Tanduay Dark
An approachable budget mixer with sweet vanilla, caramel and a noticeable alcoholic bite. RumX members mostly use Tanduay Dark in cola or fruit cocktails rather than for neat sipping.
Aggregated from 21 community reviews.
- Very affordable
- Good in cola
- Vanilla caramel notes
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How does Tanduay Dark taste?
Aggregated from 21 community reviews.
Cheap, sweet, rough mixer An approachable budget mixer with sweet vanilla, caramel and a noticeable alcoholic bite. RumX members mostly use Tanduay Dark in cola or fruit cocktails rather than for neat sipping.
Budget-conscious drinkers who want a cheap, sweet rum mainly for cola or simple party cocktails and aren’t focused on sipping quality.
Enthusiasts seeking complex, characterful sippers or anyone sensitive to rough alcohol and artificial-tasting vanilla sweetness.
How is Tanduay Dark rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 4.6 lands squarely in the "Drinkable" band. 0% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 61% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Timo Groeger
I don't think this rum is bad at all. Nice vanilla and caramel flavor. Had prepared myself for the worst after the reviews, but it didn't happen :-) I am satisfied.
Review by Émile Shevek
Più forte, speziato e alcolico del Select, meno morbido, ma non fa schifo, si può bere senza sputare
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
For rum cola with kalamansis instead of lime on vacation in the Philippines, an absolute steal. Especially when you consider that a liter of rum there costs less (2€) than a 1.5 liter bottle of cola (3-4€) 😅 in my opinion it doesn't have to hide from Havana 3 & co and is definitely better even in "Cuba libre"!
Review by MarcT
A friend visited the Philippines and brought this back for me - it's what they drink there and it is cheap. So I tried it, the nose is vanilla, a bit alcohol and wood, nothing spectacular. On the tongue... Like a not as sweet and artificial made Don Papa... Could use a higher ABV, but It is already in this form better than the dreaded sweet concoction. Maybe people there like this kind of flavour? I am not so fond of the artificial vanilla note, but it is not dominant and as it is way less sweet (still sweet though) I believe I could work with this. Will have to try it in some cocktails, as Kevin for example suggests.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Another good mixer. 5 cl of rum Fresh strawberries 10 cl lime juice Ice Blend until smooth.
Review by Lennart Hofeditz
Very fizzy stuff, which is really not good. A little spicy, but not in a good way. More like artificial. Unfortunately, I can't recommend it. A bit roasty and dry, but not really good agricole notes either
Community purchases
31 bottles logged by 28 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
48% opened, 5 emptied and repurchased.
31 purchased · 21 tasted · 3 wishlist · as of
About the Tanduay distillery
The Tanduay distillery is located in Philippines. Rums from Tanduay have been reviewed 133 times with an average of 6.5/10.
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