Gosling's Black Seal

I personally don't enjoy this as a sipping rum but use it most of the time in a Jungle Bird cocktail.

Medium to strong alcoholic, tar like smell.
Taste of coffee and molasses, slightly bitter.
Slight oily quality, but not quite smooth.
Bitter, alcoholic aftertaste.

Mix with ginger beer for the classic Dark an Stormy experience, which nets you all of the high marks without the bitterness and alcoholic burn. But not recommended on its own.

Fine enough for certain purposes and circumstances

Need a entry level black strap rum for your tiki parties? Goslings does the trick. Full of flavour, sweet and spicy!

A little bit of a burn, but not too bad. A hint of smoked vanilla.

Not bad but not particularly intriguing. Would probably get again. Semi sweet, lingering Blackberry after taste. Oh and its inexpensive.

I bought it for the glass. This rum and ginger beer combo is very tasty. The rum by itself has a tang the more I let it linger before swallowing.

Overly sweet on its own, but pretty tasty in a dark n stormy!

In arona is vanilla and dry fruits. In taste is also touch of caramel.

The perfect black rum for cocktails. Contrary to popular belief this rum is delicious standing alone as well. Will always have this on my bar cart from now on. EDIT: thought this was the best black rum out there until I tried Hamilton 86 Demerara. Maybe we'll call this second best.