Brugal Añejo Rum

AIDA tasting 1/5

Saturday May 6 2023 Picked up a bottle on sale at $5 off at my local government liquor store. Cracked the cap the instant I got home. A 2 oz pour in a tasting glass at rhum temperature. There’s a joke in there somewhere. 😉 Anyhoo, if ya wants nuanced, detailed tasting notes, I highly recommend my Edmontonian compatriot at The Rum Howler online, otherwise read my idiosyncratic impressions. I’m not overly impressed with color. Most spirits, including rhum, are darkened with caramel to what the distiller imagines is a pleasing amber hue, and this lot here is no exception. I was so eager to get this on my lips I forgot to sample the nose, but as the case with most all spirits aged in oak, my first impression is vanilla, and of course the inimitable scent of alcohol, 40% strength by the way. I’d love to be able to tell you I can taste organically sourced American White Oak, or some such nonsense, but I’ll stick with the truth, just for now..ha ha! Ok, for a product labeled Anejo, but no actual age statement, this’s pretty darn smooth, and quite besides the matter, Rum Howler rated it 85/100. Not a whole lot else to say, except it’s above average value for hard-earned dollar. Oh, and just one more thing. There’s a very rough, not necessarily accurate dividing line between mixer rum and sipping rhum, and that is the former usually come with an aluminum twist cap, whereas the latter usually have an actual cork. Brugal Anejo comes with a twist cap, but it’s definitely a sipping rhum!