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Don Q Single Barrel 2009
Loved by Carlitooo, Leo Tomczak & 8 more
A solid stepping stone Spanish-style rum that rewards attention with citrus, dried fruit, vanilla and light tobacco over clean oak. Cask strength but still approachable, often praised as a dry, honest Don Q with strong value.
Aggregated from 48 community reviews.
- Dry, no sugar
- Great price-value
- Light citrus-vanilla
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Stern Magazine Details about Don Q Single Barrel 2009
A Column Still Rum from Puerto Rico, distilled by Destilería Serrallés, at 49,25%.
How does Don Q Single Barrel 2009 taste?
Aggregated from 48 community reviews.
Dry, honest Spanish-style cask-strength sipper A solid stepping stone Spanish-style rum that rewards attention with citrus, dried fruit, vanilla and light tobacco over clean oak. Cask strength but still approachable, often praised as a dry, honest Don Q with strong value.
Fans of clean, dry Spanish-style rums who want a more natural, cask-strength bottling with citrus, dried fruit and vanilla but without added sugar or heavy funk.
Those wanting rich sweetness, big funky esters or ultra-smooth 40% rums; also not ideal if you’re very sensitive to alcohol heat.
How is Don Q Single Barrel 2009 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 7.9 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 83% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% 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 Carlitooo
Absolute PLV cracker. I've just had it in my glass again after ages and I'm really surprised that some of it is still available. So much flavor for 40€ was really cool!
Review by Richard Krupa
Nothing night
Review by Leo Tomczak
Really nice light summer rum. Also great for beginners for the price.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Normally I don't like Don Q as such because they're too sweet, but this release is really nice. Cask strenght really adds to the overall profile. Fruity, sweet and spices mix very well with the light wood. Price to quality is very good and I may buy a few because it's a very good beginner rum as well.
Review by Montana
It smells relatively strong of alcohol, fruity and sweet, somewhat spicy. The taste is strong, spicy and slightly sweet, pleasant. The alcohol comes through even more strongly in the finish.
Review by Christian Rudt
Interesting flavor profile, but the alcohol could be a little better integrated.
Review by Jan Havelka
Rum talks no 4.
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
The DON Q 2009 is an authentic light rum in Spanish style from a giant multicolumn still: without sugar, without additives and without solera hocus-pocus. Serrallés manages to tropically age a very light rum for a long time and yet not destroy the delicacy of the distillate. Of course, the wood is quite present, but in a light, sweet, vanilla way not tannic and heavy. The fact that the distillate remains present is also due to the increased alcohol content. This brings some spiciness, but provides sufficient backbone.
Review by Kamil Křenek
I was expecting something different I'll have to try again
Review by Henry Davies
Supposed to be the best of the Don-Q range so let’s see what we have. Nose is ok but a bit lacking, toffee and raisins, with some alcohol volatile ester notes, pleasant bit not inviting me to jump in. Mouth is reasonable, orange and raisin with some caramel that offsets it well. Finish is short but enjoyable actually with some prune and raisin alongside confectionery style crème brûlée. Overall it’s a solid mid range sipper, and also makes a great rum and coke. Nothing top drawer but a solid rum I would be happy to savour over an evening
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Alcohol could be much better integrated, overall relatively inconsequential but also one of the few halfway decent Puerto Rico Rums.
Review by Werni
For my first Don Q I chose this one, because I'm not so into the standards. The nose pleases me quite well, characterized by vanilla, dried fruit and spice, all in a good mix. Taste-wise it can't keep up, it's quite sharp(alcoholic),with lots of wood and spice. The barrel remains on the palate, as well as the spiciness. Price fully OK. Let's see what's still coming so....
Review by Frank
Times not high-level rum and still without additives... you can try. Did not know Don Q yet. Clearly a representative of the Spanish style.Nose: fruity-woody and as the first light cigar tobacco, wrapped in vanilla and toffee. The fruit goes in the direction of green apple with some lemon. Seems quite light overall, the alcohol stings a bit despite being only 49%. Fairly ok. 72Palate: spicy-woody and tobacco here as well. A bit spicy at first though and slightly salty-bitter, pepper with a hint of caraway. Overall a bit short and flat. 68Not bad, but not interesting enough either. The tobacco note, however, I find quite good.
Review by Hrothgar
Delicious stuff for a mixed group of occasional drinkers and rum aficionados.
Community purchases
81 bottles logged by 56 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
32% opened, 15 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Don Q Single Barrel 2009?
Community paid €40–€50.
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81 purchased · 51 tasted · 27 wishlist · as of
About the Destilería Serrallés distillery
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