Bacardi Bacardi Black
Most see it as an ultra‑sweet, thin supermarket mixer with rough alcohol and off‑putting nose; a few find it OK in cola. Consensus: cheap, functional, best avoided for sipping.
Party mixers and casual drinkers who want an inexpensive, very sweet dark rum mainly for rum & cola or simple long drinks, with little complexity and low alcohol bite in mixes.
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Cheap cola-only dark mixer
If you just need a cheap, sweet dark rum for cola it does the job; but if you care about sipping quality or depth, RumX members strongly suggest looking elsewhere.
Enthusiasts seeking characterful sipping rum, anyone sensitive to artificial-tasting sweetness, and drinkers looking for complexity, structure, or clean, well-integrated alcohol.
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About the Bacardi distillery
The Bacardi distillery is located in Puerto Rico. Rums from Bacardi have been reviewed 1,568 times with an average of 6.0/10.
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I like this rum a little better than a white Bacardi or Havana 3y, but of course it's nothing to enjoy neat. The smell is quite solid with molasses, smoke and some fruit. The added sweetness makes it drinkable, but always with an unpleasant alcoholic sharpness and very thin.
Really repulsive in the smell. The taste is smooth and sweet but quite weak
The aroma and flavor are extremely sweet. The flavor is not horrible but it is too sweet to sip or really mix into anything.
Is it just me, or is there no appreciable difference in quality between all low-budget Bacardis?