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Posted
over 1 year ago
This is much better than Bacardi IMHO. I would choose it over and over for a budget rum to make mixed drinks
Posted
over 1 year ago
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!
Posted
over 2 years ago
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!!
Posted
over 3 years ago
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!
Posted
over 4 years ago
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.
Posted
5 months ago
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.
Posted
11 months ago
Must for Daiquiri and Mojito but doesn’t stand out to much in sipping
Posted
1 year ago
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.
Posted
1 year ago
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."
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On the Puerto Rican version on the nose I get Key Lime Pie, Vanilla, faint toasted Marshmallow, and a hint of ethanol. The alcohol note is light and does not diminish the other notes. The predominate note is Key Lime Pie with Merengue.
Taking a sip I get Key Lime Pie with Merengue, Vanilla, and a slightly more pronounced note of toasted Marshmallow. The palate here is sweeter, not from added sugar, but more along the lines of how Probitas has a sweet note.
The finish is straight Vanilla and Lime. Simple but fairly well pronounced and of medium length.
I am actually quite pleasantly surprised by the Bacardi Havana Club. I had read that it is a shell compared to the Cuban version; but that is not the case to my tastes. They are a bit different but I am pleasantly surprised by the Bacardi version. The Cuban version is fruitier and fuller, but the Puerto Rican version has a very nice harmony to it. No it’s not complex but it is far better than what I anticipated and have read about. The Puerto Rican version was designed for Mojitos and I am willing to bet that it will indeed make a killer Mojito. This compares right up there close to the Cuban version, maybe just slightly shy of it…but certainly not by much. At its price point of $15 per 750ml Bacardi Havana Club Añejo Blanco, is actually surprisingly a good buy.
*Update*
After mixing with this for a while, it hides too much in cocktails, which is not the case with Cuban Havana Club 3 Year. As usual Bacardi should go easier on the filtering and leave more character in the rum.