An alluring golden colour and very little aroma leads to a smooth, dry okay opening taste with slight tingle on the side of the tongue. Sweet fruit (banana) flavour at the peak with a pleasant aftertaste. Not bad at all!

Nice amber colour, rich caramel aroma, smooth as butter, dry oak and nutmeg dominated flavour. Easy to sip over a bit of ice. Another? Oh, go on then.

8,5:On the nose, the first impression is rich and powerful, a bit perfumed with notes of toffee, nougat, vanilla, chocolate, coconut, dates, tobacco, fudge and macadamia nuts, minimally caramelized with strong molasses. There are some roasted nuts, soy sauce, leather medicinal notes and a resin.
When aeration, it becomes a bit smoky and is vegetal with camp fire, heather, really Islay whisky like.
8,5:On the palate, the first attack a salty taste (salted butter caramel), very agricole like, then grilled meat and dark chocolate, we could say umami, is round, balanced. It becomes spicy, vegetal, with a camphor. We find our strong liquorice candied, molasses mixed with soy sauce. Later we get some tonka beans and cinnamon.
8,2:The finish is bittersweet, woody, spicy with licorice, perhaps some resin, even juniper notes and a hint of caramel.

8,3:On the nose, this rum is woody, round and roasted. We find coffee, brown sugar, that turns to caramelized and some orange peel. It is also fresh, with chlorophyll. From the roasted side, we have burnt sugar, it is slightly medicinal, there is some vanilla, chocolate and licorice, tannins, complex. The wood is toasted with coconut.
Aeration gets the molasses and caramelized wood even more more toasted, becomes spicy, there are nuts, vanilla, caramel. It is fresh and juicy, perfumed, after a while dried fruits join in.
8,2:On the palate, the attack is soft, thick, gourmand and quite sweet with woody character, vanilla, caramel, nuts and a bit spicy with sweet spices, some orange peel, coffee, coconut note and a slight hint of dried fruits. Here is also a bit perfumed, round and balanced.
8:The finish is sweet, with caramelized nuts, toasted coconut, woody and some tannins.

23/8-24
Duft: god sødme melasse, let Brandt, fad/træ, god balance.
Smag: honning, let røg/bål (men helt klart på den gode måde), varme krydderier ingen kanel men ellers fyld skrald.
En rom med god balancer, interesant for smagsløgene.

Duft af karamel, røde bær, krydderi (kanel?), syltetøj. Duft rigtig godt.
Smag: karamel, honninghjerte, mild med krydret, en smule bål, røde bær
Smagt 23. august 2024

Bought this rum on a trip to Andorra and could not wait to try. Well worth the wait. Very smooth and plenty of flavours. More time to truly appreciate the taste. The price was reasonable

Een mooie mahoniehouten kleur. De smaak van de eiken vaten is duidelijk. Een rijke maar toch vrij zoete smaak met een lange kruidige afdronk.

Strong molasses smell, but less of the flavor straight and more of a burn than I would like. When mixed, the molasses really comes out.

I liked it straight. A bit of the sherry flavor, but strong afterburn. Not as big a fan mixed.

Came across this one at a random market.  Nothing special, nothing terrible.  A little sweet straight, but not much stood out.  Mixed - meh

My rating is for sipping it and I do not consider price in my rating. That said this rum is much more interesting to me when used in cuba libre. It is fantastic and I would rate it a 9 maybe a 10.

My first Agricole and I love it. It is smooth, fruity sour, mildly sweet has a beautiful lightly oily texture, there might be some umami in there given it makes me salvitate.

Meget lækker rom, mangler dog lidt kick, men dejlig som altid fra Opthimus

My first Jamaican rum and I guess hobo is not for me. Somehow this tastes dirty to me.

I didn’t appreciate it when I first opened the bottle, not even after extended breathing time. A couple of weeks later I had a glass and wow my perception of it changed. I really want to like it even more. I do like it now but as with all spirits I need to be in the mood for them. For Veritas I will not be in the mood super often but I will enjoy it when I am.

