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Zaya Grande Reserva 16-Year rum

Zaya Grande Reserva 16-Year

Trinidad and Tobago | Aged | 40% ABV

6.0/10
116 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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116 Zaya Grande Reserva 16-Year Ratings

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chasles22 (PREMIUM) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 84 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

This is what I'm afraid of with new rums I've not tried before. I got burned with papa's Pilar Hemingway rum... Same thing. This stuff is almost terrible. It's so fakely imitation maple syrup cotton candy fruit sweet. I literally can't taste anything other than fake industrial molasses flavorant. I tried it neat, rocks, with tropical juice, with tonic, with lots of fresh lime juice, slightly mixed into other Cocktails.... Nope. It ruined every glass I made it was involved in. I was tempted to throw out the glass too... Stay away from this rum. Unless you prefer the fake maple syrup at a free hotel breakfast over actual 1 ingredient maple syrup from a tree....

rondaley ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | 2 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

This rum grabs your throat. A big fan of this. On par with bumbu.

Lawson ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 71 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

Just not good. Can't imagine there's anything 16 years old about the aging of this. Tastes like a Bacardi mass production. I don't mix and this just is not a sipper in any sense.

Courtsvb ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ | 5 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

The first time I tasted this I loved it. However, have struggled to get through the whole bottle. It's a good rum to share.

Mark Swenson ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | 35 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

Relatively smooth, this rum is exceptionally sweet and heavily spiced.

This is not a "sipping rum" nor is it a mixer...pour a large drink and enjoy...

Not the best, but still very high quity.

br.wilkes ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | 3 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

I understand where a lot of bad reviews here are coming from, because this rum really is sweet. It's not the rum you pull out for your Whiskey loving friend, but as a wonderful vanilla icecream like desert wine to have after Caribbean food, wonderful.

Krustyfats ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 34 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

I characterize this as a sweet sipping rum or an expensive additive to Coke. At first something was peculiar. I couldn't pinpoint it. I thought I had tasted this before, but this tasted better. I eventually figured out it had a sweet strong vanilla (almost astringent) nuttiness that reminded me of the many spiced (party) rums I've had, but this is decent enough for sipping.

The only spiced rum I have at the moment is Kraken. I smelled them back to back and the aroma is very similar.

As a fan of sweet sipping rums it's not my favorite (that's for Kaniche XO). It will remind you of college party rum and cokes, but a bit more tolerable and a different profile than my other sweet sipping rums.

Rum!2Fun ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | 1 rating
Posted 2 years ago

Sweet, smooth rum. I really enjoy this rum got it as a gift for my birthday..

Ddjohnd ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 19 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

This is the worst Rum Iโ€™ve tried to dateโ€ฆ yuck. Iโ€™m not sure if the 12 year is any better but this is nasty. I poured me some,, tried it, yuck. Let it air a bit and tried more,, yuck,, dumped glass in the sink.

Slander ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 2 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Very vanilla taste, almost a slightly better Whalers rum at twice the price

Shokas ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น | 38 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Vanilla, molases hints in smell. A lot of charred/burned wood flavor and defitinely sweet. It does burn a bit, quite unexpectedly as sweet rum tend to be milder. It's only above average...




Brand Details

Name: Grande Reserva 16-Year
Years Aged: 16
ABV: 40%
Type: Zaya
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led Rum: No