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Barcelo Imperial rum

Barcelo Imperial

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Dominican Republic | Aged | 38% ABV

Barcelo Imperial rum is produced in the Dominican Republic using column stills before aged in white oak casks for up to 10 years.

Ron Barcelo was founded in 1929 by Spanish entrepreneur Julian Barcelo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The brand was sold mainly in the Caribbean and North America until a much broader international expansion began in 1992.

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Tasty, but not quite great
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624 Barcelo Imperial Ratings

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Mujuru 🇺🇸 | 152 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

No it won’t compete with the truly great rums, but this is an absolutely delicious rum for its price. It is a staple in my cabinet due to the quality, price, and availability. It is very smooth with vanilla and caramel flavors, a touch of oak and a nice subtle hint of smokiness. The subtlety and balance of the flavors at $19 a bottle is what makes this an 7/10. It not a the level of the aged rums...but it doesn’t pretend to be. If you aren’t a rum drinker but wanted to have one inexpensive rum for guests this is a great choice.

Giancarlo 🇵🇪 | 63 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Para mí este es un buen ron, el cual tiene la capacidad de ser disfrutado tanto mezclado con cocacola o solo con hielo.

Philip 🇨🇦 | 23 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Although I enjoy sipping on the Ron Barelo Imperial, once you taste better quality, this rum is excellent for blending. I found a rich maple taste and scent to it.

Umberto 🇮🇹 | 16 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Mi è stato servito non su richiesta con ghiaccio e limone, per quanto preferisca bere il rum liscio devo dire che si è difeso bene! Va bene come drink non impegnativo dopo cena

Ivan R. Lopez 🇺🇸 | 19 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Ever since they rebranded, I love the stuff. And the price point is perfect.

Gustavo Soto 🇵🇷 | 14 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Sweet, smooth and a little dry. Sugarcane, spice, oak and the usual vainilla, caramel from the bourbon casks. Fruit, I tasted like, kiwi...first time on that, it was nice. Finish, sweet nutty caramel oak. With water, dried pinnaple..sort of, and all of the above. I have a friend who loves it with coke......I like it neat.

Adam Freij 🇸🇪 | 28 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Söt lättdrucken rom till bra pengar. Köper gärna denna igen.

jolly_roger 🇨🇦 | 21 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

I first tried the Barcello rums while in the Dominican. Then they started bringing it up here once a year, now it is a staple. I am glad. It is a great standard for rum. It is not to dry and not too sweet with no real added flavours to hide the bare rum.. On a tasting my friends indicated that they found it nice and did not try to overdo anything. Just Rum, not too much oak, not too sweet, no vanilla or spices hiding the spirit. in that way Barcello is a bold rum. I like this one as well as the Barcello Gran Anejo (cheaper), which are both always on my shelf. This one is also in a very attractive glass bottle showcasing the amber goodness.

Puppet Mstr 🇨🇦 | 38 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

It's rum, and it doesn't taste like gasoline, so there's not anything predominantly bad going on with it. It's just not anything special.

FerPaard 🇳🇱 | 14 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

This is one of my favourites now. Nice smell. Even better taste, smooth, sweet, little bit oaky. I'm not much of a pure rum drinker, but I could get used to this one on the rocks.

Vitus 🇨🇿 | 7 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

Relative cheap, but tasty fine rum with a little bit rough end




Brand Details

Type: Aged
Company: Barcelo
Country: Dominican Republic
Name: Imperial
ABV: 38%
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led: No

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