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This Rum is a easy pour. Done shots and had it over ice. Both were excellent. Only down fall it's hard to find in my area.
A nice rum, but did not have the finish or complexity that I was expecting. For those who like a nice bottle, this one has it! :)
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over 1 year ago
This is a good rhum to enjoy. The main aroma is vanilla and the balance of sweet is good
I'll leave the palette descriptions to more refined individuals, I know what I like when I taste it. KS23 is pretty darn tasty, especially in it's price range. There are better and certainly a lot worse. My bar is rarely without a bottle..
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over 1 year ago
Väldigt god,len och mjuk i smaken. Ingen spritsmak alls,inte speciellt söt men mycket smak.
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over 1 year ago
Tasted at Laka Lono on 1/19/20. Brownish amber in appearance with a strong and complex aroma of molasses and hazelnuts. Medium body but a high heat velvety richness of caramel and toasted grains. Really nice.
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over 1 year ago
It can be a mission to find the right adjective to describe this rum, but perhaps these two words do the justice; fully and rich. Fully because the minute I opened this bottle its aroma flooded the room. This triggered my rum drinker instinct prepping me for the challenge. I can say that what you sense is what you experience in its taste. This rum is deliciously rich in flavour.
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over 1 year ago
First, I would like to underline this is a quality rum. You cannot mispick this, it is absolutely good.
But... From this on this depends on yoir taste. I do not like this taste, this is why the score 7. The taste is strong, catches your throat, tongue and does not let it for a minute at least. Which is not a problem if you like this.
What I taste is medium-low sweetness, strong oak and overwhelming flawours in you nose with some smokey taste.
If you like dring grabbing you by your neck try it - otherwise let it go :)
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over 1 year ago
Delicioso ron agrícola, de mis favoritos. Multitud de matices, dulce pero sin exceso.
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almost 2 years ago
A neat aroma, a bit of bite and taste of vanilla. A good sipping rum
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For a $50 bottle of 23 year aged rum with an 8.4 rating I popped the cork on the neat looking bottle expecting greatness. The aromas came across as simple and underwhelming but that did not mean much because first aroma isn’t indicative of full taste. Alas when I took a sip the taste was the same as the aroma. I have since gone back for a second visit and the experience is the same. Compared to the sea of rums, it is not terrible and it is definitely drinkable, but it has nowhere near the complexity or smoothness demanded of an 8.4 rating. Zafra, Plantation XO, and Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva are all far, far superior in the same price range. I even find Barcelo Imperial superior to this...and that just should not be happening with a $50 bottle of 23 year aged rum.
*Update August 2020* This rum definitely doesn't come close to the good sipping rums in my cabinet, and so I have been using it to mix with. It is a great mixing rum that adds a nice round caramel taste to whatever you are making. For example, it is excellent in a Painkiller and adds a nice bit of character to that drink. Still...I am not about to drop $50 again for a mixing rum when there are other rums just as good to mix with for 1/3 the price.
Looking at older reviews, I am beginning to suspect that they may have gone "Zaya" and changed the process with this rum, but that's only a guess reading other's tasting notes and comparing them to mine.