Tonight we're trying something different Wild Tiger', a premium spiced rum from
India. Now we're fans of Indian whiskeys here at the Soaring Pig. We've sampled several over
the last couple of years. Signature comes to mind, After Dark comes
to mind. Wonderful, wonderful Indian grain
whiskies. But this is new to us. It's a column distilled rum made in Kerala on
the Malabar Coast. It's India's first spiced rum. Now, it's largely a
molasses-based rum that uses lots of Indian spices and it's aged in American
oak. The distiller donates some money from each bottle for the preservation of
the endangered tiger. I kind of thought the bottle look like a woman I once
met in the bar in my youth, but I digress Here's our review of Wild Tiger India
spiced rum. Okay, now we're drinking this here tonight It's a rum. We don't need
any more rum. We both got lots of rum. Now, I know the true reason that he bought
this. It's soft. Reminds him of tight spandex I will say on a wide bottom female
So when he gets all [expletive] up, he's got something comfy to put his head on. He'll
tilt this over and stick his head on it when he's [expletive] 3/4 cut, and I truly believe that
he's gonna buy, I don't know, another six of these and find something to make them
a pair underwear out of them. I don't think that's my kind of gonch—that kind
of stuff. Good God. Underwear. How long have you lived out west and you don't know
the gonch is underwear. You know, as a sipping rum it's really not that bad
okay it's decent. It smells like rubbing alcohol. But you know you think of rum,
and we're not big rum guys. I like rum. You like rum. The thing with
this, you know, your rums typically— Caribbean—Jamaica—Barbados. This
is India and this is their first spice rum. As I said earlier we've
had whiskey from India. After Dark you like that. Signature you're not a big
fan of. I figure an 80/20 split the stuff we've had from India. 80% of it I like
the other 20% I couldn't care less about. So you like a after dark and Punjabi Club. That comes
in a 40% and a 50%. We haven't been able to find the 50. But the signature which our local
purveyor. I didn't care for that one.
That almost - the color the bottle I don't know what it is. But this?
Yeah that one's all right must be might have something to do with the body
pearcing. Or the hips. It's very, very smooth. Question though when
you bring this to the bottle Depot do they say sir you gotta de-skin that
first. You have a license for that big game, sir I don't know what do you think
flavor-wise? A lot of the rum is sugar cane based. This is mostly molasses.
Speaking of sugar cane - you want to taste a good rum with sugar cane, Ray
and Nephew. That's from Jamaica. I believe it's like 63 percent alcohol. I had a bottle
brought back from Jamaica years and years and years ago. Didn't see it
forever, found it again. I don't drink enough of that one either.
but 60-63 percent so when you're gonna drink it you don't want to start your
night off with it. That's like you know 2/3 3/4 through. You're starting to get [expletive] up and
you know you shutting her down, then you start getting in the heavy heavy shit.
How would you rate this rum compared to some others we've had? I'm impressed with that. I expected it to be darker
because of the molasses. Well it's kind of hard to tell what color it is with that tiger stripe.
Peel the foreskin back. No, we're not peeling nothing back.But, you know, what
I spent a night with this before I'm in my in my younger days. I know you have and that's why you bought it.
he's gonna cuddle up with that later, people. He's gonna use that as a pillow and have a dream about the '70s.
You know for a bottle of spiced rum under $30 that is sippable on its own
with no mix required, and Jesus a little bit of money at each bottle. You gonna go on for eight hours like that guy did.
yeah, waiting for my wife to leave me in the background here. Maybe we'll
CGI in a wife leaving me. But you know for a rum under $30
first spice rum out of India. Something a little different, a little
bit of money goes to save the Tigers. If I didn't have 35 bottles of rum already
I'd buy that. But I got to get rid of some rum. I don't drink a whole lot
of rum. When I get down to like four, I'll think about buying it. So on a scale of a
hundred what would you give this one.
probably give it an 80. I think I'd give it a 69. Yeah - 69 - wonder where that number came from.
So you come here often, rum?
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