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The James Gosling family business first produced Gosling Black Seal rum in 1806, and it is now the oldest surviving business on the island of Burmuda.
Gosling 'Black Seal' rum received it's name from the black wax originally used to seal the bottles. It is Bermuda's most widely exported product and considered the nation's national drink.
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almost 7 years ago
Er god i en Dark and stormy drink men ikke til at drikke rent
Posted
almost 7 years ago
Great for making Dark and Stormy's but also great on its own.
Posted
almost 7 years ago
Very sweet rum, nothing like the family reserve, this one def have added sugar.
Give a smokey taste too, tbh, I would compare this one more with the family of the spiced rum than the aged, fun to drink nit, and I guess very good in cocktails too.
Posted
almost 7 years ago
Spicy and rather smooth dark rum with charred oak flavor with some baking spice hints. Nice enjoyed neat or mixed with soda or in the popular Dark and Stormy cocktail.
I love dark and black strap rums.
Nice job Gosling!
Posted
almost 7 years ago
Dark n Stormy essential. I've used other more expensive rums in a pinch. Just not the same.
Posted
almost 7 years ago
A Good sipper, but ideally this needs to be mixed with a spicy Jamaican ginger beer. Trust me you will not regret it!
Posted
almost 7 years ago
Very decent dark rum for mixing. Not so good neat, but still a decent rum to try!
Got this rum mainly for this drink, and it's it's a really good drink. The rum itself is fruity, sweet and earthy. Also works well with Coke. All around it goes down easily.
Posted
almost 7 years ago
It's a smooth rum with a little kick I find nice to mix with
Posted
7 years ago
Flavor is full, great neat or on ice. A splash of coke works well too.
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I do love a dark & stormy with homemade ginger beer, and in that context the Black Seal is good. It won't impart a ton of flavor to the drink, but it won't distract from it, either. For a relatively cheap rum it doesn't have a strong alcohol burn, but it doesn't have much in terms of a particular character to recommend itself, either. Decent but not overpowering sweetness, with a clear molasses flavor. Heavy and flat with a syrupy mouthfeel.
I've yet to try Coruba or one of the substitute recipes for the currently-unavailable Kohala bay, but I'd suspect those would do you better than this one. Still, as the only officially-allowed rum in a dark & stormy, if nothing else this is branding at its finest.