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El Ron Prohibido Gran Reserva 15
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Opinions run low and loud here: most tasters find it very sweet, with strong coffee, chocolate and heavy wood, plus an odd raisin note one reviewer compared to licking old supermarket raisins. The near-black color surprises everyone. A few call it drinkable in cola; several just find it artificial and thin-bodied. More sweet dessert dram than classic sipping rum.
The community says- Coffee-chocolate notes
- But: Added sugar
- But: Tastes artificial
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How does El Ron Prohibido Gran Reserva 15 taste?
Summarized by AI from community reviews.
Very sweet, coffee-chocolate cola mixer Split but mostly critical: coffee-and-chocolate sweetness some find drinkable in cola, while many call it too sweet, artificial and woody. "Not really rum like," as one member put it.
Aroma profilePeople who like very sweet, coffee-forward rums for mixing
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, traditional sipper
Style & occasion: Mature & oakyCocktails & mixing
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120 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by BjörnNi 🥃
Really bad at first taste. Got better and better. Better with Coke than without
Review by zabo
Edit: He shut me and the young wild ones down at the parents' party, mission accomplished, cheers to the headaches getting up 😂 So found another bottle in the cellar and tried again. So it’s definitely not a unicorn, but probably good for a donation to the youth to support them a bit. So another rum/slow seller leaves my cellar, finally 🤣
Review by Syruz “Syruz”
Primarily sweet. For me as a beginner, it is drinkable, but somehow not the best. I mainly get sugar, caramel and slight coffee notes in the taste. Smells more like rum to me than it tastes.
Review by Leo Krüper
The color :D Pleasant sugar solera in terms of taste. But the color tops everything... Dark brown/black
Review by Tobin
Way too sweet. The only interesting thing here is the combination of total mildness and almost biting sharpness.
Review by Skyfly
Quite strong wood, coffee, and chocolate flavor from start to finish. The wood is definitely too strong for me, as if the rum spent too long in an unlined cask. The alcohol tastes weak and everything feels a bit artificial.
Review by Gdohh
Not really rum like, tasted pretty ok furthermore
Review by Rumpalumpa
Quite interesting, but not really tasty. The notes of coffee and chocolate are particularly intense but overall the stuff is very sharp and is masked by a certain dustiness reminiscent of a cheap peated whisky.
Review by Thilo Stromberg
Delicious rum suitable for hearty meals, also after a beer tasting, or just for enjoyment. Not recommended if you have previously had something sweet, like a sweeter rum.
Review by Maxi
Geruch erstmal überladen. Nachdem sich die Nase dran gewöhnt hat lassen sich Rosinen, Karamellbonbon, weiße Schokolade und Milchschokolade erkennen. Trotzdem ist noch etwas in der Nase, was ich nicht zuordnen kann (künstlich / erdig). Geschmacklich kommen vor allem direkt die unterschiedlichen Schokoladensorten zur Geltung. Cookies, Milchschokolade, weiße Schokolade und Kaffee. Dabei wirkt der Rum direkt sehr dünn und verwässert. Keine sonderliche Geschmacksexplosion. Die Süße würde ich als sirupartig beschreiben. Jedoch bei weitem nicht auf dem Niveau wie A.H.Riise. Vergleichbar mit Don Papa ebenfalls sehr flach.
Review by Rumantisch
This rum is more for cola, it's the next step after Bacardi and maybe after Don Papa that you drink as a young adult. For experienced rum lovers, it's obviously not suitable.
Review by Oliver
Extremely artificial sweetness. Apart from chocolate, not much comes across...
Review by Johannes G
Relatively full-bodied rum, but not unpleasant. It is nevertheless too sweet. The taste is characterized by wood and vanilla with the aforementioned sweetness. Certainly not a very bad rum, but not particularly good either. I don't really know who I would recommend this rum to.
Review by JFehr
Rather flat and with a penetrating artificial sweetness
Review by Jonas Kofod
To me it suits for a Cuba Libre. For a better result, consider another rum.
Review by Vinkes89
A bite into a chocolate bar! Sugar sweet! Diabetes says hello.
Review by Filip Heimerle
Strasna kvalita...cukr z toho leze a vodova chut. Telo nulove
Review by Elijs Dima
Dried raisin juice and raisin "dirt". Like actually licking old raisins from a supermarket open box. Experimentally drinkable but not actually enjoyable. Just... completely weird. Gross. Avoid at all costs.
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Community shelf
263 bottles logged by 250 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
37% opened, 36 emptied.
What does El Ron Prohibido Gran Reserva 15 cost?
Community paid 26–49 €.
Current best price: 28.08 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 28 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+6 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
263 purchased · 139 tasted · 34 wishlist · as of
Details about El Ron Prohibido Gran Reserva 15
A Column Still Rum from Mexico, at 40%.
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