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4.6/10
(48 ratings)
Flawed with a glimmer of hope
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Posted over 4 years ago by Mihai from Romania with 213 ratings
Un alt rom plecat din agricole cu arome subtile, fresh.
Posted 2 months ago by Stefan Persson (PREMIUM) from Sweden with 199 ratings
Tested just a sample so it’s just a first impression, but I won’t dig deeper into it.
Molasses is used in this Indonesian rum and it’s distilled in pot stills. A special thing is that they are using some red rice in the yeast.
After distillation it’s aged in teak barrels for some years before transported to the Netherlands where it’s transferred to oak barrels.
The final blend consists of spirits aged 8 months, 3, 5 and 8 years, and bottled at 48% ABV.
From nose via palate to the finish, which is medium long mostly depending on on the alcohol content, I can recognize fruits, bananas and some notes of spices and arrack. I was expecting a lot more flavor of arrack.
Overall I think that everything is much too weak to catch my interest.
Posted 3 years ago by 2ephyr from Czech Republic with 41 ratings
Ve vůni se mi zdálo, že cítím trochu medu. Čekal jsem tedy jemnější chuť, ovšem to jsem se přepočítal. Zpočátku po napití je především ostrý s převládající hořkostí. Postupně však ustoupí a přejde do zemité chuti, která není zas tak nepříjemná. Něco na té Mary je :) Od indonézského rumu jsem čekal horší zážitek :)
Posted 4 years ago by Jonny Olsson from Sweden with 162 ratings
It is a lot of arrack and vanilla in this, could have been a little bit more body but a positive surprise.
Posted 1 month ago by Mastamt from Netherlands with 12 ratings
Krachtige kruidige rum met een sterke afronk. Sterke geur en sterke krachtige smaak.
Posted 2 months ago by Adrian Adame (PREMIUM) from Czech Republic with 329 ratings
- vůně květiny a med, částečně připomíná agricole
- chuť zpočátku jemná, nastupuje voltáž 48%, hořkost, květiny a med, závěr hořký, dochuť částečně agricole.
Panák, max dva bych zvládl, ale nákup láhve v žádném případě a to agricole mám rád
Posted 3 months ago by ElPato from Norway with 27 ratings
First, I must admit I am not very experienced with arracks, so before I state “typical arrack” I must admit I would not know what I am comparing with.
Nose: Classic smell of aged molasses rum, with a touch more grass and herb, and a sweet smell you could be fooled into associating with spontaneous fermentation.
But on the palate it is very distinct, with subdued funk, and reveals the effect of the addition of rice in complex, pleasant notes of fresh yeast- a bit like boiling, red rice from Thailand but elegant and discrete.
The aftertaste is absolutely not bad for youngish rum. A clear 8, it feels easily like having the sophistication and wisdom of far older rums, yet the little rebellious je-me-sais-quoi from the rice component is certainly present.
Posted 6 months ago by krasnal from Poland with 39 ratings
Sally jak być shabby uścisk on tak bardzo shabby od shabby
Light yellow color , high alcohol, sweet aroma and taste
Posted 1 year ago by B.P.O. from Netherlands with 53 ratings
With a proofing of 48% you feel it with the first whiff and confirmed with the taste. It’s disappointing where a distiller goes for a alcohol over flavor.
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Hot 3 out of 10
Posted 1 year ago by 5xo (PREMIUM) from Slovakia with 261 ratings
Too hot to be a neat sipper, a bitter after taste, grass notes combined with floral honey.
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