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TempleOfSunset

Connoisseur | Member since 2020 | Italy

34 Ratings

I rate rums critically based on my solely palate. After discovering the adulteration and added sugar topic, I'm trying to moving forward in a more complex, unadulterated rum terroir.
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Havana Club Selección de Maestros

A glimpse of a real cuban funk I find this to be one amongst the best choices between the multi-column distilled, industrial, spanish style of rums. With an honest addition of ~7 g/

Appleton Estate

What a funky experience! Appleton 21 is my first experience with unadulterated rum, so expectations are stellar! Into the glass, the rum looks solid, with little, slow and

Santiago de Cuba Anejo Superior

The heart of Santiago This rum is exceptional for his price tag. Prominent aroma of burned oak, people of Santiago told me that it is because the barrels travels from Santi

Moon Import Trinidad by Pepi Mongiardino

Peculiar at least! Pepi Mongiardino is an Italian selector, whilst Moon Import has a continental aged process of 17 sounding years in what I presume are ex-Islay peated

El Dorado Special Reserve

Complexity of contrasts This rum is really a complex and contradictory one: quite different compared to 12 yo, still a lot of added sugar (~35 g/l), same defect of sugar in t

Sweet n’ smooth Sweet and smooth, a good entry level to understand superior rums. Negative note is the enormous amount of sugar added, very annoying, leaving a residu

Pampero Aniversario

Price/quality gateway entrance I think this venezuelan is very good at this price point, even if it’s almost surely additioned with caramel to confere its carachteristical brownwood

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

Sweet-sugary bomb from Venezuela I used to like this for his smoothness; then I discovered his ~40 g/l sugar percentage... needless to say, it is a good sugary-maple syrup, with a lot

Havana Club Ritual Cubano

Fancy This shares surely a lot of carachteristiques in common with a rum-based spirit, surely it has a low abv. percentage (37%) and some sugar added, but a

Matusalem Gran Reserva

Basic solera... 15 years just on the label Golden spirit, quite industrial alcholic note. Solera aging, so nothing special at all... it is a very basic rum, I’ve tried both the cuban and the re

Entry level to aging mechanism I think this is the best entry level to understand aging mechanism, also peculiar because in Cuba is a lot better than elsewhere (I’d give it 7 bottle

Diplomatico Reserva

Mixed feelings I have mixed feelings about this one, while is not bad at all, it has a prominent alcoholic note, a lot of added sugar and it’s certainly inferior to

Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

Deceptive at least This is a deception in plain rule. Yes, it tastes good, because of additions, sugar (38 g/l) and God knows what. They age it above the clouds to make

Pampero Aniversario Reserva Exclusiva

Good option quality/cost I think this venezuelan is very good at this price point, even if it’s almost surely addictioned with caramel to confere its carachteristical brownwoo

Legendario Elixir de Cuba

Not a rum This is more like those honey rums you get to taste in fancy shots battles with your drunkard college friends. From miles away you can detect this is

Cubay Carta Blanca

A surprise between lights This is one of the best between whities. Though sipping is quite a challenge, this has an extra 'aged' note compared with other spirits in the same ba

Saint James Royal Ambre

Basic agricole This was my first agricole rum, not quite for sipping alone thou. I guess it is better for mixing and it has an industrial alcohol note that I don’t q

Havana Club Anejo Especial

Ultra basic cuban-style I think this is intended for a strictly mixing use, even if the cuban one is nicer than the one sold in extra cuban terroir. Average at best.

Brugal Añejo Superior

Mixer Just a common, boring mixer with maybe a little more character than usual, commercial and easier findable ones.

Spanish commercial This is strictly for mixing usage. Maybe it has an hope, than... otherwise, industrial profile all-around and alike. It has just one oaky, interesting

Legendario Ron Anejo

Caramel and alcohol Caramel and an industrial alcoholic note, I remeber it to be better, but probably I was just younger...

Bacardi Reserva

Bottom of the pyramid This - in an ideal world - should be the bottom release for this house, as inferior of this grade is full of stuff that nightmares are made of. So, th

Bacardi Carta Oro

Marketing hoax A commercial manoeuvre - this thing is not meat nor fish. An unusual terroir... makes me think it is one of that next-gen products to fidelize young f

Havana Club Anejo Reserva

I can't believe this was the 'personal reserve' of Don Navarro I think this is perfectly suited just for mixing, even if its presentation or amber colour could make you think otherwise.

Don Papa Small Batch

Very weird one from Philippines I was excited at first, seeing the beautiful packaging and due to the country of origin of this rum. My barman warned me, and he was right... this is

Burn, baby, burn I think this is suitable just for very basic level cocktails, the one you mix in disco's to fool kids and make them pay 400% a drink you paid nothing.

Pampero Especial

Intended for cocktails It fails, because other brands are better for mixing. One of the most commercial, only Bacardi of the same range is worse...

Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold

Diageo spiced As the title says, if you're a connoisseur, stay away from this synthetic rum clone. The world 'spicy' or 'flavoured' in rums are big warning signs...

Havana Club Blanco

Rocket fuel My uncle used to love drinking the cuban version of this neat, but he's one of that kind of people who could drink and eat everything, rocket fuel inc

Basic Ultra basic stuff, don't even bother trying this sambuca-like thing neat, just mix it if you can!

Bacardi Superior

Should be named 'Inferior' This is industrial-cheap ready-made vodka-sambuca nightmarish stuff, coming from the bottom of Hell... If you drink this pavement cleaner, could God

Bacardi Carta Blanca

Solvent This is acetone like, solvent profile. Could possibly even ruin your mojitos or cuba libre, giving you stomach and head ache. One of the few 'rums' wh

Joker To put it simply, this is not even a rum. This is a joke, like a 'whisky-cream' based liquor with a lot of added chemicals you don't even want to know

Oh my God... This is the next level of s**t for kids with no ability or will to mix right and no tastebuds. Vaguely reminds me of Bacardi Breezer that we started

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