Hemingway Rum Papa‘s Pilar Dark Rum
A newcomer-friendly, sweeter molasses rum at 43% with chocolate, caramel, vanilla and orange notes. RumX members enjoy it as an easy, relaxed sipper or in dessert-style and winter cocktails.
- Sweet dessert profile
- Easy-drinking
- Good casual sipper
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How does Hemingway Rum Papa‘s Pilar Dark Rum taste?
Aggregated from 72 community reviews.
Sweet, chocolatey, easy sipper A newcomer-friendly, sweeter molasses rum at 43% with chocolate, caramel, vanilla and orange notes. RumX members enjoy it as an easy, relaxed sipper or in dessert-style and winter cocktails.
Those who enjoy sweeter, dessert-style rums with chocolate, caramel and vanilla and want an easy, relaxed sipper or mixer, especially bourbon fans curious about a softer rum.
Drinkers avoiding added sugar, anyone looking for a dry, complex sipper or very long finish, and those sensitive to a bit of alcohol bite.
How is Hemingway Rum Papa‘s Pilar Dark Rum rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.3 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 63% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 6% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Jon Bolton
This has become one of my go to and absolute favorites.
Review by Thomas
Bought directly on Key West. There on vacation he tastes better with Bob of course, but a tasty rum without edges. Quite short finish, unfortunately.
Review by Business Liner Ralf
Nachtrag: heute in der Friendsgivingrunde auf den Tisvj H gestellt: einhellige Meinung: geiler Rum und perfekter Bourbon Abgang. Never drunk before! Ich bin absoluter Rumliebhaber. Aber als Bourbon Fan eine tolle Hommage an Hemmingway als Rum. Mein absoluter Favorit aktuell!
Review by Jon Stover
Smells like brown sugar and vanilla. Lighter not overly boosy. Tastes brown sugar vanilla and earth. No spice. Sweet on front end& light/butter. Caramel on back end.
Review by Rafael Gonzalez
I guess i just got a sweet tooth.it all comes to personal taste.not sure since im new to this but is there a standard to what a great rum should taste like?anyway i loved the variety of tastes i got from this guy and i honestly enjoyed it.i get some people dont like the sweet in some things but i really liked it
Review by Kay Meertens
Raisin, vanilla, orange
Review by Goodoboy30
This is really good. Slightly sweet. Great sipper.
Review by Michael Janek
ve vůni cítím.teply kakao ta vůně je opravdu velmi intenzivní a dlouho trvajici chuť je příjemně nasladla, kakaová, jemně šimrajicí
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Again, quite thin, alcoholic and quickly gone. Toffifee with a little raisin and banana.... Unimportant, unfortunately.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
The taste burns a little on the tongue at first. It's sweet, but not as sweet as the scent. You can taste caramel, cinnamon, dark sugar, vanilla, licorice and a little oak. Medium aftertaste. A good relaxed rum, especially for lovers of sweeter rums. It’s quite smooth and good for casual sipping.
Review by Timo Groeger
Day trip Baltrum September 2024. Sturm-Eck pub. Good rum selection for an average pub ;-) This one is too sweet for me. Nose consists of caramel, chocolate and coffee. Then chocolate, vanilla and spices on the palate. Average.
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
The last rum on Baltrum for today. The Papas Pilar from the United States. Already very sweet on the nose and this is also reflected in the taste. Nevertheless, all in all, it is good to drink
Review by Peter Sjoroos
Better than expected. Not over sweetened and with some nice mix of caramel and spices.
Review by Stefan Persson
Tasted this one at a rum cruise at the Baltic Sea. Nice bottle and story around it. It’s quite sweet, but the 43% ABV makes it balanced. The representative told me it was a blend consisting of rum aged between 4 and 25yo.
Review by Matej
Un unexpected gift from my university teacher. I really do like the shape of this bottle and the story of Pilar boat is very interesting. Aroma itself is very sweet, almost christmasy (chocolate, sugar and caramel with lot of spice). I noticed very intensive orange, cinamon and some herbs. Taste is very simillar to aroma. Sweet, lot of cinamon, orange and chocolate. I noticed lot of spice, but unfortunately the whole experience is ruined by the unpleasant alcoholic taste. Finish is short and it feels like you just ate the whole box of chocolate pralines (not bad thing at all). For me this rum will be good as part of some christmasy drink or as an ingredient of some sweets.
Community purchases
94 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 19 members.
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