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Skipjack

Connoisseur | Member since 2014 | United States

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Thomas Tew Authentic

Newport American Rum Warning, I gush too much on this rum. I do hit it for the difficulties I find in tasting it, but once you have drank the rum, all of those issues bec

Flor de Caña Extra Lite 4

Rum Diary In the Hunter S. Thompson book "Rum Diary" the characters frequently meet in the back area of a run down cafe, a bottle of rum in the center of the ta

Dos Maderas PX 5+5

Sherry, Sherry, Sherry I have reached my limit for sherry rums in DM 5+5. The class of rum is not my style and this one pushes me off the cliff. Now if you like sherry, yo

Doorly's XO 6-year

Excellent Sherry Rum First a disclaimer, I'm not a big fan of sherry aged rums, it's just not my palate. But I find them a reasonable competitor of other dark, sweet rums

Cuca Fresca Premium

Aspiration This rum has such a light but full bodied aroma when smelling before the taste. It has a touch of heat late in the aftertaste, the low wines being we

Depaz Blue Cane Amber 1-year

Light Oak Agricole This was my first agricole and it took many more agricoles and cachacas before I embracd the flavor profile, now I search for them everywhere. Depaz

Clement VSOP 4-year

A Brandy-esque Rum Clement has a good range of rums that easily slip into a number of other spirit categories. Clement VSOP is a rum agricole that makes a successful tr

Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve

Surprise, A Good Black Rum I don't like sweet rums, but the exception to that rule for me is black rum. I like the flavor of a rum that has a bitter tastes that come from a wel

Delaware Distilling Company Spiced

Spiced Different I like DDC, solid craft distillery but I should have found their regular rums before trying the spiced rum as I'm not a fan of spiced rum in general.

Flor de Caña Gran Reserva - 7-year

Above The Belt I like all of the Flor de Cana products, they are solid and tend to be good values for their prices and over deliver. The Gran Reserve 7 is not my fa

Cachaca? White rum, 40%, good amount of low wines resulting in a rum high in esters and residual cogeners. Smooth but with some initial heat, does not evapora

English Harbour 5-year

Rich & Light - Good Value When I first purchased this rum my expectations were not high. I don't know why but I imagined the run down harbor I had once visited years ago after

Dos Maderas 5+3

Sherry As it is labeled, sherry flavors come on early and strongly but the flavor is not quite balanced. It comes across as a mineral taste that was not qui

Cane & Abe Small Barrel

Wisconson Rum! The location of manufacture of this rum was a pleasant surprise. This is a product of Madison Distillery and appears to be a conscious effort to be di

Angostura 1919 8-year

On Ice, Not Neat I will usually drink spirits neat or on ice, this rum is falls into the ice category. There is so much to this rum that promises, oak nose, sweet aro

Westerhall Plantation

Light, Warm, Interesting I first tasted this rum at the Bitter End Yacht Club in the BVI's and due to the excitement of the day of small boat sailing and a breezy day of hikin

Chairman's Reserve 4-6 Years

Chairmans For Strength This rum looks and tastes great in a flask and that is where you will find me enjoying it. On cold days when racing a single man dinghy, this rum wil

Heat Banks displays a heat and strong heads taste unexpected from an aged white. I would still recommend it for mixed drinks such as mojitos, but not to s

Good Value I tried Anejo after having the Anejo 12 as I like to see what the range of rum tastes from a maker that sells a similar rum at different levels and if

Cockspur 5 Star Fine

Mixer This one is definitely a mixing rum. I prefer to drink all spirits straight with a side of selter, water, or something similar but this rum is meant

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English Harbour 1981 25-year

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