Wray & Nephew White Overproof

taste - 7/10
smell - 8/10
sweetness - 7/10
price/value rating - 8/10

how much flavor, abv and overall enjoyment one gets for under 20 Euro.
Really impressive, even more so for people who like mixed drinks, I think. But it's sippable too.

Wasn't sure what to expect. Aroma is pleasant and funky. Smells of overripe tropical fruit. Surprisingly smooth for how strong it is when neat. Pleasant burn like a good blanco tequila, but the burn is prominent. Mixed very well with squirt, with margarita recipe, or just make daiquiri. Just hold back a little on the portion to account for the over proof. Relative to Run Fire, the aroma is more pleasant and fruity. Rum Fire's aroma is really funky, approaching rotting tropical fruit, some leather and shoeshine. I like both, but they have their differences.

The world's most famous drink mixer rum(?) is a blend of rum distilled in a column still and a pot still whereafter it’s stored in a steel tank for a year before being bottled.

It was this rum that was used by Victor Bergeron when he created Mai Tai in 1944.

It has a spicy sweet, fruity and fresh scent. The taste is floral with a slight crunchiness, where there is citrus and syrup. Despite the high alcohol content, the taste is mild with fruity hints of banana and pineapple. in the aftertaste there is a certain sweetness and a long spiciness.
Picture: My opened bottle & My Jamaican shelf.

...der ist wirklich funky.
Man muss es schon mögen.
Oder lassen. Hier scheiden sich die Geister.

The first couple times having this rum, I had great difficulty getting past a strong banana note; however, once acclimated to the intense flavour profile, I'm really enjoying this. A note of caution: if you are starting into these funky rums, do not prime the palate with aged rum such as Foursquare - I find the shift over to wray & nephew as a sipper requires a fresh palate, an open mind, and perhaps a little water.

On the nose I get fried ripe plantain, olives, funk, white wine, vanilla, cinnamon and floral notes. Water brings out some more floral character. The palate is caramel, pepper, vanilla, is oily and again fried plantain. The finish is walnut and slightly drying; medium length (but the funkiness lingers).

The more I try this rum the more I'm finding it interesting. The rum category is a truly diverse and interesting one, perhaps the most of any spirit. I do agree with another reviewer that says it can be polarizing; I use to dislike it and now I quite enjoy it.

If you wanna drink like the local Jamaican people well then you have to add this to your collection. Super funky Overproof at a massive bargain. Love this stuff

great for rum punches mojitos etc neat hold on it has a bite definately worth the money

I’ll start out by saying that I greatly prefer Rum Fire from Hampden Estates for its Jamaican funkiness and hogo overload, but as it’s not nearly as widely distributed as Wray & Nephew, this is a great substitute. Affordable. Tasty, love this rum!

Bought this for blending and finishing in cask. The aroma of bananas, high ester taste and burn, a bit of cocoa afterward. Looking forward to the result from a cask.