Having spent 23 years in the barrel, this rum is as pleasantly complex as the nose and ageing would suggest, offering a rich evolution on the mouth–from fresh, sweet sensations to dried fruits. The aroma presents subtle notes of dried fruits and sweet, toasted breads, along with a base toffee, fresh honey and caramelized sugar. The Bermúdez distillery indeed uses time-tested ancestral methods to extract the best from ingredients and produce a liquor of unparalleled quality, all while minimizing their ecological footprint.

The 25-year XO: this exceptional rum, aged for 25 years, unveils elegant and subtle flavors of candied fruits, mild spices, and honey. This could have been pulled straight from the top layer of heads and poured straight into the bottle as far as I'm aware. I'm wondering whether it has been spiced - it's on the shelves next to the other one that seems to be popular (and which I find equally nasty) Don Papa. This full-bodied rum delivers an intriguing range of aromas, from intense vanillas to faint notes of sherry and raisins–all built upon a notable undercurrent of roasted cane sugars. NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.This deep mahogany coloured rum presents a sweet aroma balanced heavily toward cane honey, with earthy sugar cane undertones, along with a hint of vanilla, luscious toasted oak, caramel and dried fruits.

Gone is the unctuous rich caramely nose, to be replaced by one which is more astringent with hints of what reminds me of oranges. These 3 Dominican rums are made in a traditional way and then aged in American white oak barrels for 12, 18, or 23 years. At first sip, flavors of toasted oak and vanilla delight the senses with hints of raisin and sherry, built upon layers of spice and sweet dried fruits. Upon opening the bottle, you'll be greeted with aromas of vanilla, sherry-soaked raisins, and earthy sugar cane undertones.KIRK AND SWEENEY was a wooden schooner, best known for smuggling rum from the Caribbean to the Northeast during the early years of Prohibition.

However based upon how good the 12 year it, I expect the 23 year rum to be, at least, equally as good. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Kirk and Sweeney was the name of a wooden schooner that was best known for smuggling rum from the Caribbean to the United States during Prohibition," says August Sebastiani, President of 35 Maple Street Distillery.As a result, it has a deep amber and iridescent copper color along with an aroma of dried fruits and sweet, toasted breads.