Arehucas Captain Kidd
Most enjoy its mild sweetness, smoothness and elegant oak. Critics find it too woody, thin and likely dosed, with price not matching depth. Consensus: pleasant, polished, but not very exciting.
Those who enjoy smooth, sweet Spanish-style rums with soft caramel, honey and gentle wood, and value an easy 40% ABV sipper from an older, eye-catching bottling.
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How does this rum taste?
Smooth, woody, sweet—but not very complex
If you like soft Zacapa-style or Brugal Extra Viejo sweetness and want something older and oakier at 40%, this fits—just don’t expect big power or layers.
Drinkers seeking high complexity, transparency on additives, or strong, characterful rums; anyone sensitive to pronounced oak or looking for high value per euro.
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About the Arehucas distillery
The Arehucas distillery is located in Gran Canaria. Rums from Arehucas have been reviewed 278 times with an average of 7.0/10.
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The oak is very dominant in this 30+ year rum. In fact so dominant the most other flavours are covered up and it appears light. There is a bit og orange and caramel in there as well. Not a bad rum as such but the price is too high.
A rum from the early days of my rum passion. Today it is a little too sweet for me and could do with more power. Nevertheless, a delicious drop with a very pleasant nose. What I can't quite understand is the apparently exaggerated wood influence of the tasters. Mine has only light, pleasant woody notes on the palate and in the finish. Different batches?
Auto-translatedThis rum is stored behind bars (no joke) in the Arehucas Distellerie in Gran Canaria because it is valuable to its makers. A guided tour with tasting at the end is very worth it there. It has a great bottle and is very old. Unfortunately, the flavors do not leave much except wood, but it is very mild. Qualitatively high quality rum, but the too long storage do this rum no favors. For the price therefore not worth it.
Auto-translatedFairly generic Spanish style rum. Vanilla and sweet (honey) throughout. There is a leather and tobacco note in the palate which adds a little. There is nothing bad here and it isn’t obviously full of additives (though I wouldn’t be surprised at all if there were a little sugar). It is nice and approachable and I’m sure some would love it, but it just isn’t very interesting.