Dead Man's Drop Black Spiced Rum

Orange and tobacco. Had NEAT first, pretty rich/syrupy. Would get sickening after a while. Ice block tamed it down. Reckon it would be nice with dry and fresh lime.

Oh, this is fun - it really is. I tasted it tonight at a Sydney liquor shop rum tasting where it was the surprise 7th expression brought out to finish the evening. Marcus Parmenter's official Distiller note is absolutely spot on, so I'm not going to say very much here - just read his review. This is a good sticky spiced rum - really a liqueur - and the aroma and flavour is amazing. You often come across comments about a spirit being "like Christmas cake in a bottle" but once you try it the reality is not quite that intense. This however, hand on heart, is genuinely, truly, a Christmas cake. It virtually leaks rum, brandy, cherries, nuts, sultanas, plums and gallons of sweet orange juice. No one could really hate this - I was half dreading tasting it, but one sniff and I was hooked and it had everyone in the room at the tasting laughing with glee like kids at a party. The Distiller rating of 83 is a fair score. If you're a fan of thick, sweet, spiced liqueur rum you must try to taste this at some time. "Good" : 83/100 (3.5 stars)