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Martin Jelen

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Rum and whisky enthusiast. My hobby is my job, which is pretty awesome :)

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Ron de Jeremy XO

Oh my gosh he is so gentle! Perfect advertising. Funny and also more importantly...true! Love the little touch of bourbon taste in combination with the extraordinary smoothness.

Zafra Master Reserve 21

really really good White oak after bourbon was a great choice. Very distinguished nose and mouth. This one doesnt bore you for a while

Dos Maderas PX 5+5

Want somethig nice and smooth? Very pleasing in nose. Sherry casks work miracles. Nice story about the aging process, get your attention. If you want something aperitif like or you

Mr. Mixer Perfect for mixing which it was made for. So...mission accomplished :) Very smooth for a rum that young, nice hints of vanilla and coconut. After t

Pusser's Overproof

Ahoy sailor! Now this is a navy rum as it should be! This is not a ladies drink, yet you can find some pleasant aromas if you keep it in mouth long enough.

Barcelo Imperial

Not for everyone Very good rum for dry rums lovers. Super good price for the performance (if it costed more I would give 7/10). If you are tired of the sweet pleasers,

Yes please! This is one of few rums I always gladly come back to after some tastings. I cant find a single thing I dont like about this rum. Perfectly balanced, a

Pure rum Very very nice bottle. In nose cane, wood and touch of caramel, in mouth the same. Nice and clean rum with no infusions. Great for sipping. It also ma

Cubaney Gran Reserva

Suprisingly sweet, but rich Very woody in nose, didnt expect the amount of sugar. I am not a big fan of sweet rums, but in this one i found it quite pleasant. Nice and rich body

Where is my cigar Woody, long tasting rum with nothing gratuitous in it. Nicely balanced and rounded.

Mount Gay Eclipse

Very hard to rate... 8/10 as a mixology rum 4/10 as a straight rum Very unpleasant in nose, taste kind of synthetic. Yet works so well in drinks, never understood that

Now this is some good agricole Very clean and direct rum. I love the nose, so much cane in it. Also the aroma makes you think the rum would be smooth, which it really isnt which i f

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

Good old classic Very nice, complex taste, smooth enough, great for sipping. Perfect to introduce people with rums. After a while i started realizing that it is just t

long-term favourite I always gladly return to this rum. Its always in my cabinet.

Very distinguished This gentleman amazed me really soon. Great sweetish aroma, very pleasing and complex taste.

Cubaney Solera Reserve

Very simple, very smart I love aroma of this rum, pure sugar cane with just i little touch of wood. This rum is not big or complicated, but I love its concept. You get very l

Old Vatted Demerara (OVD) Dark

Bargain Great rum for the money. Clean taste that doesnt excite you, nor bores you.

Legendario Ron Anejo

Good for mixing One of my favourite añejos, makes nice cuba libre. I dont mind sipping it time to time. Good Cuban rum taste representation.

Havana Club Anejo Especial

Price is right Quite enjoyable on rocks. Good for mixing. Very good choice in this price level.

Mauritius Club Dark

Cherry baby Very intensive cherry aroma in nose. After smelling it I expected it to be much sweeter so it was a pleasant surprise for me as it got milder in mouth

La Hechicera Extra Anejo

Not for everyone Its very specific in nose as well as in mouth. People who enjoy aromatic rums will love its smoothness and fruity taste. People who look for something

Pyrat XO Reserve

You love it or you hate it Very specific combination of so much citrus (in nose and the mouth) and still pretty harsh taste gives personality to this rum and I like that. It is

Beach House Spiced

Fits the name This is something i would have in my beach house rum cabinet (if I had one :D). One of the best spices I tasted, yet I am not a big fan of spices. It

Atlantico Private Cask

Another sweet pleaser with no personality Yes the rum is good...but it tastes the same like so many others. I am very subjective with my rankings, I think thats the point. I want a rum to tell

Atlantico Platino

OK for mixing, OK for drinking straight First I tasted this rum in drink called Platónico (Atlantico platino, tonic, ice, sprig of thyme) and I liked it a lot. Then I tasted it straight and

Matusalem Platino

One of few One of few white rums I enjoyed drinking straight. Very smooth, very pleasant, very rum-like. Of course there are batter ones, but not for this price.

