Gosling's Black Seal

To bad this rum is most known for a dark 'n stormy.
Yes it's great to mix with a gosling ginger beer but I also like it in other dark rum cocktails or even mixed with cola from time to time.

This rum has a fairly strong alcohol smell when in the bottle, although it has a nice inviting dark red colour. Kind of harsh on its own, it's surprising mild when mixed with a Ginger Beer. While I was hoping for a stronger molasses flavour, it makes a good Dark and Stormy.

Chutovo mierne korenisty, ale aj tak nevýrazný. Poteší, ale nenadchne.

This isnt the smoothest rum but it packs a tasty punch. Hefty oak notes ending in a long sweet vanilla with some cinnamon aftertaste

Nice molasses taste. Usually enjoyed over ice and coke but also with Tropicana strawberry banana juice or pineapple juice. Still a little harsh for straight up.

Kind of an unusual aroma. Can't really put my finger on it. Definitely a dark reddish rum. Tried the famous 'Dark & Stormy' both made myself as well as the canned version by Gosling's and although many people rave over it, it just ain't my thing. I love a good ginger beer but for me, adding rum doesn't do a thing for me. However it works well with Coke Zero and believe it or not, Sprite and Dr. Pepper. I haven't had it in mixed drinks but I expect it would do well. I may request it in a Hurricane or Bushwacker. I think it would work.

I don't mix darks. You can drink this straight up or on the rocks with a shot of water.

The bottle is quite boring with a plastic screw cap and a funny seal (the animal) on it.
A very dark rum with spicy scents.
The taste is sweet, with coffee, caramel and molasses flavours, yet crisp and alcoholic. Thus, Gosling's Black Seal Rum is great in a Dark n Stormy, which is actually a trademark of Gosling's. However the rum could also be sipped, maybe with some ice to soften the crisp taste.

definitely not a sipping rum, only with cola, its sweet, but smells like not like a captain morgan spiced, but some like christmas drink, will not buy again, sorry.

If I would have get this rum in a blind tasting, I would not be sure if I would have said this is a rum. It tastes more like a bitter, a bit like Fernet Branca. So all in all not a sipper. On the other side the Dark n Stormy cocktail is nice, as long as you u can find a proper ginger beer. But I will keep my line on this page and only judge Rums due to their sipping qualities.