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Doorly's ABV43 12-Year rum

Doorly's ABV43 12-Year

Barbados | Aged | 43% ABV | Pot and Column Still Distilled

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264 Doorly's ABV43 12-Year Ratings

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Russ 🇺🇸 | 148 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

The fact that Foursquare can make a rum this good but is also affordable is amazing. On the nose you definitely get the oaky notes but it gives way to dried fruit, vanilla and a little cinnamon. The first taste goes down way too easy even though there's a lot of oak and smokiness coming through. A very nice aftertaste that stays with you for a long time.

For this price this one will definitely become part of my regular rotation for evening drams.

BingChen 🇻🇳 | 27 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Toasted toffee , banana and some salinity. the aroma is quite good for a 12 yr rum. Not sweet

blowpez 🇺🇸 | 22 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Blown away by this. I’m usually a fan of the sweeter sippers but this is an exception. Taste is brown sugar dominant not nearly as sweet as the likes of diplomatico or plantation XO. Close to no burn, this is easy to drink. Will definitely keep around.

svarszegi 🇭🇺 | 21 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

This disappeared quite quickly. Both my wife and I liked it very much. It has character and a very fine aroma and it was great neat. A very good sipping rum.

Mujuru 🇺🇸 | 152 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

This is my first foray into the rums of RL Seale...and oh my what a delight! I bought this bottle for $23 from Total Wines in Georgia in what I now believe to be the deal of the decade. This is an absolutely incredible rum for the price. The nose is wonderfully aromatic with heavy orange and banana notes along vanilla, toffee, and floral essences. The first taste to hit your tongue is bananas with leather and spice. Mid palate, the leather disappears and is replaced by a lovely combination of Banana, vanilla, orange, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The finish is mostly oak with a lovely undertone of caramel. It is definitely on the drier side with no viscosity at all, but it really is wonderful. I never expected a rum with 0 sugar added and a $23 price tag to be so wonderfully complex - and with almost all my favorite flavors to match. A 12 year rum with this flavor complexity and depth at $23 is simply stunning! The only criticism at all is that the aftertaste is so short - I want more of it. Regardless this is now going to become my default rum when I am in the mood for something drier. It is a crying shame that only Total Wine carries this brand. Oh well, at least I live close to one.

*Edit* I am just going to say it: this is the best $25 bottle of rum on the planet. 4 months in and I am bumping this one up to a 10 on the value alone. I have paid twice and much more for far inferiors rums. This is just a slight notch below Foursquare 2007 and I paid $80 for that (Foursquare 2007 is indeed better but not by a whole lot).

Given the price to quality ratio, this is absolutely a 10

Nose: 10
Palate: 10
Aftertaste: 8
Smoothness: 9
Versatility: 10
Price: 10

Total: 9.5

Alan 🇺🇸 | 89 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

As a huge fan of Foursquare, I had to try the Doorly's line and thought i would start with their aged sipper. I am not disappointed. The taste is drier than the sweet nose would imply. Lots of rich flavors combine in as smooth a sipper as they come.

Charles M 🇬🇧 | 149 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

Rich, spicy, fullish bodied. The 8yo I thought was great, maybe a touch too oaky from the American Oak (but I like that) but the 12yo is a whole different level. Much more concentrated and complex, and while there are plenty of oak notes, it doesn't make such a prominent appearance. Dry, long and luscious.

laurent 🇫🇷 | 64 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

Plutôt doux et rond (pour un rhum non sucré, je précise!), j'y retrouve des caractéristiques typiques de la Barbade et de la distillerie Foursquare sans être non plus un copié-collé du RL Seale's 10 (que je préfère mais c'est plus une question de goûts personnels). Le prix est plus que correct pour un rhum de 12 ans. Bref un bon rhum, parfait pour découvrir ce qu'est un vrai rhum non trafiqué sans se ruiner.

Quite on the sweet side (for a non-sugared rum I mean). I found it typical from both Barbados and the Foursquare distillery. There are some features which remind me the RL Seales's 10y (which I still prefer - just personnal taste) but it is not just a clone, this one has his own caracter. The price is very attractive for a 12y rum, it is perfect if you want to discover "true, not sugar-wasted" rums.

Stig Wolff (PREMIUM) 🇩🇰 | 182 ratings
Posted 1 month ago

En let drikkelig Barbados rum med en dejlig en eftersmag.
Let røget.

randycous 🇺🇸 | 81 ratings
Posted 8 months ago

My expectations were not that high at $45, but I was pleasantly surprised. Coming from Four Square Distillery, it has a nice flavor with some complexity. A little bit of burn. Definitely will buy this again.




Brand Details

Name: ABV43 12-Year
Years Aged: 12
ABV: 43%
Type: Doorly's
Raw Material: Molasses
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Pot and Column Still
Women leading Rum: No

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