Captain Morgan Private Stock

Pride and prejudice If you enjoy CM spiced gold, this will blow your mind.

Wow is this really Havana? Lots of people I get in contact with despise the Havana brand (its my job to introduce people with rums, conversate about rums and recommend them what

Zaya Gran Reserva

Zacapas cousin? Another sweet and pleasing rum with no personality. Most of people like it, but as I tasted it it gave me no experience. Just another one that tastes

Whole Barbados in a bottle Great example of its origin. I love to use it when introducing the scale of tastes rums are capable of. (I work as a bartender in rum/whisky bar in Pr

nice sipping rum Significant and long lasting bourbon aftertaste. Otherwise pretty typical representative for Dominican aged rums.

Mount Gay Black Barrel

charred barrel Not that great for sipping to me. Excellent for mixology.

Legendario Elixir de Cuba

Great for ladies or as a digestif time to time Very sweet but not only sweet, it also has some taste, which is nice. Almost every girl loves it....Hard to miss with this one.

Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve

Story nicer than the rum Strawberry Hill blah blah blah...Chris Blackwell blah blah blah... Bob Marley blah blah blah... Shut up and pour me the glass! I dont give a sh*t abou

So much bananas! Bananas everywhere in this rum...But yet!...It doesnt drown the other tastes. This rum is very distinctive. I enjoyed it a lot, but it got very repeti

Cubaney Orangerie

Not for everyone Very specific, my wife loves it. I tried it twice and it was enough :)

El Dorado Special Reserve

15 > 12 ? I dont understand how 12 and 15 can be so different. Love 12, would drink it almost any time... Need to be in mood for 15. Why? No idea... Does it mak

Cost/Performance rating - wow Very nice afordable rum for people who start to be interested in rums. It is a little sweet, you can find some basic rum tastes in there and as long a

Magua Extra Viejo

Cost/Performance rating - wow Surprisingly tasty, very clean direct taste. Nothig complicated of course, but I did not find a single sensation that would bother me. I recommend thi

Six Saints Gold

Very intense Very very very intense rum. Bold combination of spiciness and harshness. Many people will think its spiced, but its actually aged 6-8 years in america

Mangoustan's Carte Grise

Nothing special Good starting rum for begginers. Little sweet, little harsh. You cant put any deep thoughts into rating a rum of this cost. Its like saying that a che

Pampero Aniversario

Decent sipper Did no especially dislike anything about this rum. But also didnt find anything especially enjoyable. Quite regular sipper at reasonable price. Not ba

Pusser's British Navy

Worth the name Unfortunately I tasted this one after i tasted the overproof version (silly mistake) so it felt really plain to me but I am sure it would be much bett

Atlantico Reserva

Too harsh Not a bad rum with some nice aromas. Needs to breathe for a while or some rocks to be thrown in. I personally prefer letting it breathe. Nice in nose,

Surely unique Surely worth tasting, interesting experience. Havent drank rum similar to this one. Bananas and vanilla in nose. In mouth very very smooth, little sug

Step forward? Havana wants to replace Blanco with this one. Blanco is already kind of difficult to buy in CZE. In my eyes its good idea, 3 is surely more interestin

Arcane Extraroma

Unique Very strong aroma with almost no cane to be found in it. In nose almost the same as in mouth. Super infused with other flavors, dominance of marzipan

Plantation XO 20th Anniversary

Look at me! Everyone likes me! Attention seeker to me. Very pleasing rum that 90% will like. But I dont see any personality in it. Blenders played it safe, marketing did its work, e

Millonario Reserva Especial 15

Too sweet, too flat Looking at other ratings maybe I tasted this rum too early. It was one of the first ones I have ever tried, but all I remember is sugar...

Cubay Anejo Suave

You get what you pay for Very good for the money. Nothing complicated, suitable for mixing or having just one or two shots straight. Good to give to drunk friends who want to

Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

Too expensive I dont like Zacapa 23 becuase its overpriced. The rum is quite nice but in my opinion it belongs 1 level lower in the cost range.

