This is for the purists. No sugar added high quality sipping rum. Nose is raw vanilla, cotton candy, nutmeg and baking spice rounded by barrel oak and some musky funk. Its fragrant and sweet but with a dark side. Kinda like the dressing room at a strip club. Thin mouthfeel brings palate of brown sugar, melted caramel, bit of oaky char, more holiday spice and a dry leather with cigar leaf vibe. Its not overly sweet like many rums and maintains its balance. Finish is the sugared wood notes going slightly tannic with fading caramel and dusty book cover. This is a fantastic rum for bourbon drinkers to try as it stays away from the sugar dosing many oppose......84/100.....Great value too at mid $20s. All that said I personally prefer the buttery sweet saturation you get from the El Dorado line(esp 15 yr) and others in that ilk. I dont have a problem with the added stuff so long as the end product delivers
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I've had two nice small sips neat so far and I really am glad distiller reviews like yours made me grab this the other day. "dry desserts, old leather books, golden cigar lear" you nailed it in this review I might just skip serious writing and post a 4.25* that talks about me breezing through neat glasses and coladas of it while wishing spring/warm weather would come back.
Hard to beat this stuff for the money and few would dislike it.
Great review! I think this is one of the best values in rum at the moment. This is certainly a step or two down from its Foursquare Exceptional Cask big brothers, but it makes for a tasty sipper and a delicious mixer. I think it works really well in a rum old fashioned.
@Ctrexman dropping “Kinda like the dressing room at a strip club.”. Classic.