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Havana Club Añejo 3 Años
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"For cocktails one of the best choices you can make" sums up how members actually treat this Cuban staple. It's a young, light column-still rum: citrus, young wood, a little vanilla, and a fairly sharp, alcoholic edge. Almost nobody sips it neat — it reads thin and spirity in a glass. But in a mojito, daiquiri or Cuba Libre, it just works, which is why it's a bar regular.
The community says- Great in cocktails
- Keep in mind: Harsh neat
- Keep in mind: Thin body
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How does Havana Club Añejo 3 Años taste?
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Light Cuban mixer, not for sipping The go-to mixing rum for many. Most agree it's harsh and forgettable neat, but hard to beat in a mojito or daiquiri. A few even rate it well straight.
Aroma profilePeople building mojitos, daiquiris and Cuba Libres
Anyone wanting a rum to sip neat
Style & occasion: Cocktails & mixing
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Havana Club 7 Años Añejo7.0/10 (411)28.24 €
168 rated both: 144 scored it higher, 10 scored Havana Club Añejo 3 Años higher, 14 gave both the same score.Woodier
Legendario Añejo 9 Years6.2/10 (64)28.24 €
28 rated both: 22 scored it higher, 5 scored Havana Club higher, 1 gave both the same score.Milder
Havana Club 5 Años Añejo Especial6.2/10 (249)36.14 €
121 rated both: 97 scored it higher, 17 scored Havana Club Añejo 3 Años higher, 7 gave both the same score.Similar rating, cheaper
Bacardi Carta Negra5.2/10 (102)22.05 €
45 rated both: 13 scored it higher, 28 scored Havana Club higher, 4 gave both the same score.Sweeter
Havana Club Verde4.8/10 (41)41.57 €
24 rated both: 6 scored it higher, 15 scored Havana Club Añejo 3 Años higher, 3 gave both the same score.
What does the community say?
294 community reviews
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Review by David Martens
Most helpful positive review
The best rum for Mojito
Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful critical review
Have not tested this neat, but it works well as a mixer for more simple drinks.
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Great for a mojito!Impossible to rate it for its taste characteristics because it is a rum born for cocktails. My rating is purely sentimental since it was my first rum.
Review by Jack M
Picked it up for Cuba Libres, in which it works great. But obviously had to try it neat to get a better sense of it (even if that’s not its intended purpose). Poured and tried it first after taking it from the freezer. Limited nose at that cold temperature (maybe some melon). On the palate it is pleasantly surprising - Vanilla, young wood, citrus, brown sugar. The vanilla does mostly dominate and persists for a shortish finish. As it warms in the glass more bitterness comes through. I’m happy with this as a good value for money mixer and whilst I won’t repeat a neat tasting, I have no problem finishing the taster - but colder is better.
Review by BjörnNi 🥃
Enjoyable with Coke
Review by Chrischi78
Fulfills its purpose as an inexpensive cocktail rum, but offers little enjoyment when drunk neat. It is suitable for mixed drinks, but there are more exciting alternatives with more character in this price range.
Review by Nicolas Kröger
The new variant with 37.5% is even worse than the predecessor. Boring without a noteworthy profile.
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
Havana Club was probably the first rum most people drank. I was also enthusiastic about Havana back then, as Cuba Libre or in cocktails. Of course, we've learned a lot since then 😉
Review by LukaŽiga
4,5:On the nose, this rum takes us to a fruity spirit, with very little wood and enough alcohol to appear in a festive cocktail. Although it's classified as a light rum, there's no mistaking its nature and confusing it with any other white spirit. Aeration brings out tangy, floral aromas, between lychee and heady tropical flowers. Whatever happens, it remains very smooth and docile. 4,8:On the palate, the rum swirls into thousands of fiery droplets. The alcohol takes effect and refreshes the mouth. The aromas are discreet and rather fine, with the freshness of a red currant or raspberry. 4:The finish leaves a light, rather dry rum taste that quickly fades..
Review by Henry Davies
It’s a brash young Cuban rum and not trying to be anything else. As a sipper it is not something I would ever reach for as despite an all together well tamed palatte it is just not as complex as it needs to be to be interesting. As a mixed drink in a daiquiri or cuba libre it is without doubt top class, while you can make more interesting version of both cocktails this just works really well and is a bar staple that I always have on hand!
Review by Tim
Very popular rum for cocktails. Due to the young age there is not much to discover. In addition, alcoholic spicy. Havana is relatively expensive, there are better alternatives.
Review by zabo
Well, there's not much to say about it, almost everyone knows it or has had it in their glass as a standard mixer in the pub around the corner. Now that the ABV has been reduced from 40% to 37.5%, I had to pick up another 3 bottles on offer for €9.99 for reasons of nostalgia and fomo.
Review by r___n___
Very good for mixing cocktails. Don't try to sip this neat.
Review by Nicofr
The basic rum for cocktails, with Cuba Libre in the lead. It's undrinkable neat, but blends perfectly in a cocktail. Even if it's possible to find something better, it's good value for money.
Review by Rumbaer
For rum and cola, my successor to Captain Morgan. Still not for Cuba lovers in my opinion. (I prefer the Havana Club Especial instead) A young rum for mixing and not for pure enjoyment #######€ 24.05.25 downgraded because of the reduction from 40 to 37.5%... a shame, no longer suitable for mixing. Much too thin.
Review by thomas fraboulet
Correct in daiquiri but with bitterness.
Review by Rumpalumpa
Pretty good rum for the fact that it is available everywhere and is also cheap. It has its very own aroma, which I like in appropriate drinks. As it is not filtered, it has more character than Bacardi white, for example.
