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Rougaroux 13 Pennies rum

Rougaroux 13 Pennies

United States | Aged

6.0/10
3 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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Docsarvis (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 463 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

I have had very different luck with rums from Louisiana/New Orleans. Some have been very good and some have been very bad. Most of them have been the latter. They sure grow plenty of good cane in the area so it must be poor distilling that produced this one and many others available now. This might make an interesting mixer as it does have some pecan and praline flavors. Unusual flavors for rum but not good to sip at all. The vanilla does not come forward and it needs to. It tastes young and very flavored, which of course it is. I don't buy rum to mix with. I buy rum to sip and the bad sippers end up as mixers. Anyone interested in a Pralinecholada? How about a Pecan Daiquiri?

Wayne Upton 🇺🇸 | 136 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

Sugary and syrupy, it's really a cordial, not a rum. Does taste like pralines. Probably the most quaffable of the Rougaroux line-up.

Beukeboom 🇺🇸 | 304 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

This is a rum made by Donner-Peltier Distillers (a two-family company). I got this bottle as well as the two others in the Rougaroux line of rums at a small liquor store in Gulfport, MS. According to their website the rum is available mostly in Louisiana so I don't know how the store in Mississippi got some (all the more interesting considering all stores, bars, et al have to order all their alcoholic beverages through the Alcohol Control Board warehouse maintained by the State of Mississippi).

The back label reads thusly:
"Deep in the heart of Southern Louisiana Cajun Country lurks a mysterious creature known as the Rougaroux®, (Roo ga roo). It lingers in the sugarcane fields and swamps, emerging only during a full moon to exact justice on the wicked. Legend has it that 13 pennies laid outside your door will protect you. The Rougaroux® cannot count past the number 12 and keep trying until the sun rises and he has to retreat back to his lair. Our 13 Pennies Praline Rum begins with only locally produced raw sugar and molasses and is flavored with toasted pecans, local craft-made cane syrup, and Madagascar vanilla beans. Our rum is handcrafted in small batches at our distillery, located in the middle of a sugarcane field in Thibodaux, Louisiana. And yes…. There are 13 Pennies right outside our front door."

Nice story. Definitely entertaining. They refer to this as a praline rum but it doesn't have that praline sweetness. Rather it has a bit of a bite to it when it hits the toungue. Kind of a spicy-oakiness. Don't know how long it's aged. The rum has a burnt orange color to it, almost bourbon-like. There definitely are hints of vanilla but the spiciness really is interesting. I cannot place it but it is unlike any other rum I've tasted thus far. It would make rum drinks interesting by giving it a little "kick". I do wonder how it would be if this were aged long thereby mellowing that "kick" a bit. Would it bring out the vanilla and the pecan more? Something to consider.

Anyway, a nice rum if you can find it.




Brand Details

Name: 13 Pennies
Type: Rougaroux
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No