Gosling's Family Reserve Old

You're gonna need to let her breathe first. I let it sit for 5 min and that wasn't enough I might update this later. Yeah it's harsh at first lots of vanilla oak raisin taste. The smokey is just perfect. Honestly can't take this one straight and maybe why I will follow up with more breathing time. In coke it is perfect. Literally the ideal rum and coke. Not a very complex rum by any means but it posses a long taste. I would enjoy this rum more if it was cheaper. But o wait it is if you enjoying it in a rum and coke. Literally it makes an almost identical rum and coke to pussers blue label. So if you're enjoying it that way switch to pussers blue and save yourself about 35$. Still a very good rum but unless you're some super taster blah blah save yourself the money.

One of my favourite rum's to date, premium dark rum with treacle, raisins and caramel that is smooth to drink straight. A splash on a good vanilla ice cream creates sex sounds in your mouth... fantastic mixed with ginger and lime, but no point in wasting it.

I think I would have to agree with others, it does better after a little time to breathe, allowing it to bring out its full character.

Nose: Those dark chocolate coated stem gingers you get at Christmas. Earthy damp forest floors and smoky char from the casks. Dry, heavy roasted coffee beans and even some menthol. Pretty complex, and way more complex than standard “Black Seal”.

Palate: Good mouth feel. Bitter dark chocolate and unsweetened black coffee. Tannic (tea) and then quite sappy/resinous. Plenty of oak and some of that smoke from the barrel char that I found on the nose. Sours a little as it moves to the finish.

Finish: Long. Now it’s time for the herbs to play; totally savoury with pine sap, oak, herbal tablet and tails off with that menthol note.

More here:
https://rumtastic.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/goslings-family-reserve-review/

This is a dark, rich rum that is strong but lacks depth. It tastes younger than it looks especially compared to top-tier aged rums. Its full of spice and caramel- big chocolate taste.

Der Rum besticht durch seinen sehr aussergewöhnlichen Rauch- und Karamellgeschmack. Etwas herb, zu einer kräftigen Zigarre passt er ganz gut.

Good rum but nothing special. Gosling delivers a solid rum that I rather mix than drink straight.

You have to make sure you let it air before you drink it makes a big difference.

Moc dobré pití pro chvíle pohody v netradiční lahvi.

Ganska mycket spritsmak, svårt att sätta fingret på smaken, ek, ganska mycket tillochmed, fruktig på nåt vis, god smak men lite spretigt och glappt mellan sprit och smak.

Was hoping for more, this is to spicy for a rhum, something added ?