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Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve rum

Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve

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Jamaica | Aged

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

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RosieSox 🇺🇸 | 49 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

This brings a lot to the table, especially for the price point! The nose and taste are very similar… notes of coffee, vanilla, and hints of tobacco or is that the solid hogo it brings?!? This is an excellent darker rum and brings the funk!

Marvin 🇨🇿 | 40 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

Silný tmavý jamajský rum - takže spíše do hořka, vhodný do odpovídajících koktejlů (dark and stormy), ale není nudný a dá se pít i samostatně.

Martin Jelen 🇨🇿 | 77 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

Strawberry Hill blah blah blah...Chris Blackwell blah blah blah... Bob Marley blah blah blah... Shut up and pour me the glass! I dont give a sh*t about the story, I only care about what the rum is like. Well...its not bad. I like the absence of unnecessary sugar and the taste of dry fruits that reveals in your mouth after some thrilling delay. I really didnt like the bottle and that happens very occasionally to me, made very cheap impression on me, especially the plastic seal on the side.

AlexMo 🇷🇺 | 201 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

There are a berry jam, chocolate, alcohol, molasses in aroma.
Burns first the palate and throat, then the whole mouth, sharply. So that the taste can't be determined.
In the aftertaste sweetness, a soapy consistency. Heaviness in the head, strong heat, a bit bitter.
Nice rum with strong aroma. Successfully combined with a chocolate. If this rum dry then why my head hurts after a big glass?

Anthony C 🇺🇸 | 236 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

Good taste but best in a dark and stormy! Not so great straight up.

Christopher 🇺🇸 | 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!

Sefikhugo 🇨🇿 | 39 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

Opravdu silný rum, který hodně zahřeje, není příliš chuťově výrazný.

Martin Roman 🇸🇰 | 46 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

Typical rum from Jamaica, with good price and taste.

Chris 🇺🇸 | 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.

SlowRain 🇻🇳 | 36 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

Blackwell rum is a bit strange to me for a Jamaican rum: I can't discern any noticeable funk. It's sweet, has a blackstrap molasses-ness to it, very little burn, but, unfortunately, almost no aftertaste. It'll work for sipping if it's the only thing around, but I'd suggest this as a mixer. However, as of Feb. 2016, it has the worst screw-top I've ever seen on any bottle. Mine stripped right away when opening it, and another person I know had his strip when the bottle was half finished.

It does make a very nice Hot Buttered Rum, though.

2 tsp maple syrup
45ml Blackwell rum
1 or 2 dashes Angostura Orange bitters (optional)
6 whole allspice
hot water to fill a 250ml mug
butter

EDIT: works well in a Hot Toddy, too.

Beukeboom 🇺🇸 | 304 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

This is a rather sweet rum with definite vanilla, toffee, and cream flavor. Not much of a burn. More of a nice warmth with a little tingle on the tongue. Doesn't have much of an oak tone to it although it is aged. The finish however has a strange flavor which is a bit objectionable to me. Not an overwhelming bad flavor but just enough to be noticeable when taken neat. However mixed in cola and fruit drinks the finish is covered. Definitely a good dark rum for mixing.




Brand Details

Name: Black Gold Special Reserve
Type: Blackwell
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led Rum: No

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