loading

Cruzan Light rum

Cruzan Light

Virgin Islands, U.S. | Light

Cruzan Light is a smooth and light-bodied rum distilled in St. Croix with a blend of rums aged up to two years. Its production method involves a column still process and is aged in American oak barrels. The company, Cruzan Rum Distillery, has a rich history dating back to 1760 and is located in the US Virgin Islands. This rum has an ABV of 40%.

5.7/10
69 ratings
Easily consumable in a bind
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2
3
5
18
18
20
2
1

Rate Cruzan Light

Tap to Rate

Have an opinion about this rum?

Signup to rate this rum!



Advert Image

Advertisement | Go Premium to remove

Review Images

User review image
User review image
User review image

69 Cruzan Light ratings

Sort by: Popularity | Newest | Oldest | Rating

JackOrion 🇺🇸 | 61 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

Good choice if your looking for a neutral light. Not overly sweet nor dry. Good price. 40%.

TheRealMojito 🇺🇸 | 38 ratings
Posted almost 2 years ago

Grabbed a bottle of this as I was in a time crunch and the occasion didn’t call for a high-dollar rum. Was pleasantly surprised at how smooth it was, and at a reasonable price point. Would definitely recommend.

Nerdmiami 🇺🇸 | 3 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

I should've known better than to buy this and immediately try it neat, but I am not very smart. I could not down a sipping sized glass, so i made myself a mai thai and everything worked out fine. Not the worst thing I've had... but I have had very bad things.

Lex 🇺🇸 | 1 rating
Posted 3 years ago

This clear rum tastes so much like ethanol with light vanilla/sweet flavors. It is mostly ethanol on the nose and on the palate. It does have a decent texture, but nothing covers up the ethanol.

scallywagg444 🇺🇸 | 20 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

There are worse rums out there for sure. For bottom shelf, I'd take this over Bacardi or Captain, but would choose Palo Vejo over Cruzan in a heartbeat.

Andy Tee 🇲🇾 | 148 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Blend of rums aged one to four years in American oak casks—then treated to a filtration process that brings out the full-bodied taste.

N- Heat with rough oak aroma, some boiled cherry, sweaty and turn wet earth. Not with notable character that fall under the "generic but fine" type, no excessive sugar or additive, rather clean with some tea, some natural candy and whiff of chocolate. (85/19)

P- American oak shows in the form of plum, soft spices and drift of peach and assam-poi. (84/18)

F- Short-medium, though spiky but still smooth as it acclaimed on their slogan in the official site. (84/18)

B/B- 84/18

Weighted Rate- 73pt
— at The Rum Bar KL.

piratejabez 🇺🇸 | 324 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

A fair amount of alcohol on the nose, which soon gives way to vanilla and fruit. Slightly briny on the palate; off-dry. I'd guess this is a blended rum? Overall, I'm very impressed!

7, 7-

Joola69 🇺🇸 | 3002 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Drink Cruzan Light neat and it will taste like aftershave. Mix it with Coke and you have a cheap Cuba Libre since you did not want to balk up Bacardi Superior.

Rick 🇺🇸 | 10 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Unique when compared to the typical readily available white runs at this price point. Some oak adds interest.. definitely different than a "standard" white. At $10 here in MI, I'll buy this again.

SkipZ 🇺🇸 | 21 ratings
Posted almost 6 years ago

I've been experimenting with white/light/silver rums lately because I wanted to narrow down a list of go-tos for stocking the bar with good, everyday mixers. Cruzan's Light Rum always seems to be in constant rotational sales with other popular and mass produced selections, so I gave it a go. Most recently, I've been mixing with light rums from Don Q, Bacardi and Capt. Morgan. All of those offer their own very distinctive personalities and I will get into those in their own reviews.
The Cruzan Light rum offers the best balance out of the ones above. Its lively but not overpowering in cocktails. The nose is rich with vanilla, toasted almond and toasted coconut with a little earthy-nuttiness. The alcohol has a strong presence that isn't overly astringent or detergent. In the mouth, my initial impression was of those candy isle marshmallows coated in toasted coconut. The body is light and crisp with a slight alcohol burn on the backend that fades relatively quick but left me mostly refreshed. To sum things up, the Cruzan makes lively cocktails and offers minimal astringency with toasty almond and coconut notes, mild sweetness and is still crisp but more mellow than it's price category rivals.

Ramon 🇺🇸 | 81 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

I am usually a dark rum guy, it was 90 plus degrees at a little river side cafe and light seemed like a good idea. It was pleasant, it tasted like rum and not a bourbon barrel which is one thing I really like about the Cruzan products I have sampled. It drinks quite smooth straight. For me a nice refreshing rum.