Papas Pilar Dark 24-Year

Very nice sipping rum with strong taste of caramel but not overly sweet. I drink my rum on the rocks and prefer rum thats not too sweet. This rum would be excellent served after a steak dinner or as a “better” dessert

Not bad but I can’t taste the maple taste everyone is talking about

Whoever would have said "Delicious" and "leathery" in the same sentence? This rum is a beautiful deep colour, red, and inviting. In the glass it immediately smells of burnt caramel, and leathery. In a way that is hard to describe. There's some maple in there. More sugar. A bit of oak. Maybe maple syrup. Smooth taste, that lingers at the end. A bit of hit on the back of the tongue, letting you know the alcohol is there. Very complex. Old tasting, but not necessarily "aged". Like it came from a bottle that had been in a saddlebag. Maybe a pony keg. Not dusty though. Very exciting, this is a great tasting rum. I need to have another taste!

A very sweet rum, but a natural sweetness (think maple syrup, molasses, etc). This makes it super easy to sip and enjoy!

starts sweet Blends a lot of flavors. As a side note the Hemingway Family donates the proceeds from the name to charity.

I'm usually a sucker for solera aging, and buying this one was a good choice. My gosh, is the aroma rich! This is a pleaser for those that like their rums sweet (I would put it in the class of "dark" rums, like Gosling's or Blackwell), with plenty of complexity from oak aging (I get caramel, maple, sherry, oak, various fruits). The bottle is really nice too. I tend to prefer drier styles of rum, but this is great every once in a while, and the bottle looks amazing on the shelf. Recommended.

Disons qu'il n'est pas dans mes goûts. La bouteille est super belle. A pars ça, bof.

It's no secret that there is a maple syrup and vanilla explosion when you open this bottle. With a dram 3 feet away in a Glencairn, I can still smell it. No doubt this aroma and flavor profile appeals to many people but it is a bit overly sweetened for me. I also get a smell and taste from this that is almost identical to a medicine I had to take as a child. I had completely forgotten about that medicine for almost 30 years until I tried this rum. That is most likely the reason I find it so unappealing. I will keep this to pour out for friends who like sweeter drinks. I'm sure it will be favorable to most of them, but I just can't drink this one. It is of good quality so I can't rate it too harshly and I will revisit Papa's Pilar again in the future to see if I can get past those flavor memories.

Purists probably won't give 9 out of 10, it's just that this one brings back some beautiful memories. Not memories of rum, but of mocha flavored ice cream. Yes, this rum truly makes me happy...

This rum is good neat or on the rocks. Start to finish it has great flavor. A contrast to other dark rums in the same price range. Worth a try.