Centenario 12-Year

This is exactly what I think of when I think of rum. It’s a decent enough sipper, and a good mixer. It’s got a bit more burn than I prefer, but not overwhelmingly. It also lingers for a while with some grassy notes way at the end with the sweeter notes at the beginning. Overall a good rum.

Priced right at $30. No distinctive flavors, but not bad. Mixed and straight about the same. 

Very smooth, dry, balanced, unsweet. It doesn't rich in aroma or taste, but everything just in place and vanilla is outstanding good. I did like it for sipping and also it will wort for cocktails. Very nice strict rum while you're fed up with taste and aromas in your collection.

Avast, mates! This rum comes on all big an' lusty. On the nose she be sweet, but not so much, with a shipload of caramel and a bit of oak. She be spicy, but fetch me up for daft, I cannot make out which they be. Unless I am mistook, there also be some kind of... fruit? hidin' below deck. On the tongue, the caramel vanishes, and in her place, the spices jump your tongue. This rum be a spicy wench who makes herself known loud and clear. There be a hint of oak, but not so much to notice, and there be a nuttiness about her that makes her more savory. What's nut to love about that? She be smooth, but there be a slight burn goin' down the hatch AND under my tongue - which be weird because that be also where I keep me extra sword. Might this be a good sippin' rum? Well... curse me for a lubber, but I had the good fortune to have had a seven year old and a twelve year old at the same time, and of the two, the five year old be a wee bit sweeter, but lighter in body, while the twelve year old be a wee bit dryer, but smoother and richer with far more body. May I sink and perish in blood, but they both be about the same to this captain. I would gladly have either, but if money be no object, I would recommend the twenty-five year old. Now SHE be a rum who knows her trade. Arrrgh!

Tasted at Laka Lono on 6/4/23. Pours a dark gold color. Caramel toffee aroma. Big marshmallow and butterscotch flavors. Very smooth. Vanilla. Cardemom and a slight coriander finish.

Tasted at Laka Lono Sunday, June 4 2023. 2/3 of Steph Centenario flight
Color: true amber
Aroma: fruity, caramel agedness
Flavor: not as sweet as the 7. Flavor continues on quite a while, I'd prefer this in a tiki drink or as a sipper in the winter by the fire with melted cheese. May be an essence of cloves.
If this was consumed in a stadium cup on ice, it would be with Dr Pepper

Great Tico product! Oak, vanilla, caramel, and velvety on the palate. Definitely recommend at this price point.

A smooth and fruity everyday drinking rum/sipping rum. Very light on the palate with a bit of sweet and tart fruit that finishes sweet and dry. I think it’s worth having a bottle on hand to crack open for literally any occasion.

This is a great rum for pineapple drinks. I love all the Ron Centenaro products.

vzorek z rumového kalendáře, očekával jsem víc - ve vůni ani chuti mě nic nezaujalo. dojezd byl krátký a cítil jsem něco mírně hořkého
nevím, jestli to bylo vzorkem, protože podle jiných recenzí by to měl být dobrý rum. Já se k němu ale vracet neplánuji.