Rhum Barbancourt 5 Star 8 Year

I was expecting a funky rhum, but I'm convinced the bottle is filled with brown food coloring. It is so uninteresting, I'm sad I spent $25 on it. Any other rum / rhum / cachaca on the shelf is better than this.

Smooth as silk, very little alcohol burn. Weird acetone smell that isn’t corroborated by the taste, which is itself light and dry but a bit sugary, hint of vanilla. Finish is heavy oak. It’s kind of like a sweet whiskey. Doesn’t have the depth or richness that I ideally want from a sipper but it’s pretty pleasant. Any mixed drink calling for an aged rum would benefit.

Earthy. Grass. Oak. Yeah, this ain’t Zacapa (sugar added)

Not at all what I expected. Strong ethenol nose and tastes like you're licking a garbage pail.

Light and sweet in the begining. Then turns into some drier oak, cinnamon and hay. The finish is soft and dry with a short length. Its an okay haitian rum for the price. nothing too to brag about.