Havana Club Anejo Blanco (PR)

This is much better than Bacardi IMHO. I would choose it over and over for a budget rum to make mixed drinks

If you like Bacardi silver for your mix drinks but don’t want to look like a basic white guy this is the rum for you!

If you like cheap vodka you will love this rum!!!

The flavor is between rubbing alcohol and vodka! no rum goodness at all!!!!!!

This is literally the worst rum I have ever had!!!

George Ocean is the same price and a million times better for a white rum to mix with!!

Arrgh, the more I drank this rum, the more I liked it. Aye, there be some low ratings on this one, but here be my thoughts. She smells a bit on the sweet side, with a bit of vanilla, some oak, and a slight hint of tobacco. There also be a faint fruity smell, but I could not tell what. At least, not until I tasted her. She be not as sweet, but there be a solid mix of vanilla, banana, tobacco, and wood. Not oak, but wood. Smooth with very little burn. She goes down easy. As sippin' rums go, this could easily be one, but you have to get to know her. She'll surprise you for sure!

This is a Bacardi rum, rebranded. I was not a fan, was bland with a serious burn. Not quite as bad a perfume, but you could do better.

Both the Blanco, and classico are almost perfect mixers. Choose based on whether or not color makes a difference in the cocktail. A mild taste that doesn't overpower mixers. I am not at all familiar with this distillers other products.

I am not a fan of Bacardi. But this is good for a Cubra Libre. Many reviews compare this to Bacardi, but honestly Bacardi is to me like Sun to a vampire, it just burns. This was not like that. I do wish I had a bottle of the original from Cuba to compare it to. I may update my review after traveling to India, where a friend has a bottle of the original.

Must for Daiquiri and Mojito but doesn’t stand out to much in sipping

A very smooth white rum that’s easy on the wallet with only catch being that it’s pretty difficult to find where I live. Seems to be light on the flavor but I do get a light coconut flavor along with maybe a little nuttiness? As it’s aged for a few years, it is a very smooth white rum that’s under $17 in the US. I use it for mixing but it certainly wouldn’t be a terrible sipper if that’s what you wanted to do with it.

Tasted at Laka Lono 8/28/19 at a Kill Devil Rum Club tasting.
Clearly I was not impressed; the notes read "I feel like they are trying to make a point that does not need to be made."