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Dominican Republic | Aged | 38% ABV
Barcelo Imperial rum is produced in the Dominican Republic using column stills before aged in white oak casks for up to 10 years.
Ron Barcelo was founded in 1929 by Spanish entrepreneur Julian Barcelo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The brand was sold mainly in the Caribbean and North America until a much broader international expansion began in 1992.
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You only two cube of ice and nothing else. It just perfect.
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over 5 years ago
Nice aged flavor with deep caramel undertones. When I say aged I mean with tastes closer to aged scotch. Easy to drink on the rocks, will remain in my arsenal.
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over 5 years ago
It was a good rum, drank it pleasantly but had no complexity. just a nice rum.
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over 5 years ago
Spanish. Deep oak with some astringency. Almost devoid of congeners. Seems young.
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over 5 years ago
Unrivaled price/quality ratio, l most like the long end of cedar wood subtree and cigar leaves. A lot of music, with not enough money.
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over 5 years ago
Excellent rhum dominicain. Tres agréable en bouche.
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over 5 years ago
Nose were walnuts, the body is quite dry but there are worse. Aftertaste developed into coffee flavor.
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over 5 years ago
Quite close to the gran anejo, but better flavours. Really like the design of the bottle.
Lekkere rum. Niet echt nasmaak. Drinkt goed weg. Beetje oaky.
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over 5 years ago
Very mellow and smooth (if perhaps a little lacking in flavour), but very reasonable for the price
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Let's get the stupid stuff out of the way first. I find it interesting that the way the bottle is shaped and the thickness of the glass makes for a chiming rhythmic sound when you hold it with two fingers by the neck (just below the lip) and drum on the plastic cap. BTW, the plastic cap and the artificial "cork" are one of the few detrimental elements of this rum. It is a tight fit and I've read more than one complaint of people having the cork break apart from the plastic cap when attempting to uncork the bottle. That element of cheapness should not be present in a rum that costs $40+.
I'm easily amused.
Anyway, this rum is somewhat paradoxical for me. Very little odor in the bottle and the flavor is equally as subtle. Not sweet but really not dry either. Has some woodiness to it. I don't know how they achieved this. I don't mean this has no flavor or character because it has both but from all the rums I've sampled thus far this one is arguably the best balanced one of them all. It would make for a good sipping rum as well as a good mixer. It won't overwhelm mixed drinks but instead complements what is used whether is be fruit based, coffee, frozen or just in a cola. Definitely a "must have".