Don Papa Small Batch

Well, the title says it all, vanilla. If you like a strong and sweet vanilla taste you'll love this rum. But it is not for me, I do appreciate the smoothness of this rum and of course the bottle looks great. Maybe it is a good rum to get malibu drinkers into something that represents rum better, although for me this isn't a true rum.

Smell very sweet. Taste like a gummy bear. Not for me, do not order again!

This was another one of those ones I bought on a whim from a supermarket without knowing anything about it. I've had it for a couple of months now and the only reason I have a glass of it in front of me now, is so I can write this. It is not a bottle I reach for unless there is no other rum available.

I regard it as very much in the same vein as Pyrat XO.
It's just about drinkable, but there isn't much to say about it as a rum.
As with most licquers, it you make it sweet enough someone will drink it, and this has sweetness in spades.
Beyond that, it has citrus, oak and boiled sweets. Not the good kind like Werthers Originals (I often suck a Werthers when I'm drinking rum and let them play around in my mouth) but more like the cheap barley sugars you buy at petrol stations before a long journey, only to have a couple and decide they taste horrible and they stay in your glovebox until you sell the car.
There's something artificial about almost every aspect of this rum. The burn is harsh and long-lasting. The overall flavour is like the sauce from a plate of duck a l'orange. There is a little spice and a touch of pepper right at the very end, but it's more a kind of heat than a flavour.

This is yet another rum priced at a touch over £30.
If you want to spend a similar amount on a sweet rum, buy a Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva. It is undisputably better. A bold statement, but I stand by it.

If I was to ever buy another bottle of this, it would be because
a It's cost has fallen to below £12 per bottle
b I could not get any other rum, and I had none in stock at home ... as if
It's not horrible, but there are other bottles in the house I would rather be drinking.

un rhum bien trop sucré pour ma part
Ses notes d'orange bonbon sont bien trop présentes voire écœurantes

Prefer pyrat over don papa. Missing a clear character and taste

Tastes so sweet that you even couldn't understand what the product it is... But that's not the real Rum definitely!

For me too sweet, tastes like a cheewing gum. Nothing special, not a real pleasure.

If you like your candy at 40% alcohol, this might be for you. To me it is way too sweet. It is truly unique. Just not in a good way.

This is a very sweet rum with taste of vanilla, caramel....kind of....but it somehow tastes artificial and strange No this is not my kind of rum

Not good rum. Very sweet and very vanilla. Those reminds me of a slurp eedle machine at a 7-11. Had a hard time drinking it. Seems like more of a shooter or mixer.