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Lelly72

Connoisseur | Member since 2020 | United Kingdom

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I have been taking rum seriously since 2018. My aim is to try as many rums as possible, and to then create the ultimate bespoke cocktail using the best rum.

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Rum25 Spiced Butterscotch

A smooth, silky, sugary, scrumptious rum! Let me start by saying Rum25 Spiced Butterscotch smells amazing. If you’ve ever had Werther’s Originals, then you’ll know exactly what I’m on about. N

Vanilla Heaven! I absolutely love this. For me it’s Utopia in a bottle, because it’s so deliciously sweet. Some may argue too sweet, but not for me. I say the sweeter

Dead Man's Fingers Coconut

Such a scrumptious sugary delight. This is amazingly luscious. The smell from the coconut made me salivate, even before I poured a single drop into my pre-chilled tumbler. What a fanta

Project #173 Chocolate

Nearly a perfect 10! Project # 173 chocolate flavoured rum smells like the powder you use to make the beverage hot chocolate, in other words absolutely luscious. This rum

Companero Elixir Orange

A Sugary, Zesty delight! On the nose Compañero Elixir is nothing special. But that is where my criticism of this rum starts and finishes! For me this is up there as one of th

Arlu Original Spiced

More Sweet Than Spicy! 👌 I’m not overly keen on Spiced Rums it has to be said, but as the saying goes, Arlu is the exception to the rule. I love this rum because it’s got ton

Companero Panama Extra Añejo 12-year

Delicious but too strong! The moment you take a long hard lingering smell of Compañero, it immediately transports you to a chocolate utopia, the aroma is that sublime. The choc

Manchester Drinks Co Spiced Liqueur

A Saccharine Loaded Delight I really like this. I recently tried Caramel and Coconut Bombo rum liqueur and compared to that one, in my opinion, Manchester Drinks Co is a better c

Plantation XO 20th Anniversary

Beautifully smooth and silky. I bought this rum for a smidge under £50, and I think it’s impeccable. Now some people may argue, “I should bloody well think so for that price!” And

Koko Kanu Coconut

Very Good, But A Tad Too Sweet. As coconut rums go, this is considered by many as being one of the best, if not the best. If it was judged on smell alone then I would whole heartedly

Rum 25 Spiced Biscoff

Another Sugary Treat From The Guys At Rum25! This Spiced Biscoff Rum is on another level of sheer saccharine indulgence! Neat it’s sweet, delicious and silky smooth, as there is absolutely zero

Rebellion Spiced

Very Sweet, With A Spicy Kick In The Aftertaste Rebellion Spiced Rum has a very pleasant aroma and so it should to be fair, being vanilla flavoured! Drinking this neat, is like drinking two distinct

Very Enjoyable With Coca-Cola I’ve got to say my first impressions of Lytham Rum left me feeling underwhelmed. I was expecting it to smell amazing, because of the white chocolate a

Golden Buck Golden Buck

A Fully Loaded Saccharine Delight. I want to start my review by saying that Golden Buck smells absolutely gorgeous, because the moment you open the bottle you are instantly hit with th

Belgrove Hazelnut

Hazelnut Chocolate Bar in Rum Form!❤️ I need to start by telling you that Belgrove Hazelnut Rum smells a lot like Cadbury Dairy Milk Wholenut Chocolate Bar. In other words, bloody amazing!

It’s OK but not great. I honestly don’t know what to make of this rum, in regards to whether I actually like it or not. To me it has a slight nutty smell, which I do like, s

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

The smoky whiskey aftertaste lets this rum down. I’m not overly keen on this truth be told. Don’t get me wrong it’s not vile, by any stretch. I just believe it does not live up to all the hype that c

Pink Pigeon Vanilla Spiced

Like Admiral’s Old J Spiced Only Stronger The smell of Pink Pigeon is nothing to get to excited about. Yes you get notes of vanilla as you would expect, but for me, the aroma isn’t as pleasing

Havana Club Añejo Especial

Tastes more like a sweet Jack Daniels! I bought this rum along with the Havana Club 7 Year Old at the same time so that I could compare and contrast between the two. And in my opinion, they

Dead Man's Fingers Spiced

A blend of Sweetness and Spice. In the rum group that I’m a member of on Facebook, DMF not only as a rum, but as a brand, polarises opinions, with some members saying they are to com

Havana Club 7-year

A Poor Man’s Diplomático As low budget rums go, this 7 year old Havana is decent enough. Especially when you compare it to all the other rums which cost around the £20 mark, a

Peaky Blinders Black Spiced

Probably The Sweetest Spiced Rum There Is I’m not a massive fan of spiced rums, I have to admit, because I just can not get along with fiery, intense spices like pepper, ginger and cloves for

Doorly's XO 6-year

No Sweetness. No Fun. I’m not keen on Doorly’s XO Rum. Neat I find it bordering on disgusting, because it smells like a Brandy, has no sweetness to it, has a rough alcoho

Bombo Carmel & Coconut

To sickly sweet for my liking. I thought this flavoured rum was going to be ideal for me, as I have a very sweet tooth, and there aren’t many ingredients on this planet, that are sw

Sailor Jerry Spiced

Run Of The Mill Rum! I feel that this rum is nothing extraordinary. In fact I would say that Sailor Jerry offers absolutely nothing in the way of standing out from the cro

Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

Definitely NOT Value For Money! Have you ever had a first date where the week leading up to it, you were as excited as a kid on Christmas Day, with the anticipation of what could be.

Kraken Black Spiced

It’s OK When Mixed With Coca-Cola. If you’ve ever wondered how effective Coca-Cola really is as the perfect accompaniment to any rum, then I suggest you buy a bottle of Kraken and find

Ok as a long drink or as part of a cocktail. Got to say I’m not to enamoured with this. For me it doesn’t differ from any of the other spiced rums of this ilk and in this price bracket. In fact t

Terrible neat! Gets slightly better with a mixer This is definitely not a sipping rum, because just like the pineapple version, neat, this has an horrendous alcohol after burn. The situation doesn’t

Bacardi Reserva Ocho 8-year

Bland & Uninspiring I have to say that this rum is average at best and that’s me being very generous! I had high expectations for this and rightly so, knowing that it had

Very Bland. Very Ordinary. Very Uninspiring. I’m sorry but I’m struggling to find anything nice to say about this rum. To start with, it has a very bland smell and neat it tastes more like a chea

Two Swallows Spiced

The Salted Caramel ruins this rum! This review is for the CHERRY AND SALTED CARAMEL flavoured Two Swallows. I don’t like this at all! The flavours hit me in two waves. The first wave is

Dark Matter Spiced

Far to fierce! I bought this Rum for £25, RRP £29, so off to a good start, having saved £4. But that’s where the good vibes ended with this rum because, wow, how muc

Captain Morgan Dark

Disgusting! How much do I not like this! Not going to pull any punches here, it’s vile! It smells disgusting and tastes even worse. Not even using loads of Coca-C

Project #173 Coconut

A ‘coconut’ rum that tastes more like caramel! When I first poured this rum into my chilled tumbler glass, it came out of the bottle orangey brown in colour, much to my shock, as I’ve only ever had

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