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Taste
Vanilla, Sweet, Cinnamon
Most mentioned across 40 tasting notes
- Perfect for
- People who like sweet, spiced dessert rums in winter
- Less suitable for
- Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, classic rum
A.H. Riise XO Reserve Christmas Rum
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Gingerbread, vanilla and a fat spoonful of sugar — this drinks like liquid Christmas cake more than rum. Cinnamon, caramel and baking spices carry it, with some tasters catching peach, orange peel or nougat. Several members call it "more Christmas liqueur than rum," and a few find it slightly artificial. Sweet-rum fans embrace it; anyone chasing a dry, classic profile won't.
The community says- Cozy Christmas spice
- Vanilla and caramel
- Less suitable for: Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, classic rum
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How does A.H. Riise XO Reserve Christmas Rum taste?
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Very sweet, spiced Christmas dessert sipper People are honestly split: sweet-rum drinkers enjoy the mulled-wine spice, while many say it's far too sugary and reads as a spiced liqueur, not a rum.
Aroma profilePeople who like sweet, spiced dessert rums in winter
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, classic rum
Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertSipping neat
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Yes, if you're after sweet, dessert-like rums for sipping neat.
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What does the community say?
125 community reviews
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22 selected written reviews
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Review by handyrambo
Most helpful positive review
I like Riise Rum, at least all I've tried so far. But I always wonder if you can call Riise Rum a "real" rum, since it's almost always sweet and sometimes artificial in taste, at least with the "cheaper" bottles. But I like sweet rum and thus Riise Rum. Some Riise have fruity taste and others go towards chocolate/caramel/toffee. This one is a mix. Peach taste mixed with toffee taste. Interesting, but it doesn't fully convince me. Good but not very good. Also a bit sharp and spicy, which I like less. Still a good rum but for me not one of the top Riise Rums.
Review by zabo
Most helpful critical review
Edit: It is and remains a liqueur and not a rum. In winter, however, it is drinkable as a sugar substitute Corrected downwards so that Riise is no longer recommended to me in the app for the deal of the day
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
01.12.2025 Day 1 of my Christmas Calendar. Still find it very sweet but I like the mix of christmas spices in the profile. Less sugar and a higher ABV would have benefitted a lot. ----------- Another super sweet rum that I would consider a dessert rum at most. Far too sweet for me....... Price to quality is kind of OK.
Review by Sven Erbe
Due to the complexity, I find different fine notes at every tasting. Sometimes rather sweet and other times a fine bitterness sneaks in... always exciting. But always wintery cinnamon, vanilla, and fruit notes that are very changeable.
Review by rum_sk
Christmas in your mouth. Essentially classical riise with another additional ton of spices, this time a Christmas selection. It reminds me a Chairman's Reserve spiced edition, only I would go with Chairman's all the time. Not to mention I could afford almost 3 bottles in price of 1 riise.
Review by Pongo
Typical Riise. Mild and balanced with wonderful notes. Wonderful rum.
Review by Old Sport
Nose: Curry and cinnamon, rosemary Taste: Sweet, meat spices, spices (cinnamon), chilli, ginger, caramel Finish: Short towards medium, slightly bitter, orange peel and tobacco in background
Review by Kamil Čmiel
Sweet rum... or rather it's not even rum. All a.h.riise flavors are similar because they are made on the same base.
Review by heckto🥃
A fruity-sweet rum with a hint of Christmas spices. Caramel and chocolate are also present. Unfortunately, it smells a bit artificial. By rum standards, it has too much sugar and is therefore too sweet. Totally fine as a liqueur.
Review by N’ours
A gourmand and spicy rum reminiscent of mulled wine.
Review by John John
This rum presents itself very sweet and fruit-forward, accompanied by wintery-spicy accents. For a rum, the high sugar content is exaggerated, but it works perfectly as a liqueur. For me still 10/10 in winter.
Review by Kay Meertens
Nose: Candied cherry, sugared almond. Taste: Orange, sugared almond. Finish: Burnt caramel, almond. On the sweet side, but one of the better Riise's that I've tried.
Review by Dirk E.
Nice Christmas rum
Review by Kevin Lopez
Odeur de cannelle et de vanille, goût epicé
Review by Tim
This cannot pass for rum. If you're looking for a wintery spiced schnapps, you might find it here, but everyone else should steer clear. In the mouth, I find this spirit pretty close to disgusting :-(
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
Part of the A.H. Riise Christmas calendar from 2020. This was the first tasting of december. Lots of sweetness in the nose, with overwhelming vanilla. In the notes I got some herbal sensation and a bit of fruit, with a spicy end
Review by Johannes
Extremely sweet, slight orange, Christmas spices.
Review by Rumbaer
Smells already Christmassy like gingerbread, spices and sweetness. Just like the taste, with notes of nougat. Unfortunately somewhat artificial on the tongue and incredibly sweetened. More Christmas liqueur than rum.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
a bit like cheap peach iced tea and too much sugar :D
Review by Jürgen Sch.
Before 2021: Very Christmassy, very good, 72. 2021: clove-like, not so round.
Review by Scotty1960
Too sweet, like a liqueur
Review by Christian Kluwe
You can drink it sometimes. Door 1 from the Advent calendar.
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A.H. Riise XO Reserve Christmas Rum at live auctions
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182 bottles logged by 152 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
32% opened, 16 emptied.
What does A.H. Riise XO Reserve Christmas Rum cost?
Community paid 35–60 €.
Current best price: 44.92 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 40 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+10 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
182 purchased · 140 tasted · 35 wishlist · as of
Details about A.H. Riise XO Reserve Christmas Rum
A spirit drink on a rum base from Virgin Islands, bottled by A.H. Riise, at 40%.
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