Pyrat XO Reserve

Pyrat XO Reserve is a rather controversial spirit. I deliberately write spirits and not rum, because if you notice the label, the old bottle says that it is rum and the new one says that it is a premium caribbean spirit. The reason is probably the addition of sugar (24 g / l) and the method of production (flavoring). It is a mixture of rums with an average age of 15 years.

The bottle is very unconventional and I personally like it a lot (including the locket). The bottle is closed with a large cork cap.

The smell is very special. After pouring, technical alcohol and oranges can be smelled strongly. The "rum" needs to be left to stand for a few minutes to evaporate the pungent technical smell of the alcohol. Then the rum is already good in aroma and taste.

After the alcohol evaporates, you can smell vanilla, oranges, marzipan and sweet spices (cloves). This is a sweet dessert type of rum.

I have tasted it several times (from different batches) and it seems to me that the qualitative batches are quite different. Older batches tasted better to me and now the taste and smell is so less pleasant (technically alcoholic).

The real rating is 6.5 out of 10.

Quite nice. Try it. Tasty spirit and not too sweet. Orange/ citrus notes.

Nice and sweet Guyanan Rum. A $50 bottle which can hold its own against some $70 bottles.

Очень красивая бутылка, толстой стекло, медальон, оформление супер.
Не спиртуозен, если дать подышать очень легко пьётся. В аромате море цитрусовых и фруктов. Очень лёгкий. Браво!

Jasam, kdyz ho nekde vidim. Neopity rum. Nedokazu posoudit pridany, co pisi ostatni. Za me palec nahoru, nesmi chybet v mem baru

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Strong flavors in every sense. Plenty of orange and citrus. Best sipped chilled. They did anvery good job at letting each flavor stand out while none, other than orange take control. Keep in mind that this is a cork top, there will be cork particles in your drinks. Great branding and awesome looking bottle. Owned by the Patron brand.

This rhum seems very forced. The aroma is artificial orange, the taste is very orange/chemical. There is some sweetness, but mostly orange followed by a light burn.

Hated this rum on first taste. Boozy and lacking character. After I let it rest, the booziness settled and the flavor came out. Orange and vanilla forward. Still not my favorite, but drinkable on ice.

I enjoy this rum with ginger ale and lots of ice. There is better out there but also a lot worse!