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Les Bienheureux El Pasador Gran Reserva
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Poured neat after dinner, this Guatemalan sipper leans soft and sweet: heavy vanilla, caramel, brown sugar and raisin, with a little pepper and cocoa on a medium finish. Several tasters call it round and easy, one member sums it up as a honey candy with a vanilla center. Fans of Spanish-style sweetness enjoy it; those wanting bold, dry rum find it too gentle.
The community says- Rich vanilla
- Smooth, round
- Keep in mind: Tastes sweetened
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How does Les Bienheureux El Pasador Gran Reserva taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Soft, vanilla-sweet Spanish-style sipper Most people find it soft, sweet and easy-going, with rich vanilla and caramel. A few call it one-note and too sugary, but as a gentle after-dinner sipper it does its job.
Aroma profilePeople who like sweet, soft Spanish-style sippers
Anyone wanting bold, dry or complex rum
Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertSipping neat
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111 community reviews
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18 selected written reviews
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Review by adn butrulle
Most helpful positive review
A honeyed candy with a vanilla heart. The alcohol is well integrated. The spice and nutty notes take a pleasant course.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
Most helpful mixed review
Strangely enough, it does not carry much through in the taste, which is really nice and buttery smooth. Fantastic balance between sweet and dry - Hint of vanilla and spice, where the spice carries through, but the vanilla leaves quickly, but here we have a nice long and pleasant aftertaste 🥃👍
Review by Timo Groeger
Store visit Weinquelle Lühmann Hamburg April 2025. The next El Pasador. It's also rather sweet on the nose, with vanilla and caramel. Also vanilla and caramel on the palate, as well as brown sugar.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
At the price tag this is a pretty decent rum. The nose has overripe fruits and vanilla in the front and in the back i get nuts, caramel and some coconut. The palate is light and sweet with raisin and vanilla in the front and in the back i get nuts, toffee, molasses and some wood notes. The finish is medium long and sweet with vanilla and cocoa and a hint of cocoa/chocolate.
Review by AustrianOak
Very tasty. Blended in Cognac casks. Woody character.
Review by MarMOTTE
A very soft, very smooth rum that wraps you in sweetness... The first nose, to my great surprise, is rather green, then after a few minutes, the delicious smell of candied fruit takes over. On the taste, it keeps its promises, round and consistent. A little peppery note lifts it all to awaken the taste buds a bit. The finish, all delicacy, just makes you want to come back!!
Review by Titi Sauquet
A very pleasant caramelized taste.
Review by Godspeed
I find that people overthink this one. It's too soft and not very interesting. A rather typical Spanish style and a bit boring. I don't like it.
Review by Jean Louisss
A sweet rum pleasant to drink
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
Nose: Sweet caramel, brown sugar and sugar cane as a tracer, a little later we find some woody. The nose is clearly not promising as it is too linear. Taste : Quite classical in the approach, sweetness, raisin, vanilla crème brûlée, it is syrupy. We find a little alcohol despite all the sugar. Finish : It heats up a bit in the end on brown sugar despite the only 40%, it's not bad for this category with a finish on chocolate and woody.
Review by Harald
Quite sweet and slightly spicy.aromas of caramel, toffee, pepper and cinnamon.
Review by deanopeez
Heavy, heavy vanilla notes give this rum a richness that I really enjoy. Definitely a sipper, I don't see myself using this in any cocktails at all. Not complex, but what it does it does well which is sweet and easy drinking.
Review by maxlasvegas
I like this just a bit more than it younger xo sibling. Both are wonderful rums.
Review by Filip Heimerle
Tasted again. I'm a bit diluted. Vanilla seems sweetened.
Review by Pavel Spacek
According to the taste it should be semi-sweetened and semi-infused. But the taste stays in mouth for long time and the taste of alcohol connected cogens is there. So - drinkable without hangover! ....
Review by mike1978
Fair muss man sagen ich habe die Flasche länger geöffnet, aber luftdicht verschlossen.
Review by Arbre cedric
Very nice, very round, I like it a lot
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
I rate it 7.8 out of 10, a solid rum that does not disappoint.
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290 bottles logged by 275 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
32% opened, 28 emptied.
What did the community pay for Les Bienheureux El Pasador Gran Reserva?
Community paid 45–70 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 61 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+5 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
290 purchased · 127 tasted · 111 wishlist · as of
Details about Les Bienheureux El Pasador Gran Reserva
A Column Still Rum from Guatemala, bottled by Les Bienheureux, at 40%.
About the Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala distillery
The Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala distillery is located in Guatemala. Rums from Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala have been reviewed 3,716 times with an average of 7.5/10.
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