37E36861-23AE-4BC8-B931-A593BBADDC4DPuerto Rico Destilería Serrallés

Don Q Cristal

Most praise its clean, neutral profile and value in cocktails; critics find it sharp, thin and boring neat. Consensus: rum-flavored vodka that works when you want the rum to stay in the background.

Very neutral
Good for cocktails
Budget-friendly
26.90 €

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Cocktail drinkers wanting a clean, almost vodka-like white rum that won’t dominate Daiquiris, Mojitos or Cuba Libre and is noticeably better than basic supermarket options.

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Details about this rum

Country Puerto Rico
RumX ID RX3199
ABV 40%
Category Column Still Rum
Made from Molasses
Distillation Column Still
Age 5 years
Bottle volume 70cl
Destilería Serrallés 5yr   40% Don Q Cristal

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    How does this rum taste?

    Clean, neutral workhorse mixer
    Who is this rum for?

    If you like your cocktails clean and crowd-pleasing, this works as a reliable, rum-flavored vodka; but if you’re hunting flavor and depth, you’ll find it too anonymous.

    Not really suitable for

    Sippers seeking complexity or characterful molasses notes; anyone who dislikes neutral, light-bodied spirits or wants a rum to showcase on its own.

    Aroma

    Green apple Lemon Vanilla Metallic

    Taste

    Vanilla Lemon Apple Young wood

    How is this rum rated?

    Rating (0-10)
    6.2/10 19 reviews

    Ideal for daiquiris

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    Pure quite nice. At the price you can not complain. In any case, X times better than Bacardi / Havana Club and other "cheap" white mix rums! For Daiquiri and Cuba libre if's little cost but still taste the masses goes all times absolutely clear.

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    What to write about a rum whose marketing text that writes here: "a touch more smoothness. So smooth, in fact, that you can substitute Cristal in a vodka drink, and most won't be able to tell the difference. "It's a rum from a time when rum was supposed to taste like vodka. It does that perfectly. It's almost invisible, yet it has a noticeable rum aroma. In a mojito with a drop of bitters, it cuts a fine figure - even if I prefer the Reserva.Still, how do you rate a rum (almost) without characteristics? At the self-set standard, he does well.

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    Lukasdrinkinghabits has already written the perfect review of this rum. You can certainly use it for cocktails, even if there are plenty of serious alternatives. The DonQ7 is hardly any more expensive. You can drink it neat, but it's boring.

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    The Destilería Serrallés distillery is located in Puerto Rico. Rums from Destilería Serrallés have been reviewed 592 times with an average of 7.0/10.

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