Review by Gregor
At most suitable for mixing
Review by Timo Groeger
I expected something much worse with this rum. But it’s almost okay. Tastes and smells naturally very alcoholic, the alcohol is really not well integrated in this rum. Main thing is it’s set :)
Review by Torsten vom Endt
Cuba Libre!!!!!!!
Review by Rumantisch
Havanna Club 3 is a mild, not very expressive Cuban rum. As a 16-year-old mixed with cola, it's pretty good. Nowadays, you really don't need it anymore. At least it's better than Bacardi, and I would always prefer a Havanna.
Review by w00tAN
I think this is a bit of an evergreen among rums. Whether in the classic Cuba Libre or even times purely, that is also possible, although there are many better. The partly harsh reviews here I do not understand, I prefer the simple Havana than any sugar soup for twice the money ;)
Review by Ian Gilman
Hard to find many better rums for the price. Makes the absolute classic daiquiri, although Probitas I think wins outright.
Review by heckto🥃
A classic that unfortunately is undrinkable neat. Very alcoholic on the nose and it doesn't get better on the palate. This rum is solely meant for mixing. A staple as a Mojito or Cuba Libre but nothing more.
Review by Luuzi
Only as a cocktail.
Review by wrighty03
Very nice in a pina colada
Review by ThreeH
Rum for mixing, which now also deserves a rating neat. The color is white with a slight yellow shimmer. No idea if that's from the age of the opened bottle or just standard because of the 3 years. Not much to say about the nose and palate. Everything unspectacular. Maybe a bit lemony and definitely young wood, which also lingers in the otherwise short finish. Not for drinking neat. Tried it right away as Rum/Cola. You can drink it that way, but it doesn't give the whole thing any character. Conclusion: Yeah, for pre-gaming with youthful Rum/Cola - that's it.
Review by Gerbes
Tasted it just for fun but actually now I perfectly understand why exactly this is one of the really best choices for cocktails. There are no unpleasant residual smell or taste. Just pure alcoholic (agricole) body with very slight tone of citrus and wood. Really good choice for your Cuba Libre, Mojito, Daiquiri or Pinacolada.
Review by Mark Wilkinson
For under 20 pounds a bottle a good white rum for cocktails
Review by Korbinian Koch
A rum for cocktails
Review by Blaidor
Smell 5/10 Taste 5/10 Aftertaste 5/10 Image 5/10 (info about rum, bottle, carton-box, sugar free, marketing....) Total impression 5/10 ------------------ BTL Price 👍
Review by 𝕯𝖔𝖓 𝕸𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖔
Ideal for cocktails, light and the alcohol is well integrated, unlike BACARDI.
Review by Johannes
You can't really drink it neat. It is very suitable for mixing.
Review by Christoph
Standard mojito rum for parties that brings a bit of wood and vanilla.
Review by Jakob Deiner
I’m actually a big Havana Club fan, Especial and 7 have been my stables for rum and cola for years. Exactly for that reason I thought for years that the 3 is just a bad rum. Because in my opinion it doesn’t go well with cola (zero, slightly softened with sugar), it develops a smoky/metallic/musty somehow unpleasant aftertaste.. You can still drink it, but it’s not really good. In a comparative tasting with Bacardi Carta Blanca, Captain Morgan White, Cubay Carta Blanca and Plantation 3 Stars then the big surprise – surprisingly good and relatively mild (in that field) neat, very good as Mojito and Rum Mule. After Plantation my favorite, ahead of Cubay. Drinks: - Neat: 3.5/5 - Rum Cola: 1/5 - Rum Mule: 4/5 - Mojito: 4.5/5 - Daiquiri: 4/5
Review by Claes Nilsson
Ok for cocktails
Review by Stan Hardy
Well, not the hit. Prefer El Dorado or Plantation.
Review by shukali
No profile whatsoever...no surprise here^^
Review by Felix
Solid mixer that you can basically always get. Of course, useless neat but good for drinks.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
Okay for a Cuba Libre.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
to mix with cola, ginger ale etc still to use but more also not.... there's better for the money ...
Review by pavlix vipax
Pretty good and a bit better than Doodrlys.
Review by Patrick M
Typical mixing rum. Good for Cuba Libre / Rum Cola or Lumumba. In winter, it’s even okay in a hot chocolate, but not really suitable for much else. I definitely wouldn’t drink this stuff neat.
Review by AustrianOak
Top for Mojito. Almond.
Review by N|EK
Perfect for mixing.
Review by Oskar Lango
Emergency budget supermarket rum, only for cocktails and that at a price up to 50 PLN
Review by gabe yates
A decent cheap option for mixing but burnt way too much to drink straight
Review by Dotze
Good cheap rum for cocktails. Neat it's slightly mild with a short finish.
Review by Portman
A spritzy mixing base for very sweet long drinks, nothing more.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›Maybe I need to start building a few cocktails and exploring white rum a little more. However, for now my assessment is that this in the grand scheme of things is an unspectacular rum. It's average. I'll be cruel and say it......it's white rum what do you expect? My scoring...
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1,119 bottles logged by 803 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
42% opened, 254 emptied.
What does Havana Club Añejo 3 Años cost?
Community paid 10–24 €.
Current best price: 22.66 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 14 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+36 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
1,119 purchased · 325 tasted · 71 wishlist · as of
Details about Havana Club Añejo 3 Años
A Column Still Rum from Cuba, distilled by Havana Club, at 40%.
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