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B.P.O.

Aficionado | Member since 2016 | Netherlands

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As a Maritime Captain, I am blessed with traveling for a living. Therefore I see myself super lucky to be able to taste Rums all around the world and take home the occasional bottle too.

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Santa Teresa 1796

What a great rum! Very few Rums compare & even less for this price range. What a great drop! To mix it would be sacrilegious. Even hold back the ice if you can resis

Love it - so do the masses Undoubtedly a great rum, my only distaste is; so do the rest of the world. Though all rum drinkers should try this little treat at least once. Maste

Never heard of it BUT you should Bright spicy sharp flavors to taste, with a touch of acid. Round rich flavors. That rip through your mouth and slowly linger to your belly. A good

El Pasador de Oro Gran Reserva

Unexpected surprise Color: between a morning after pee and a cold stewed tea Smell: vanilla, brown sugar, slightly floral Taste: a deep taste , smooth round and delicio

C for Cuba Color: Light to medium gold brown Smell: floral at first, followed by a hint spice Taste: light and crisp to start. Then introduce a little air and

Foursquare Spiced

Light & Spiced Smell of raisins & stewed brandy with slight tones of cloves. The taste is lovely and light to start with spice and peppers building. Like it!

Smooth! If your looking for a smooth drop, a touch sweet and some warming after notes.... well this is it. The only downside for me, i feel it lacks some st

Citrus Distillers Rum Java

Cacao’mon Newish to the market, these gurus from Rum Java unleashed Cacao’mon in early 2017. Sweet to smell with the Cacao overtones yet smooth like a quality

Barcelo Imperial Premium Blend 30 Aniversario

No complaints here You get beautiful presentation for a bottle but you expect that for something if this price. Color: is a medium brown. Smell: some where between M

Dos Maderas PX 5+5

Nice little number Noted as a Product of Spain, blending the best Caribbean rums and aged on PX barrels. Color: dark brown Aroma: complex with various notes ranging

Pusser's British Navy

6.5-7.8 I love a Pusser's British Navy. Though my score may not suggest so. The first bottle I ever opened, I was not so impressed and condoned to using it

Mount Gay Mauby

Deep out of the cellar, a hidden gem A colleagues who visited Barbados a while ago, returned with a few gems from the distillery. This is the first of them. The Mauby Rum. It's distil

Dictador Cafe 100

I'm a fan So far, every Dictador I am a fan of. None are TOP shelf but all are sound, solid examples of rum; flavored or not. The Café -100 month has light no

Pyrat XO Reserve

Love it I love Pyrat for the following reasons: Price, quality, taste and the fact it is relatively unknown outside serious rum drinkers. The citrus zest o

Zafra Master Reserve 21

Impressive The aroma that came from the bottle upon opening...wow! A touch on the sweet side but awesome: leather, slight wood smell and somewhere between dried

Top drop A wonderful drop of Rum, with hints of Coffee and a touch of burnt Toffee. If it was only a LITTLE less sweet on the back notes. Great for an after

Ooh so smooth In the name of research, I’ve gotten a little tipsy, in order get these notes together. Color - tea tree / Tabaco brown Smell - hard to discribe; i

Barbancourt Reserve du Domaine

Grew on me This was given to me as a present. Having tried and disliked one of Barbancourt’s other series, I was skeptical about this at first. Ginger ale at j

Cherry Rocher Cherry Rocher

Third Party Bottler I’ve tried to Find out more about this rum but the information about the distiller is limited. That being said it is a nice rum. Light in color an

Ron de Jeremy Reserva

It’s in the name I was a bit dubious and concerned it may just be marketing, BUT it is cleaver marketing that accompanies an actually decent rum. A little like Pyrat,

Random little find A random little find in the back streets of a French village. Colour: light honey caramel Smell: very light faint smell of alcohol and vague butte

Plantation Gran Anejo Guatemala & Belize

Light with late spices I’ve found a few Plantation Rums have a similar smell (including this one). Light, sweet and something along the lines citrus & pineapple. Light on

Plantation Barbados

Surprised Color: light gold hugh Smell: strong pineapple with a touch of oak Taste: light and soft to start then complex and lingering flavor If your intr

Plantation XO 20th Anniversary (old bottle)

Expecting more Was excited to open this little number. Good yes but not great. As a Barbados XO I was expecting greater complexity.

