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Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve rum

Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve

Jamaica | Aged

6.8/10
143 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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143 Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve Ratings

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asdrew (BASIC) 🇺🇸 | 2 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

I first found this while on one of my trips to Kingston and brought some home. Finally my local independent store started carrying it so there are always several bottles on my shelf!

Matty C (BASIC) 🇨🇦 | 2 ratings
Posted almost 11 years ago

I love the story behind this rum. If you don't know it? Check it out. Music and Rum, a great combination.

To the rum. Well I love the colour. True Jamaican rum fashion. On the nose I get a nice mellow sweetness. Toasted hazelnuts and roasted marshmallow.

On the palate? wow... Bursts of vanilla, coffee, hazelnuts again (not too sure why, but that is a huge nut flavour I keep getting) Coats your mouth with warmth, but not too hot.

I will need to play with this rum a little to determine if it should be left neat, on the rocks, or mixed, because there is a lot of potential, yet I am not too sure which direction I would go with this great rum.

Thierry (BASIC) 🇫🇷 | 63 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

La Jamaïque comme on l'imagine : sale, profonde, chaleureuse, brut et rugueuse. Une petite bombe embouteillé à prix tout doux en plus. Un incroyable excellent rapport qualité/prix.

Jack Willis (BASIC) 🇺🇸 | 2 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

I had some of this when it was first released, and I wasn't all that impressed. Too much alcohol and kinda rough all the way through. I recently gave it another try and it was a whole new ballgame, or cricket match if we are speaking of Jamaica. Much more defined toffee and vanilla opening, and a lingering mellowness which was just not present in that first bottle, maybe three years ago.

I am shocked by how much the taste now reminds me of Havana Club 7. The first bottle I had tasted like a different, rougher version of Appleton Estate, or whatever they are calling it now. This is really very different. I do agree, though, that it costs too much (depending on where you buy it) but no one ever accused Chris Blackwell of selling things on the cheap. :)

Chris (BASIC) 🇺🇸 | 7 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

I found this to be a smooth and sweet (but not too sweet) of a rum. Great for a dark and stormy, or for sipping; especially for the price point.

Napoon (BASIC) 🇩🇪 | 15 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Ich habe mir den Blackwell aus einer Laune heraus gekauft und nicht besonderes erwartet.
Das Flaschendesign passt zu der Preisklasse.

Beim Öffnen der Flasche und beim Tasting kam aber die Erleuchtung:
Wenn ich mir die Karibik vorstelle, ein frisch angestochenes Rumfass in einer Piratenkaschemme das ganze hinterlegt mit Reggae. Das ist der Geschmack von Blackwell!

Echt, authentisch ohne Zuckerzusatz und sonstigem Schmu!

TheJayHawk (BASIC) 🇺🇸 | 37 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

This rum is incredible. It combines my two favorite categories of rum which are funky Jamaican rums and black blended rums. The taste is just amazing!

LDNShindiggery (BASIC) 🇬🇧 | 71 ratings
Posted over 11 years ago

I really liked this rum after trying at the rum fest a couple of years ago. It was warm, with a hint of spice, as well as being sweet with dried fruits cutting though. Makes an awesome Dark 'N' Stormy!!

Christopher (BASIC) 🇺🇸 | 4 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

Smooth for sure, color is a deep auburn. The smell is of rum soaked lady fingers! (For tiramisu, I'm Italian) the scent is a pleasant scent of a worthers candy or deep caramel! I'll go back to this for sure!

Greendanasaur (BASIC) 🇬🇧 | 6 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Great to do rum & mixers, and rum punchs - not as funky as the Appleton range, which does make it more appealing to the uninitiated.




Brand Details

Company: Blackwell
Name: Black Gold Special Reserve
Type: Aged
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown

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