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Posted
5 days ago
Depends what you expect. If you understand this rum plays in lowest chesp league you wont have big dissapointment. What sum ups all is: cheap mixer rum. Dont even think "premium" when looking at the bottle. With cola tastes weird but okay. Probably with orange juice will be more interesting.
Posted
4 months ago
not a sipping rum but ok for a dark cuba libre, too low ABV ...
Looks quite nice due to the black colour, however, the alcohol ist quite Sharp, and the taste rather harsh while simultaneously being somehow bland and generic. Great for Baking, Not so great for Drinks (Cuba libre ist probably the only suitable use Here) and definitly unsuitable for sipping.
No podrรญa distinguirlo de un vodka barato si no fuera por la etiqueta.
Posted
over 1 year ago
One of my worst drinking experiences, will not go down even greatly diluted.
Its good and mellow all by it self but some harsh flavours rise up when you put in an ice cube.
After reading some reviews, I was not expecting too much but in fact it was better than expected. Tried it with coke & ginger beer & was pleasant with both. Ok, its a price point rum, or maybe that should be Rhum, but when its on special, I'll buy it without any qualms.
Posted
over 1 year ago
Nose: vegetal, grassy agricol-ish.
Palate: harsh and sharp, but also slightly sweet. Strange, but warm and long lasting.
Probably blended, maybe even with non-agricoles.
I had worse.
5,5
Tastes absolutely terrible. You can't even use it as a mixer. The smell is abhorrent, like something you'd use as a stripper/cleaner. Stay far away.
Posted
over 2 years ago
Well I must say I donโt like dark rums.
Then this one tastes too fake.
Might be fine with coke or something idk
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A horrible export from the French West Indies
2
/10
out of 10
I have since deleted my original lengthy and disgusting review on this one from drinking it in Key West in 1995. Basically, it tasted good and it was too cheap to pass up. Looking back on it, it was unaged rhum agricole with molasses added to it after the fact. The next day, a half bottle did quite a number on my system.
Then I recently watched a very informative rum seminar with rum experts talking at length about rums from the 2014 Tales Of The Cocktail in New Orleans. Most of those that are pictured on the bottle of the Plantation OFTD were the guest speakers. I highly advise all rum drinkers to look this one up on You Tube and watch the entire hour of it. For the next 2015 TOTC, the OFTD was born from this panel and a few more..
At any rate, during the later part of the seminar, the subject came up on how Don The Beachcomber and Trader Vic could no longer get their hands on dark Caribbean rum for their signature tiki drinks. Coruba has been exporting theirs to New Zealand of all places. In those tiki crazy days, LOTS of dark rums were exported from Martinique as substitutes to an unsuspecting drinking public. Now what is wrong with this picture? The audience was stunned, but I knew the answer. Martinique only keeps their good rhum agricoles for themselves! A list of these dark Martiniquan export rums was quickly shown and I had to do some speed reading. All of those companies have gone out of business except for Negrita!!!! That's right! This unwanted export crap from Martinique is still available to buy outside of the French West Indies! Don't do it!