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6.4/10
(105 ratings)
Tasty, but not quite great
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Posted almost 5 years ago by Steven Cooremans from Belgium with 42 ratings
Medium sweetness and quite easy. Smokey taste/smell, some ripe fruit (banana). Lacking aftertaste though.
Posted 24 days ago by vomi1011 from Germany with 280 ratings
The nose is strong for only 40%.
I get the typical Jamaica fruits like it the Plantation Overproof OFTD. Could it be a diluted version of the OFTD?
The nose is full of molasses and dry fruits. I get also the red fruits like in the OFTD. Then some dark flavours of barrel and wood. There is also some sweetness of caramel or dry fruits.
It's a mellow version of OFTD.
The taste is also like a mellow OFTD. It starts with caramel, dry and red fruits. Then sweet with burned sugar and molasses. It turns spicy at the end of initial taste.
The middle is also spicy with burned sugar, red fruits and molasses.
The finish is also spicy with flavours of molasses, red fruits and caramel.
It's still intensive, spicy and mellow. I like it, I would rate it with 75 points.
Nose: caramel, dry and red fruits, molasses, barrel and wood, some vanilla
Taste: caramel, dry and red fruits, burned sugar, molasses, spice
Middle: spice, burned sugar, red fruits, molasses
Finish: spice, molasses and red fruits, caramel, vanilla
Sweetness: 2/5
Fruits: 3/5
Spice: 3.5/5
Mildness: 3/5
Complexity: 3/5
Value (14€): 4/5
Posted 2 months ago by Loxias from Czech Republic with 170 ratings
Dried fruit in the nose. Taste again with driet fruit, banana, vanilla.
It can be sipped easily, but excels as a mixer for really good value
Posted 4 months ago by El Cap from United States with 62 ratings
Plantation has some rums that I really enjoy.
This is not one of them.
This is made for drinking in your $13 Dole whip
Cup at Disney World.
Posted 4 months ago by Olaf from Netherlands with 63 ratings
This one has the typical plantation taste: raisins. A bit strong of a strong burn at the end though. But only for a short time.
This is my go to for rum based cocktails, especially rum. Sours!
Posted over 1 year ago by Amalas from United States with 65 ratings
Quick burn, but fades quickly. Flavor lingers a long time. Notes of caramel and vanilla.
Posted over 1 year ago by Panos from Greece with 11 ratings
It’s my favorite cheap rum
It has great mix-ability for tiki cocktails or an old fashioned and it can be a cheap sipping rum.
Posted over 3 years ago by Carsten from Germany with 12 ratings
Mein 4. Rating:
Der Plantation Original Dark ist irgendwie abgefahren im Geschmack. Aber lest selbst...
Preis: ca. 14-18€
Geruch:
Ganz klar ist hier die Alkoholschärfe des 3-jährigen Havana Clubs zu riechen. Aber da wo dieser keine weitere Note aufweist, überrascht der Plantation Original Dark mit...was ist das?...Banane? Es riecht irgendwie fruchtig und dennoch schwer.
Geschmack pur (Note 3):
Der Geruchseindruck setzt sich hier fort. Allerdings kommt eine gewisse Süße hinzu. Dennoch nicht pur zu genießen, da der Alkohol klar im Vordergrund steht.
Geschmack in Cola (Note 5):
Okay, schmeckt wie beschrieben. Allerdings wird die Alkoholschärfe etwas milder und der Geschmack noch süßer in der Cola. Im Prinzip ist es ein etwas süßerer 3-jähriger Havana Club mit Bananengeschmack(?). Irgendwie anders und abgefahren. Von daher 5 Punkte insgesamt.
Kommt nicht an den Pampero heran.
Posted 8 days ago by Evadovec (PREMIUM) from Czech Republic with 44 ratings
Little strong smell. Taste strange sharp for me. I think good for drinks.
Its sickly sweet and quite cloying.
"There’s nothing complex in the nose just sweet brown sugar."
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An average rum for an average price 6 out of 10
Posted over 4 years ago by Makhao from Thailand with 15 ratings
Even though I am not a big fan of Plantation this rum is somehow drinkable, considering the rather low price. But for me its not more and not less than that.
Btw: I tried the new version with the sticker "original dark" on top of the label (see picture from Ramon on 7 Aug '16 ).
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