Smith and Cross Traditional Jamaica Navy Strength

Smokey, molasses, dark sugar flavored. Good with mixed drinks or over ice as a sipper.
I liked this with a ginger flavor, seemed to compliment the flavors.

Put this in anything calling for a navy strength rum. A true jamaican style, it packs a punch on the nose and palate. Great with tropical cocktails calling for a Navy style, or aged Jamaican.

Smoother than W&N, and a little more approachable, at a gunpowder proof 57%, this made a terrific alternative in a rum old fashioned. I ended up tweaking the ratio of Havana Club 7yo (less of) to this (more of), to compensate for the loss of strength compared to using W&N.
Delicious, bravo.

The color is a nice deep gold. As soon as you pour this rum, you can smell the funkiness. The taste is quite nice. The Jamaican funk envelops the tongue with just a bit of spiciness. A nice sipping rum. It might be a bit too strong a taste for many cocktails which is fine with me!

Syruppy texture, butterscotch flavour, a kick of molasses and alcohol, but nice. Very very very very good!!

This has a lovely nose and flavor, ripe bananas, slight leather and caramel. My imagination thinks the hogo was there, but the search continues.

Truly a value for money bottle. A lot of Jamaican funk right there. Banana and tropical Fruit.

This is my go to in order to add Jamaica to a drink!

This one comes in very hot, even more so that some 151 runs. Strong banana notes on the nose, lots of funk, and a pleasant, but very, very intense burn. Smith and Cross works best as a modifier as part of my bar - by splitting a rum build (half an ounce, sometimes less) brings some much appreciated Jamaican rum qualities and cuts sweetness for many tiki drinks. On its own, I prefer to serve it as a “Bombo” (a proto-old fashioned, dating back to America’s days as a colony) using a large, round cube, a dash of cinnamon simple and topped with nutmeg. The ice and sugar makes the base spirit much less opinionated while maintaining a lot of the intense, overripe fruit notes.

Further, for tikiphiles this is a critical component of making your own Kohala Bay blend (a now extinct rum that was a staple in drinks served at the storied Mai Kai) according to Jim Hayward (atomicgrog dot com). 50/50 Smith & Cross with El Dorado 12 brings a boldness and richness to a variety of mixed drinks few other off-the-shelf dark Jamaican rums can on their own.

This is a good jamaican rum with a good hogo/funk good for drinks, im gonna get another one