John Aylesbury Corsario XO
Sip this after dinner and it makes sense — chocolate, coffee and caramel on the nose, then a very sweet palate of cocoa, almond and orange. Several members are blunt that it drinks more like a liqueur or "flüssiges Dessert" than a traditional rum. Beginners tend to enjoy exactly that softness; anyone chasing dry, spirit-forward rum will find it flat and sugary.
The community says- Chocolate & coffee nose
- Easy for beginners
- But: Tastes sweetened
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How does John Aylesbury Corsario XO taste?
Aggregated from 10 community reviews.
Very sweet, chocolate-almond dessert sipper Reviews land the same way: pleasant and easy, but too sweet and a bit flat for seasoned drinkers, who repeatedly say it reads more liqueur than rum.
sweet-tooth beginners and after-dinner sippers
anyone wanting dry, spirit-forward rum
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How is John Aylesbury Corsario XO rated?
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What does the community say?
80% rate it between 6 and 8. 5 selected write-ups from 10 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Markus Weng 🇩🇪
Schmeckt nach Schokolade ,Mandel ,süß
Review by Pavel Peknica
Vynikající, medový, lehce pomerančový, podobný jako A. H. La Galante
Review by th.jojo
Extrem süßer Rum. Gut für Einsteiger geeignet.
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
Dieser Rum ist mir eindeutig zu süß. In der Nase noch ganz interessant fruchtig und nach Schokolade, Kaffee. Im Geschmack dann aber sehr süß auch nach Schokolade, Mandel. Als Likör ganz in Ordnung aber kein Rum
Review by Timo Groeger
Nach den Bewertungen dachte ich, da kommt was vernünftiges, aber die Nase hat dann schon gleich verraten, dass dem kocht so ist. Schokolade, Kaffee, Kakao und Karamell sind hier erkennbar. Ist allerdings kein Rum, sondern wieder eher ein flüssiges Dessert.
Details about John Aylesbury Corsario XO
A rum from Virgin Islands, bottled by John Aylesbury, at 40%.
Community purchases
18 bottles logged by 17 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
50% opened, 3 emptied and repurchased.
18 purchased · 11 tasted · as of
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