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Category:
Dark
Bacardi Select (previously known as Bacardi Black Label) is a blend of select aged rums that are charcoal filtered for smoothness before mellowing in oak barrels. It’s a dark amber in color and is medium-full bodied. They claim a very complex palate containing notes of caramel, toffee, honey, and even leather. The finish is supposed to be buttery and long with an oaky taste. That sounds pretty promising for a rum that will only cost you $17 for 750ml, and ultimately it fails to deliver.
I had high hopes for Bacardi Select, as there were were some moderately positive reviews online
and the bottle
looked tempting on the shelves (especially for the discounted
price of $9.99).
The rum itself is an
attractive dark amber, but when opened the rum presents an
overpowering aroma of sour fruit and varnish with hints of
caramel, molasses and bitters - Far from the distiller's
decription.
Sipping this neat is a terrible mistake, reminisent notes of white pepper,
sweat, and wood with the harsh, dry finish of cheap white rum.
A
second taste reveals an extremely faint bittersweet cane. Salty
aftertaste. It may have some age, but it lacks maturity.
Dropping ice cubes and a splash of water helps, though not much
as it simply tones it down to an average young rum taste.
However, this rum is not a total disaster... cutting it with coke (the
full stuff, not diet) helps to
compensate for the missing sweetness and round out the rum a bit.
The Rum/Coke combo brings the fruit and oak to the forefront.
It's also alright with a ginger ale
and a squeeze of lemon.
Adding it as a boat drink
floater might be the best way to enjoy this rum as its bitter
flavors and dryness make a relatively decent contrast to
super-sweet mixes. However Bacardi 8 and Bacardi 1873 Solera both blow
Bacardi Select out of the water.
I think Bacardi Select is aiming to be Myers's Dark but it clearly comes up very short. Even finding it for $10
might not be worth it...
Sipping this neat is a terrible mistake, reminisent notes of white pepper,
sweat, and wood with the harsh, dry finish of cheap white rum.
A
second taste reveals an extremely faint bittersweet cane. Salty
aftertaste. It may have some age, but it lacks maturity.
Dropping ice cubes and a splash of water helps, though not much
as it simply tones it down to an average young rum taste.
However, this rum is not a total disaster... cutting it with coke (the
full stuff, not diet) helps to
compensate for the missing sweetness and round out the rum a bit.
The Rum/Coke combo brings the fruit and oak to the forefront.
It's also alright with a ginger ale
and a squeeze of lemon.
Adding it as a boat drink
floater might be the best way to enjoy this rum as its bitter
flavors and dryness make a relatively decent contrast to
super-sweet mixes. However Bacardi 8 and Bacardi 1873 Solera both blow
Bacardi Select out of the water.
I think Bacardi Select is aiming to be Myers's Dark but it clearly comes up very short. Even finding it for $10
might not be worth it...
However, this rum is not a total disaster... cutting it with coke (the
full stuff, not diet) helps to
compensate for the missing sweetness and round out the rum a bit.
The Rum/Coke combo brings the fruit and oak to the forefront.
It's also alright with a ginger ale
and a squeeze of lemon.
Adding it as a boat drink
floater might be the best way to enjoy this rum as its bitter
flavors and dryness make a relatively decent contrast to
super-sweet mixes. However Bacardi 8 and Bacardi 1873 Solera both blow
Bacardi Select out of the water.
I think Bacardi Select is aiming to be Myers's Dark but it clearly comes up very short. Even finding it for $10
might not be worth it...
I think Bacardi Select is aiming to be Myers's Dark but it clearly comes up very short. Even finding it for $10 might not be worth it...
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