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Don Papa Gayuma
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Smoke and peat in a Filipino molasses rum — that's the surprise here, and it's exactly what splits people. Some catch roasted oak, vanilla, chocolate and raisin with a smoky, orange-tinged finish and enjoy it; others taste cough syrup and call the peat barely there. One tester summed the mood up simply: "Rum talks no4." A sweet rum that leans whisky more than tropical.
The community says- Smoke and chocolate
- Unusual profile
- But: Added sugar
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How does Don Papa Gayuma taste?
Summarized by AI from community reviews.
Sweet, smoky rum that drinks like whisky Genuinely divisive. Fans get chocolate, smoke and roasted wood; critics find it sweet, syrupy and unconvincing as a rum. The Islay-cask smoke either works for you or doesn't.
Aroma profilePeople curious about smoky, whisky-leaning rums who don't mind sweetness
Rum purists, anyone avoiding sugar or wanting bright tropical fruit
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neatCocktails & mixing
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What does the community say?
50 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by heckto🥃
You can tell it has spent time in bourbon barrels. Toasted wood, vanilla and fruit dominate - chocolate and menthol in the background. One of the stronger Don Papas with a peaty finish.
Review by Michael Janek
Most helpful positive review
3.8.2025 Havana Brno smell of peat, earth, once it blows away, it just smells sweet flavor initially sweet, after swallowing peaty, smoky, wow
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful critical review
Fanta in Islay barrel... Terrible...
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6444 Not too bad and this is a smoky rum. Light on the fruit and spices but still OK. A sweet rum that I think will do well as a dessert rum. Wonder how this one would do in a rum'n'coke 🤔
Review by Timo Groeger
To be honest, I don't think this Don Papa is that bad. It really tastes very fruity, but delicious, the woody and smoky flavor goes a bit too far, but still really okay this rum.
Review by TheJackDrop
Quite surprised by this profile, there are clearly some interesting things, it's a shame they added 18gr of sugar, and that the finish is so short. But otherwise nice notes of peat, leather, a touch of menthol.
Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
Here's the definition of undrinkable for me. Cough syrup, and non-existent peat. Maybe a flaw on the bottle. I dream of having someone blind taste this for me one day.
Review by Jan Havelka
Rum talks no4.
Review by Aschi Nottu 🇨🇭
Der Gayuma von Don Papa ist ein rauchiger, süsser Rum, mit einem komplexen Aroma. Die Aromen würde ich mit Kräuter, Schockolade, Vanille und natürlich Rauch umschreiben. Ich habe ihn pur mit Raumtemperatur degustiert. Auch mit Cola ind Eis, kommt das rauchige Aroma sehr schön zum Tragen. Ich liebe es.
Review by Ulf
Smoke and chocolate.
Review by Anonymous
Peat, original
Review by Fabrice Grunfelder
Woody grilled dominance of chocolate and raisin.
Review by Barney487
For me personally, it tastes too much like whisky. It was aged in an Islay cask, and I think you can definitely taste that. Overall, it’s not very smooth for me; there is some sweetness but you can’t really pinpoint it very precisely.
Review by Filip Heimerle
Two components that could make sense and yet this actually doesn't work here at all. Although it's not as sweet as it could be on the palate. But it's weird.
Review by Jascha Mittendorfer
First impression - definitely too woody but then it becomes quite pleasant. Considering I actually don't like the taste, surprisingly good.
Review by Jan Schulze
Goes very much in the whisky direction, you can drink it but as a rum fan you don't have to.
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Community shelf
158 bottles logged by 124 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
8% opened, 5 emptied.
What does Don Papa Gayuma cost?
Community paid 53–126 €.
Current best price: 50.30 € – below the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 61 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+5 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
158 purchased · 52 tasted · 35 wishlist · as of
Details about Don Papa Gayuma
A rum from Philippines, distilled by Bleeding Heart Rum Company, at 40%.
About the Bleeding Heart Rum Company distillery
The Bleeding Heart Rum Company distillery is located in Philippines. Rums from Bleeding Heart Rum Company have been reviewed 2,683 times with an average of 7.0/10.
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