Bacardi Black

I found this in the Philippines on a business trip once and bought it because it was about $3 in the convenience store. I've been unable to get rid of it since. It's a foul tasting beverage. It's very close to being as bad as Bundaberg. I'm actually curious how they make it this bad.

I'd list the flavours, but it's a short list... Fine:

Poison
Alcohol

This is really not terrible IMO. Even neat it has a decent molasses flavor to it, and it goes great with Ginger beer. Glad I gave it a chance.

I go to this rum because it has good flavor, no burn, and is not as expensive as other rums similar to it. It's not the top shelf but is way above the bottom!

The 2016 version seems to be a change from blends of the same name in earlier years. The label purports this to be a blend of rums aged 1 to 3 years in heavily charred oak barrels. I'm not sure how Bacardi defines "Black", it looked pretty amber to me and only when I put it side by side with Bacardi Gold could I tell it was a little darker. Tasted straight up, there is an initial aroma of caramel, charcoal and hint of dried fruit. Smooth, sweetish but with hint medicinal after taste. Not a very strong flavour profile, and is best served with coke and lemon slice.

Tasted ok, but too sweet, this is one of the rums that give me a headache. Too sweet when mixed with coke.

Color is light
Smell is weak
Taste is ok round
Aftertaste is ok and
For drinks
;-)

Do yourself a favor and give this one a hard pass. If you don't want to read the whole review, in short "YUK!" and "Let me wipe this off my tongue using a flame thrower".

I got this because my local store was out of my usual (Flor De Cana 12 or 18 yr). Some bachelorette party had come in and cleaned them out of most of the good stuff. The Bacardi was one of the few dark rums left. I said to myself "It's Bacardi. How bad could it be?" Their clear rum isn't horrible, if a bit bland for my taste. That was my first mistake. My second was pouring some in glass and taking a big sniff. Fortunately, the sniff made me cautious before attempting to taste it. I spit it back out.

NyQuil Green tastes better. Jägermeister tastes better. So is Gammel Dansk and Fernet Branca. This particular rum is right up there with the roasted (aka kinda burnt), salted Dutch licorice on the scale of truly disgusting. If you've ever had it, you know what I mean. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Dutch tell children that this is candy to keep them from wanting stuff like Nerds and Skittles but that's another story. I even tried baking with it and it ruined an entire batch of rum cake cupcakes. The nasty chemical/medicinal funk doesn't cook out and there's not a spice combo I can find that covers it up. I thought I'd try it with some coconut, lime and pineapple. Still nope. Just ruined some perfectly good coconut milk and fruit. It's so bad that I won't even consider giving it away to get rid of it since I don't know anyone that I dislike that much. It's going down the toilet, where pee belongs. That, by the way, might actually taste better.

I have had rums that I didnt like, and reviewed them at 4 or 5 because I could see how others may enjoy them. This however, was almost offensive to me. I can preface by saying I LOVE Kraken Black rum. So when this showed up on my shelf after my partner went and picked up some bottles for the bar, I had to give it a go. I cant really explain what it tasted like, all I know was that it was really bad. It wasnt like anything I had ever tasted from a rum bottle (and thats a lot of rum bottles). If you are looking for something dark or spiced around that price point, do yourself the favor and go Bacardi Spiced. A far superior option to whatever this is. I will probably never find another rum that I will review at 1 star, but this one really baffles me with its existence. Somebody tasted that and approved it. I will never know how.

Maybe got a bad batch...taste like turpentine. yuck!