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Bacardi Reserva Ocho Rare Gold Rum 2010
What trips people up here is the sweetness: an 8-year column rum that tastes lightly dosed, with caramel, dried apricot, raisin and butterscotch over a thin body. A glue-and-medicinal edge runs through the nose, sharper than you'd expect at 40%. Most tasters keep it as a mixer, though a few enjoy it neat. Several call it a "great budget sipper" that mixes well.
- Good in cocktails
- Caramel and dried fruit
- Budget-friendly
+10
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How does Bacardi Reserva Ocho Rare Gold Rum 2010 taste?
Aggregated from 66 community reviews.
Sweet, thin dried-fruit mixer from Bacardi Most people treat this as a capable mixer with caramel, dried fruit and vanilla. The catch is the added sugar and thin, slightly medicinal profile that hold it back neat.
People who want an easy, sweet mixing rum
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a full-bodied neat sipper
How is Bacardi Reserva Ocho Rare Gold Rum 2010 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 7.0 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 40% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 4% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Rum reviews
Selected write-ups from 66 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 66 ratings
Review by Timo Groeger
This rum is quite alright. I always compare the Bacardis with the Carta Blanca, but of course this one is a stunner :-) Still tastes slightly alcoholic and woody. Quite quick on the finish. One of the better Bacardis.
Review by Nicolas Kröger
Echt gut! Komplex, gleichzeitig mild, leichte Esternoten. Unglaubliches Preis/Genuss-Verhältnis
Review by Rumpalumpa
A pretty decent rum from Bacardi. I have it primarily for mixing, where woody and warm spices come through well. Not bad neat either, perhaps a little too alcoholic. Interestingly, the smell reminds me of black olives.
Review by Goodoboy30
This is the only Bacardi I can stomach. Really, very good. Great neat.
Review by Rare Akuma
I usually keep this on hand as a mixer, but it got me curious as to how it would stand up on its own. Thin and subdued on the nose, making it quite hard to discover anything at all. There’s some dried fruits and chopped wood. It’s buttery and mellow, but pretty much nothing else. In the mouth more complex and less diluted than expected. Coconut and dried fruits evolve into an oily profile with lots of orange zest. Darker caramel appears with more vanilla and a hint of juniper. The sugars are quite present, but the experience isn’t overly sweetened or sticky. It drinks above its ABV, but it’s too thin to be truly enjoyable on its own. The finish is short and unexciting, leaving nothing but simple syrup.
Review by heckto🥃
Ziemlich sprittig und arm an Komplexität. Pur ist er für mich kein Genuss. Am Gaumen machen sich tropische Früchte und Vanille breit. Leider ist die Alkohol/Klebstoff-Note zu präsent. Als Mischgetränk ist er aber passabel.
Review by Rum Runner Labs - Will
Surprisingly sharp for 40% ABV—a decent hit of medicinal chemical on the nose. A bit sweeter than I would prefer, but an altogether pleasant candied-baking spices profile for me on the 2nd or 3rd sip.
Review by abaker-rum
This rum comes off very medicinal to me. I get cough syrup on the nose and then it is all I am left with on the finish. There are dried fruit and orange peel notes throughout, but I don’t see this rum as anything other than a mixer.
Review by Godspeed
So no it’s not terrible but the dosing takes off lots of points right off the bat. Yes the dosing is light but on principle I don’t like it. Quite frankly an outstanding cocktail rum, but so is Havana club ocho and i’d choose the latter every time unless i wanted slightly more oak which this has.
Review by Jakob Deiner
Die relativ starke Steinfrucht - (getrocknete) Aprikosen-Note die ziemlich dominiert ist nicht so meins. Kommt in Cola und Ginger Beer ziemlich stark durch, passt nicht, beisst sich. Im Vergleich in Cola mit Havana Especial, Havana 7, Pampero Especial und Don Q 7 zusammen mit letzterem letzter Platz für mich. - Pur: 3/5 - On the rocks: 2/5 - Rum Fashioned: 4/5 - Rum Cola: 1.5/5 - Rum Mule: 2/5
Review by rum_sk
My favorite Bacardi along with 10YO in a new bottle. Tastes all the same, it is great. Nice sipping rum. Citrusy and apricot notes mingling with vanila and nougat. Short to medium finish is only negative and it could be more full bodied, less diluted.
Review by Anthony D3
Super dry and draws your mouth up, definitely a tough sipper
Review by Adam Rajchert
Zapach: Karmel, miód, nektarynki, morele, rodzynki, lakier, wosk, suszone kwiaty, stęchła ziemistość, Smak: Dosładzany. słodki, trochę cienki, rodzynki, owoce, wszystko zaokrąglone cukrem, aftertaste: stłumiony, rodzynkowy, suszone morele. Na tym etapie rumowej drogi nie mogę się skupić na smaku gdy większość przykrywa i zaokrągla cukier - szkoda bo to mój ulubiony column gold rum do daiquiri
Review by Schnapsschuesse
Continues relatively consistently what the 4er already begins. Apricot, honey-vanilla sweetness and the opposite glue and pepper.unfortunately still nothing to really take pure. Shines for it both in drinks with vermouth and with acid. Fun mixer!
Review by Rum, jazz and cigars
Great budget sipper. Also nice to mix with
Review by Oskar Lango
Surprisingly good solo item, quite delicate. In cocktails for me quite similar to 4yo so rather not worth paying extra. In promotion you can get a bottle for around 100zl which in my opinion is already a bargain.
Review by Henry Davies
It’s a sweet and pleasant nose, vanilla, butterscotch, and some malted elements. On the mouth there is more roasted and woody notes, but overal it feels a bit thin and lacking in complexity, especially given the 8 year age statement. On the finish there are more peppery and spice notes alongside more caramel and sweet elements. Overall it feels like a mixing rum, and there are many others I would pick over it so not entirely obvious where it fits today. Think Havanna Club 7 tries to do something similar but pulls it off in a more balanced package
Review by MarkD
Ok to sip. Mixes well.
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Details about Bacardi Reserva Ocho Rare Gold Rum 2010
A Column Still Rum from Puerto Rico, distilled by Bacardi, at 40%.
Community purchases
148 bottles logged by 135 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 25 emptied and repurchased.
What does Bacardi Reserva Ocho Rare Gold Rum 2010 cost?
Community paid €22–€35.
Current best price: €35.12 – above the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+6 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months.
148 purchased · 69 tasted · 34 wishlist · as of
About the Bacardi distillery
The Bacardi distillery is located in Puerto Rico. Rums from Bacardi have been reviewed 1,662 times with an average of 6.0/10.
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