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BEB2F909-9813-48B5-926F-62358CF71823Dominican Republic Bermudez 3 badge mixology
3 badge mixology Kirk and Sweeney 23 Years 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 23 years · 40%

3 badge mixology Kirk and Sweeney 23 Years

Sipped neat or over ice, this Dominican column-still rum leans sweet and soft: vanilla, caramel, toffee and dried fruit, with a woody, spicy tail that a few tasters found puzzling. Several call it round and easy-drinking for its age, while others feel it's thin and a touch bitter for a 23-year-old. One member's wife even bakes it into pineapple cake.

The community says
  • Round and mild
  • Caramel-vanilla-toffee
  • Keep in mind: Thin body

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Soft, sweet Dominican sipper with a spicy tail Most find it soft, sweet and caramel-forward with an odd spicy-oaky finish. Fans like it round and mild; skeptics call it thin and unremarkable for 23 years.

Perfect for

People who like sweet, soft, easy-sipping aged rum

Less suitable for

Drinkers wanting a bold, dry, complex 23-year-old

Experience level · Novice (2/5)

Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertSipping neat

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?

7.3/10 Good

69 community reviews

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Rating distribution

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Review by Portman

Most helpful positive review

Portman
May 2023149 reviews
8.5/10

I like it much better than its 12- and 18-year-old siblings, despite its pre-mature sweetness. The longer maturation time brings more softness and at the same time more depth. As the 23-year-old has been discontinued in favor of the Gran Reyerva Superior, I will keep a full bottle in my collection. I like it very much.

Review by Andreas Cebin

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Andreas Cebin
Feb 20235 reviews
5.0/10

Well, for 23 years very unbalanced.

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
May 20237,276 reviewsDenmark
6.4/10

A very sweet rum with fruits and some caramel /toffee notes. My wife uses it in her pineapple cake.

Review by BTHHo 🥃

BTHHo 🥃
Jun 2023242 reviewsDenmark
6.5/10

The taste is pleasant and complex with notes of dried fruit, toast, toffee, almonds and vanilla.

Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
May 2023718 reviewsGermany
6.0/10

Today times exactly the other way around than a few weeks ago in the hotel, when I had a very good rum in an inappropriate glass 😉. Nah, this rum is so not mine. It seems biting and bitter to me. But is also too thin for me at the same time. At least it doesn't seem to have a single gram of sugar. But yes, I also taste something spicy and woody. Could I imagine well with a cigar. Thus determined relatively far ahead for a relaxed evening with friends to whom you want to bring honest rum closer.

Review by Business Liner Ralf

Business Liner Ralf
Oct 202284 reviewsGermany
7.9/10

had expected something more, but very pleasing, round, not too much sweetness, Ultimately, price performance is right.

Review by Pavel Spacek

Pavel Spacek
May 20241,886 reviewsCzech
6.4/10

That spicy tail...does anyone know what is it?

Review by Akis Kanelo

Akis Kanelo
Jul 20231 reviews
8.0/10

A very nice rum little sweet with strange after taste, i think something like coffee Value for money

Review by Thorsten D.

Thorsten D.
Sep 20268 reviewsGermany
6.5/10

Finde Ihn zu dünn und zu wenig komplex, nicht meins. Seht geöffnet im Barschrank und wird nicht wirklich weniger. Warum wohl. Gibt bessere, hier war due Flasche vor Jahren wohl der Grund für den Kauf. Heute bin ich schlauer. Der Alkohol ist nicht gut eingebunden.

Review by Madame 888

Madame 888
Mar 20218 reviews
7.6/10

Woody, spicy, little complex, round, not very distinctive.

Review by Oldbaer Ger

Oldbaer Ger
Nov 20241 reviewsGermany
7.3/10

A rum to enjoy now and then

Review by X-Savior

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X-Savior
Nov 2023152 reviewsCanada
8.0/10

On The Rocks: On the nose moderate oak with brown sugar and mild alcohol and spices. Taste is smooth and sweet with a delayed strong spice and mild alcohol evolving into a moderate bitterness. The finish is long as it evolves again from a bitterness into a delayed marshmellow sweetness deep into the finish. This is demonstrating very complex and distinct flavour stages and is very enjoyable. This is a fanatic sipper on the rocks. Mixed Pepsi Zero: On the nose smells like Pepsi Zero. Taste is sweet but very shallow flavour profile with almost no finish. There is no point drinking this mixed.

Review by Michal Lutter

Michal Lutter
Nov 20224 reviews
6.0/10

Sussi, end fine

Review by Ane Steph

Ane Steph
Jul 20217 reviews
7.5/10

I'm not really a fan of rons because I find them too sweet. This one has a nice toffee smell and taste though and finishes on an almost sour (and oaky) note. I might get a bottle for sipping because of that.

Review by Daniel

Daniel
Daniel
Jun 2020238 reviews
8.1/10

Lovely harmonious expressions of caramel, vanilla and roasted nuts as well as chocolate. Warm start continues the aromas of the nose. Also vanilla, caramel, additionally cinnamon. Finish: short and inconspicuous. Spicy and mild rum, whose age is noticeable in the harmony and good balance.

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151 bottles logged by 142 collectors.

A drinker's rum.

41% opened, 16 emptied.

88 sealed 47 open 16 emptied

What did the community pay for 3 badge mixology Kirk and Sweeney 23 Years?

Community paid 45–76 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 53 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›

151 purchased · 76 tasted · 50 wishlist · as of

Details about 3 badge mixology Kirk and Sweeney 23 Years

A Column Still Rum from Dominican Republic, bottled by 3 badge mixology, at 40%.

DistilleryBermudez
CategoryColumn Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
DistillationColumn Still
ABV40%
Age23 years
Volume70cl

About the Bermudez distillery

The Bermudez distillery is located in Dominican Republic. Rums from Bermudez have been reviewed 446 times with an average of 7.1/10.

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