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The James Gosling family business first produced Gosling Black Seal rum in 1806, and it is now the oldest surviving business on the island of Burmuda.
Gosling 'Black Seal' rum received it's name from the black wax originally used to seal the bottles. It is Bermuda's most widely exported product and considered the nation's national drink.
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I got a bottle cheap on a whim and I really enjoyed it. Drinking it neat, Black Seal has an excellent flavor with a lot going on - fruits, nuts, spice - like a fruit cake. It's relatively smooth but with just enough burn. Not "alcohol-y" at all, and not overly sweet. Description is "well balanced" and I definitely agree with that. For an inexpensive dark rum, this is one of my favorites.
Gosling's is perfectly acceptable, and I get that they have the copyright but when making your Dark n' Stormy... you can do better. Far more bland than the color would suggest, Gosling's makes a perfect companion to top-quality ginger beer... since it tastes like hardly anything. For when you want the ginger to shine through. This is one that will live on my bar for a long, long time, as it's one of the last rums I'd grab.
Perfect as a mixer as advertised.
Drinking neat no thanks but I appreciate the molasses, vanilla and cocoa flavors I pick out.
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over 1 year ago
Bought it with the single purpose to make Dark'n'Stormy with the original ingredients, but it turned out as an utter disappointment. A pretty flat and generic rum with better alternatives.
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almost 2 years ago
Might be better chilled, but I doubt it. Tasted like curry.
My first <> black rum. I like the spice notes. A little too much added sugar. Nothing a couple of ice cubes can’t resolve.
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almost 2 years ago
This is the rum for the original dark and stormy. Very sweet and not a ton of depth. Overall decent stuff but not incredibly versatile.
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almost 2 years ago
Very pleasant. Have yet to to try it in a dark and stormy, but I imagine it will be very good. Neat it is quite heavy
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almost 2 years ago
Not intended for sipping, though you could do worse. Some nice notes of citrus, for me orange in particular, and baking spices, lightly sweet. Very pleasant on the nose, not the most flavorful on the palate, but it does mix well, and makes for a nice float in a lot of cocktails. Short finish, light body.Definitely worth the price.
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almost 2 years ago
Lost count of how many Dark & Stormy’s I had while in Bermuda. It’s a good novelty drink. Admittedly, I haven’t had one in years.
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I've been enjoying Black Seal for some years. As with most I first had in a Dark and Stormy, but it's so much more!
I find it's a great mixing rum to blend with other rums in exotic cocktails to create some complexity and a nice depth of rum flavor. Pleasing smooth aroma of sweet molasses and caramel, some alcohol and vanilla as well. Nice flavor of molasses with hints of vanilla and caramel. Not hot but pleasantly warm. Smooth medium finish lingers nicely. A really good rum at a price that's hard to argue with.
This is a highly recommended rum to those that enjoy experimenting with different rum blends and for trying a different rum in mixed cocktails that you've always enjoyed but that you may be looking for a little tweak to.
I also enjoy pouring a couple of ounces in a snifter and sipping neat once in a while. It's a pleasant rum with plenty of flavor to enjoy and smooth on the palate. It's not a world class sipper but it is an all around good rum that's agreeable to many uses. Not an 8 but better than a 7 in my mind, I give it a solid 7.5. Enjoy!