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Rum Nation Panama 21-year

Peary perfection A lot of fruit on the nose, with some spice but also more than a bit of alcohol burn. Beautiful bronzed dark brown colour. Pears at first to tas

El Dorado 21-year

Simply the best? I haven't tried all of the El Dorado variants (just two of the single barrels, 12 [much better than the 15] 15 [disappointing] & 25 [incredibly expens

Peruvian pleasure Crushed sugar cane on the nose, with some dried fruits. Immediate honey and vanilla to taste, with a very light almost watery (not in a bad way) m

Dictador Solera Ultra Premium Reserve 12-year

Coffee laden excellent rum Strong coffee taste which follows through on the initial taste. Light golden colour. Aftertaste is just like a Jamaican coffee, nice alcohol bu

El Dorado 1986 25-year

Great but not £400 of great Very mature, caramelised brown sugar. Incredibly smooth. Ginger taste and lots of depth but not better than the 21 yr old in my book so can't j

Dos Maderas Luxus

Cool bottle, great rum Now this is a good bottle. Great shape, weight and some cool embossing. Slightly let down by an artificial cork. I think it also came in a quite good

Elements 8 Spiced

Best dark n stormy ever I wouldn't drink this neat but makes an incredible dark n stormy (mixed with ginger beer). Great orange taste that translates into a sherbet like

Wray & Nephew White Overproof

Makes the best rum and cokes Even without lime (which is preferable) this gives a great citrusy taste when mixed with coke, pleasant burn and a gentle warming feeling. I don't

RL Seale ABV 43 10-year

Upgraded because of the bottle. A nice sugary nose, with some hints of tropical fruit. Initial taste is a little surprising as it isn't as sweet as it smells. Really good depth

Berry's Nicaraguan 11-year

Really great Very light colour. Incredible sweet taste, syrupy, some citrus. Interesting woody taste drifts in and out. I really enjoy this.

Plantation XO 20th Anniversary

Very good for the price Sugar and slight fruit on the nose. Fruity interesting taste, almonds, actually marzipan. Still not that mature, there are better plantations b

Real McCoy Single Blended 12-year

Whisky like nose Whisky like nose from the wood and the bourbon barrels, with that bourbony sweetness. Mature sugars on initial taste and some plaintain. Can t

Barcelo Imperial

My introduction to rum I've probably been overly generous in my marking but this was the rum that got me into collecting and tasting them. Until I tried this I'd only had

Dictador Solera Distillery Icon Reserve 20-year

Good but maybe not better than 12yr old Intense toffee taste at first and then the age bits you (in a good way). Then a lot of alcohol. Tastes more mature than the 12 yr old but not a lo

Pusser's British Navy ”Nelson’s Blood” 15-year

Puts hairs on your chest and great with ginger beer Despite it being warming stuff this is surprisingly smooth and can be drunk neat but I prefer with ginger beer.

Pumpkin Face 23

Deep rich (& a way cool bottle) Only the synthetic cork let's the very cool bottle down. Cheeky pumpkin face with sharp lime green eyes and mouth. A complex balanced, slightly so

Origenes Don Pancho Reserva 30-year

Over-aged? Deep dark rich colour. Alcohol, a bit of sugar and some lemon on the nose. Complex sugary start. Woody and deep aged taste, quite bitter finish.

Plantation Gran Anejo Guatemala

Classic plantation Very light golden colour, almost like ginger ale. Not much smell. Slight chemicals on first taste but still good. Tasted at the same time a

Doorly's ABV43 12-year

Slightly harsh but interesting Sherry and chlorine on the nose. Apricot taste with some coconut.

Diplomatico Ambassador Selection

Harsher than gran reserva exclusiva Lots of taste similarities to the gran reserva exclusiva (which was my one of my first rums) but harsher and clearly more age. It does taste like

Dictador XO Insolent

Chewy Tasted this back to back with the dictador 20yr old. This tastes much "thinner" and much more alcohol. Still quite sweet and a little toffee. A

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-year

Not as good as 12 or 21 Tasted this back to back with the 12 and the 21 and by far my least favourite. Harsher than the 12 and almost a whisky taste. Not what I want from

St. Nicholas Abbey Rare Single Cask Ltd Reserve 15-year

Cool bottle but not worth £150 for me Interesting sugary smell. Syrupy full flavoured. Medicinal, almost like a peated malt whisky (think Laphroaig) but not quite as intense as that

Pusser's Nelson's Blood Yachting Decanter

Great bottle The decanter this comes in is great and has a prominent place on my shelf but was incredibly annoying to open due to a heavy wax finish. I found so

This should be one of my favourite rums It combines two of my favourites, the bottle from Rum Nation Panama 21 (although the top isn't quite as cool) and is Peruvian like Millonario XO. But

Kraken Black Spiced

Interesting dark n stormy Incredible dark black colour (made by artificial additives so maybe not that incredible) and cool branding and bottle. I have sipped this and ther

Admiral Rodney Extra Old 12-year

Flavoursome and good to sip or mix I enjoyed this run whenever I went back to it. Deep molasses taste but nothing special to keep me coming back too often. The massive stopper/cor

Pampero Aniversario Reserva Exclusiva

Great packaging Dark aged colour. Slight smell of sugar on the nose and a woody note. Quite thin initial taste, some alcohol in the middle. The bottle loo

Dictador Amber 100

My favourite of the dictador 100 months But that isn't an incredibly high accolade. Some coffee and toffee up front in a very sticky way. Then transitions to harshness but with a nic

El Dorado 3-year

Drinkable neat Chocolatey and vanilla initial taste but then goes pretty quickly. Barely any aftertaste (good or bad).

