Bacardi Carta Blanca Unaged 40%

"Blank rum for mixing in cocktails or cola. Pure rather not, because very thin and medicinal."

"Solo per cocktails."

"Not very long and weak aroma"

"Not much to the nose. Citrus fruits are most prominent but its very background to the alcohol sharpness. The palate is very sharp but does have sugarcane notes along with some toffee and smoke. The finish is very short but that might be a good thing with this rum.....Sorry Bacardi. This could be something for mixing and, when you take price into consideration, if you only drink mixed drinks this could be a bargain. Not for the neat drinkers like me though."

"This rum was never intended to be sipped neat. It is a pure mixer and so I will review it for how it was intended to be used. The idea behind carta blanca, as the name also implies, is to filter out as much as possible of the color and flavors of the rum to create something very neutral, almost like a vodka of rum of sorts. This allows other ingredients to shine, makes flavor prediction far easier for mixologists, and creates an excellent base for various rum infusions. As such this product is a great success. As a sipping rum this is a 2, as a mixer about 5 (somewhat overrated b/c lack of flavor starts to hold you back pretty quick) but as an infusion tool it’s a 7."

"Even if you take into account that it is firstly a Bacardi and secondly an unaged rum, you can only advise against it."

"A blend of nail polish remover and Prittstick. Have made my wife and her friend a strawberry daiquiri and there remained fortunately nothing of the disgusting taste of this rum. Had previously made a strawberry daiquiri with the Burke's White Blend of RA which I personally find ingenious to mix, which was the ladies but too intense (what I like the Burke's just)."

"Good for mixing cocktails"

"Tastes lukewarm and actually like nothing. Does not stay long in the mouth. Very narrow and not at all full-bodied. Nothing at all remains after drinking."

"Use only for rum and coke."

"It is what it is. At least is doesn’t have an insane level of stuff added to it like Goslings. It makes a fine (second, or third) daiquiri, although not one that will impress."