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Chris L

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La Hechicera Extra Anejo

La Hechicera I'm going off a memory of rum fest, where I tried this after maybe 10 other rums, so maybe my memory isn't the clearest... I do remember it being of

Botran 18 Had this at Manchester Rum Fest, and hugely enjoyed it which is why I was surprised to see so many average reviews on here. I found it to have a swe

Gosling's Family Reserve Old

Gosling's Has a rounded sweet almost caramel taste on the front of the tongue, and a slight oaky taste at the back. Goes down smooth as water, no burn to speak

Doorly's XO Similar in taste to Santa Teresea 1796, very smooth with an oakey finish, beautiful for the price range

2002 Vintage I don't have the professional palette to tell you exactly why this is amazing rum, it just is. Wonderfully smooth, tasty, and complex. Excellent bottl

El Dorado Versailles

2002 Versailles A full on intense hit of flavour, sweet, with a caramel aftertaste. Though it is full flavoured and warming, there's surprisingly little burn for a 63

Zavaoa XO Like the 23 but with a longer aftertaste and a few more subtle flavours. Great stuff

Don Papa Small Batch

Don Papa Before you drink this, you must understand that though it is labelled as an aged rum, this has a lot of characteristics of spiced rum. For my person

Rum Nation Barbados Anniversary

Rum Nation 12 Year Anniversary Silky smooth, flavourful, sweet. I sadly only had a 3cl dram and it was over too quickly but this is something special

Ron Quorhum 30 Oakey, warm and sweet, lovely flavours and a silky smooth aftertaste. Delectable sipping rum

Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

Ron Zacapa 23 Slightly sweet at first, gives way to a full bodied aftertaste and a smooth finish, very nice

Santa Teresa 1796

Santa Teresa 1796 Not as full-on flavoured as say Diplomatico Reserva, but the flavour comes more in the form of subtly sweet okay notes, and might be one of the most e

El Dorado 12 Year Excellent sipping rum, flavourful and smooth, goes down really easy

Rumbullion Spiced

Rumbullion Sweet at first, then a complex mix of cloves, orange peel and other flavours, finishes with a nice warming kick. Lovely

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva First taste is a smooth smokey/oakey flavour, then once you swallow you get a hit of warmth and rich flavour. Lovely aged rum.

Bumbu Spiced Sweet spices, enjoyable taste, what I would want a spiced rum to be really

Foursquare Zinfandel Cask Blend

Zinfandel Cask A lovely flavour with the natural flavours of the zinfandel grapes giving the rum a sweetness without any added sugar, great choice

Would be 9.5 if there was the option As with the 15 year, the 21 year has a drier and less sweet taste than my personal favourite the 12 year. An excellent rum, but I still prefer the 12

El Dorado Special Reserve

El dorado 15 year I thought I would prefer this to the 12 year (just because it was aged longer) however it has a dryer and less sweet taste than the 12 year (I was tol

Diplomatico Mantuano

Mantuano Good as a step down from the exclusiva reserva (or as an anejo replacement). Nice light and smooth.

Bayou Spiced Fine on its own, really comes alive as a mixer with coke, great mix of flavours

Appleton Estate Joy

Appleton estate joy Really great rum, however (and I might be showing ignorance here, don't correct me, just pity me) I'm not sure it's worth such a massive price tag, wh

Pirate's Grog No. 13

Pirate's Grog 13 Dry, full flavoured and a big warm aftertaste, good stuff

Matugga Spiced Very smooth, sweet tasting with flavours of honey, chocolate and hint of tangerine. Very nice to sip

English Spirit Spiced

English Spirit Spiced Rum Very smooth for a 42%, sweet with a lovely honey aftertaste

Pirate's Grog Golden

Yarr! Very smooth for such a young aged rum (5 years), and a lovely rich flavour, very good

Zaya Gran Reserva

Zaya Gran Reserva 12 Year Slightly citrusy smelling, nicely flavoured with the slightly sweeter taste of sugar cane rums. Like a more subtle version of Diplomatico Reserva Excl

Abuelo Gran Reserva

Ron Abuelo 12 Lovely sweet flavour and a smooth finish, lots of subtle flavours that develop the more you drink, an easy sipper

Rumbullion Navy Strength

Rummbullion Navy Strength All the great flavours from the original rumbullion but with a big kick delivered by the 57% alcohol. Very good but I think the original is slightly e

Black Magic Black Spiced

Black Magic Spiced Like a mix between Kraken and Rebellion. Nice very sweet flavour, well spiced with a warming aftertaste.

Pampero Aniversario

Pampero Aniversario Nice smooth sipping rum, like a more upmarket Chairman's Reserve. No alcohol burn but leaves a nice lasting warm belly sensation

Chairman's Reserve Spiced

Chairman's Reserve Spiced Like christmas in a bottle. Lovely ruby red colour in the bottle, and a rose gold colour in the glass. Cinnamony smell (I dont normally like cinnamon

Rebellion Spiced

Rebellion Spiced Rum One of my favourite rums so far, tastes great neat, goes down very smooth, nice with coke too. Nice vanilla/nutmeg/cinnamon taste but none too overpow

Penny Blue XO Batch 001

Penny Blue XO Strong nose, a deep oakey taste, only slightly sweet (no added sugar), and a dry aftertaste. Nice Stuff

Rumbullion XO I was expecting just a smoother version of the original Rumbullion, but what I got was a more full bodied rummy taste, and the spices were more subtle

Drum and Black Spiced

Drum and Black Not very widely available yet, but I can see this getting quite big. A nice smooth spiced rum with tastes of chocolate, star anise, honey, vanilla, an

Union 55 Salted & Spiced

Union 55 The salt really comes through, its a very unique tasting rum. Only tried straight up, but I also imagine the salt taste would compliment a sweet mixer

Elements 8 Spiced

Element 8 Complex spice flavour, smooth and with a long aftertaste (cloves?)

