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Goslings Old Rum („Family Reserve“)
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Sipped neat or over a couple of ice cubes, this leans dark and dessert-like: dark chocolate, coffee, raisins and brown sugar, with wood and baking spice underneath. One taster called it "pleasantly surprising and complex." The catch several people flag is that at 40% it thins out toward the finish, and a few pick up an odd bitter, chemical edge that also shows in the standard Goslings.
The community says- Dark chocolate & coffee
- Raisin sweetness
- Keep in mind: Contains added sugar
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Auction results: 48–87 € (4 sales in 24 months, incl. buyer's premium, latest 04/2026). How the range is built ›
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How does Goslings Old Rum („Family Reserve“) taste?
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Dark, chocolatey sipper that thins out Most find it a pleasant dark, chocolate-and-coffee sipper that's better than average. The recurring gripes: too thin at 40%, a touch of bitterness, and it's noticeably sweetened.
Aroma profilePeople who like dark, chocolatey, gently sweet sippers
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting big body and punch
Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertSipping neat
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Is it right for you?
Yes, if you're after characterful, sweet, dessert-like rums for sipping neat.
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What does the community say?
90 community reviews
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22 selected written reviews
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Review by Anonymous
Most helpful positive review
Love the normal gosling and enjoyed the family reserve.
Review by Campbell
Most helpful critical review
I’m mixed on this one. The presentation is great, and the rum itself has notes of chocolate, spice, a little bit of dried fruit—all nice things, but it also has an odd chemical property (which I find in the standard goslings), giving it a bitterness and odd mouthfeel that make it a little unpleasant to sip neat.
Review by Stefan Persson
A very dark and complex rum with Christmas spices. The nose is complex, spicy and woody with scents of vanilla, clove, oak and caramel. At the palate and during the medium long finish it’s complex, fruity, spicy, sweet and a little sharp with flavors of plum, cinnamon, clove, caramel and oak.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
really good Bermuda rum! very complex, fruity, spicy, fresh, slightly bitter, well woody and simply very balanced. one of the better drinking strength Bermuda rums! Certainly cuts a fine figure in corn n oil and in the Bermuda yacht club.
Review by Timo Groeger
The last one for today. But not at all wrong. Nice nose consisting of chocolate and vanilla etc. On the palate there is some wood, otherwise a really good rum, better than the average. Recommendation.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4292 07.10.2023 this was a 7 hour long event with 3 friends and it was a nice day. This one was a huge surprise. Despite the low ABV it still carries a lot of flavours. Fruity and well balanced with great ABV integration. The palate is sweet, medium dry and fruity. The finish is medium long and fresh. Love the caramel touch it has. The empty glass had light chocolate and a faint coffee note. Price to quality is very good in my mind.
Review by Arjan91
A while since I had drunk it, but what a tasty dark rum this remains! Tones of Coffee, chocolate, sweetness of raisins and brown sugar.
Review by Johannes
Dark molasses, coffee, some chocolate, overall a little bitter and thin.
Review by TheJackDrop
"Obviously at Malmö's Sky Bar it's expensive, but overall a pretty straightforward rum. To sum up, my tasting notes: On the nose: Chocolate, Vanilla, Caramel, Brown sugar On the palate: Caramel, Woody, Spicy, Barrel, Dried fruit Finish: Coffee, Woody".
Review by Alexander Rasch
I was quite pleasantly surprised. Very dark profile with lots of chocolate, mocha and then a little too much sweetness. A little too thin at the back. But the nose is quite convincing.
Review by seefarr
Man! I expected that to be "fine" but it's really good.
Review by Jarek
This was a purchase early in my rum journey, first the Black Seal for a Dark & Stormy and then I got curious about the Family Reserve. I find the nose very tasty, heavy and dark. It actually continues similarly on the palate, with lots of wood and rusty notes. Unfortunately, the mere 40% alcohol shows too much. And the finish completely falls apart. A shame...
Review by Tom 1968
Blend of various old rums aged in bourbon barrels. Gosling has been around since 1806 now in its 7th generation in Bermuda. For me slightly unbalanced, the alcohol somewhat overpowers the aromas. But dark chocolate and roasted notes strongly fight against that.
Review by Michael Janek
3.5.2024 vůně nijak výrazna, mírňounce káva snad i čokoláda chuť silnější, stopy kávy rozeznatelnejsi, na konci snad i hořký ale není na něm pro mě nic zajímavého, kromě uzávěru lahve
Review by Blaidor
Smell 6,5/10 Taste 6,5/10 Aftertaste 6/10 Image 6/10 (info about rum, bottle, carton-box, sugar free, marketing....) Total impression 6,5/10 ------------------ BTL Added sugar 👎👎
Review by Dave Dahlgren
Lot of raisins dark sweet
Review by High Ester Maitai
Dark chocolate rum. Intense nose, dark chocolate, cacao and spices (nutmeg, allspice) with wood. Taste give more of what you can smell, beside same notes there are really dark carmel, some melases, leather and dried plum. Finish is short with toasted taste and something like alcohol notes (maybe whisky) Overall it is a pretty dark rum, dark chocolate is main theme, surprisingly not too sweet, but definitely have some sugar added. Closes thing to this is demerara rums
Review by Reiner Jarmer
Unconventional, powerful, sweet, peppery rum, but harmonizes excellently as a whole. Brings new flavors with every sip and has a long, dry finish.
Review by DruNierer
Pleasantly surprising and complex, nice sipper, sugary nose opens up over ice
Review by Ondra RumRunner
The smell of liquorice, Taste of cherry, caramel Heavier, herbal rum
Review by Richard Krupa
Great surprise, smell wonderfully sweet, taste full-bodied
Review by Daniel
Too little for the money
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›I'd probably opt for a cooling Dark N' Stormy with plenty ice. For that I would use the Black Seal rather than this. This is a nice enough rum but you could probably get the same kind of experience from less expensive rums and as a sipper it is one...
Goslings Old Rum („Family Reserve“) at live auctions
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162 bottles logged by 152 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
38% opened, 14 emptied.
What does Goslings Old Rum („Family Reserve“) cost?
Community paid 38–74 €.
Current best price: 87.62 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 73 €. Price history with 4 auction results in RX+ ›
162 purchased · 99 tasted · 34 wishlist · as of
Details about Goslings Old Rum („Family Reserve“)
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Bermudas, at 40%.
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