We’re big fans of the Don Q (we appreciate those who attack windmills, and make cheap but not shit spirits). It’s actually our main white rum decanter filler. This, however, will go down as a beguiled and loathed rum because much like the Bacardi ilk – this is awful, and nothing compared to the Gosling saviour.
We knew that not having the silver was a mistake on our part. However, the bigger mistake was trying to do a tie-in and buying this out to ’round’ out the line. During the review we call this ‘fuck me up juice’ and that’s honestly the most accurate thing we could say about it in all manners of that phrase.
What they Say: “Government Warning: (1) According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery and may cause health problems. Flammable Liquid: Do not pour this product in the presence of a flame or intense heat, nor add it to an already flaming dish, cocktail or dessert. All 151 proof rum may flare up and burn when ignited, possibly with an invisible flame. The content of the bottle may become ignited and intense flaming will occur.”
Taste: 4.5 – There’s an initial, slightly sweet almost like a nutmeg or cinnamon deal at first blush.
Aftertaste: 2.0 – If she was blushing before though it was only to conceal the hit because DAYUM does it.
Burn/Smooth: 0.5 – IT BURNS LIKE BU-RNING. There are fights kinder than this.
Aroma: 6.0 – A tricky thing here. This is nowhere near as sweet as Gosling’s, but it’s a HELL of a lot better than Bacardi. For the proof, not bad.
Honesty: 9.0 – I can respect a pure flammable warning of a Don Quixote like character charging into this rum foolhardy as ever.
Mixability: 1.5
W/ Rocks: 0.0 – OH god, it made it worse. The heat is there now with the burning.
Coke: 3.0 – Adjust your ratios, but at least once you do – it’s still a subpar tasting rum and coke. Make no mistake this is purely just fuck me up juice.
Value: 3.0 – This is double the cost of the gold rum, and it’s suspect that they are actually the same product with just some watering down. At least while this tastes bad.
Google Shop Average: $24
Website: http://donq.com/
Reviewer Scores:
BuffaloJern: 5.0
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Metric Score: 26.5/70 |+| Metric Average: 3.79 |+| Reviewer Average: 5.0
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Final Thoughts: What can we say? Is this good to drink – no. But you already knew that the moment you bought it. So yeah – it doesn’t mix, but at the price point, it has it does what it is meant to do. Turn your night from a buzz hang out to the night you try and have sex with a tree because it stabbed an imaginary squirrel.
