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Brewdog Distilling Co. Five Hundred Cuts Botanical Rum
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Opinion runs hard against this one. Most tasters find it drowning in cinnamon, allspice and clove — one calls it "flüssiger Lebkuchen" (liquid gingerbread), several find it too sweet and the spice artificial. A couple grant it a round, smooth body with a mulled-wine warmth. Really it drinks like a Christmas-market spiced spirit more than a rum you'd sip on its own.
The community says- Mulled-wine warmth
- Round, smooth body
- But: Too sweet
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How does Brewdog Distilling Co. Five Hundred Cuts Botanical Rum taste?
Summarized by AI from 21 community reviews.
Very sweet, Christmas-spice dessert spirit Deeply divisive and mostly disliked: too sweet, cinnamon-and-clove heavy, and tasting artificial to many. A few enjoy the mulled-wine dessert angle, but most wouldn't buy it again.
People who like sweet, heavily-spiced Christmas flavors
Anyone wanting a dry, traditional rum or avoiding sweetness
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Review by Dominik-84
A sweet dessert drink. Nose: lots of cinnamon and cloves on a sugar cloud. Round and smooth, not the slightest sharp or alcoholic note. Palate: similar sweetness and cinnamon-forward impression, with cloves like in a mulled wine. A little astringency as in heavy red wine. Finish is short and viscous.
Review by Chrischi78
What a beautiful label, period. That’s the most positive thing to say. Basically, it was invented for the Christmas market to cleanse cold-spun mulled wine glasses from the mouth germs of the previous user and to perfume the glass with supposed Christmas-associated flavor notes. A downfall in cinnamon and spices.
Review by Boletus
Well, I don't really know what to say about this. I really like cinnamon and allspice, but this is really too much of a good thing for me. It's also just far too sweet for my palate.
Review by Kieron Wood
Tasted 09-11-2020 This is hands down one of the worse rums I have ever drank . My review read that if you like your rum tasting like winter gin then drink this hideous concept. Heavy on aniseed , lovely for Christmas pudding not for flavoured sugared rum like this .
Review by Blockzeitwilli
Really rarely have I had something so bad in the glass. Too sweet, the aromas artificial and simply not enjoyable in the overall composition. Even a hastily brought cola couldn't save it. Luckily just a sample.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →It has also not tried to charge a Premium price. Spiced Rum is now creeping up in price into the £40 price bracket on a more regular basis. This is different for sure. It's grown on me but I doubt I would buy another bottle. That said I don't buy...
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35 bottles logged by 31 collectors.
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25% opened, 2 emptied.
What did the community pay for Brewdog Distilling Co. Five Hundred Cuts Botanical Rum?
Avg. community purchase price 36 €.
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Details about Brewdog Distilling Co. Five Hundred Cuts Botanical Rum
A spirit drink on a rum base from United Kingdom, distilled by Brewdog Distilling Co., at 40%.
About the Brewdog Distilling Co. distillery
The Brewdog Distilling Co. distillery is located in United Kingdom. Rums from Brewdog Distilling Co. have been reviewed 69 times with an average of 7.0/10.
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