Botany Bay Estate Reserve

This rum is great for sipping; smooth and full of flavor.
But add a splash of tonic and a small lime wedge and it is refreshing!

Great sipping and just enjoying. I’m going to order some very soon. It’s the best rum I’ve had in years.
I feel like going to the Caribbean!!!!

As a distiller, I am trained to understand flavor profiles and the component parts. Since Botany Bay is a blend of French, Spanish and English style rums, it is unique and represents how old style rums were made when many plantations blended their own small batch unique products before mass production.
The Rum cream is outstanding with a smoothness you don't find in other "Whiskey" based cream products. They use real cream, not coffee creamer like some use. I don't make rum, but I do enjoy Botany Bay.

4 years ago I moved from enjoying a good bourbon to sipping rum. I find Rum smoother, sweeter, and I loose myself when sipping rum into the feeling of being in the Caribbean. On my last trip to St Thomas we found Botany and not only enjoyed it but went though 6-8 bottles between 4 of us in one weeks time. this is an outstanding smooth treat. I say better than Zacapa at half the cost.

This rum has quickly become one of my favorites. A staple for locals and tourists visiting Saint Thomas, I am happy to see that it is now for sale online in the states. It has a great nose of vanillin and caramel that complement the robust coconut, stone fruit, vanilla and oak flavors on the palate. It is so smooth it is dangerous!

Can not get enough of this great tasting rum. My go to drink, every time.

This rum line has a diverse line of products. By mistake, I opened the liqueur first and found it thick with aroma, a smooth taste and great for sipping. I dropped in an ice cube to see if it changed, and it exploded with other flavors that were not evident without it. It is darker than the Havensight, though smoother, as you would expect from a liqueur.
The Botony Bay Reserve is a great Friday night 'date night' drink. I like it on the rocks with a squeeze of Lemon (instead of Lime). The first one goes down so smooth, you have to have two. Try it -- you'll like it ! as the old saying goes.

I received a bottle as a gift last year and really enjoyed it. Very excited that I can buy it online now. Just received my first order of 4 bottles and loving it with Fever Tree Ginger Beer on the rocks! Very smooth as a sipper too. To be shared with family members and very close friends only!

this is the best rum for the money . Found it in Nov. 2019 and went back to St Thomas in Oct. 2020 with the 2nd item on my list was to get more Botany Bay Rum . Becky and I brought back the max possible again this last trip . The best sipping when very cold from the freezer. I would never add ice to this rum.

Morris Dock
Springfield , Mo. USA

Absolutely unbelievable that this rum is rated so low. But it's, I guess understandable with the rating you gave, collectively for Dictator Rum. The Botany Bay Rum is exclusive to the Island and not for export. That said it one of the finest rums I've ever tasted. When we take a cruise it has to port in St. Thomas so I can get my allotment of bottles to bring back to the states. This rum rates to me above 9.0 for my taste.