Wood's 100 Old Navy

Wood's Old Navy Surprisingly smooth for a 57% rum, but with a warm finish, good for a winters eve

Chairman's The Forgotten Cask

Forgotten Casks A sweet, and not too heavy flavour, with a nice smooth finish, tasty

Kill Devil (Hunter Laing) Trinidad

Kill Devil Trinidad 24 Year Nice, quite a warm, dry taste, but only on par with maybe a £25-£30 bottle, not worth the high price tag

Ron Cartavio 12 Full flavoured, woody/smokey but slightly sweet too, only a very slight afterburn, and an almost spicy aftertaste. Enjoyable but not as moreish as som

Admiral Rodney Extra Old

Admiral Rodney Quite a dry/woody/smokey tasting rum, with a warm smooth finish. Well rounded rum but I personally prefer slightly sweeter rums

Pyrat XO Reserve

Pyrat xo Nice sipping rum, but you can get better for the price

Diplomatico Añejo

Diplomatico While not as full flavoured as the reserva version, still a highly enjoyable sipping rum with a warm and slightly sweet character

Dark Matter Spiced

Dark Matter A very unique tasting rum. First you get a strong cloves smell/taste, but then when you swallow you get a big after taste of spicy pepper, there is no

Chairman's Reserve

Chairman's Reserve A dry smokey tasting rum with subtle flavours, easy sip straight, goes down easy

Mezan XO Jamaica

Mezan XO Only tried a quick sample of this, but had a nice smooth and complex taste but not overpowering.

Pink Pigeon Original

Pink Pigeon Its nice straight up or with coke but probably on par with rums that cost about £10 less. The vanilla flavour isnt overly strong but overall quite smo

Red Leg Lovely taste, nice vanilla spices, great on its own or with coke.

Barcelo Imperial

Barcelo Imperial Very mellow and smooth (if perhaps a little lacking in flavour), but very reasonable for the price

Burning Barn Spiced

Burning Barn Rum Spiced rum with a difference, spiced birds-eye chili, and cold smoked using apple wood, as well as roasted ginger, allspice, and vanilla gives this ru

Plantation Pineapple Stiggin's Fancy

Pineapple Sweet, ok to have 1 straight but best used in cocktails

RL Seales Nice taste but let down by an alcohol burn aftertaste

Brugal Nice, warming (but no burn), oak tastes. Drank this neat on a night out when there wasn't much else behind the bar, perfectly acceptable rum

Dead Man's Fingers Spiced

Dead Man's Fingers Can be sipped but best mixed with coke, very good mixer, not overly sweet. Good for a cheap bottle

Matusalem Gran Reserva

Matusalem Not bad but quite thin and has the rough aftertaste of a cheaper rum

Old J Lots of vanilla flavour, but for vanilla-y rums I prefer Rebellion. Quite smooth on its own or with ice.

Kraken Black Spiced

Kraken Strong tasting but quite smooth, love the bottle and design.

Havana Club The spices aren't overly powerful and not that smooth on its own, but goes great in coke

The Duppy Share Caribbean

Duppy Share When I first smelled the rum I thought it would be really strong and burn, but it actually goes down very smooth, nice taste but could maybe use some

Plantation XO 20th Anniversary

Plantation XO Surprising harshness and burn for an XO rum, disappointing

Bonpland Rogue I was a little disappointed, when I heard this was aged in wine casks I was hoping for something similar to Foursquare Zinfandel style tastes, however

Cargo Cult Spiced

6 Straight/9 Mixed with apple juice ot amazing on its won but really comes alive when mixed with apple juice

Old Vatted Demerara (OVD) Dark

OVD Very rich chocolate flavours, OK to have one but would get sickly after that

Lord Nelson's Spiced

Lord Nelson's Spiced Rum Liqueur The first glass is nice, but the caramel is very sickly sweet, not something you could have loads of in a sessioin

Pusser's Gunpowder Proof

Pusser's Gunpowder Proof Not bad straight but not something I could have more than a couple of in a night. Not a lot of burn considering the high alcohol % but it does leave a

Bundaberg Mutiny

Bundaberg Spiced Not great to drink straight, I usually have the equivalent of a triple when mixing rum with coke but in this case that isn't great either. However if

Sailor Jerry Spiced

Sailor Jerrys Ok as a mixer, and its widely available in supermarkets but there are much better rums available for the same price. Slightly better than Captain Morg

Havana 3 year I prefer the 7 year over this, but its nice as a mixer in coke.

Foursquare Spiced

Foursquare Spiced Goes down smooth but spices could be better, goes well with coke

Captain Morgan Spiced

Captain Morgans The first rum I had, good for mixing and its cheap, but not overly nice on its own. Good with coke.

Barcelo Gran Anejo

Ron Barcelo Harsh taste, and an alcohol burn finish, disappointing

Captain Morgan Dark

Capt Morgans Dark OK for a very low budget rum, but a little bit harsh

Lamb's Navy Rum Not bad in a coke but not something Id sit and drink neat.

Ryoma Really strange smell and taste, if I wasn't told that it was rum I wouldn't have guessed

Lamb's Spiced Odd smell, overpowering fake vanilla taste, avoid.

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