Good little number I've been trying to get my hands on this little number for a while. Upon a resent visit to NZ I finally did. The color is in the name. Smell: Very

Richland Single Estate Old Georgia

Surprised This little number was gifted to me. I was a little pessimistic at first not knowing anything about this bottle. Over all it was spicy and had simil

7.25 The Botran Reserve is not a bad drop, neat. The nose is good, the initial taste is on par with faint burnt toffee notes but the after taste kills it f

Medellin Gran Reserva

Rob M. Honestly took me by surprise. Not a bad drop. The flavor is not amazing and the flavor is good. Most importantly it is not overwhelming sweet. For a

Oak & Cane Artisan Gold

Very good for a beginner Tasted it recently at the Miami Rum trade expo. There were some not so good examples of rum there BUT then this one. I thought the noise was ok but wa

Brinley Gold Shipwreck Coffee

Definately something worth trying Very tempted to give this 8/10. It has a wonderful bouquet of toffee and coffee but only a hint of rum. Overall as flavored sipping rum it is just a b

Mount Gay Eclipse

Standard drink As a Sailor, I am partial to Mount Gay. For me it is a drink that should reside in every bar and rum owners bar. Is it the best rum. No not by far! B

Kirk and Sweeney

How heavy can an empty bottle weigh? A pleasant drop of Rum. Spicy and high alcohol flavours to start, with with a nice honey after-taste.

Mount Gay Origin Series Vol I Charred Cask

Nice Bought for me by a staff member visiting Barbados. This was a welcomed surprise. 2x 375ml bottles are in the gift set: Virgin Cask & Charred Cash. A

Union 55 Salted & Spiced

7.5 Lip smacking sea salt with caramel afterburner. Like a Red headed left-gander, unorthodox but acceptable 😉

Myanmar Special Finest

7.0-7.5 but no more. I heard about this little gem, through a business colleagues, friend of a friend. Yep one of those stories. Finally today 3x bottles landed on my de

Substation No. 41

Aussie premium An ok rum. Smell is nice but the taste is mediocre. Because the taste is unusual and powerful, it is hard to pair with Ginger Ale, Soda & lime or even

Dictador Amber 100

Jong Belegen The Dutch would label this as Jong Belegen (Young Mature). Like some of the other commentators this lacks a place within the line up of Dictador. Sm

New find A new find. Said to be an 8y laid on bourbon barrels. Slight spicy notes with an oaky undertone. The taste follows through with the smell. Starts sm

Mixed minds - 10y on Oak About 8y ago I purchased this little flask direct from their door, in Tortola. Out of their variety this was by far the best. When I first tas

Mixed thoughts.... have with a cola Definitely more of a mixer type of drink. Pare best with a ginger-ale and second best a cola.

RL Seale Old Brigand

OP taste Though only 43% it has a very O.P. taste. Smell is slight of Tabacco and caramelised onions. Crazy I know! All up.... mix it with cola

E.S.A. Field White

Clean More for mixing but a great overall appeal Smell: slight floral/botenical with hints of coconut Taste: cherry wood overtones, quickly sucombe to pep

Compagnie des Indes Jamaica

6.5 6.5 Points. Good for the type it is but not worth a 7. It’s noted as a 5year old blend of Jamaican Rums matured on American Oak ex-Bourbon casks.

Elements 8 Gold

Not for me... as a sipping rum I found this St. Lucia Rum tucked away in a small stall in France during some travels. The sleek marketing caught my eye and I was excited to try some

Hmmm... was expecting more The Storeman at the "local" listened to what I like and suggested a bottle of Doorly's XO. Value for money the XO was worth it but would I buy it ag

English Harbour

Well known As far as a 5 year old rum goes, it is rather standard. On the sharp side due to the immaturity, otherwise quite bland.

Akak Chai Reserve

Disappointed Liquid Color: dark Nose: sweet chai tea and toffee Flavor: exactly like the smell but with a warm after taste. The sound of this flavored rum, m

Pampero Aniversario Reserva Exclusiva

OK-ish Color is on the darker side of tea. Smells... well it's hard to place my finger on that. Crazy as it may sound, somewhere between dried fruit zest w

Appleton Estate Reserve

How ones taste change I first came across the standard 8y Appleton Estate about 12 years ago. I thought it was fabulous. Now however I find the malasses flavor too sweet, e

By The Dutch Batavia Arrack

Wow.... too much With a proofing of 48% you feel it with the first whiff and confirmed with the taste. It’s disappointing where a distiller goes for a alcohol over fla

Black Bart Spiced

Questionable style Barbados sourced; small batch 2y old rum, done on Oak Barrels. Bottled in Australia. Beautiful packaging but the rest seems all over the place. SM

Monopoly on a market Despite its huge success in Australia, I am dumbfounded as to its popularity. My only conclusion is it is due to the lack of Rum Distilleries in Aus.

Chalong Bay Light

Smell of a sugar mill, taste of paint stripper For those who have ever visited a sugar mill, the smell is of fresh crushed cane. The taste is raw. Stripped of any flavor and is more akin to what I

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