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Old Monk The Legend rum

Old Monk The Legend

India | Aged

5.6/10
21 ratings
Easily consumable in a bind
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John frederick 🇺🇸 | 67 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

Who knew there was such a thing as Indian rum? So my wife recently went to India and came back with this. I read some previous ratings and was little nervous to taste. Smelled decent, more on the sweet side as I prefer. Taste was exactly as it vanilla, cocoa, sugary, but was not too sweet and finished decent. Certainly not the best I've had but grateful to try something I would probably never seen. I think it cost $5US, how can you go bad? Not sure if it's available stateside, I've never seen it anywhere. If it is would love to see what it costs.

Falcon91Wolvrn03 (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 563 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

I found a bottle of this along with the Old Monk XXX which I also liked. As expected, this is smoother, and I found it better.

Smells and tastes of sugar, spice, and vanilla. A very good tasting rum at only $29/liter (2019 price).

FilipT 🇨🇿 | 42 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

Velmi výrazná chuť, která mě neoslovila. A jelikož mám radši jemnější rumy, tak to není nic pro mě.

Matagalpa 🇮🇱 | 8 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

I bought this at New Delhi airport duty free and was sure 20 USD for 1 liter of positively reviewed rum is a steal, until I tasted it. Not enjoyable for sipping at all. Has a strong aftertaste I can't pinpoint, and it's not pleasant. No issue with sweetness and not all that harsh. It's just that foul aftertaste. I'll update my review once I try to mix it with Coke, but I normally drink rum neat, so that's not a priority.

BTW, the bottle is very nice, but why not invest a few more rupees for a better looking cap and labels?

Trevor Owens 🇺🇸 | 5 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

Distinctly harsher than rums aged the same amount.

PaulB 🇬🇧 | 14 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

I can't profess to be an expert but I'm guessing that the great age of this has also made it boring. The flavour was heavy with molasses & somewhat flat. There was no spiciness or complexity of aftertaste.
It was drinkable & improved when opened up with a little water or ice but I personally wouldn't ask for it or buy it myself.

Gary m 🇳🇿 | 7 ratings
Posted 19 days ago

Punchy & Pleasant with Nice bottle > std glass 40mm of Monk with coke zero Refreshing !. (after 1 hour walk )

TravellerDmitry 🇷🇺 | 24 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Лучший ром из Латинской Америки - это очевидно. Но иногда азиатские сорта тоже весьма неплохи. Old Monk самый известный индийский бренд, а именно этот ром самый выдержанный. Стеклянная оригинальная бутылка в форме головы монаха.
Если говорить только об Азии, то у этого рома отличный вкус. Но сравнивая его с сортами из Карибского бассейна, то планка понижается до 7 из 10 баллов

AC 🇺🇸 | 54 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

This was rough. I really wanted to like this but the aftertaste is indescribable. I'm not sure what it is, but its not pleasant as a sipping rum. argh......

tb420 🇺🇸 | 9 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

Has a decent vanilla oaky taste with something else that I can't quite put to words. Might be charcoally - from heavily toasted / charred oak, but not sure. It's decent enough to drink straight or with mixers, but not something I'd rave about by any means. I bought it because it's from India and it came in a head-shaped bottle. I always am on the lookout for something fun to sip with my neighbor's super cool Punjabi father when he comes to town. It didn't disappoint. Was better than I thought it would be. $27 NJ

evets0452 🇬🇧 | 18 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Was suprised by this rum, not a bad drink to be honest and a funky bottle to boot. Not many rums come out of India but this is a fair one.




Brand Details

Name: The Legend
Type: Old Monk
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No