Ak Zanj With Angels

Toffee on the nose, coffee on the taste with, with a burnt caramel finish and bitter burn. It should be better but it’s not think its missing more umph and flavor

This blend of Haitian agricole and clairin, aged in French oak (cognac) casks for 3 years, I can find for $32 in my area. This has become my go-to sipping rum. Absolutely delicious.

Notes: Banana, vanilla, base of earthy coffee rounds, lots of stone fruit.

Tasted at Laka Lono on 1/19/22 and I should note for the record that the first time I tried to write the name down, I spelled it San Janz, which I do think would make a good rum name.
Notes indicate I felt this was a classic agricole and that I liked it.

I've seen this in my local store and finally decided to give it a try. On the nose, I get notes of vanilla, toffee and what reminds me of rootbeer. I'm getting a sweet grassy note as well as toffee and that same rootbeer note as well. I'm also getting a little warming on the way down, just enough to let me know it's there.

Tasted at Laka Lono on 1/19/22. Pours copper in color. A softer, less in your face agricole than the San Zanj. Some honey to the aroma. Honeysuckle nectar sweetness flavor. Delicious nutty finish.

I love Haitian clarin, but this tastes like a bog standard low to mid range rum. Surprising alcohol burn for 43%, and tastes enough like molasses, that I'd assume it was a column still molasses rum (maybe sweetened) if I didn't know better. Not bad compared to mass market rum, but it's hard to think of a situation I'd recommend it over something else.