Saint James Royal Ambre 18-Mois

One of these good value for money rums you can buy from supermarkets in France.
Of course this is not for sipping on its own but more for cocktails.

Pretty decent taste for a mass market Rhum Agricole.

Traveling in Belgium with friends and supermarket had very limited selection so for 22 euros I took a chance. This rum has more of an alcohol smell than any other rum I have tried. The taste is harsh and very dry. Very little flavor. I was burned when I paid for it and burned again as I drank it. This is a mixer at best.

Plat sans retour .... À utiliser uniquement en mixant.

Ok rum, with harsh aftertaste. I'd go for the Saint James Vieux instead if I had the choice.

Probably OK for mixing in a cocktail, not my favourite way of drinking rum, but not a rum that stands on his own

Pas vraiment fan de ce type de rhum très sec, pas de saveur particuliaire..moins désagréable en mix certainement...pas fan du Rhum agricole.

Je n’ai pas du tout aimé, c’est pas mon truc.
Après sûrement qu’il a ça clientèle.

Taste is too sugary, plus it's got a nasty after-taste. It's (in my opinion) more to spice-up food like pancakes, than for your cocktail. hangover time

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The color is a shade of light brown, not the usual caramel glow, but pleasant enough. The bottle is rectangular, label unpretentious and stylish. In a glass, there are a few thin legs.

The smell is faint, hints of chocolate together with a sharp, vegetal note like cut grass.

The flavor starts with weak sweat impression, a touch of nougat or perhaps pralines, again paired with a dissonant, vegetal note, and the unmistakable off-flavor of young alcohol (although I have tasted unaged rums like the Jamaican Rum Fire, that have much cleaner and pleasant taste). The body is extremely thin, and the finish is short to non-existent, which is actually a blessing, because a lingering aftertaste would not be welcome.

I admit that I have a bias against column still rums, preferring vastly the heavier, thicker English-style distillates; and while this rum is not outright terrible, it is certainly not good. There is conflicting information in the reviews and the title - some state the ABV is at 45%, mine, as well as other reviewers' was at 40%, which in my opinion hurts the resulting impression a lot.

The only advantage was that it was remarkably cheap - one liter bottle for just below 500 Czech Crowns (Which is like 22 dollars, approximately) is an excellent price (and I suspect it was lying in the warehouse from before the inflation craze started).

I poured the rest of the glass into diet coke, and while it did not add any interesting flavor, it sort of removed most of the sweetness, so the result tasted like rum flavored carbonated water.

Not really a fan.