Gosling's Black Seal

I prefer using this rum in mixers (my personal favorite is a rum & coke with sugarcane Coke). Has hints of vanilla and caramel, hence my recommendation for mixing. Despite their advertising, I would not recommend using this rum in a dark and stormy.

Sweet but dark. Acceptable straight, better mixed. Somewhat harsh at times.

I enjoy black rums, this one sets the standard for a dark and stormy. Other than that, it falls a bit short. Still an alright bottle but, not my choice of flavours. Also pairs well floated on a pina colada if you want something different.

I would call this a starters sipping rum. It's fine for sipping but made for a dark'n stormy. I like to add a few ice cubes to it as the smell changes as does the taste. You can tell it's a manufactured rum (blend), I smell caramel, brown sugar, molasses and a bit of anise and banana. It's a decent rum for the price, a staple in my cabinet.

Has a nice scent of good coffee and caramel, I can feel sweetness but is overwhelmed by the bitterness, it is spicy but more like bitter spicy.

Rich molasses taste would pair well with rich puddings.

An inexpensive rum in the States, but very dark and sweet. I would never consider it a sipping rum and it is far too sweet for a rum and coke. It must get its black color from some additive. I've never tried a Dark and Stormy, but I can see that may the ideal mix--a little spice to cut the sweetness.

Gosling's is perfectly acceptable, and I get that they have the copyright but when making your Dark n' Stormy... you can do better. Far more bland than the color would suggest, Gosling's makes a perfect companion to top-quality ginger beer... since it tastes like hardly anything. For when you want the ginger to shine through. This is one that will live on my bar for a long, long time, as it's one of the last rums I'd grab.

dark n stormys

I tried this rum mixed in a Dark & Stormy. It was just okay, which leads to my scoring this a 5. It wasn't great but it wasn't awful. Not sure I appreciated the flavor profile. It was a bit harsh. One thing that irks me about Gosling's is that they trademarked the name "Dark & Stormy" so that a restaurant cannot list it if they don't use Gosling's rum. I've used other dark rums in the cocktail and came out with much better results (i.e., Kraken Original 94 proof being one example). I wouldn't buy another bottle and I'm not sure I'll ever finish the bottle I have. I just didn't like it that much.

I tried making a dark and stormy with ginger beer and I couldn't finish it - just too strong. I thought it might be the beer, but then I mixed it with Kracken and it was much better. It just has too much of a bitter bite for me.