For starters, if you see a bottle, buy one. This is great rum in a traditional sense. It's what you'd expect from a great rum, period. Actually, most people buy "spiced" rums thinking they'll get this. There are heavy heavy notes of pepper, some oak, and just the right balance of molasses sweet in the finish. The strength of this rum lies in the the mid taste that reveals the pepper notes and a slightly dry sea saltish note. If a traditionally well tailored suit were a rum, this is what it would taste like. This is for pirates and the CEOs alike.