Once you get past the taste of rocket fuel, it continues on to give warm spicy fruits. Difficult sipping at first, but also quite moreish. Rocket fuel, warmth, spice, fruit...it makes you forget...then the cycle starts over with the next sip.

You can't get wrong with it. Very polyvalent rum, not ridiculous at all. A bit of complexity, very good value for the money. Not smooth, but not too agressive.
A hint of chocolate, woody, grassy, amber colored.
I recommend for people who loves nice cocktails and could be sipped at anytime.

Agricole bien corsé, de qualité, c'est avéré. Son goût de canne fraîche est bien prononcé, avec une touche boisé. Un V.O agricole qui se respecte, à bon marché, qui envoi de par sa teneur en alcool. Je le préfère en Ti'vieux, un demi citron vert pressé et un petit glaçon, et l'apéro est servi.

Had heard good things and really liked the bottle. Didn’t meet expectations, really sweet, banana flavours everywhere but worth a go. Wouldn’t call it spiced but it’s heavily flavoured

7,5:On the nose, this is a typical pure sugar cane juice rum, fresh and rich. It offers us juicy fresh sugar cane with lot of different notes as mushrooms, litchi, a bit rotten banana peel, fermented/ripe banana, freshly cut grass, some citrus, agricole and flowery notes of geranium, perhaps some notes of fresh sea prawns, briny....
7,4:On the palate it is very smooth on the attack with pure sugar cane juice, is agricole, flowery, spicy/peppery, almost sweet, with a velvety fruits as litchi, banana, a bit mineral, damn ', with chocolate and salty, briny, some freshly cut grass as an addition and medicinal.
7,4:The finish is is mineral, with sugar cane powder, there is smoke, some spice, medium length.

4,5:The nose immediately takes us into familiar territory: a fruity rum, with very little wood and enough alcohol to appear in a festive cocktail. Although it's classified as a light rum, there's no mistaking its nature and confusing it with any other white spirit: it is indeed a rum.
A little opening will bring out tangy, floral aromas, between lychee and heady tropical flowers. Whatever happens, it remains very smooth and docile.
4,8:On the palate, the rum swirls into thousands of fiery droplets. The alcohol takes effect and refreshes the mouth. The aromas are discreet and rather fine, with the freshness of a redcurrant or raspberry still firm.
4:The finish leaves a light, rather dry rum taste that quickly fades.

Golden honey colour. Aroma of light Christmas fruits and honey. Smooth and light on the palate and a mellow finish. I let this one breath for a few minutes before tasting. Reminds me a little of a Speyside whiskey...just a hint but no peat. Very clean flavour and not heavy like many of the rums I tend to drink. Not sweetened.

Wonderful nose, with everything what you expect.

The taste is a little dry, but has all the flavors you waited for

This is a nice middle of the road rum for me.

If you are a massive fan of the XO and it's rich flavour, then you may be slightly disappointed here as it does not match the XO in anyway.

This has a nice toffee flavour that is the mainstay of the rum with a caramel side taste.

The tail is medium I think due to the toffee taste.

Overall a nice rum on the rocks, went well with a mixer when tried, but nice enough to drink on the rocks.

Not a neat rum for me.

Brought on special so felt like value for money.

It's not a bad rum, mostly avarage, but over rated in my opinion. After few seconds you taste a little of vanilla and caramer but a little to much burn and acid with the first sips. Than there is nothing.

It’s not bad, I’m just a purist. I like things just as they are. But you could mix up pina coladas with Malibu if you wanted. (1 extra point for tropical/astrological name.)

Truly disappointed in this one. I can decide what the funk is. Kinda grassy tasting.

Not as complex as the rest of the family, but in this price range its PERFECT. All the typical rum flavours, great color, needs time to breath as it's a bit harsher than the older ones, yet not unpleasant to drink.

I like to taste the rums in series and now I'm after Malteco. Already tried 10, 11 and 20 yo rums, and pleasantly surprised of all of them.
The 25 yo has more depth and just a bit better balance between smoothness and strength than 20yo, but I like the 20yo better due to its distinguishable tobacco notes. In any case, you just can't go wrong with either of them.

The taste it ok but a bit too sugary for my liking. I think it’s slightly over priced might be because of the nice shaped bottle.

