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Compañia Ron Carioca Puerto Rican Rum - Tropical Heavy-Bodied
Artificial vanilla, coconut shavings and burnt sugar hit first, and it only gets sweeter from there. Tasters keep reaching for the same image: a boxed cake mix, "artificial sweetness" over a bitter, boozy base. A few catch anise or licorice and a whisky-like edge in the nose. Most agree it barely reads as rum anymore. This is a vintage curiosity, not a drinker.
The community says- Historical curiosity
- But: Tastes heavily sweetened
- But: Artificial, bitter
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How does Compañia Ron Carioca Puerto Rican Rum - Tropical Heavy-Bodied taste?
Aggregated from 17 community reviews.
Very sweet, artificial vintage curiosity Almost everyone found it overly sweet, bitter and artificial — like a cake-baking mix in a bottle. Interesting as an old oddity, but few enjoyed drinking it.
Collectors chasing rare vintage Puerto Rican bottles
Anyone avoiding sugar or artificial flavors
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94% rate it below 6. 13 selected write-ups from 17 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by zabo
06.12.2024 The liquid History of Puerto Rico Tasting First of all, many thanks to Artur for the extreme effort and for sharing such old rums at all. Apart from a few exceptions, the rums themselves weren't really that great, BUT I still really enjoyed it, because you don't get to taste rums like this any more as a normal mortal and I find all this background knowledge that Artur shared incredibly interesting. I really take my hat off to him. Big respect!
Review by LukaŽiga
5:On the nose, the impression is quite pleasant, sweet with woody notes like burnt sugar, vanilla, baking spices, coconut and licorice, some notes reminiscent to whisky. 3:On the palate, the attack is sweet with brown notes as sugar, woody spices like vanilla, baking spices, roastedness bring some chocolate, there are dried apricots, but without any balance. 3:The finish is medium short with bitterness and wood notes like burnt sugar, caramel, baking spices and dried apricots...
Review by cigares
Dégustation des rhums de Puerto Rico d’Artur. Un nez aromatique mais on sent tout de suite qu’il s’agit d’arômes artificiels ici, ils sont accompagnés d’une amertume bizarre et de sucre. La bouche est tellement amère qu’on comprend pourquoi ils ont sucré ce liquide. La finale est courte sur l’amertume. Une boisson alcoolisée très éloignée de ce qui est écrit sur l’étiquette !
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
"heavy bodied" wohl eher heavy gezuckert und aromatisiert 🤣 extrem künstlich wirkende aroma Bombe die an dr. Oetker backmischung erinnert. Leider gleichzeitig sprittig scharf und süß künstlich wirkend. Leider null meins! Die Nase ist auch dermaßen anstrengend intensiv das ich das Glas irgendwann weg schieben musste ...
Review by Franzi
Ich finde ihn schon wirklich interessant. Nur leider hat er mit rum irgendwie nichts mehr zu tun. Er ist zwar süß aber gemessen an der zuckermenge die darin vermutet wird (44g) ist das nicht rauszuschmecken. Er schmeckt im ersten Moment in Richtung Anis Whisky. Und anschließend nach getrockneten Aprikosen.
Review by Mirco
Rum No. 5 Leider gar nicht trinkbar für mich aufgrund der massiven Anis/Lakriznote. Vielen Dank Artur für diese Mega-Split Reise durch Rums aus Puerto Rico. Danke auch für die Arbeit die du für uns immer wieder auf dich nimmst und alte Flaschen für uns möglich machst! 😊
Review by w00tAN
23.02.25 The liquid History of Puerto Rico Tasting Danke an Artur für die tolle Gelegenheit und Mühe. In der Nase zuckersüß, Kokusnuss und volle Pulle Werthers Echte. Im Mund dann komplett verwässert fast nur süß und ohne jegliche Komplexität...
Review by Johannes
The liquid History of Puerto Rico - vielen Dank an Artur für die Teilung! Komische Mischung- rauchig, künstlich Backgewürze, Vanille.
Review by Skyfly
The liquid History of Puerto Rico Tasting - ein super künstlicher Rum und für das Alter eine echte Enttäuschung. Von Nase bis Abgang denkt man an eine Fertigbackmischung für einen Kuchen. Ein antiker Spiced Rum quasi
Review by Alex1981
Arturs Puerto Rico Tasting, danke für die tolle Übersicht und Historie :-) Der geht ja mal garnicht. Übermäßig süß, bitter und künstlich. Vok eigentlichen Rum schmeckt man vermutlich nicht mehr allzu viel…
Review by Tom Buteneers
“Tropical heavy bodied” 😅44 gr sugar… Whsky notes in the nose (weird), licorice, sugar. Bad
Review by Leo Krüper
Der Don Papa unter den Puerto Ricanern. Ganz billiger Fusel zum backen geeignet.
Review by Banana Joe
Billiger, künstliche Fusel.
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Details about Compañia Ron Carioca Puerto Rican Rum - Tropical Heavy-Bodied
A Column Still Rum from Puerto Rico, distilled by Compañia Ron Carioca, at 45%.
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