To me this is an easy to drink rum without edges. I prefer it to Flor de Cana 18 because it isn’t as woody and I prefer it to Plantation XO because it isn’t as sweet.
I found a bottle of the 23 year old and will do a comparison when I open that bottle.

I find this amazingly fruity but in an unrefined way. It is not super easy to drink. I somewhat like it though.

Given the circumstance that this was my third better rum this was so easy to drink. My first 2 better Rums were Flor de Cana 18 and OFTD. Nevertheless, it is too sweet for my taste.

Interesting, but not a sipper at least to me. In my inexperience I bought this for the wrong reasons. On the other hand it didn’t work great for me in Cuba Libre nor in DarknStormy. As a sipper it is too spicy to me and has too much burn, no matter how much water I add. I am sure if I would know the cocktail it should go into it would be great.

My first better rum. I liked it as that, but I found it quite woody and dull. I was hoping to find something I like more in the next bottle.

I saw on offer at the supermarket with 30% off, so I thought why not. I'm used to Plantation's overly sweet rums that Marks & Spencer used to do, and they weren't my style but made a good change every now and then.

I should have looked at the label more closely. It states "Dosage 16g" so they're not trying to hide the fact that this has a lot of sweetness added to it. However it dominates the young spirit far too much. Maybe that is a good thing, as if not, it would be a harsh and unattractive rum. As it is, it's OK but really not very good and should be far better.

It's one of those that might get used further down the line to blend away with some other disappointing rum. Maybe I am being unfair on it, as it is at the lower end of their range.

Rough nose can tell its an overproof on the nose, wine-y taste with good burn a bit of metal on the finish otherwise would be higher

A poor man’s watered down version of hampden the younger, nose is similar but less banana, taste is less esther and more burn. Just get a hampden instead

This brand reminds me of ah riise without the nuttiness, too sweet on the taste very off putting, metallic on the nose, butterscotch on the finish, burn is slight

An alluring golden colour and very little aroma leads to a smooth, dry okay opening taste with slight tingle on the side of the tongue. Sweet fruit (banana) flavour at the peak with a pleasant aftertaste. Not bad at all!

Nice amber colour, rich caramel aroma, smooth as butter, dry oak and nutmeg dominated flavour. Easy to sip over a bit of ice. Another? Oh, go on then.

8,5:On the nose, the first impression is rich and powerful, a bit perfumed with notes of toffee, nougat, vanilla, chocolate, coconut, dates, tobacco, fudge and macadamia nuts, minimally caramelized with strong molasses. There are some roasted nuts, soy sauce, leather medicinal notes and a resin.
When aeration, it becomes a bit smoky and is vegetal with camp fire, heather, really Islay whisky like.
8,5:On the palate, the first attack a salty taste (salted butter caramel), very agricole like, then grilled meat and dark chocolate, we could say umami, is round, balanced. It becomes spicy, vegetal, with a camphor. We find our strong liquorice candied, molasses mixed with soy sauce. Later we get some tonka beans and cinnamon.
8,2:The finish is bittersweet, woody, spicy with licorice, perhaps some resin, even juniper notes and a hint of caramel.

8,3:On the nose, this rum is woody, round and roasted. We find coffee, brown sugar, that turns to caramelized and some orange peel. It is also fresh, with chlorophyll. From the roasted side, we have burnt sugar, it is slightly medicinal, there is some vanilla, chocolate and licorice, tannins, complex. The wood is toasted with coconut.
Aeration gets the molasses and caramelized wood even more more toasted, becomes spicy, there are nuts, vanilla, caramel. It is fresh and juicy, perfumed, after a while dried fruits join in.
8,2:On the palate, the attack is soft, thick, gourmand and quite sweet with woody character, vanilla, caramel, nuts and a bit spicy with sweet spices, some orange peel, coffee, coconut note and a slight hint of dried fruits. Here is also a bit perfumed, round and balanced.
8:The finish is sweet, with caramelized nuts, toasted coconut, woody and some tannins.

