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Bumbu Original rum

Bumbu Original

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Barbados | Aged | 40% ABV

6.3/10
857 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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857 Bumbu Original Ratings

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Alex 🇨🇦 | 10 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Not a rum for me. The taste of banana is very strong and has a bad after taste.

frankypoo 🇺🇸 | 12 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

There is something about this rum that is way off. It's so overly sweet and flavored with something I don't know, it's weird. Couldn't get through my first glass. The bottle is pretty cool though.

jjimmy 🇸🇰 | 23 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

Pri tomto rume som mal velke ocakavania pre jeho recenzie a vsebecne renome. No bol som strasne sklamany. Chut ako pri lacnom alkohole plneho bananovej a vanilkovej umelej prichute. Pozitivne hodnotim iba vzhlad flase.

tondak80 🇨🇿 | 42 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

mám opravdu rád sladší rumy, ale tohle už je moc. mix kávového Božkova a marshmallov.

plukybrewster 🇦🇺 | 22 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

This is one of the only rums, besides run of the mill bacardi I can get at my local. It's just too sweet and too banana for me.

SimonDeLoose 🇧🇪 | 1 rating
Posted 5 years ago

I wanted to try one of the more expensive brands at our local store but got disappointed with a strong banana and vanilla extract, might be good to mix in some cocktails but I would not recommend this as a premium rum ! Shame that the bottle is marked with the words “rum with natural flavors” as this doesn't taste natural at all...

Pluto 🇺🇸 | 9 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

Overall the rum was really sweet with a lot of banana. Doesn't really taste like an aged rum, more like banana candy in a bottle. If your into that this is the rum for you, but this is definitely not what you expect from an aged rum.

Davejohn 🇨🇦 | 31 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Reasonable presentation, with the "X" marks the spot bottle, in keeping with the Pirate heritage.
Looks good in the glass, having a nice amber hue and good legs when swirled in the glass.
However the nose is not what one expects from rum. Very sweet, with an artificial flavoring aroma which hits you immediately after pouring. I can't get past associating the aroma with the artificial flavorings that my mother used in baking. Some combination of banana and other extracts.
It is more thin in the mouth than expected, given the good legs mentioned above. Also, the flavors do not develop in the mouth much beyond the original banana, etc. nosing.
It is reasonably smooth, however the follow up is more of a mild burn than any satisfying flavor.
Some might like Bumbu as a liquer or dessert type rum and therefore disagree with my overall rating, however as a traditional sipping type rum it just does not cut it.

Joakim Cederlöf 🇸🇪 | 47 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Första smaken som kommer är att den smakar nästan precis som Banana Skids, banankola godiset man åt när man var ung.
Härlig färg och ljuv arom.

WadeG 🇺🇸 | 3 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

I’m not a fan of “spiced rum”. This is a tad sweet and banana/vanilla for my taste.

It’s a nice after dinner liquor, but not really a rum, so it’s not really fair to rate it as a rum.

Hector 🇺🇸 | 63 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Overpriced, super sweet Banana liqour with a really good advertising campaign! If you are a decent rum drinker please dont waste your time on this.




Brand Details

Type: Aged
Company: Bumbu
Country: Barbados
Name: Original
ABV: 40%
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led: No

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