Monkey Toasted Coconut

Wanted to like this, believe there is a need for a better coconut rum. Just the faintest hint of coconut when brought to the nose and not much more when sipped. A burn strong prevents me from considering this a sipper. Mixed the coconut does not carry, the “toasting” leaves an after taste that is not helpful. Blended the coconut is lost and the rum is not good enough to carry the drink. With some of the great reviews this had I expected much more...

Not a very tasty coconut rum as I prefer Blue Chair or Topper's coconut flavored rum instead. Coconut flavor is ok with a strong dose of alcohol at the end.

I only tried one little 50 ml bottle of this, along with the same size of it's brother, Monkey Spiced. That was all I had one evening is 50 ml of each. So glad that I did not buy more.

The aroma is incredible, but that is where the pleasure ends since the taste just does not measure up due to excessive burn. Normally, I would rate this as a 5, but I have never had such a tiny amount of rum do such a number on my system the next day. If you have a long drive the next day, then don't touch this stuff. Since I had the Spiced and Toasted Coconut in one evening, it is difficult to determine which seasoning was the culprit. However, I would tend to think that it is from the cheap Trinidadian rum that both started out with and then aged for only 2-3 years. Start with crap and then there is no hope in the aging process.

Update: After trying Siesta Key Toasted Coconut and Spiced, Koloa Toasted Coconut, Blue Chair Bay Coconut, and Don Q Coconut, the coconut and spice is not to blame for the aftermath from this tiny little bit of Monkey. Therefore, I stick with my original assumption that a cheap Trinidadian rum base is the culprit for the ill effects the next day.