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This rum is fairly sweet and somewhat bitter because of oak. It's also smooth and oak. Pretty good except oak. Oak? Oak. Did I mention oak? ...because, oak. Not bad, but oak.
Мягкий, обволакивающий вкус и аромат. Замечательно для прохладного вечера.
This Agricole is supper grassy and at this proof, it carries a nice burn.
This is pretty good. Light but single note. Odd thing first tasting I got pineapple, banana and coconut. Third second time around I taste very strong tobacco and a touch of coconut.
This rum really throws me off base. Full 22 aging, instead of second maturation it was done first 9 years in French Armanac casks then a full 13 years in French white oak casks. Not your typical charred oak ex bourbon casks. So the color is very golden not brown as expected. Three casks only world wide. Distilled 100% Guyana Enmore wooden coffee still but has none of the familiar El Dorado or Pusser's flavors. Diluted to 40% it’s very easy in the nose and even easier to drink. This is a solid great rum just not what I expected. No additives just pure unadulterated rum.
On to tasting no alcohol scent in the nose sligh vanilla butterscotch scents. Tasting brings the same with an occasional slight raisin & liquorish taste.
After breaking 500 rating I seldom try new and different rums but this one caught my attention. World wide only 3 casks will ever be released so likely one and done unless I fall in love at $195 bottle. Speaking of bottles it’s a work of art. My family thought I bought a high end tequila. Hats off to them taking this gamble. I have no regrets even though I prefer more full bodied darker aged rums. I can only imagine this at 52-62 proof.
I was completely ignorant about this style of rum, a bartender at Test Pilot in Santa Barbara, CA made me a Mai Tai with a mix of this rum with Smith & Cross. I was hooked from that moment on. I now always have an extra in the pantry.
Earthy and oxidized fruit — in a good way.
It's incredibly sweet with heavy notes of (presumably artificial) vanilla and banana.
Purchased in Brussels on the way home ❤️
Appearance: Amber
Aroma: sweet, a lil cigar.
Flavor: dusty, sweet, orange blossom, smoke.
Notes: this is a complex rum with waves of flavor. The sweetness undergirds the complexity to tie things together.
Loved it, from the rich smell when you opened the bottle all the way through the tasting g to the aftertaste. I’m my opinion the ‘finest Caribbean rum’ lives up to its title
Water as part of the serving is inevitable. Try maybe two ice cubes and a couple of slices of lime. Let the flavors mingle for at least five minutes, stirring now and then. But like I said, you wouldn't want to drink this sugar-laden drink alone in the desert.
From the Forbidden Hole collection.
August 11, 2024
Appearance: medium amber
Aroma: rock candy, vanilla extract
Flavor: vanilla, juicy fruit gum, maybe some soft cloves.
Notes: there's a lot going on here. This is ridiculous sweet. 35% ABV qualifies this for a debate about whether this is a liquor or liqueur ❤️
Totalny klasyczek do koktajli, przede wszystkim mojito. Nic nadzwyczajnego, ale nie jest to najgorszy rum jaki piłem :)
Good rum, definitely worth its price. A little bit harsh, but can be enjoyed both neat and in a cocktail.
7,5:On the nose, we get a light rum, fruity and gourmet notes, characteristic of molasses rums, notes of dried banana and yellow peach, is buttery, agricole spicy, roastedness comes out with aeration, now a bit smoky, metallic, iodized, but with floral freshness, the cocoa is also roasted. Balanced and round.
7,4:On the palate, there is a refreshing salinity, balanced with sweetness, we find fruity, as peaches, banana and floral notes, is mineral, pepper spicy, some sweet spices with agricole notes and quite roasted with metallic, iodine notes and a bit dry.
7:The finish is warm, light, quite short, but round, a bit sweet, with molasses, agricole, peach notes, the wood is a bit dry.
Not bad but had a good bit of funk to it. Label mentions sugarcane juice which makes it taste more like a rhum agricole to me, which really isn’t my thing. But if you like rhum agricole, you’ll probably like this one.
The extra time spent in "heavily charged" oak gives this one a bit of a smokey whiskey note that isn't my favorite in rum. I'll stick with the cheaper and "cleaner" 3-year. Still good!
A bit too sweet or it’d be an 8, has a cognac finish type taste burn is medium and its smooth but there are better zacapas recommend the selections
(from the Barceló website): "rums aged up to ten years in oak barriques with a high toast degree, subsequently filtered from real Onyx stones..." I find the filtration technique interesting and less likely to be just another gimmick as onyx is a porous stone and is actually capable of absorbing water and liquids easily. But does it impart anything back into the rum?
I opened this rum along with the other two that I brought back from the DR (Brugal Leyenda and Club Puntacana). Between the three, the Barceló was noticeably the least appealing to all of us that sampled the bottles. Even though all three came in at 38% ABV, the Barceló seemed like its alcohol content was a little higher due to its thinner consistency and lack of any lingering aftertaste beyond the alcohol and oak.
I found the Barceló Imperial Onyx to be unremarkable and nowhere near a top shelf sipping rum. It's the closest I've came to drinking Jack Daniels whiskey while hoping to enjoy rum.
