Bundaberg Overproof

I walked into the landsdown in Sydney in 89 with a blond I'd met the night before upstairs in the backpackers and asked for a bundaberg rum, the barman asked if I wanted op ...my answer would dictate the rest of my life , I had the best 12months of my life travelling with her around Australia and our son is doing the same now ...so always go for the OP...and stunning blond backpackers , you won't go wrong

This shit is rough. You gotta be a tough cunt to drink it. It's made for men, real aussie men who like to fight. A few sips on this dark and stormy and you'll be smacking your mum in the face and and fucking anything that moves. If it doesn't move, you'll put wheels on it and kick it!

Don't be a weak cunt, take out your tampon, drop your skirt and man up and get on it.

After traveling Australia for a long time I wanted to do what I've missed down under: To try Bundaberg. We'll I wanted to do it the proper way so I got the Overproof.

When I tried it with friends it froze everyones smile. The smell is straight: Desinfactant. The taste is also. Not even notes of drinking alkohol or glue, just desinfactant.

Waiting on the shelf for a hard boiled drinker....

I'm an old school drinker. I take my spirits neat as a rule. This stuff is the exception. You need at least one ice cube - or use it to put some serious fangs in your coffee/tea.

OP rum is the tasty beverage of choice for when you feel the need to do some serious damage to your taste buds and/or brain cells.

I'm a Queenslander born and bred and I love the stuff. That said, I can understand why others don't. Think of it as the Laphroaig of rums. It's as rough as hessian underpants, no pretensions to class or style. If you're toasting fallen comrades, this is what you need.

Australian's really can make nice things. Red wine, biscuits, dairy products. Rum it not one of these things. As an Australian I hang my head in shame at this horrible horrible product. It is embarrassing and really shouldn't be made. It gives rum and Australia a bad name. If you have a bottle of this, tip it out or fashion it into a molotov-cocktail. Worst rum ever. Tasting notes: strong bromine notes with a revolting cloying finish. Like licking an old Ditto machine whilst chewing asbestos. Only consume if you hate yourself.

I enjoy Bundy OP with coke & ice. But not a sipper. Dark colour, strong nose- not sweet. May lack sophistication but my cabinet always has one for that relaxing drink at the end of a tough week.

This rum is a great rum by itself or in a mix. I find it has a more Carmel flavour than most in its price range and isn’t masked by a abundance of a vanilla or banana overtones.

Bundaberg rums are hard to find in the US, but 6 years ago some Aussie's that were friends with a mutual friend brought a bottle from down under. I remember it being surprisingly smooth for the high proof and having a very unique taste- akin to a musky winter spice mix. From what I've read about these rums in my quest to procure a bottle, I'm sure that a second tasting would find me singing a different tune, but what I do remember of that hazy college evening was a unique rum and a very good time.

It's the only bundy product I've bought more than once and the only one I'd bother trying if you're interested in their products

Bottle gifted to me by the Big Kahuna. Pours a reddish amber color. Aroma of rubber cement and band aids. Oddly enough, I get a mild Parmesan cheese scent. A blend of dentist’s Novocain and burned toast. Lots of oxidized cardboard. Horrid. Just horrid.