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Old J Spiced rum

Old J Spiced

United Kingdom | Spiced

Old J Spiced rum is made from British Virgin Islands pot stilled rum that is blended with spices, vanilla and lime. The Old J rum company was founded in honor of Admiral Edward Vernon, who in 1740 enforced a reduction in the strength of the British Navy’s rum ration and suggested using limes and sugar to make the drink more enjoyable.

6.9/10
67 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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Adrian πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 24 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

Tasted this rum with ginger beer in a Cuban night club last night. I'll have to buy a bottle to see how it really goes down. Further updates to follow.

Robert Ferron πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 166 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Cardiff Rum Festival spicy ginger finished golden spiced rum. Decent

Andy Tee πŸ‡²πŸ‡Ύ | 148 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

N- Fat melted vanilla ice cream with a layer of thick bols cacao brown and baileys. Whiff of raisin with loads of brown sugar and peppery raw spirits. (16/25)

P- Lime peel, cola candy, creamy, sweet with the head-hammering grumpy vanilla all the way. (15/25)

F- Short-medium, coat of spirit, vanilla, chocolate milk, and caramel. Reminded me the discontinued Vanilla Coke on early of this century. (14/25)

Balance- Simple and straight forward, vanilla, chocolate and lime, off notes of acetone, raw, destined for the mixing. (15/25)

Weighted Rate:- 60pt

β€” at The Rum Bar KL.

Steven Richardson πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 124 ratings
Posted almost 6 years ago

Bit like lambs spiced and red leg. Not for me, not great even with coke.

John πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 12 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Heavily marketed as am original sailer jerry recipie but way too cloying and overdone on the vanilla not for me.

Snookerman πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 167 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

This is drinkable but a little lacking compared to some.

Obviously there are those here who don't like spiced rum. Let's take them out of the equation because they're not going to give much, if anything, a mark greater than 5.

As spiced rums go, this is ok, as vanilla-spiced rums go it's good. I'd say it was less spicey than Sailor Jerry, but much heavier on the vanilla. It's also sweeter and slightly more watery than SJ. I'd put them about on a par. If you really like vanilla rum, then there's two that are much better - St Aubin's vanilla rum is basically a good rum with a rum taste with the addition of a decent hit of vanilla (but it's much pricier) . It's lovely - maybe a bit like Plantation Pineapple is to rum with pineapple, but St A's is smoother and with less kick. Rolling Calf takes what Old J does and ups it - smoother, more kick, about the same vanilla but a bit more lime and spice.

If you like this, I think it's very unlikely that you would not like those two as well. If you hate this, you won't like Rolling Calf, but you still may well like St Aubin Rhum Agricole Vanilla.

Phil πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 29 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Great taste for a spiced rum. Prefer this to a captain Morgan's spiced for cocktails. Enjoyed at rum fest

Dan πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 5 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Vanilla overkill, very sweet. Very easy to drink with cola, but only a couple at a time

Craig πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 35 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Lovely soothing rum, lots of vanilla and apice with a very slight clove.

Martin Kennedy πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί | 238 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Good god , from the moment you unscrew the cheap cap artificial vanilla smacks you in the face !! Its overpowering.. neat or mixed you know what the taste is gonna be before you get it to your lips.
Rum flavoured vanilla would be about right.
Then on top of the vanilla bomb comes artificial limes , it all ends up as a sickly toffee drink... It was cheap so no real surprise ! All the people that have given this high ratings haven't tried enough good stuff imho.

Mr.B πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ | 70 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Mainly vanilla and some spices (which I can't really distinguish). Overall target market is the Rum is Fun which they are doing very well in.




Brand Details

Name: Spiced
Type: Old J
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led Rum: No

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