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Havana Club Anejo Especial rum

Havana Club Anejo Especial

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Cuba | Gold | 40% ABV

Havana Club Añejo Especial is a blend of rums aged for up to five years produced from the fermented molasses of sugar cane harvested in Cuba. The molasses is combined with yeast and water, distilled using column stills, and aged in white oak barrels.

Havana Club was founded in 1878 by Jose Arechabala and later nationalized after the Cuban Revolution in 1959.

6.0/10
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Tasty, but not quite great
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425 Havana Club Anejo Especial Ratings

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MaartenVL 🇧🇪 | 33 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

Just mix it with coke, use it for mojito's or other cocktails. Nothing more, nothing less.

Noname 🇫🇷 | 117 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

Je n'ai pas trouvé de réel intérêt à ce rhum.
Même en "cocktail" il ne m'a pas convaincu.

Neman3 (PREMIUM) 🇨🇦 | 283 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

Just went back from all inclusive vacation on cayo Guillermo, Cuba. That was full of sun, fun and sure of rum.
Even there was literally nothing included from the premium sorts the all those Anejos were fine and scored:
Santiago de Cuba Extra Anejo - 7
Cubay Anejo - 7
Santero Anejo Oscuro - 7
Havana Club Anejo Reserva - 7
Santiago de Cuba Extra Seco - 8

The Extra Seco (extra dry) has exceptional taste compared to all those spiced. Light in color, very dry and pretty smooth, I liked it a lot.

Sorts from bottom line are too sharp with pronounced alcohol and are OK for cocktails only:
Havana Club Ritual - 6
Havana Club Anejo Especial - 6

The choice for more matured sorts:
Cubay 10 - 8
Havana Club 7 - 8
Santiago de Cuba 11 and 12 (only in Cigar bar) - 10.

Bought in hotel store Cubay 1870 Extra Anejo - 9.
Its profile is very similar to Cubay 10 - just more smooth and somehow more complex.

What I bought home and did not try yet: Santiago de Cuba 20. I have to report that all the sorts were less expensive (10-15%) at hotel's store then at the airport. So that is not the duty free, but "extra duty" stores.
Finally, what was "window shopped" only (- USD):
Havana Club Tribute 2019 - 555
Havana Club Union - 420
Havana Club 15 - 195
Cubay 1870 Extra Viejo - 133
Selection de Maestros - 55
Pacto Navio - 55

Happy New Year!

dajana 🇪🇨 | 76 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

This was the first rum tasting and I was impressed by the body relaxation, which did not happen due to alcohol, but was made by the rum itself. Is it tasty to drink? - Not. Is there a chance to smooth, less spirituality and harmonising if you let it breathe? - Also no. But you can definitely drink it, especially in a cocktail.

Это была первая проба рома и меня впечатлило то расслабление в теле, которое случилось не из-за алкоголя, а сделал сам ром. Вкусно ли его пить? - Нет. Есть ли шанс, что дав ему подышать, он сгладится, спиртуозность станет меньше и он обретет гармонию нот? - Тоже нет. Но его определенно можно пить, особенно в коктейле и что-то в нем определённо было, что вызвало интерес к рому и я смогла познакомиться его прекрасными представителями. В этом смысле он для меня навсегда исключительный.

gorba2000 🇬🇧 | 14 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Don't recall much about it but would have been with mixers

SPEHUN 🇭🇺 | 121 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Egész türhető, alsó kategóriás rum, egy plantationbvagy egy alap santiago azért jobb választás.

edis 🇱🇹 | 23 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

While not particularly bad, could be consumed in a circle of friends (them creating value more, than this thing), it simply does not bring much more, than proper industrial alcohol fix.
I would expect at least tiniest personal edge from the Cuban product. Just as I write it, upon second glass of, there are modest snakes of taste passing and accumulating - that's a good thing, much better, than an opposite position of load of tastes thrown at you. Still, at this point, my sympathy for the earthly and basic rum stands anchored to the most basic Abuelo, rather than industrial good-enough.

Please tame your alcohol consumption, as that is more crucial, than best of the reviews.
Do frequent woods instead, and live long.

wayoutwest 🇬🇧 | 101 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

I was pleasantly surprised by this. Pretty similar flavours to the 7YO. Smell and taste of molasses with some volatile top notes. More burn than the 7, and not as rich or deep, but tasty and easily sippable.
Not my thing in a mixer though. Not enough flavour to punch through the mixer, but then I like cocktail rums to have serious balls (like clairin!)

I'd rather drink the 7, but for £16 this is the best bargain supper out there. Got to be worth a 6

Senor mustachio 🇧🇪 | 17 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

I don't do reviews....Just want to keep up with my drinking problem....

Szymon 🇮🇱 | 28 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

I will start with positive points which are: Havan Club Anejo Especial is a high quality all Around Run as a premium Alcoholic destilate it delivers Neat Sipping experience suitable to tag it as a Sipper and not necessarily a mixer. i would find it a waste to use it as a mixer, there are many lower tier and less pricey Rums i would destinate for this purpose. The Nose is quite Pleasant, Sweets such as Toffee and caramel. on the tongue it is still shouting youthfulness together with teenager manifestos about how the good old pirate days were,. however without actually being old enough to remember the days... it is not hiding it's high quality production. but will agree with you that it planned to grow older before your meeting which shortened it's life expectancy.
It's definitely a Sipper and not a mixer. would be a sin to mix it, and not enjoy it's youthful biting energy. and pleasant medium finish which raises hints of fruit and raisins even though we know aren't present there. the effect of not completed maturation. i haven't drank the more aged versions of Havana Club to compare with, but i am pretty sure that the 7 year old would be rounder and more complete exactly in those angles. over all it's a very nice cuban rum drinking experience, if it wasn't for the sometimes unstable pricing in my country, i would say that it's a good deal for the 25-30$ i paid for a 750ml bottle. however even slightly higher pricing puts in a worse position to equivalently priced rums such a Diplomatic Mantuano, which is, with all due respect to Havana Club a much more complete and fulfilling drinking experience. my Rating is 7/10 as i feel i have to save the higher rating for it's slightly more mature and aged stated older brother.

Guimo 🇫🇷 | 22 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

A very basic rum to have with coke and lime. I wouldn't have it on its own.




Brand Details

Name: Anejo Especial
ABV: 40%
Type: Havana Club
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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