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Avua Oak Cachaca rum

Avua Oak Cachaca

Brazil | Cachaca | 40% ABV

6.9/10
7 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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7 Avua Oak Cachaca Ratings

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Falcon91Wolvrn03 (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 563 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

This is a very good cachaça. I slightly prefer their Amburana aged to the oak aged; however, this is still one of the best cachaças I've had.

I'm not a huge cachaça fan, which is why my score isn't a lot higher, but this is definitely one of the best cachaças!

Michael Huff 🇺🇸 | 100 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

Not bad, but not as good as other offerings. It's a higher price point too, so I'd go with any of the other bottles if you can.

revsteph 🇺🇸 | 368 ratings
Posted 11 months ago

Tasted at Laka Lono June 26, 2022
An amazing rum!
True fact: I tasted this immediately after attending an East African Dance party, so that might have influenced my general level of optimism, but this was a delicious rum. Avua rums tend towards the sweet side, and it works!

Cool Breeze (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 555 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Tasted at Laka Lono on 6/23/21. Pours a rich gold color. Aroma of banana esters. Mild caramel, honey and lots of cinnamon. Peppery palate. No serious oakiness at all. This is very smooth to have so much heat. Big honey finish. Quite good. Mint. Sandalwood. Just no oak.

BigChief17 🇺🇸 | 53 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

This one walks in the vain of traditional rums...

Nose - Butterscotch, Nuts, Wood
Palate - Spice, Wood, Citrus

Great mouthfeel. Clean finish.

Paul B 🇺🇸 | 472 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

Like rhum agricole, the similarly fermented and distilled artisan cachacas from Brazil are an acquired taste for most rum drinkers because they are made from cane juice instead of molasses. If one begins exploring the industrial cachacas first, you may never want to look at them again. These artisan cachacas process the cane juice within only a few hours instead of allowing it to ripen in the hot tropical sun. I have come to respect Avua for it's line of artisan cachacas.

I finally saw this one aged for two years in French Oak at one of my favorite liquor stores today. For only $40, it was a no brainer to bring home. My guess is that the French oak casks have not been charred like the American oak ones used for bourbons.

This one is a great place for any newbies to cachaca to start because the oak mellows out the vegetal and floral notes of the original unaged cachaca without adding woody flavors. From the nose to the after taste, it is just pleasant all around. It may lack complex flavors, but it's greatness lies in it's perfect simplicity. It is almost as good as their other one aged in Amburana casks, but that one is more of an acquired taste due to the exotic favors of that Brazilian hardwood. This was another educated gamble that paid off.

As for adding ice or using this fine product to make caipirinhas, don't even think of it. When ordering a caipirinha at a bar, the industrial cachaca used to make those drinks still screams at you from below the lime and sugar. When using this cachaca for the same drink, the lime and sugar dominate the flavors, so what a waste that is. This one and the Amburana one from Avua are rated as my top two cachacas.

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

As a fan of cachaca, I don't have anything negative to say about this one, but nothing really positive to say either. It's middle-of the road to me. Smooth enough, just not tasty enough.




Brand Details

Name: Oak Cachaca
ABV: 40%
Type: Avua
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No