Dictador 20 Years

"Had a very nice Dictador tasting this Sunday and this is the second one of the six. This is the second time I have this rum in a tasting and this time it got a few more points. This rum is made from sugarcane and honey molasses, which is pretty rare. In this rum you can really smell and taste the honey. This is a must try if you like Zacapa rum because they're pretty similar. Price to quality is very good. This rum won gold at the 2010 International Rum Expert Panel. "

"Clearly a rum that has been artificially sweetened..... I'm not sure what the 20 means, pretty typical Latin American exaggeration with the age statements! There is vanilla, and a coffee note that I got, and lot of sweet caramel. Not much of a finish. It's not the worst rum however, and it does disappear very quickly - its easy to drink with no bite at all, almost a liquer."

"Found again at the very back when rearranging in the cupboard. It was one of my starter rums or for mixing for CubaLibre. With my current taste, I can no longer understand how I could have liked it. Well, many have probably gone through this hard school. Will now have to use it for sweetening espresso and baking. Adjusted downwards a little."

"Woody and spicy with coffee and chocolate notes. Quite dry with little fruit."

"Tastes like coffee liqueur. Too sweet for my taste."

"A good oily rum! Very lovely smell and taste. I like it a lot"

"Caramel, vanilla, coffee and something rusty can be smelled. The taste is then very sweet with coffee, chocolate, honey and lots of walnut. The finish is very short with lots of chocolate. Too artificial and far too sweet for my taste."

"Quite thin, somewhat bitter, but still probably sweetened, coffee notes, some wood and tobacco. Short finish. Perhaps ok for beginners."

"Intense, dark amber-golden color and bold, rich aroma of caramel, vanilla, honey, freshly roasted coffee and oak. Soft, round, strong and sweet on the tongue with the characteristics of the aroma."

"Dictador: a dishonest rum brand? An interview with Dictador's master blender (http://consulhonorariostuttgart.de/?q=de/destileria_colombiana) explains a lot. The fact is that Dictador has never used the solera system and buys in some of the light alcohols for its rums. The alcohol content may also not be correct, which conceals a small amount of added sugar. The brand's marketing is very good, even though I have never seen Dictador in a supermarket. Overall, not the best impression. This rum comes with a lot of roasted aromas of coffee and chocolate, with a perceptible alcohol note. The rum is good in principle, but lacks complexity. Does the price match the quality? Probably not."

"Maple, maple, maple. For both the 12 year and the 20 year, it smells like a bottle of alcoholic maple syrup. The 20 year is less sweet in taste and a more well rounded rum. Maple is carried into the taste but it is enjoyable with spice and vanilla from the barrel coming through."

"News about Dictador: I still believe that the rums are sweetened and provided with additives, so I wrote to the German importer 'Kirsch Import' and drew attention to various articles on the net and now received an answer. You can find the answer as an attached picture."

"A few percent too little. Revenge flat and quickly gone"

"Lots of coffee, lots of chocolate. A little too much of everything. Not a highlight, but not undrinkable either. If you want to have a drink in the evening without constantly wanting/needing to analyze your rum, then the Dictador is justified. Not a must-have in my collection."

"8:Nose as usual with Dictador, opens with a good glassful of coffee. But to stop there would be to state the obvious: this coffee is flavored with vanilla and sweetened with a dollop of molasses. Black molasses has a distinct licorice aroma. The nose is quite dry, with walnuts, pecans and almonds. These nuts are caught in a hard caramel, and we can now easily visualize a slab of crunchy nougatine. Licorice continues to lead the way on aeration, bathed in tobacco and coffee smoke. Caramelized nuts like pecan are still present, forming a powder mixed with spices. In this definitely very dark register, bread and wood are toasted. 8:On the palate, a small, sweet bubble of yellow fruit bursts out and spills over first. This sweetness compensates for the darker side of the nose, which logically translates here into a peppery, even spicy harshness. This continues with salted brown caramel, lots of coffee and a spicy woodiness where coriander adds a little freshness and whimsy. Molasses and licorice complete the deep, dark picture. 7,5:The last lingering notes on the palate are dry walnuts, caramelized pecans and maple syrup. Well, shortly, coffeeeeee time 😄."