23/8-24
Duft: god sødme melasse, let Brandt, fad/træ, god balance.
Smag: honning, let røg/bål (men helt klart på den gode måde), varme krydderier ingen kanel men ellers fyld skrald.
En rom med god balancer, interesant for smagsløgene.

Duft af karamel, røde bær, krydderi (kanel?), syltetøj. Duft rigtig godt.
Smag: karamel, honninghjerte, mild med krydret, en smule bål, røde bær
Smagt 23. august 2024

Bought this rum on a trip to Andorra and could not wait to try. Well worth the wait. Very smooth and plenty of flavours. More time to truly appreciate the taste. The price was reasonable

Een mooie mahoniehouten kleur. De smaak van de eiken vaten is duidelijk. Een rijke maar toch vrij zoete smaak met een lange kruidige afdronk.

Strong molasses smell, but less of the flavor straight and more of a burn than I would like. When mixed, the molasses really comes out.

I liked it straight. A bit of the sherry flavor, but strong afterburn. Not as big a fan mixed.

Came across this one at a random market.  Nothing special, nothing terrible.  A little sweet straight, but not much stood out.  Mixed - meh

My rating is for sipping it and I do not consider price in my rating. That said this rum is much more interesting to me when used in cuba libre. It is fantastic and I would rate it a 9 maybe a 10.

My first Agricole and I love it. It is smooth, fruity sour, mildly sweet has a beautiful lightly oily texture, there might be some umami in there given it makes me salvitate.

Meget lækker rom, mangler dog lidt kick, men dejlig som altid fra Opthimus

My first Jamaican rum and I guess hobo is not for me. Somehow this tastes dirty to me.

I didn’t appreciate it when I first opened the bottle, not even after extended breathing time. A couple of weeks later I had a glass and wow my perception of it changed. I really want to like it even more. I do like it now but as with all spirits I need to be in the mood for them. For Veritas I will not be in the mood super often but I will enjoy it when I am.

To me this is an easy to drink rum without edges. I prefer it to Flor de Cana 18 because it isn’t as woody and I prefer it to Plantation XO because it isn’t as sweet.
I found a bottle of the 23 year old and will do a comparison when I open that bottle.

I find this amazingly fruity but in an unrefined way. It is not super easy to drink. I somewhat like it though.

Given the circumstance that this was my third better rum this was so easy to drink. My first 2 better Rums were Flor de Cana 18 and OFTD. Nevertheless, it is too sweet for my taste.

Interesting, but not a sipper at least to me. In my inexperience I bought this for the wrong reasons. On the other hand it didn’t work great for me in Cuba Libre nor in DarknStormy. As a sipper it is too spicy to me and has too much burn, no matter how much water I add. I am sure if I would know the cocktail it should go into it would be great.

My first better rum. I liked it as that, but I found it quite woody and dull. I was hoping to find something I like more in the next bottle.

I saw on offer at the supermarket with 30% off, so I thought why not. I'm used to Plantation's overly sweet rums that Marks & Spencer used to do, and they weren't my style but made a good change every now and then.

I should have looked at the label more closely. It states "Dosage 16g" so they're not trying to hide the fact that this has a lot of sweetness added to it. However it dominates the young spirit far too much. Maybe that is a good thing, as if not, it would be a harsh and unattractive rum. As it is, it's OK but really not very good and should be far better.

It's one of those that might get used further down the line to blend away with some other disappointing rum. Maybe I am being unfair on it, as it is at the lower end of their range.

Rough nose can tell its an overproof on the nose, wine-y taste with good burn a bit of metal on the finish otherwise would be higher

A poor man’s watered down version of hampden the younger, nose is similar but less banana, taste is less esther and more burn. Just get a hampden instead

This brand reminds me of ah riise without the nuttiness, too sweet on the taste very off putting, metallic on the nose, butterscotch on the finish, burn is slight