Dark Matter Spiced

Having read several of the reviews on here that pan this rum, I was not expecting to like it, imagining it to be a weaker brother to Chairman's Reserve Spiced with all the subtlety of a flying brick. In fact the flavours of the two only have one thing in common - they will both remind you of Christmas. I was therefore pleasantly suprised to find that the overwhelming flavours I got from this were not clove and clove! Yes, there is clove in this as in most spiced rums, but actually what this mainly tastes of is aniseed and cinnamon. After that, I'd say cardamon and a sort of toasted raisin. Next would indeed come clove.
I can see why some people say it's a bit like a hot-cross bun - that's the cinnamon, mainly and maybe the fruity-raisin. It's best with a drop of water or an ice cube rather than totally neat.

It's subtler than the Chairman's. That one screams Christmas at you, whilst this one sings it. It's also smoother and the rum base is a tad smoother here too. They are both nice rums if you like spiced rums to be strongly spiced rather than weakly (like the new Sailor Jerrys), but this is has a more original taste.
It has originality and smoothness and I like those qualities. It would make a good sipper for winter months, but I would drink it occasionally rather than as as a regular.

An overpowering aroma of cloves upon opening the bottle , you think this is too much but when sipped seems to redeem itself with a nice mouth feel and no sickly burn. Goes well with both a decent fever tree cola or ginger beer. But for me if this is a Christmas spiced rum then Rumbullion spiced beats this hands down..

I tried this at the recent Manchester rum festival and have since been and bought a bottle. It has some combination of herbs and spices that reminds me of Kinnie, which is a bitter orange Maltese drink - a bit like a soft drink version of Pimms, if you can imagine such a thing. I have made a mental note to try this with some Kinnie when I can get my hands on some. So far I have tried it with cola, and neat. The effect it has is like no other drink I have ever had, I'm sure it has some sort of magic 'relaxing' herb in there! Anyway, it's our new favourite bedtime tipple. I think it's amazing.

Cloves and more cloves is pretty much all I got from this. I really wanted to like it as it's made not far from wher ei grew up but I really couldn't get into ti, the clove was just overpowering

Not for me. Enjoy the story. Not the spiced. Woof.

Crazy spicy! Nice, but maybe too spicy for its own good. Like when you get those ginger beers which have too much real ginger, and it blows your socks off. Like that, but with spicy rum. I do like my spiced rum, but this was a bit much for me. Had to pile in a few ice cubes to take the edge off, and eventually found a good drinking balance.

Had a vanilla hint, was a good rum with ginger. Not amazing but still good

A beautiful rum for sipping or more
One of my favourites so far and got a bottle at a good price and its made in Scotland what more can I say .buy it and try it

At first I wasn't too sure what to make of Dark matter. At first I felt it had too much going on but after a while I have really grown fond of it.

I just love this rum. It has a very strong flavour base and is not for the faint hearted.