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Kaniche Artisanal Reserve Rum 750mL

Given our track record if we led with the fact that we’ve yet again bought a twelve dollar rum you could already expect the subsequent review. One of pain and woe, of price not being worth the wincing and sugar and awfulness. Put that aside though, because while yes Kaniche has a fault, it’s not as glaring as you might think, and given some other aspects – it might not even be a concern.

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896 Barbados Gold Rum 750mL

Would a rum by any other name tastes as sweet? We have no idea, because this barely even has a name (just the enigmatic 896), and is to us a ghost. No text, no identifiers, no website – it merely exists. This causes complications for us. One the hand we promote that you let the contents of the bottle do the real talking, on the other we feel you should at the very least stand by your work. If however you don’t frankly care about that – the good news is this is a pretty decent rum for not a lot of money.

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Navy Bay Dark Jamaican Rum 750mL

Because this is 2021 we’ve had to order spirits and beers and such online or via delivery apps. This was not our first choice of rum, but was selected as an alternate. We approved it because – well we hadn’t reviewed it anyway, and that’s really the only modus operandi we have. This would later be known as the ‘turning point’ the decision that we truly, and honestly wish we could go back and reverse. Because FUCK this rum.

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Rhum Barbancourt 4 Yr. Rum 750mL

Part of our review process is that we typically try the spirit first before we sit down for a proper review, and then we follow that up closer to the time of writing beyond the notes with a follow up tasting. This is mostly so we don’t end up with a bias of a single day, and let’s us adjust scores if necessary. This is a rum that’s benefited from that time, because at first blush it’s really not great – but give it some time and some cuba libres for a couple nights – and we’re sold.

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Papa’s Pilar 3 Yr. Solera Blonde Rum 750mL

So this has in 3 years gone through 3 casks, Bourbon/Port/Sherry – but the thing about casking is you kinda need time and while you do get some of the sherry finish here – it’s not ideal in any way. Add some massive burn and sugary nonsense and you begin to think maybe this shouldn’t be blonde and maybe – it just needs more time to age. As it stands though this is basically worthless.

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