Dictador Orange 100

Unmistakably orange Very light in colour. Strong orange smell, like a Terry's chocolate orange. Bitter orange up front on the taste, then dark chocolate before a b

Duppy Share Caribbean

Cool label, good mixer Spicy, slightly harsh. A bit like pusser's but smoother. I haven't tried it but would be very good with ginger beer. Still on my list to buy at

Real McCoy Single Blended 5-year

Whiskyish rum Very clear aftertaste of bourbon. Slightly harsh. A very light, whisky kind of colour too.

El Dorado EHP Single Barrel

Interesting to taste but not drink regularly I love El Dorado but these single barrels are interesting as an insight into how the more drinkable blends are made but wouldn't drink them regularly.

Pusser's Overproof

Harsh in a good way Starts off sweet and cloying and then gets progressively harsher. Burns your throat when you swallow. I like it with ginger beer when I don't

Don Papa Small Batch

Added vanilla? Incredibly sweet. Strong vanilla taste which must be added in. Very drinkable neat but I'd choose lots of other rums ahead of this. Interes

Plantation 2000 Barbados

Not the best plantation Plantation make some fabulous rums but this is just OK. You get some complexity from the wood/the brandy that was previously in the barrel but don

Trois Rivieres 5-year

Brandyish Has a sweet smell and no initial alcohol taste. Slightly weak initially but then wood develops. A deep sweet aftertaste that is reminiscent of bran

Westerhall Vintage

Light taste Sweet fruity start but not much else to follow through.

English Harbour 1981 25-year

I really wanted to love this The bottle is cool in a classic way. 1981 is the year I was born. If I hadn't been going through a restrained phase I probably would have just bought

Santa Teresa 1796

Mature, deep but not great Drank back to back with the anejo gran reserva and compared to that this was mature, sweet and deep but still not great.

Foursquare 2005 Port Cask Finish 9-year

Two tastes in one But unfortunately they don't come together very well (at all). Quite strange, it zig-zags between sweet rum and sour port. Both taste quite nice on

Millonario Reserva Especial 15

Chemicals, added sugar but still quite good This bottle is very cool. No idea if it is traditional or not but looks very good on my shelf. Very dark interesting colour. This is the young

A smoother agricole Smooth but a strong woody taste. Some sweetness but quite subtle and chewy. Get some tones of whisky and cognac.

Havana Club 7-year

Probably good with coke Not harsh taste (like the selleccion des maestros) but not much else either. A touch of vanilla which then fades fast. Would probably be good w

Barcelo Imperial Premium Blend 30 Aniversario

Poor packaging presages a not great rum The barcelo imperial was my first proper rum so I just had to get this. A few people have commented on the bottle/packaging being cool but I think

La Hechicera Extra Anejo

Love the bottle, not the rum Harsh and a little earthy, don't really like but the bottle is cool.

Sailor Jerry Spiced

Better than captain Morgan's But nothing to touch elements 8 spiced rum or even the kraken. Good with coke.

Captain Morgan Spiced

Fine with coke Have passed a number of good holidays sipping on this in a Cuba libre but many better mixing rums out there.

Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

Only drinkable with a mixer I know loads of people rave about this but I literally couldn't drink this neat. Lots of chemicals on the nose and follows through into the taste.

Blue Mauritius Gold

Worth tasting once Incredibly strange rum. Really strong smell of pine which then follows through into more pine and some sawdust. As it fades you are left with pe

Ron Zacapa Centenario XO Premio Platino

Ronseal (literally) intense. Ronseal smell. Slightly chemically taste. Tastes similar to 23 solera and a bit better but not good enough to buy. I didn't have any left

Tilambic 151 from Mauritius 7-year

Hot hot hot Builds up very quickly to a fiery high heat. Burns without much other taste.

St. Nicholas Abbey 10-year

Too "trebly" for me No detectable smell. Lots of "treble" (meaning high end frequency) in the balance. Almost nasal. I don't like it.

Santa Teresa Gran Reserva

Young and raw Tastes very young, almost raw. Could almost think this is a tequila with a vegetal taste. Only tried neat, might be better mixed.

Don Papa 10-year

Diet coke syrup This bottle is serious cool and the almost black colour of the rum makes it look even better. I saw some pictures where the lid on the bottle tube loo

Rum Nation Martinique Anniversary 12-year

Not for me Very 'thin" with lots of initial alcohol taste. Some honey-ey sweetness comes through later along with some yellow wood and a not completely pleasa

Dictador Cafe 100

Not very complex Bitter coffee up front taste but not in a very nice way. Aftertaste lingers but again not pleasantly.

Havana Club Selección de Maestros

Harsh and uninteresting I really wanted to like this but it just seemed harsh with nothing going on. Tasted back to back with cartavio xo and angostura 1824.

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