El Dorado 8-Year

Thoughts: Given their top end rums are amazing, it's a shame their lower range just doesn't do it for us. It started off well on the nose with some dried fruit and fresh pine wood but the flavour didn't live up to what we had hoped for and the finish had surprising esters and old leather. We tried, we drank and probably wouldn't do again.

Rating: 4/10

Smell - golden sultanas, pine, toffee
Taste - rich, heavy, bitter, liquorice, demerara sugar,
After Taste - medium, esters, old leather

A bit hard in the very beginning but after breathing it becomes really cool.

Haven’t had this in a while so hard to remember exactly. Imo very similar to the 5 year and I might only be able to tell the difference if I had a side by side comparison. But otherwise, I’d rather the 5 because it’s cheaper for not much difference.

Fás, karamellás, trópusi gyümölcs ,csokoládé. Tetszik ez az ízvilág.Nagyon is iható.Én tisztán szeretem.Gratulálok a mestereknek.

Avast! This rum be a bit improved from the 5-year, but just a bit. She smells a bit on the sweet side, but just a bit. There be oak, brown sugar, and a wee bit o' spicy. There also be cola knockin' around in there, a bit of GOOD tobacco smell, and but a whiff of somethin' dry and papery... like old maps, or dusty old books I cannot read, but are on display to impress the ladies. On the tongue, there be far more on deck at first glance than the 5-year. She be smooth with a decent body about her, and bit of sweetness with a hint of spice that pricks up the tongue. Now, unless I am mistook, there also be some sort of fruit in there. Nothin' tropical tho... somethin' bright, like an apple or a plum. Now all that be lovely and all, but it fades quickly into bitterness. The kind of bitterness that drags on longer than a good keel haulin'. No burn goin' down the hatch tho, and the more ya have, the less ya notice... or care... or remember. Aye, this be a decent sippin' rum... if the 12, the 15, or the 21 are unavailable! Arrgh!

Aroma - black coffee followed by allspice, clove, and charred oak

Taste - raisin followed by plum, oatmeal, brown sugar, and a flavorful barrel spice finish

Decent dark rum with touch of funkyness. Very good on the rocks, still retains those hard flavors. Might be a bit much for me as event aftertaste feels like pretty serious business. It's warming, but not burning, that's great.

Is it a rum or is it a liqueur? Anybody saying this is good neat might be hypoglycemic.

Much to my surprise get value for money and a very pleasant drink

I've only tasted a couple of rums in my life, I started my rum phase a few months ago and this rum started this "phase" for me. So far this has been my favorite one.
My favorite aspect of this rum is that it tastes this good without being sweet. I'm not a big fan of overly sweet rums.

This rum has a dominant woody texture to it and thanks to the lack of sweetness I can easily identify most of the subtle flavors in this rum. The three ruling aromas are wood, coffee, and vanilla in my opinion and I love them all. It has a strong enough flavor for mixing, but this rum is best enjoyed neat at room temperature.

I'll definitely try out the older El Dorados as well.