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Bacardi Black
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The nose is the first surprise, and not a good one — several tasters call it sharp, almost rotten, with burnt sugar underneath. On the palate it softens into sweet molasses and treacle, but stays thin and hot at 37.5%. Most people here only reach for it to darken a rum and cola or top a cocktail, never to sip.
The community says- Cheap cola darkener
- But: Harsh, sharp nose
- But: Too thin
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How does Bacardi Black taste?
Summarized by AI from community reviews.
Thin, sweet dark rum for cola Widely seen as a mixer and little more: sweet, thin and rough on its own. A few find it fine in cola; most say reach for a better dark rum.
People who just want a dark rum for cola
Anyone hoping to sip it neat
Style & occasion: Mature & oakyCocktails & mixing
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Review by Tim
I like this rum a little better than a white Bacardi or Havana 3y, but of course it's nothing to enjoy neat. The smell is quite solid with molasses, smoke and some fruit. The added sweetness makes it drinkable, but always with an unpleasant alcoholic sharpness and very thin.
Review by Gregor
Really repulsive in the smell. The taste is smooth and sweet but quite weak
Review by Gerbes
The smell is terrible, taste actually better then what I have expected. Not suitable for sole drinking (sipping). I have used that sometimes for topping on cocktails but generally I recommend to avoid it. If you would like to use dark rum for topping, use better rum.
Review by Portman
Is it just me, or is there no appreciable difference in quality between all low-budget Bacardis?
Review by Phil_S
Labeled as rum, but whether it really is rum is doubtful. Poorly integrated alcohol, immediate short finish without any complexity. Simply a product to forget and at best usable for mixing.
Review by Kieron Wood
Tasted 27-03-2016 This makes a ridiculously sweet rum and cola if your into that type . Sadly another waste of supermarket rum that gets pumped into the UK . Best left on the shelf next to the other supermarket failures
Review by Solidfunk
Oak and treacle. Potpourri, some harsh booze. Dark copper pour. Bitterish finish that cloys with a bit of oak. Reminds me of flat Cuba Libres. Raided from parents liquor cabinet.
Review by Mark Leggett
The aroma and flavor are extremely sweet. The flavor is not horrible but it is too sweet to sip or really mix into anything.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›It's like a rum in disguise to me and I just don't get it. I'm not sure at whom the rum is aimed? Your left with a kind of harsh dry Puerto Rican style rum which looks like a British Navy Rum. It's a terrible rum and has a nasty...
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72 bottles logged by 69 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
38% opened, 17 emptied.
72 purchased · 34 tasted · 7 wishlist · as of
Details about Bacardi Black
A rum from Unknown, distilled by Bacardi, at 37,5%.
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