Plantation Original Dark Double Aged Trinidad & Jamaica

Parce qu'il bien commencer quelque part! Rhum avec une couleur doré orangé. Goût avec un peu de vanille et le zeste d'orange. Excellent en rhum cola.

The Plantation Original Dark is a three-year mature blend from Trinidad and Jamaica and has 40% alcohol content. I tasted the rum oure and was surprised that it is somehow drinkable. Some sweet, smoke, but also extremely short and clear alcohol resonates. I also had a friend who valued the rum much more expensive.

In the end, however, it's more for mixing. Somehow something between the 3Star of Plantation and the Havana Club 7. It's delicious in Coke although I find the others mentioned here or the slightly more expensive Grand Reserva better. But for about 15Euros you don't do anything wrong here. Personally, however, I would rather buy the 3 star for mixing. And for sipping... u know... see my Cabinet.

Der Plantation Original Dark ist ein drei Jahre gereifter Blend aus Trinidad und Jamaica und hat 40% Alkohol Anteil. Ich habe den Rum pur verkostet und war überrascht das er trinkbar ist. Etwas Süße, Rauch, aber auch extrem kurz und klarer Alkohol schwingt mit. Habe auch einen Freund kosten lassen, welcher den Rum wesentlich teurer eingeschätzt hat.

Am Ende aber doch eher zum Mixen. Irgendwie etwas zwischen dem 3Star von Plantation und dem Havana Club 7. Ist lecker in Cola obwohl ich hier die anderen genannten oder den etwas teureren Grand Reserva besser finde. Aber für ca 15Euro macht man hier nichts falsch. Ich persönlich würde aber zum Mixen eher den 3 Star kaufen. Und zum sippen... guckt euch einfach mein Cabinet an.

I’m convinced that Plantation continues to offer the best bang for the buck in rum.

very good and very drinkable dark rum not to be missed in the home selection

This rum has lots of flavor and depth, especially at sub $20. Nothing to hate here, nice dark color, lots of depth and flavor. Not terribly lingering but really enjoyed it.

Good, balanced flavor. It's not sharp. Nice smell. Good value for money.

Lovely and well balanced rum with a touch of sweetness. Excellent buy for the price, I got a bottle for €23. Will certainly buy again.

Good as a mixer, but others do more with more character at the same price point.

This is actually a pretty nice rum and it's big upside is you can find it in box chain grocers and the like in that 19.99 range. In a pinch it will do and then some. Mixes well but has a nice deep, mellow flavor which makes it more then enjoyable to sip with a good cigar.

Edit: After tasting it against Flor de Caña 12 and Mount Gay XO I noticed how inferior this rum is mostly due to the sugar content. It’s way too sweet compared with other rums with not that much difference in price.

I could easily turn it Into an everyday sipper, it is flavourful, smooth and reasonably cheap. Toasted pineapple, caramel and aniseed are the dominant notes on my palate, a tad too sweet but not cloying and the smooth burn makes it a nicer sipper for my taste.

One thing I have to say is that this rum tastes very much the same as the Plantation Overproof but obviously without steroids, I loved both of them, specially the Overproof version which is prob my favourite rum at the moment. That’s not a bad thing and I might be wrong but it really felt like it to me.

Regardless, I really like this rum and I will probably buy it again and I won’t mix it with anything because I am not a big fan of cocktails anyway, neat all the way.