This rum is a blend of pot and column still rums from Jamaica, Trinidad and Guyana, matures for up to 12 years in bourbon barrels and then receives a cognac cask finish for 9 months. Bottled at 46% ABV. Sounds interesting in any case.
Nose: honey, caramel, dark chocolate, vanilla. Although it is not supposed to be sweetened, the smell is mild, soft and harmonious.
Palate: indefinable fruit notes that probably come from the Jamaica rum and the cognac barrel. There is a bit of white wine. Or grapes. Light nutty notes and a slightly too dominant alcohol sharpness.
Finish: the finish is long, but unfortunately also indefinable and very dry. Above all, the alcohol sharpness lasts a long time.
Conclusion: the best thing is the nose. It is really very pleasantly sweet and mild, a shame that it doesn't continue like that on the palate. It's still OK, but nothing special and not really definable. The finish is very weak without any highlights. In my opinion, it's too expensive for €55 and not good value for money. Beautiful and unusual bottle made of black clay.
All in all not more than 6 points

Cinnamon, cinnamon and more cinnamon. This rum is very sweet and this is coming from someone who has a bit of a sweet tooth when it comes to rum. texture and tastewise it feels thin. would not buy again

This was my first introduction the A.H. Riise as a brand and I was definitly surprised. The texture is a bit syrupy which coats the mount well and causes the flavor to stick around. Flavour wise it has orange notes with some spices, a bit on the sweeter side but nothing to crazy.
Would buy again.

Tastes good - I like sweet rums. Can easily feel taste of bananas and sugar.

Interesting on ice but far from a sipper. this is in the sample class as bacardi, lambs and Captain....maybe a bit better. There are much better out there and was purchased as a sample from Sazarac House in New Orleans.

A very good sipping rum. I was surprised by how smooth it was!

This is pretty good with an almost fruity aftertaste.

Cocoa, caramel and vanilla. Smooth, no harshness, but long-lasting after taste of smoke toasty flavour.

Caramelised, banana, marmalade. Light and smooth with the hintiest of gints of oak.

The normal strength version is sublime. The Navy strength is amnesia in a bottle, forgetting the night before has never been so tasty.

Once you get past the taste of rocket fuel, it continues on to give warm spicy fruits. Difficult sipping at first, but also quite moreish. Rocket fuel, warmth, spice, fruit...it makes you forget...then the cycle starts over with the next sip.

You can't get wrong with it. Very polyvalent rum, not ridiculous at all. A bit of complexity, very good value for the money. Not smooth, but not too agressive.
A hint of chocolate, woody, grassy, amber colored.
I recommend for people who loves nice cocktails and could be sipped at anytime.

Agricole bien corsé, de qualité, c'est avéré. Son goût de canne fraîche est bien prononcé, avec une touche boisé. Un V.O agricole qui se respecte, à bon marché, qui envoi de par sa teneur en alcool. Je le préfère en Ti'vieux, un demi citron vert pressé et un petit glaçon, et l'apéro est servi.

Had heard good things and really liked the bottle. Didn’t meet expectations, really sweet, banana flavours everywhere but worth a go. Wouldn’t call it spiced but it’s heavily flavoured

7,5:On the nose, this is a typical pure sugar cane juice rum, fresh and rich. It offers us juicy fresh sugar cane with lot of different notes as mushrooms, litchi, a bit rotten banana peel, fermented/ripe banana, freshly cut grass, some citrus, agricole and flowery notes of geranium, perhaps some notes of fresh sea prawns, briny....
7,4:On the palate it is very smooth on the attack with pure sugar cane juice, is agricole, flowery, spicy/peppery, almost sweet, with a velvety fruits as litchi, banana, a bit mineral, damn ', with chocolate and salty, briny, some freshly cut grass as an addition and medicinal.
7,4:The finish is is mineral, with sugar cane powder, there is smoke, some spice, medium length.

4,5:The nose immediately takes us into familiar territory: a fruity rum, with very little wood and enough alcohol to appear in a festive cocktail. Although it's classified as a light rum, there's no mistaking its nature and confusing it with any other white spirit: it is indeed a rum.
A little opening will bring out tangy, floral aromas, between lychee and heady tropical flowers. Whatever happens, it remains very smooth and docile.
4,8:On the palate, the rum swirls into thousands of fiery droplets. The alcohol takes effect and refreshes the mouth. The aromas are discreet and rather fine, with the freshness of a redcurrant or raspberry still firm.
4:The finish leaves a light, rather dry rum taste that quickly fades.

