cuba Libre. I know it as a Rum and Coke, but I prefer its more exotic and evocative name. I cannot remember the last time I had one, if I ever did have one. It was not even listed among the choice of cocktails in the bar menu, so the barman gave me a price on the spot (five pounds, the others were all between seven and eight). I only asked for one shot of rum, but I think he poured a bit more. What to think of this Rum and Coke? It tasted like a diluted, boozed up Coca Cola. The taste is all right, nothing outstanding, but it is very refreshing. this one was anyway. I might add it to my list of summer drinks.

Le cidre et le rhum

Ceci est un petit billet de beuveries estivales. J'ai déjà blogué en anglais sur le cidre au rhum de Tutts Clump, Rum Cask. En fait, ce billet est une réécriture de ce que j'avais écrit il y a un an. Enfin bref, Rum Cask est un cidre brassé dans des barils de rhum et le goût en est donc un de cidre matiné de boisson forte. Pour moi, le cidre est une boisson nordique et je l'associe tant à l'été qu'à l'automne. L'été parce que le cidre est rafraîchissant, l'automne parce que c'est là que les pommes sont cueillies et consommées. Ce cidre-là est en plus fait de pommettes, que je cueillais à la toute fin de l'été et que j'associe aussi à l'automne... Mais Rum Cask ayant le goût du rhum, c'est vraiment un cidre d'été. Cette année, malheureusement, le marchand de vins qui le vendait dans ma ville a fait faillite et je ne le retrouve nulle part.

Du rhum, des femmes, etc.

Vous connaissez le reste. Je suis certain que vous connaissez le reste. Comme le dit la chanson que je télécharge ici: "Tu connais la chanson". Je ne connais qu'une seule chanson du groupe breton Soldat Louis, mais je crois que c'est celle qu'un buveur invétéré de bière (ou de rhum). Enfin, c'est une grande chanson à boire, paillarde à souhait. J'écoute cette chanson assez souvent le vendredi soir, c'est une chanson de beuverie incontournable. Je bois très peu de rhum, mais je suis un fervent buveur de bière, alors elle me parle beaucoup.

Cider and Rum

This is a quick post to plug a cider I drank recently (well, I drank it last year but rediscovered it recently). I doubt you can find it anywhere in the world but in England, but if you visit this country during summertime you might want to give it a try. I am not even sure I like it or not, but on a hot day it is an interesting drink. As there is a heatwave, you might want to try it as it does quench thirst and it tastes summery. It is made by Tutts Clump and it is called Rum Cask. Basically it is made of crabapples fermented in oak rum barrels. It mixes what I consider an autumnal fruit to a drink that belongs to summertime. A strange mix, a strange flavour I am not certain I really like, but it is at least interesting to drink.

Rum and Coca Cola

I found this song four years ago on YouTube, out of total chance, because I had listened to Underneath the Mango Tree. I was looking for summery songs to listen to, I wonder why I did not upload it then. But it feels and looks like summer now, so I have decided to upload it. Of course I have heard of Rum and Coke, or Cuba Libre as it appears to be properly called, before, but I don't think I ever tried that cocktail. Last time I remember having rum was in a cheese fondue, in lieu of kirsch, which I could not find. I rarely have cocktails and spirits anyway, I find them too treacherous. But I love to listen to Rum and Coca Cola on a hot summer day. I often listen to it drinking a Coca Cola, without the rum. I don't even know why I love it. The most famous interpretation is by the Andrews Sisters it seems, so it is this one I uploaded here.