Siesta Key Toasted Coconut

This is a fantastic rum for tropical drinks. It adds a smooth coconut flavor to the drinks that makes one think he is on a tropical island. Best of all, for me anyway, is that the distillery is in Florida.

It has amazing flavor made with real toasted coconut flakes the flavor shines. You can drink this neat or mixed with oj an pineapple juice

Strong and complex, perfect to mix with anything: soda, fruit juices. Makes an incredible rum runner and rum punch, and pairs well with Siesta Key Spiiced. My go-to rum and worth every bit of the $23-25.

Wow, what a great flavor. I first avoided this as I typically don’t care for coconut, but the coconut here just ads to the smoothness. Great rum, especially for an after dinner drink.

The coconut is just right, and the butter/butterscotch finish seals the deal. One of my personal top three rums.

picked up this rum in my local shop, because it was a Florida Rum. Really enjoy the taste, not to sweet, just right. Visited the distillery in Sarasota and found out rightfully so, that this rum takes top prizes year after year. Agreed with the experts!

Elsewhere in a review I wrote a while back I proclaimed Koloa Coconut to be the best coconut rum. Now it's tied for first with Siesta Key Toasted Coconut rum.

First off, it was tough trying to track down a bottle in the first place. I had read how good this rum is online and decided to try it but no one for a while could get a bottle. I emailed the company back in November, 2015 and it turned out the demand was so high that they just ran out and wouldn't get more out the door until February, 2016. This rum has gotten very popular. Eventually I got a bottle to try.

The folks at Siesta Key have another absolute winner.

First it is a beautiful straw/light gold color. Swirling it in my snifter reveals good long legs as well as a good cling to the wall of the glass only to slowly slide to the bottom.

The fragrance is also absolutely outstanding. None of that cloyingly sweet artificial coconut smell most cheap rum emit. Rather this smells like toasted coconut mixed in with a noticeable sugar cane aroma. Very nice.

The flavor is exceedingly nice. Definitely sweet with vanilla undertones to go with the toasted coconut but none of that cloyingly/sickenly sweet stuff the cheap rums offer. No significant burn. A nice warmth from the 70 proof rum. Not sure if it is aged in oak barrels but there is really is little, if any, oakiness present. Very smooth.

Now if you want a massive coconut flavor along with alcohol in your tropical drink get the cheap stuff. But if you want a coconut rum worthy of sipping neat then Siesta Key Toasted Coconut is one of only two coconut rums I would recommend (see first paragraph above for the other).

The good folks at Siesta Key rums are doing things right in that part of Florida and word is getting out at how good their rums are. Their products will spread and demand will continue to increase. I expect good things for them.

Smell is sweet and alcohol. Once you taste it though, it's surprising mellow. Absolutely not too sweet. A perfect balance

This smooth, flavorful rum is great for adding a more tropical vibe to your drink. The toasting adds depth that most flavored rums don't have. Absolutely worth the purchase.

This is a different type of coconut rum as it's flavoured with toasted coconut instead of just sugar. It's still pretty sweet with sugar but an awesome rum, sadly only available in America .
This is also different as it's a golden coconut rum rather than a white one ...
This makes a great cocktail for the price and adds a different dimension to a Cuba libre .