Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve

Happily drink this neat or with coke. Great value for money

Tasted this in Jamaica and thought it was good enough to bring home.

Picked this bottle up online because I was looking for a different Dark Jamaican rum than the usual Myers's or Appleton 12 (we don't have Coruba in Holland). This is indeed a very dark rum but without the rich funky nose that the Jamaican rums are known for. This rum is sweet with strong hints of coffee bean, chocolate and toffee. Great in tropical cocktails like a Jungle Bird or Planter's Punch but also very decent went drunk neat. Blackwell is aged for two years and I wouldn't be surprised that they did a little caramel coloring. That's why I think a 7 is high enough.

Very pleasant aroma, gives you the carribean feeling. Funky nose, awesome taste, although you'd expect more after smelling it. Yet a great mixer and sipper as well.

Meget god rom til prisen. Jeg havde egentligt købt den til tiki drinks. men det meste er drukket rent.

I like dark rums and I like this one very sweet like molasses. You'll need to add a few drops of water to tone down the sweetness and open it up.

This one is like a navy rum with dark flavours.
The nose is quite complex and beautiful. I get dry fruits, blueberries, burned sugar and coconut.
Then some vanilla cookies, some molasses and dark wood.

The taste starts sweet with burned sugar, then blueberries and coconut with vanilla. It's tasty but at the end are some notes of young distillate (it's only two years old).
The middle is spicy then sweet with caramel and some bitter notes of tannins. Then again pleasant with coconut and vanilla cookies.
The finish is spicy again with flavours of coconut, vanilla cookies and blueberry muffins.

There is the issue with the dilution and it could be older. It should have more strength.
I would rate this one with 79 points. I contacted Blackwell support for an older version in cask strength, but they don't respond.

Nose: dry fuits, blueberries, burned sugar, coconut, vanilla cookies, some molasses, dark wood
Taste initial: burned sugar, blueberries, coconut, vanilla, flavours of young distillate
Middle: spice, caramel, some tannins, coconut, vanilla cookies
Finish: spice, coconut, vanilla cookies, blueberry muffin
Aftertaste: some blueberry muffins

Sweetness: 2/5
Fruits: 2.5/5
Spice: 2.5/5
Mildness: 3/5
Complexity: 3/5
Value (15€): 5/5

Super rich. Christmassy. A very high seven. Maybe a little too much of the black treacle taste for me, also no age statement or mention of it on the label, which makes me wonder how it’s this colour. It cost me £22 which is a ridiculous price for this kind of standard.

This rum has just the right amount of Hogo funk. It doesn’t beat you up with it like Hampden or Smith & Cross. You can sip this and enjoy it. Molasses and banana come though. Smooth and dark. Lots of punch. No sweetness. Long slow smoldering finish. Very nice Jamaican rum at a great price.

Jeden z rumů z nízké cenové hladiny a přitom sušší a chuťově skvělý. Určitě bude patřit ke stálicím u mě.