Ten to One Caribbean Dark

I have enjoyed the entire bottle over several weeks and have strictly compared it to my favorites rums and my initial assessment still holds true: Wow.

The nose is as billed: banana peels, spices, fruit and toffee. On the palate it has a great mouth feel with hints of vanilla and continued mild spices. It has a wonderful crisp finish with no unwanted surprises.

This is a wonderful addition to my stable.

Purchased at Total Wine. Light amber color, light on the tongue with a slight harshness, thin finish with a slight alcohol burn. It is a bit complex but for me not worth buying again.

I did not have huge expectations for their Dark Rum and was I surprised. Neat in the glass smooth cedar and island spices no burn at all. Being a new rum is why I was not expecting the complexity. I did watch the podcast with Marc Farrell and started having higher hopes, as he is very well educated and takes his new business very serious. By all means this is a must buy.

Hints of fruit, not to harsh. Very drinkable I truly enjoyed this rum. Looking forward to trying more of thier products. They are a young company but a great start

I liked how the bottle tells what to expect from the smells (e.g. banana peel, yellow apple, and wet grass) and taste (e.g. tobacco, cedar, and leather). Clearly I am a neanderthal, as I neither smelled nor tasted any them.  But, I still thought it was a nice rum, both straight and mixed; with some afterburn straight.

This is probably a good catch for ones that are 1st starting their journey. It is smooth till the end where the bite catches up. I don't find any significant notes at all. Just another bland blending is all I detect. After all the hype with this blender I went for it. Glad I did but will not revisit. It got a 5 because it is boring as hell! but that's it! Bottom shelf, not even rack shelf is the best I can describe this below average rum.

This is good rum with no added sugar or coloring. It's pretty smooth and displays a little heat on the front end when it first hits the tongue. However, subsequent sips go down very easily. It has nice flavor but the taste is not super complex or pronounced. I guess my palate likes a little sweetness which is why I like some other rums a little better than this one such as Mount Gay XO and Appleton 12. I usually go more for sipping rums but this one works well with ice or in a Mai Tai cocktail.

Good neat or mixed into traditional daiquiris or mojitos.

I was expecting a sweeter rum given that it is a blend from the D.R. Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados (well maybe not the Barbados part of it). But it is not a sweet rum and it is dry as well. No real burn or harshness to it. I can imagine this rum took some effort to put together given the blending and aging (8 years for the D.R. and Barbados portion anyway). Well done. Very good rum but I think punching above it's weight class dollar wise at $50+. That is entering heavyweight territory price for me when this is a middleweight.

It's close to the Real McCoy 12 and other low sugar rums that have a great mix of an interesting nose and solid flavor as a sipper (on ice). The unique-for-rum blend of different country rums adds an interesting angle as you can really taste the Barbados sweet base mixed with the Dominican spice and Jamaican funk. It's worth a try if it isn't a shelf staple. N: fruit and banana peel and light funk, reminiscent of a better, more interesting plantation dark/overproof. T/F: an easy sipper that hits the right in-between spot of not-too-sweet, not-too-boring, a where's waldo of different country profiles. I do agree with an earlier reviewer that $45-50 (2022 prices) is $5-10 more than the quality within... you can find similar quality for slightly less.