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VS Distillers J. Gow Spiced Rum
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Poured neat it reads like a Christmas market in a glass — cinnamon, vanilla, gingerbread and a little sour cherry, with the pot-still base showing as a home-made-hooch fruitiness underneath. Several tasters find the spicing dominant and the palate mostly woody and alcoholic. One reviewer even had "an almost religious experience" pairing it with cheap hazelnut chocolate. Works best over ice or in cola.
The community says- Real pot-still fruitiness
- Keep in mind: Cinnamon overpowers
- Keep in mind: Tastes artificial
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How does VS Distillers J. Gow Spiced Rum taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Cinnamon-heavy spiced rum, more mixer than sipper Middle-of-the-road spiced rum. A few find it fruity and enjoyable; more say the cinnamon overpowers and the rum itself barely shows through. Divisive, leans everyday-mixer.
People who like cinnamon-forward spiced rums for mixing
Anyone wanting a rum-forward, dry, traditional pour
Style & occasion: Mature & oaky
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75 community reviews
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Review by Robert Mallander
Most helpful positive review
A grower For some reason I had a very cheep sweet hazelnut chocolatebar with and it changed to an almost religious experience, this will be added to my collection.
Review by Lutz Lungershausen
Most helpful critical review
Spiced ... with what? Could also be any other flavored spirit
Review by Johannes
Lots of cinnamon and vanilla.
Review by epicsune 🇸🇪
Sample no.23 of the 24 days of rum calendar 2022. Very artificial and christmas-y on the nose. Baking spices as cinnamon and gingerbread along with something fruity from cherries. Palate is just woody and alcoholic. Some very faint notes of the spices after a few seconds. As a spiced rum I guess it’s ok but nothing I would buy a bottle of.
Review by Timo Groeger
A completely normal spiced rum. I actually find it quite okay. Smells and tastes naturally spicy, you can definitely taste cinnamon. But it's not so bad that it already brings on Christmas feelings :)
Review by Jo Hoo
Many different flavors in this spiced rum. Not necessarily bad. I like it neat, maybe something for a cocktail to play with the flavors.
Review by Gregor
beautiful spices that unlike most other spiced rums do not sting or burn
Review by MJ72
Cinnamon bomb, too overpowering and strong. Moderate sweetness in the mouth and cinnamon as the dominant aroma here too. Continues in the short finish.
Review by TheJackDrop
Pretty nice! In the spirit
Review by Pascal Gwada
Floaty, poorly chosen artificial spice aromas, the little alcohol is very poorly integrated, non-existent length. For a spiced rum it may be okay, but for a rum it's worthless.
Review by Czexican
Not what I expect from rum.
Review by rum_sk
23rd sample of 24 days of rum offers a pot still Scottish spiced rum containing less then 5 g of sugar per litre. 👃 reminds me of a home-made hooch/booze or pálenka (in our country) distilled from various kinds of fruits but with spices included in this one. We can distinguish pear, plum, raisins it is very fruity, aromatic and rich in flavor. 👅 is really sweet, I don't believe the claim that there is less than 5 g of sugar per litre. Taste is definitely better for me. It is slightly spicy, fruity (all mentioned above) sweet but the hints of home made booze is still there :) Long finish. Definitely one of better spiced rums that I had a chance to try and this is coming from someone who is not a big fan of spiced rums.
Review by Rado Vito
How should I rate spiced rum in rumratings? It is not rum. Well, I have no idea, how this rum tastes, there is only spices like gingerbread and cinnamon. Sorry.
Review by Eugene227
Delivers what the name promises. It feels very sweet and heavily spiced, without developing much depth. Vanilla, cinnamon, and red fruits dominate, along with spices and a bit of wood. Overall quite soft, but also pretty one-dimensional and not very exciting.
Review by Robert Houba
Dry, pungent smell like cognac/ginger? Taste, too.
Review by Michael Janek
24 rum 2022 I smell ginger in the aroma the taste is not very pronounced at the beginning, but later spicy, stays for a long time aroma 3/5 Taste 2,5/5
Review by Dabou
Pleasant on the palate, I don't find it very spicy, unlike some people.
Review by MarkF
Paradoxically, this sample is not easy to evaluate. The smell is Christmasy ordinary, it is like a Christmas market oder where the spices are too much. The artificiality bothers me a bit in the taste, but I can feel the hallmark a bit. Overall, I'm bothered by the low influence of the rum itself, it's more of a sharpened and flavoured vague alcohol.
Review by Motvind
Scent of sweet grapes and vanilla. The taste starts spicy, the alcohol creeps up in strength while cinnamon and wood can be felt.
Review by Kamil Křenek
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Review by Anonymous
Salt caramel, whiskey
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
Pretty much what i expect from a spiced rum. kinda cheapish rum made more enjoyable through Spice and sugar. Hast some Ester to it so that you can make it maybe even stnd out for Rum and Coke. Still no big fan. But at least it doesnt claim to be super premium Rum.
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Details about VS Distillers J. Gow Spiced Rum
A spirit drink on a rum base from United Kingdom, distilled by VS Distillers, at 40%.
About the VS Distillers distillery
The VS Distillers distillery is located in United Kingdom. Rums from VS Distillers have been reviewed 157 times with an average of 6.6/10.
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