The Spirit of Texas—The Best and Worst

How can the best and worst of Texas rum come from the same little company in Pflugerville in central Texas?  The followers of this blog already know that Pecan Street Rum (Rating 8) is one of the highest value rums.  However, its sister rum from the same company, Spirit of Texas Rum (Rating 1), a white rum, hardly passes as rum. 

Pecan Street Rum is one of my favorites with its slight hint of pecans.  However, Spirit of Texas Rum has universally drawn the most puckery, frownery grimices from the poor souls I’ve offered tastes. 

I bought a bottle from the local liquor store simply because it’s from Texas, only to be warned by the clerk that a bottle had actually been returned by another customer.  Wow, that was sobering.  Sobering is the last thing one wants from a bottle of rum!  After his taste of this brew, a colleague of mine even asked me if I might have gotten that returned bottle.

Oh well, let’s declare that the Pfugerville folks have credit in store for Pecan Street Rum.  Then let’s ask for in-store credit for Spirit of Texas Rum.