Pyrat XO Reserve
Community sees this as a very sweet, orange‑heavy spirit on rum basis with mixed reception—fun for dessert, cocktails or baking, but too artificial and unbalanced as a serious sipping rum.
Those who enjoy very sweet, orange‑vanilla, liqueur‑style drinks and want an easy 40% spirit for simple cocktails, chocolate desserts or baking rather than classic dry rum sipping.
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How does Pyrat XO Reserve taste?
Sweet orange liqueur‑style rum
Think of this as orange liqueur on a rum base—great if you like Don Papa‑style sweetness and citrus, but frustrating if you want a traditional, dry or complex rum.
Purist rum fans, anyone avoiding high sugar or artificial citrus flavors, and drinkers looking for complex, dry, oak‑driven sipping rums.
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6,5:On the nose, citrus aromas (orange and lemon) dominate. It also has a vegetal, even medicinal/herbal aspect. Slight notes of spice-ginger, vanilla are also present, some woodiness . 6:On the palate, it's sweet and the orange carries off - almost - everything in its path. A slight acidity and bitterness make you think of zest. The timid spicy:ginger, vanilla, woody notes are still there.Underneath there is a very weak torrent of tropical fruits, rarely traceable. After few more sipps this rum becomes more and more bitter orange. 6:The finish is short and citrusy.
Guter Rum lecker.
Auto-translatedHoney and a little wood, some cognac. Pours clear copper golden. Leaves with some perfume, potpourri. Something like plum even. Cognac. Bottle from Duty Free basement of Canadian embassy in DC. Score.
Natürlich pur verkostet. Ganz klar: sehr fruchtig mit starken Noten von Orange, leicht herb, dazu ganz leichte Vanillenote und ein wenig Holz. Meine Abfüllung ist nicht besonders süß wie teilweise beschrieben. Weich und sehr komplex. Für diese Qualität immer noch gut bezahlbar. Gefällt mir sehr gut!
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