Koloa Spice

After trying their cocoa flavoured rum (which was a surprisingly pleasant experience), this was at the other end of the scale. The flavour here reminded me of medicine, cough syrup, there is also a harsh bite. While it might not be 1 star paint striper, it's rough and not one I can recommend.

This seems to be their gold with a sugar mill’s worth of sugar and someone knocked the whole spice cabinet into the still by mistake! It smells like a syrup and tastes like they just dumped spice in, forgot they had already added the spice and then dumped more in.

I wanted to like this more than I did. I found the sweetness overpowering the actual spice component which was far too subtle for my taste. In several cocktail recipes, I found myself having to add additional falernum, allspice dram or bitters, depending on the drink.

Sickeningly sweet and very alcoholic. One dimensional artificial vanilla flavor with backdrop of muddled spices. Has a medicinal finish. The longer I wait and reflect, the worse this rum gets. I recall drinking it on a beach late one night and it being very good. I must have had too much. Would not recommend as a sipper. It could be used for mixed drinks, but it is rather pricey. There are much better spiced rums for the price. In fact, I may buy the Kirkland Spiced just to do a side-by-side comparison.

Fine, nothing special. Koloa coconut is a step above the average coconut rum, but this one is just vanilla. No spices to really speak of, maybe a very slight hint of cinnamon. I've had much worse, but have also had much better, this is a perfectly average "spiced" rum.

Excellent neat, on the rocks, or with a mixer. Recommended by a dear friend, solid choice and one I always try to have in my bar.

This spiced rum is definitely very vanilla forward but for a spiced rum its not too bad. However, it is overpriced.

I like Koloa rums generally. This one is OK+, even though I don’t like sweet rums per se. As a sipper, I cut it with Koloa Gold. The best Koloa spice rum is their dark. When I want to go full Hawaiian, I mix up the Koloa offerings. Mmmm mmm.

I found this when I was googling new rums to try. This is worth giving a shot if you if you hadn't tried it yet.

Complex spices, but not enough body that I'd reach for it to sip. Likely amazing in hot cocktails