Bumbu XO

Boisé, doux et fruité.

Nose- brown sugar, toasted coconut, and coffee grounds. Palate- imitation vanilla, ethanol, light roasted coffee, coconut flakes, and angostura bitters. Finish- too much of an ethanol finish for me. Just bitter. Overall- drinking neat or on rocks this was not my cup of tea. Felt disjointed and heavy on the ethanol or too much young whiskey. Too light on the fruits, sugars, and funkiness I like in a rum. To me it seemed like a decent start to a rum, then somebody went ahead and added grain alcohol to it in order to make it stretch (I know that is not the case,but the ethanol really stood out). I got absolutely none of the sherry notes. I was hoping for something like a Pappa's Pillar here, but was dismayed to find that it just tasted like ok rum meets not ok whiskey. I made Pina Colodas out of it, but won't be returning for another bottle.