This rum is fairly sweet and somewhat bitter because of oak. It's also smooth and oak. Pretty good except oak. Oak? Oak. Did I mention oak? ...because, oak. Not bad, but oak.
Мягкий, обволакивающий вкус и аромат. Замечательно для прохладного вечера.
This Agricole is supper grassy and at this proof, it carries a nice burn.
This is pretty good. Light but single note. Odd thing first tasting I got pineapple, banana and coconut. Third second time around I taste very strong tobacco and a touch of coconut.
This rum really throws me off base. Full 22 aging, instead of second maturation it was done first 9 years in French Armanac casks then a full 13 years in French white oak casks. Not your typical charred oak ex bourbon casks. So the color is very golden not brown as expected. Three casks only world wide. Distilled 100% Guyana Enmore wooden coffee still but has none of the familiar El Dorado or Pusser's flavors. Diluted to 40% it’s very easy in the nose and even easier to drink. This is a solid great rum just not what I expected. No additives just pure unadulterated rum.
On to tasting no alcohol scent in the nose sligh vanilla butterscotch scents. Tasting brings the same with an occasional slight raisin & liquorish taste.
After breaking 500 rating I seldom try new and different rums but this one caught my attention. World wide only 3 casks will ever be released so likely one and done unless I fall in love at $195 bottle. Speaking of bottles it’s a work of art. My family thought I bought a high end tequila. Hats off to them taking this gamble. I have no regrets even though I prefer more full bodied darker aged rums. I can only imagine this at 52-62 proof.
I was completely ignorant about this style of rum, a bartender at Test Pilot in Santa Barbara, CA made me a Mai Tai with a mix of this rum with Smith & Cross. I was hooked from that moment on. I now always have an extra in the pantry.
Earthy and oxidized fruit — in a good way.
It's incredibly sweet with heavy notes of (presumably artificial) vanilla and banana.
Purchased in Brussels on the way home ❤️
Appearance: Amber
Aroma: sweet, a lil cigar.
Flavor: dusty, sweet, orange blossom, smoke.
Notes: this is a complex rum with waves of flavor. The sweetness undergirds the complexity to tie things together.
Loved it, from the rich smell when you opened the bottle all the way through the tasting g to the aftertaste. I’m my opinion the ‘finest Caribbean rum’ lives up to its title
Water as part of the serving is inevitable. Try maybe two ice cubes and a couple of slices of lime. Let the flavors mingle for at least five minutes, stirring now and then. But like I said, you wouldn't want to drink this sugar-laden drink alone in the desert.
From the Forbidden Hole collection.
August 11, 2024
Appearance: medium amber
Aroma: rock candy, vanilla extract
Flavor: vanilla, juicy fruit gum, maybe some soft cloves.
Notes: there's a lot going on here. This is ridiculous sweet. 35% ABV qualifies this for a debate about whether this is a liquor or liqueur ❤️
Totalny klasyczek do koktajli, przede wszystkim mojito. Nic nadzwyczajnego, ale nie jest to najgorszy rum jaki piłem :)
Good rum, definitely worth its price. A little bit harsh, but can be enjoyed both neat and in a cocktail.
7,5:On the nose, we get a light rum, fruity and gourmet notes, characteristic of molasses rums, notes of dried banana and yellow peach, is buttery, agricole spicy, roastedness comes out with aeration, now a bit smoky, metallic, iodized, but with floral freshness, the cocoa is also roasted. Balanced and round.
7,4:On the palate, there is a refreshing salinity, balanced with sweetness, we find fruity, as peaches, banana and floral notes, is mineral, pepper spicy, some sweet spices with agricole notes and quite roasted with metallic, iodine notes and a bit dry.
7:The finish is warm, light, quite short, but round, a bit sweet, with molasses, agricole, peach notes, the wood is a bit dry.
Not bad but had a good bit of funk to it. Label mentions sugarcane juice which makes it taste more like a rhum agricole to me, which really isn’t my thing. But if you like rhum agricole, you’ll probably like this one.
The extra time spent in "heavily charged" oak gives this one a bit of a smokey whiskey note that isn't my favorite in rum. I'll stick with the cheaper and "cleaner" 3-year. Still good!
A bit too sweet or it’d be an 8, has a cognac finish type taste burn is medium and its smooth but there are better zacapas recommend the selections
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(from the Barceló website): "rums aged up to ten years in oak barriques with a high toast degree, subsequently filtered from real Onyx stones..." I find the filtration technique interesting and less likely to be just another gimmick as onyx is a porous stone and is actually capable of absorbing water and liquids easily. But does it impart anything back into the rum?
I opened this rum along with the other two that I brought back from the DR (Brugal Leyenda and Club Puntacana). Between the three, the Barceló was noticeably the least appealing to all of us that sampled the bottles. Even though all three came in at 38% ABV, the Barceló seemed like its alcohol content was a little higher due to its thinner consistency and lack of any lingering aftertaste beyond the alcohol and oak.
I found the Barceló Imperial Onyx to be unremarkable and nowhere near a top shelf sipping rum. It's the closest I've came to drinking Jack Daniels whiskey while hoping to enjoy rum.