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Ron Zacapa Ambar 12 rum

Ron Zacapa Ambar 12

Guatemala | Aged | 40% ABV

6.5/10
42 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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jru 🇺🇸 | 113 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Very light color, flavor smell sweetness etc
It’s nice for sipping. Little bit of heat.
It’s so mild I just get a little caramel & vanilla. Just barely some whisky barrel.
Finished clean, goes without much lingering

Root-theory 🇵🇱 | 84 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Zapach: Dębina, Pieczony banan, rodzynki - zapach sprawia cne wrażenie, alkohol dobrze ukryty.

Smak: Delikatna słodycz podbita ciepłą wanilią, melon, brzoskwinia, orzech

Wracając z wczasów w Bułgarii nabyliśmy ten rum za dość fajną cenę - 32 Eur za 1L butelkę. Namówiła mnie żona - próbowała kilka miesięcy wcześniej odmianę 23YO twierdząc że smakuje bardzo szlachetnie. W momencie zakupu okazało się że producent mimo uwypuklonej liczby "12" na frontowej etykiecie nie pisze wyraźnie że ta Whisky ma 12 lat, a dokładnie termin "System 12 Solera". Na kontretykiecie widnieje opis - wiek od 4 do 12 lat. Ok - nie fajne zagranie z prostego powodu - kanał duty free czesto powoduje że moment zakupu nie pozwala na komfortowe pod względem dysponowania wolnym czasem zakupy - wiele osób chwyci ten trunek w biegu. Mimo tego małego (według mojej osoby) zgrzytu zawartość jest aromatyczna i porządna - rum charakteryzuje się wysoką jakością i jest na granicy akceptowalności stosowania go w drinkach. Jednak miejscami sprawia wrażenie ciężkiego - trudno go jednoznacznie określić.

Ocena: 80/100

Tarek Ronaldo 🇨🇱 | 4 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Delicate aroma. It tasted half the way between a rum and brandy. Very soft flavor.

Oleg 🇺🇦 | 4 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Amazing, dry in palate, dry fruits, hint of spices, cedar, black chocolate

Juanlaginia 🇺🇸 | 100 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Definitely not a sipping rum, but an outstanding rum for cocktails adds a lot of character to the drinks, cuba libre, dark & stormy…. REALLY GOOD!!!

cK 🇨🇦 | 71 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

Found this as a new offering at SFO Duty Free. Versatile - can be used as a top notch mixer or a low-end sipper with more burn than the Zacapa 23. Similar to El Dorado 12 that way. Will have to do the Pepsi Challenge between the two someday...

Alas 🇵🇷 | 503 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

So yeah basically zacapa 23 taste with a younger rum burn, dry finish, and a touch of white wine finish (think santa teresa or appleton 12 regarding burn). I only drink rum neat, so I’m sure it would be great for drink mixers, but I personally like the burn rum gives so it merits a high 7 rounded up because there are no half points

Pete034 🇦🇺 | 34 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

A nice light coloured rum worthy of tasting, easy to drink!

Titomm 🇨🇦 | 86 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Smooth, pleasant rhum. I agree with Michael's descirption so I quote it here :

" Light amber almost buttery color.
On the nose- dried fruit, banana and citrus.
First sip- smooth, little to no burn to speak of. The taste is very similar to the nose with the addition of a faint whiskey and wine flavor. The finish is a bit dry with not much kick on the back end and finally oak on the exhale. Solid sipper but I think this would be excellent with a cocktail. "

I do confirm it is good in cocktails: excellent for a ginger mojito (fyi, in my opinion, ginger and rhum in a cocktail are a solid match).

John frederick 🇺🇸 | 67 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

Grabbed this at the airport at the start of this week. Bring a zacapa fan I had not seen this bottle in the states. Overall has the taste of the 23 but obviously not as mature, or as pricy. Would buy it again if I see it available




Brand Details

Type: Aged
Company: Ron Zacapa
Country: Guatemala
Name: Ambar 12
ABV: 40%
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led: No