Diplomatico Reserva

Poor guy Standing in the shade of his older and so much more popular brother... Never really liked it maybe beacause i always compare it to 12 in my head.

Okay... Not bad, it is a quality rum. But didnt find anything interesting in it. I always try to reveal the personality of the rum im tasting, trying to under

Dont know... As i tasted this rum i realised: "I dont know what to think about it." And to me that is a bad impression. Not really smooth, not really sweet, not re

Surprise! no sugar.... Very interesting thought. Drinkability is not that high, but I am glad I tasted it, very nice experience for me. Strong Vanilla aroma makes you think

Capitan Bucanero

Too sweet, too infused Some young people who have no idea about rums might like this, but it is really overfilled with aromas and sugar. I liked it in mixed drink which was

Havana Club Blanco

For mixing? Why not Is it better than 3yo? To me...no. To many people...yes. I saw some people drinking it just on rocks, that seems like madness to me. I tasted it strai

Old Pascas Blanco

OK for mix To me it is cheap option for mixing. If you use it right, it serves just as well as any other cheap Blanco. Not worse, not better. The price correspon

The Secret Treasures Old Aguardiente de Cana de Cuba

Unique My nose was very suprised, very fruity, and spicy, the color speaks for it self, almost no hint of wood. In mouth basically the same thing. Very inter

Sailor Jerry Spiced

People buying the brand or the rum? Never understood why is this rum so popular amongst young people, there are so many better spiced rums at same cost level...But also some worse ones t

Ron de Jeremy Spiced

maybe too high expectations after the XO Quite disappointed. I am not fan of spiced rums, maybe i was over-hyped because of the brand. While tasting I had a full mouth of cinnamon and could f

Diplomatico Liqueur de Rhum

suprisingly....nothing Just a pile of sugar...Didnt recognise any other taste. Very disappointed.

Mangoustan's Cafe

Why so sweet?? Interesting idea how to build a rum, but burried in mountain of sugar. Too bad...

Neisson White 55

Beast This one jumps into your mouth and throat and wants to tare it apart. Very raw and belligerent rum that clearly wasnt made for drinking straight. Plus

Don Papa Small Batch

very sheepish about this one Maybe over-infused is the right word? Really dont know what to think. If I blind tasted it I would swear to god its spiced, yet its aged...Very wierd

Too empty Really didnt find anything in this one, only alcoholic and caramel aroma, thats all. Kind of disappointed.

Pink Pigeon Original

Typicall "attention seeker" rum with no potential Some young lady approaches a bar. "Wow what is that? I wanna try that! Hmm vanilla! Thats soooooo good, I wanna drink this!" Shitty rum in an attracti

Kraken Black Spiced

Cant find any use for this rum Sipping? No thanks. On ice? Little bit less bad than without ice. Mix? Too dominant taste to use Shooter? Please dont, after a second one you will

bad to worse I liked the old version with white and green label when I got to taste it for the first time. Nice combination of tastes with dominance of cinnamon an

80 wants to kill you, 60 want to hurt you Very unpleasant experience, artificial aroma and taste. Might work pretty well as throat desinfection product...

Don't... Very synthetic, industrial-like taste that makes you frown. Works in hot drinks, thats it.

Stroh Original 80

80 speaks for itself Undrinkable straight. Usable in hot drinks. In my opinion not a rum...

No comment needed... Imagine a worse/cheaper version of CM spiced gold...

No way... To be honest I had no idea that this is considered a rum. Its not even an acceptable liqueur... Rum? No way!

Captain Morgan Spiced

Marketing at its best. Terrible synthetic-like taste that gave me goose bumps. So far the lowest rating I gave.There are so many better spices at the same price range yet th

Rebellion Spiced

What spiced should not taste like... Chaotic mixture of little bit of everything drowning in a pool of sugar. No thanks. Super synthetic taste, nothing pleasant in this rum.

Bozkov Original

Why is this here? This is not rum. This is a spirit made out of potatoes. Very unpleasing to drink straight. Barely drinkable mixed. Yet as mentioned before...perfect f

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