Aroma visualization from community tastings
By The Dutch Batavia Arrack White
Tell me when it gets cheaper
Tell me when it's back in stock
Price alert in the RumX app
Open in the app
Got the app? Open this bottle
Opens this rum in the RumX app
Don't expect anything rum-like here. This Indonesian arrack drinks closer to mezcal, cachaça and agricole all at once — smoky, dry, grassy, with fresh sugarcane, anise, coriander and a salty-earthy edge. One taster called it "similar to Rhum agricole, but with a different twist." Neat it can be hot and demanding; where it really wakes up is in a Mai Tai, an arrackiri or even cola.
The community says- Unique arrack character
- Smoky and complex
- But: Harsh neat
Offers & prices
View price history
Secure payment Sold by Perola Returns & cancellation
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
10 more payment methodsOffers & prices
No shop currently delivers to Germany.
Live auctions
Current bids for this rum at Europe's leading auction houses.
The look inside the bottle
How does By The Dutch Batavia Arrack White taste?
Summarized by AI from community reviews.
Smoky, dry arrack — mezcal-like, best mixed Wild, smoky, dry and unlike anything else — people either find it a flavour bomb or too harsh neat. Most agree it shines mixed.
Adventurous drinkers who like mezcal, cachaça or agricole
Anyone wanting a smooth, sweet, classic rum
Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neatCocktails & mixing
Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
12 of 21 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
Which glass for which rum? The community guide ›
Recommendation
Your next rum
Each with how it differs from this rum.
What does the community say?
21 community reviews
9 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app
Rate it in the app
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful positive review
Note: Employment at Perola GmbH (spirits industry), partial professional involvement with evaluated bottlings. All reviews are my personal, unpaid opinion. Best white Batavia Arrack 🤙🏼 definitely try it in arrackiri and various arrack-based drinks, but even neat this thing goes off like mezcal, cachaca and Rhum Agricole all at once!💥🙌 Shows what it can do.
Review by Kieron Wood
Most helpful critical review
Tasted 16-04-2021 Indonesian petrol Nosing Aniseed,grass,black tea and pepper Tasting Floral flowers ,pepper,sea salt and orange
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5232 12.04.2025 running some samples at home while listening to some Goa Psy Trance. Nose Fresh, light, faint sake, fruits, light anise, faint grass, light earthy. Palate Oily, light floral, faint sake, light salt, orange, light citrus, faint tobacco, light grass. Finish Medium long, fresh, oily, fruits, light orange, light grass, light mineral. Empty glass Floral, fruits, light tea, faint licorice, faint coffee. There was a touch of Vodka and Sake in the profile, which was very interesting.
Review by Timo Groeger
First Arrak tasting by Artur, thanks to Zabo for letting me have it :) Now the better ones are slowly coming. Clearly recognizable as Arrak, sugarcane is also well detectable, but it is very burning on the palate.
Review by zabo
Addendum from the first Arrak sample set from TheDunderHut. Unfortunately, the level is still not really high, none really blew me away here, but as always I am happy to have tried such old and rare stuff.
Review by Trinkfluencer
Quite its own flavor. Personally, it reminds me strangely slightly of tequila. Otherwise, very full-bodied.
Review by Motvind
Interesting scents of arrack, candied fruit, grass. Very complex flavors, grass, alcohol, spices, oak and fresh earthy tones. The finish is long and fresh.
Review by Mateusz
Similar to Rhum agricole, but with a different twist. More on earthy side. Recommended!
Review by Schnapsschuesse
Completely gaga what is going on here. Bacon, smoke, lime, fresh sugar cane, lime, spices, fruits...the stuff just smells like the belly of a pirate ship that has just plundered a trading port. Delightfully wacky. Same game then in the mouth, and very dry. Something of mezcal, fruit brandy, smoked bacon, citrus, coriander, a touch of raki, every sip something new. A bit tiring neat - but with acidity and sweetness an absolute firework. Half/half with rum in Mai Tai, as Daiquiri and even simply with Coke. Wild night for advanced.
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by RUMprobiert
Read full review ›
Expert review by Rum Diaries Blog
Read full review ›
Community shelf
8 bottles logged by 8 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
25% opened, 0 emptied.
What does By The Dutch Batavia Arrack White cost?
Avg. community purchase price 41 €.
What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.
Current best price: 31.99 €.
8 purchased · 23 tasted · 4 wishlist · as of
Details about By The Dutch Batavia Arrack White
A rum from Indonesia, bottled by By The Dutch, at 48%.
Read on in the RumX Guide
You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
Rum Nation Ilha da Madeira 2017
By The Dutch Batavia Arrack
Diplomático Planas
Kikusui Shuzo Ryoma Rhum Japonais
Don Q Double Cask Vermouth Finish
Never miss a price drop.
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX ›YouTube channel (in German)
