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Coruba Original rum

Coruba Original

Jamaica | Spiced | 40% ABV

Coruba Original Rum is dark rum produced by the Rum Company in Kingston, Jamaica. The blend is aged in charred oak barrels and caramel is added for color and flavor before bottling.

Coruba is a New Zealand brand, imported to New Zealand from Jamaica, and is the second largest selling spirit in the country.

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37 ratings
Easily consumable in a bind
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Pricky55 🇦🇺 | 8 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

One mouthful and I was back in 1981, in Chips Nightclub, Wellington, NZ drinking jugs of Coruba and coke.
A smooth rum that mixes well with cola, not too sweet and still retains a strong rum flavour. It has a hint of molasses and caramel and on its own with soda water is also a very nice rum.

Jagsroy (PREMIUM) 🇨🇦 | 288 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Purchased a bottle of Jamaican Coruba Original rum , a rum I hadn’t notice in our local liquor stores. Being from Jamaica I expected this to be a dry rum with no additive but upon research learned that it contains caramel additive both for colouring and taste. This rum is distilled from molasses which is evident from the first sip. Not a bad taste but the sweetness does not appear to be from a nature process like the majority of Barbados or Jamaican rums. Nice diversion from my regular dry rums but definitely not what I would consider a sipping rum.

daveyjones 🇦🇺 | 23 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

Dark and stormy - Even hammer can’t touch this.
Planter’s punch - 2 legit.
Neat - don’t.

Smells like a licorice shop.
Tastes like a Jamaican sound system.

Much love

P.S. the label on this says bottled in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients.
Jamaican Rum?
Maybe sort of but it no longer says 100% Jamaican rum. I’d like to know what our antipodean friends are adding to the mix to help ‘craft’ this rum......
I’ll be getting Meyer’s next time.

Update: I got the Meyers’ and put on a blind tasting of dark and stormies made with Meyers, Goslings and Coruba. When all was done we had a unanimous preference for the Coruba.

We make our dark and stormies at 60ml rum, 120ml ginger beer and a big squeeze of fresh lime.

Aaron 🇨🇦 | 69 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Soft banana and apricot tones on the nose. Sour first notes on the tongue. Carry a heavy whiskey flavour on the tongue with caramel, cherry undertones. Would be good as a mixing rum in cocktails.

Don 🇨🇦 | 165 ratings
Posted almost 6 years ago

I tried to like this a couple times, but that strong Jamacan flavour was too much. A dark rum that coke can't subdue. Drinkable but not recommended.

Mike Perry 🇦🇺 | 4 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Very plain with a raw alcohol heat at the end - maybe some molasses in there. Good for mixing which is no good for me most of the time as I prefer neat. .

Stone2 🇳🇿 | 5 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Very nice as an everyday rum. Not too expensive and available everywhere here in NZ.

Reto 🇨🇭 | 89 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

only for tea-Ron, not so good Taste. Typical Oversea-Ron-Taste.

Kim 🇦🇺 | 53 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

I was expecting something quite nice with a 7 average rating (At the time of writing) The nose on this one is very strong on the alcohol even though its only 37.2 ABV . Quite a bit of burn on the way down even mixed. Its drinkable but quite harsh. Perhaps many of the ratings are because of good times while its being consumed or they were rating the Dark not the Original. Straight this is undrinkable and a serviceable mixer. 4 from me, could consume in a bind but there are much better choices at this end of the market

Kevin 🇺🇸 | 12 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

Okay, my palate is not as good as yours if their is such a subjective thing. I bought this rum on a cruise to Jamaica and thought it would pretty good. Well, I was surprised by its flavor. I did taste it while I was there, but it is much better now that I am home. Maybe it's the nostalgia of it, maybe not. I like it and it is a nine to me. I don't have a doctorate in tastology but I like this one if it matters to you.




Brand Details

Name: Original
ABV: 40%
Type: Coruba
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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