Chairman‘s Reserve Original

Mixing favorite, great value sipper.

Reviews praise its vanilla, wood, and spice notes, featuring some cocoa and mild fruit. People suggest it shines in cocktails thanks to its honest flavor and unbeatable value.

7.1/10 167 reviews

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    How does this rum taste?

    Excellent price-performance
    Versatile in cocktails
    Approachable for beginners

    What stands out for most reviewers is the incredible value of Chairman‘s Reserve Original—many consider it a staple mixer that offers a lot for its price. Expect warm notes of vanilla, woody spice, and touches of chocolate and honey, making it a natural fit for both easy sipping and classic cocktails. Most drink it in mixed drinks, especially in Mai Tais and Cuba Libres, but it’s approachable neat as well. It’s a reliable, straightforward rum recommended for both newcomers and as a home bar essential.

    Aroma

    Vanilla Woody Caramelized Fruity

    Taste

    Spice Vanilla Woody Chocolate

    How is this rum rated?

    7.1/10 167 reviews

     Most people wants to find rum with good value for money. Well, here it is. It’s very hard to find anything better for this amount of money. The only one I found is the English Harbour 5yo. It’s a blend of separately aged rums in ex-Bourbon barrels distilled from Coffey and pot stills. After blended it’s aged for six months more in oak vats. The average age of the blend is 5 years. There’s really something special with its flavours and nice afterburn. After what I have heard it’s the most consumed rum in St. Lucia. So it can’t be more karibik. This is a very good everyday rum to a very low price.

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    7.6 /10
    Review by: Stefan Persson

     Well I am not a fan of this base version to be honest. 👃is not offering anything interesting for me. It is rather sharp, peppery and alcoholic. It is initially sweet on the 👅 with notes of vanilla, caramel blending into peppery elements and bitter tones of burned sugar / caramel, charred barrel (too much) but not in a good way. Finish is medium long with unpleasant burned woody taste. Master's selection or legacy is a completely different story though.

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    5.7 /10
    Review by: rum_sk

     All my Tastings and Scores are purely based on “Rums under £50”. I rarely look at Rums over £50 for my YouTube.

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    8.3 /10
    Review by: Steve the Barman

     Pretty good value for money. There is a decent little funk to this Rum and notable molasses. But it is a little harsh drunk neat. A very nice mixer though, also for Cocktails, like here in a Port Au Prince (St. Lucia adaptation😄)

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    6.7 /10
    Review by: Rumpalumpa
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    Details about this rum

    Brand
    Chairman‘s Reserve
    RumX ID
    RX647
    ABV
    40%
    Category
    Pot & Column Still Rum
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot and Column Still
    Age
    5 years
    Price range
    <50€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Saint Lucia Distillers 5yr &nbsp; 40% Chairman‘s Reserve Original

    How is the price of this rum developing?

    The RumX community has already added 198 bottles to their collections:

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    opened
    28
    emptied
    39
    Open rate
    34%
    Ø Market value
    35€

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    About the Saint Lucia Distillers distillery

    The Saint Lucia Distillers distillery is located in Saint Lucia. Rums from Saint Lucia Distillers have been reviewed 4,020 times with an average of 8.2/10.

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