Blackwell Black Gold Special Reserve

Coming in at $40 US I had a lot of expectations on what this rum should be, and while it didn’t meet the expectations I had, it didn’t certainly didn’t disappoint.

The website doesn’t give a ton of information, but after scouring online it seems this rum is aged anywhere from 1-3 years. How ever long it’s aged it’s surprisingly smooth with little heat. It doesn’t take fake and adulterated like the Gosling Black Seal rum and in fact, it had a wonderful balance of sweet and funk with a dry finish. I got a lot of caramel and burnt toffee up front with a dry sweet vanilla finish.

So far I’ve just drank it neat but I’m very curious to see how it adds to a jungle bird or Mai Tai.

This is a functional black rum for mixing. Nice color and finish.

Finally the Caribbean taste I was looking for. Fruity , thick and hint of spice going down. I took it neat but with a cube it I bet it would be pleasant under a palm tree on the beach. Definitely one I will stock.

I love the dark Jamaican mixers for my rum drinks, and this one is not to be ignored. Great sweet taste that I like from Jamaica and perfect for those rum punches or a plantation punch. Good color and aroma. Blackwell has a good thing going here and also with his 007 rum which I find as a decent sipper.

Had to try it I tried this with three different colas the best cola that this rum is suited with is cherry Coke. It brings out a vanilla flavor in the drink and enhances the cherry flavor and the Coke I heard a lot of people say bad things about this rum about the fake flavor but it is truly a good rum. These people also said that it has a fake Cherry cola flavor so I went against the grain and I mixed it with straight up cherry Coke and it’s pretty phenomenal! You do taste coconut a hint of it and a chocolatey flavor with the molasses which is very typical among dark rums.

Aroma - artificial molasses and brown sugar

Taste - molasses followed by a burnt sugar finish.

The taste on this rum starts off descent but the finish is so bad that I wouldn't even try to use it in a cocktail. Don't recommend

Bon en rhum and coke, doux et vanillé. Bon rapport qualité prix.

Got 2 bottles: El Prohibito 15yo and Blackwell light

ЕlP15 - Highest in melanin ). Easy on nose, easy on palate, medium long aftertaste. Watery. Not spicy nor salty at all, if has added sugar then it's less than 10g\L.
Core of taste is dates and fruits, nuts notes, no barrel touches. Just positive impressions. Drives onto good mood.

BW - still pretty dark, why called light? Impressions are absolutely similar to ElP15, the same water, sugar level and "structure". Just a bit more funky.

Both are just Ok - score 7.5+

This rum is solid without heavy Jamaican Hogo funk going on. I was quite surprised expecting something hard to swallow, but it was better than expected. Great mixer for Dark & stormy’s, Mai tais, etc. nice full body flavor good with coke also.

I love the slender brown bottle, it fits nicely in the hand. When you open it there is an aroma of pineapple with a bit of caramel and cinnamon. The dark copper colour is what pours into the glass. Not a lot of fire but pleasant in the mouth and warming as it goes down. A good everyday rum that I will have in my collection.