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A6A5C004-61F2-4FDA-8B50-776217145547Virgin Islands A.H. Riise
A.H. Riise Frogman Rum bottle
Bottle
Aged rum · 20 years · 58%

A.H. Riise Frogman Rum

Dark, syrupy and loaded up front: caramel, raisin, marzipan and a licorice-tinged finish, all wrapped around a noticeable 58% kick. This is the stronger, spicier take on the sweet A.H. Riise style. Fans of Riise sugar and spice enjoy the punch and long chocolate-honey finish, while others find it flat and sugar-heavy once the heat fades.

The community says
  • Long spicy finish
  • Rich dark flavor
  • But: Added sugar
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How does A.H. Riise Frogman Rum taste?

Aggregated from 46 community reviews.

Sweet, spiced, boozy navy-style rum People split on this hard. The Riise-sugar crowd loves the spiced, boozy punch and long finish; others call it too sweet, out of balance and hot on the end.

Perfect for

Fans of sweet, spiced A.H. Riise rums who want more strength

Less suitable for

Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, balanced rum

Experience level · Explorer (3/5)

Style & occasion: Sweet & dessert

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

7.2/10 Good

46 community reviews
9 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Distribution of all 46 ratings
9–10 7%
8–9 9%
7–8 37%
6–7 26%
5–6 13%
4–5 4%
0–4 4%

Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide

Review by Chris Breuer

Most helpful positive review

Chris Breuer
Chris Breuer
Feb 20263 reviewsGermany
8.0/10

My first A.H. Riise Very intense for a start but with some courage to try a stronger rum a great experience. I liked the initially raisin notes and the licorice finish surprised me extremely. I can recommend this rum to anyone who wants a little highlight at the beginning, but it should be said that the stuff is sweetened and also has a lot of aromas pressed on it because not for nothing does a small sticker on the back of the bottle say: "May contain traces of walnuts" Still a great product and I like to drink it.

Review by Michael Schillheim

Most helpful critical review

Michael Schillheim
Michael Schillheim
May 2023161 reviews
3.9/10

The nose expects a tour through the candy aisle. On the palate surprisingly a tiny hint of fruitiness that has to give way to the poorly integrated alcohol so quickly that you hardly notice it.

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Jan 20237,168 reviewsDenmark
6.2/10

Nice and dark colour and that's basically it. Sweet and kind of out of balance even after resting for a good while.

Community shelf

46 bottles logged by 40 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

32% opened, 3 emptied.

31 sealed 12 open 3 emptied

What did the community pay for A.H. Riise Frogman Rum?

Community paid 26–66 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 56 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

46 purchased · 50 tasted · 21 wishlist · as of

Details about A.H. Riise Frogman Rum

A rum from Virgin Islands, bottled by A.H. Riise, at 58%.

BrandOld St. Croix (formerly A.H. Riise)
BottlerA.H. Riise
Raw materialMolasses
ABV58%
Age20 years

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Brand

Old St. Croix 

Avg Rating 7.4/10 51 Rums

Old St. Croix is the current name of the Danish rum house that traded as A.H. Riise until June 2025. Both names point back to the same man: Albert Heinrich Riise, a pharmacist who settled in the Danish West Indies in 1838 and exported his rum under the Old St. Croix label. The house style is soft and dessert-leaning, built on sweetened blends rather than dry spirit, and it splits opinion in the community more than almost any other brand on RumX.

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Rating guide

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9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good your rum Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.