Golden honey colour. Aroma of light Christmas fruits and honey. Smooth and light on the palate and a mellow finish. I let this one breath for a few minutes before tasting. Reminds me a little of a Speyside whiskey...just a hint but no peat. Very clean flavour and not heavy like many of the rums I tend to drink. Not sweetened.

Wonderful nose, with everything what you expect.

The taste is a little dry, but has all the flavors you waited for

This is a nice middle of the road rum for me.

If you are a massive fan of the XO and it's rich flavour, then you may be slightly disappointed here as it does not match the XO in anyway.

This has a nice toffee flavour that is the mainstay of the rum with a caramel side taste.

The tail is medium I think due to the toffee taste.

Overall a nice rum on the rocks, went well with a mixer when tried, but nice enough to drink on the rocks.

Not a neat rum for me.

Brought on special so felt like value for money.

It's not a bad rum, mostly avarage, but over rated in my opinion. After few seconds you taste a little of vanilla and caramer but a little to much burn and acid with the first sips. Than there is nothing.

It’s not bad, I’m just a purist. I like things just as they are. But you could mix up pina coladas with Malibu if you wanted. (1 extra point for tropical/astrological name.)

Truly disappointed in this one. I can decide what the funk is. Kinda grassy tasting.

Not as complex as the rest of the family, but in this price range its PERFECT. All the typical rum flavours, great color, needs time to breath as it's a bit harsher than the older ones, yet not unpleasant to drink.

I like to taste the rums in series and now I'm after Malteco. Already tried 10, 11 and 20 yo rums, and pleasantly surprised of all of them.
The 25 yo has more depth and just a bit better balance between smoothness and strength than 20yo, but I like the 20yo better due to its distinguishable tobacco notes. In any case, you just can't go wrong with either of them.

The taste it ok but a bit too sugary for my liking. I think it’s slightly over priced might be because of the nice shaped bottle.

This rum is a blend of pot and column still rums from Jamaica, Trinidad and Guyana, matures for up to 12 years in bourbon barrels and then receives a cognac cask finish for 9 months. Bottled at 46% ABV. Sounds interesting in any case.
Nose: honey, caramel, dark chocolate, vanilla. Although it is not supposed to be sweetened, the smell is mild, soft and harmonious.
Palate: indefinable fruit notes that probably come from the Jamaica rum and the cognac barrel. There is a bit of white wine. Or grapes. Light nutty notes and a slightly too dominant alcohol sharpness.
Finish: the finish is long, but unfortunately also indefinable and very dry. Above all, the alcohol sharpness lasts a long time.
Conclusion: the best thing is the nose. It is really very pleasantly sweet and mild, a shame that it doesn't continue like that on the palate. It's still OK, but nothing special and not really definable. The finish is very weak without any highlights. In my opinion, it's too expensive for €55 and not good value for money. Beautiful and unusual bottle made of black clay.
All in all not more than 6 points

Cinnamon, cinnamon and more cinnamon. This rum is very sweet and this is coming from someone who has a bit of a sweet tooth when it comes to rum. texture and tastewise it feels thin. would not buy again

This was my first introduction the A.H. Riise as a brand and I was definitly surprised. The texture is a bit syrupy which coats the mount well and causes the flavor to stick around. Flavour wise it has orange notes with some spices, a bit on the sweeter side but nothing to crazy.
Would buy again.

Tastes good - I like sweet rums. Can easily feel taste of bananas and sugar.

Interesting on ice but far from a sipper. this is in the sample class as bacardi, lambs and Captain....maybe a bit better. There are much better out there and was purchased as a sample from Sazarac House in New Orleans.

A very good sipping rum. I was surprised by how smooth it was!

This is pretty good with an almost fruity aftertaste.

Cocoa, caramel and vanilla. Smooth, no harshness, but long-lasting after taste of smoke toasty flavour.

Caramelised, banana, marmalade. Light and smooth with the hintiest of gints of oak.

The normal strength version is sublime. The Navy strength is amnesia in a bottle, forgetting the night before has never been so tasty.