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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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Paul B 🇺🇸 | 472 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

I went to a very well stocked rum bar this afternoon. This was one of three that I tried and they were out of the other three on my list. This was the darkest and tastiest of all three. The WOW factor for me was quite high. In a close second place was Appleton 21 Year. In a distant third place was St. Nicholas Abbey 10 Year, the lightest of the three.

This is a mildly spiced and slightly sweet Jamaican rum. The hogo funk is kept to a bare minimum. I was so impressed with it that I went looking for my own bottle afterwards, all to no avail. Somehow, I eventually found my own bottles.

Update May 7, 2019: Using one's imagination, this one can also be used as a Tiki topper in drinks whereby 2 parts of coconut water are used to save 1 part of white rum rated in one's lower third of their ratings. I would have included a gorgeous picture of this drink, but being so late after the initial review is not allowed. This Tiki topper simply puts any average tasting drink over the top!

Update May 21, 2019: Out of the two dozen rums that wound up in my top ten percent in my ratings, this one stands head and shoulders above all the rest when it comes to value (aka QPR). I make a toast to Mr Chris Blackwell for creating this fine rum that is also very affordable!

Update May 3, 2020: This may be my best tasting spiced rum, but at my advanced age, I can no longer handle any spiced rum unless it is in very serious moderation. My rating still stands however.

rumbum 🇺🇸 | 13 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

I love the dark Jamaican mixers for my rum drinks, and this one is not to be ignored. Great sweet taste that I like from Jamaica and perfect for those rum punches or a plantation punch. Good color and aroma. Blackwell has a good thing going here and also with his 007 rum which I find as a decent sipper.

casemizer 🇺🇸 | 5 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Had to try it I tried this with three different colas the best cola that this rum is suited with is cherry Coke. It brings out a vanilla flavor in the drink and enhances the cherry flavor and the Coke I heard a lot of people say bad things about this rum about the fake flavor but it is truly a good rum. These people also said that it has a fake Cherry cola flavor so I went against the grain and I mixed it with straight up cherry Coke and it’s pretty phenomenal! You do taste coconut a hint of it and a chocolatey flavor with the molasses which is very typical among dark rums.

TheJayHawk 🇺🇸 | 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!

Pascal 🇨🇦 | 231 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Bon en rhum and coke, doux et vanillé. Bon rapport qualité prix.

Neman3 (PREMIUM) 🇨🇦 | 283 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Got 2 bottles: El Prohibito 15yo and Blackwell light

ЕlP15 - Highest in melanin ). Easy on nose, easy on palate, medium long aftertaste. Watery. Not spicy nor salty at all, if has added sugar then it's less than 10g\L.
Core of taste is dates and fruits, nuts notes, no barrel touches. Just positive impressions. Drives onto good mood.

BW - still pretty dark, why called light? Impressions are absolutely similar to ElP15, the same water, sugar level and "structure". Just a bit more funky.

Both are just Ok - score 7.5+

Jimmy Cliff (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 495 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

This rum is solid without heavy Jamaican Hogo funk going on. I was quite surprised expecting something hard to swallow, but it was better than expected. Great mixer for Dark & stormy’s, Mai tais, etc. nice full body flavor good with coke also.

MichaelNM 🇬🇧 | 52 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

I love the slender brown bottle, it fits nicely in the hand. When you open it there is an aroma of pineapple with a bit of caramel and cinnamon. The dark copper colour is what pours into the glass. Not a lot of fire but pleasant in the mouth and warming as it goes down. A good everyday rum that I will have in my collection.

masoun 🇨🇿 | 14 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

Trochu jsem se bál, vzhledem k ceně. Ale velmi příjemný rum. Náznak "pravé" Jamajky s nižší voltáží. Krásně voní i prázdná sklenka.

ShakingSince95 🇳🇱 | 44 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Wanted to see how this one compared to a goslings. Pleasantly surprised. Does the job well as a mixer. Especially like the Blackwell in a tradewinds

dajana 🇪🇨 | 76 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

You can feel his youth, but it is also a dense, rich taste of coffee, chocolate. And it's just delicious. You can easily share it with friends. May be it seems to be not balanced enough, but for me it looks bold.




Brand Details

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

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