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DCD39128-7B89-481A-B4AB-C3A19B0CBCB8Virgin Islands A.H. Riise
A.H. Riise Centennial Celebration Rum 70cl bottle
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Spirit drink on a rum base · 21 years · 45%

A.H. Riise Centennial Celebration Rum

Opinion lands mostly warm here, with a real split at the edges. Most tasters find chocolate, plum, caramel and a touch of sherry, calling it a bit more layered than the usual Riise line — one even said it drinks "like a bar of chocolate" over time. But the sweetness is heavy (79 g/l sugar reported), and a few flatly called it artificial and one-dimensional.

The community says
  • Chocolate and plum
  • Mild at 45%
  • But: High sugar content

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How does A.H. Riise Centennial Celebration Rum taste?

Summarized by AI from community reviews.

Sweet, chocolatey dessert-style sipper Loved by the sweet-Riise crowd for its chocolate, plum and sherry notes and mild feel. Detractors call it too sugary and artificial — and everyone flags the sugar.

Perfect for

People who like sweet, dessert-leaning rums and A.H. Riise fans

Less suitable for

Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, traditional rum

Experience level · Novice (2/5)

Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertSipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

7.6/10 Good

43 community reviews
12 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

Top 21% of Virgin Islands rums

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Distribution of all 43 ratings
9–10 2%
8–9 16%
7–8 49%
6–7 21%
5–6 2%
4–5 5%
0–4 5%

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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0

Review by LukaŽiga

Most helpful positive review

LukaŽiga
Jun 20241,505 reviewsGermany
8.1/10

8:On the nose, here is a rum a little different than what the brand had accustomed us to. It has slightly woody, quite tender profile. The wood is scented with tobacco, vanilla or caramel.The aromas are balanced and the spices, although very present, do not overdo it.With an aeration, it is once again the wood that takes the lead and joins a resinous rum.The dried fruits (dates and figs) are coated in honey and the cinnamon blows even more beautifully. The rum is sweet, but we are into carrot cake or gingerbread rather than confectionery. 8,2:On the palate, as on the nose, it is the rum which alone opens the parade of aromas. We first welcome a white and soft wood which exudes notes of coconut and vanilla, then the syrup with sweet spices pours out like maple syrup. The touch is very sweet and this time takes us to the funfair with its candy apples and candy canes. 8:The finish is on cooked sugar and caramel, with of course cinnamon, which is omnipresent from start to finish.

Review by SaibotZtar

Most helpful critical review

SaibotZtar
Dec 2020619 reviewsGermany
5.2/10

Brutally sweet and artificial...

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
May 20237,227 reviewsDenmark
6.8/10

Another sweet Riise release and I use it as a rum for desserts and on ice cream.

Community shelf

111 bottles logged by 96 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

23% opened, 6 emptied.

85 sealed 20 open 6 emptied

What did the community pay for A.H. Riise Centennial Celebration Rum?

Community paid 57–206 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 207 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›

111 purchased · 53 tasted · 25 wishlist · as of

Details about A.H. Riise Centennial Celebration Rum

A spirit drink on a rum base from Virgin Islands, bottled by A.H. Riise, at 45%.

BrandOld St. Croix (formerly A.H. Riise)
BottlerA.H. Riise
CategorySpirit drink on a rum base under EU law (2019/787) · learn more · report
Raw materialMolasses
ABV45%
Age21 years
Limited edition10,000 bottles
Volume70cl

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Brand

Old St. Croix 

Avg Rating 7.5/10 51 Rums

Old St. Croix is the current name of the Danish rum house that traded as A.H. Riise until June 2025. Both names point back to the same man: Albert Heinrich Riise, a pharmacist who settled in the Danish West Indies in 1838 and exported his rum under the Old St. Croix label. The house style is soft and dessert-leaning, built on sweetened blends rather than dry spirit, and it splits opinion in the community more than almost any other brand on RumX.

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