Plantation Barbados 5 Year Rum

Great value and a great starter. It's versatile and can be enjoyed straight. Sure, there's not as much depth as something more high dollar or longer aged, but for the price, but you can't do much better. Light on the nose, but has good flavor and some complexity. Plantation is consistent and reliable.

Brilliant rum. Toasty, honey/caramel and sweet on the nose and the mouth. This is the rum I think of when I’m in the Caribbean. Rating is pending until I try the older expressions of this.

Nice, refreshing and clean tropical, vanilla and toffee aromas. Visibly, pretty light in color. The palate is very crisp and medium-light viscosity with slight fruity-sweetness, warming spices and tropical essence. This rum just thrusts my senses on to a sunny private beach with a calming morning breeze. However, it’s just way too watery and light in flavor to be rated higher. A good value in the $19-22 range, but I’d buy the Appleton Reserve blend or Plantation Original Dark over this.

A nice sipping rum. Also perfect for stirred cocktails and old fashioneds. It’s bright, nuanced, and damn delicious. Buy this bottle.

Vanilla, cinnamon