El Dorado 15 Year Rum

Maple, wood, and hogo on the nose with some alcohol. The palate is maple that might be a bit too sweet mixed with some harshness of spice that mixes with the hogo. There is a bit of molasses bitterness, but it doesn't offset the sweet maple entirely and is a bit odd. Drinking more, the complexity comes out more. The spice is quite present. It's fine. There are some complex elements, but it doesn't entirely come together. It seems too sweet. I'd be happy to sip it, but I don't love it. It's a 14 to 15.

All that is written about this is spot on. Normally i reach for the Venezuelan aged masterpieces. After getting to know this, it will be what i offer only my BEST friends. I believe the score needs a boost though, something between 97 and 99. It would be an interesting conversation with someone who would rate it less.

Thick, rich and velvety with molasses, dark coffee and some rum funk. Sweet, but not cloying, probably the least sweet rum I have yet tasted. Coffee is not my thing, I go back a forth between yuck and this is amazing. I'll settle on 4 out of 5 stars.

Taste notes from a regular malt whisky drinker: Nose: 4,25* Sweeter than the sweetest whisky, baked candy sugar, plums, BBQ roast with honey and white pepper, nicely layered Palate: 4,25* So velvety, peppery coating turns to sweet honey Finish: 4* Bitter woodsy funk, dark spices, ash, sweet honey lingers Very balanced, yet pushing the edges, almost like a fine aged scotch would. Just not as deeply complex. Arrangement and mouth feel reminds me a bit of Glendronach Allardice. Must-have for the price.