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Bundaberg Original UP rum

Bundaberg Original UP

Australia | Gold

Bundaberg Original UP Rum is the flagship product of the Bundaberg Distilling company of Australia, which first crafted their original rum in 1888. This rum is double-distilled and aged for two years.

The Original UP Bundaberg rum brand is still sold in its traditional “Brick” bottle that goes by a variety names including Liquid Gold, Bundy, The Square Bear and Cane Champagne.

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98 Bundaberg Original UP Ratings

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Kiwi Mojo 🇦🇺 | 15 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

The consensus with this rum is that it is so bad you can only consume it if you drown out the flavour with something strong like coke. Well that's impressive.

Sykes024 🇦🇺 | 56 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

Useful if you need guerney your driveway down or to make rum balls for the relatives you don't like terrible

mking 🇦🇺 | 2 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

This rum has a tough time with the reviews, that much is clear. To the discerning (snobby) palate, this rum may taste like sugar cane and gasoline. But this is not a rum for such people.

This rum is for when it's too bloody hot and the worksite closes for the day. This rum is for an Australia Day picnic at the local park with your mates. This rum is for you, and me, and Barry down the road.

This rum is for Australia.

J. Do 🇫🇷 | 24 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Pour cuisiner il peut être utile si il n'y a rien d'autre

Kiwipirate 🇳🇿 | 22 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Look if you ever find this on your local liquor store shelf and your not from Australia, I got news for you, this rum is pretty awful so do not buy this if you are looking for something you can sip on its own. If you want a rum and coke, this is your loyal Australian mate. Unassuming, unjudgemental and will show you good night followed by a fairly decent hangover.

Almost nobody except alcoholics passed out on a pub toilet are fans of this straight and in Australia it is pretty much the standard issue rum found anywhere because it's cheap it blends well with coke. I can't count how many times I've served this at the local pub I used to work at. A "Bundy and coke" is about as quintessentially Australian as it gets because even Australians will rip on particularly famous beer brands because they are from a different state. Bundy does not have this issue.

It is what it is. Unpretentious kinda nasty sugar cane blending rum for unpretentious drinkers. Bundaberg do make a very few quite good rums but most of their range to be honest is designed to be consumed in working class pubs and dive bars around the country. I give it a 3 by itself but if you put it with coke (as I think its intended) then it goes up to at least a 4

Diego 🇦🇺 | 19 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

It's not terrible but is lacking character and can be used for mixing if you're desperate. It's quite disappointing as a rum and more so an iconic Australian one. I can't really recommend it.

Regan 🇨🇦 | 83 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

I had the pleasure of have a nip of this at a small rum night I and a few buddies try to have every couple of months let’s skip to skinny on this tin topper ...not worth buying skip it for something better
One of the buddies described it as a hollow rum not much taste with coke and a bad after taste 👎👎👎

Tim 🇦🇺 | 1 rating
Posted almost 4 years ago

Bundaberg rum has changed over the years, the flavour seems more chemical now, I think they have found a cheaper way to make it, and it shows, (or have just distilled methylated spirits and added colouring). It is bordering on garbage, would not buy anymore, Caribbean rums are better. I bought a bottle of it recently after about 10 years of not being interested in rum, and wasted my money. Tastes like methylated spirits with a subtle yet satisfying chemical after-taste when drank straight, needs coke to hide its poor quality. Stick with a decent drink like Jack Daniels or Wild Turkey, my favourites. The thing is I remember Bundaberg Rum being better tasting in the 90's, I guess progression means shafting customers.

Steve 🇳🇱 | 8 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Growing up in Australia means that if you drink rum it’s highly likely your go to. Compared to other rums it lacks in many ways but it my old faithful and we have had many brilliant times together. Always in the cabinet!

Brian 🇦🇺 | 27 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

I grew up on this stuff & thought it was OK, until I started sampling others.
Definitely only to be consumed with a mixer.

Leo K 🇨🇦 | 69 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

Worked with an Aussie Engineer that said this was what they drank in school and it was not pretty, albeit contrary to stereotype he was not a huge drinker.

Knowing I am a rum fan he brought me a bottle so that I could "truly gauge what bad is". He was correct. I drank the full bottle (not in one sitting) straight up out of respect for the fact that he hauled it from Australia to Canada.

I now proudly say "I survived Bundaberg".




Brand Details

Name: Original UP
Type: Bundaberg
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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