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Whaler's Original Dark rum

Whaler's Original Dark

United States | Dark

6.5/10
25 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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Rawlyn 🇺🇸 | 6 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

I love the sweet yet musky burn to it!!!! The sweet flavor is almost like a molasses taste.

revsteph 🇺🇸 | 368 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Tasted June 20, 2021 - the Summer Equinox.
Perhaps I was blinded by the summertime light, but I really enjoyed tasting this rum neat, instead of as a floater the way I usually encounter it.
My notes indicate that at the time I felt this rum was "a revelation" and appreciated the "affordable tastiness." I also wrote down, "this is really yummy!" which is something I don't always say the first rum of the afternoon.

Ramon 🇺🇸 | 85 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

While exploring the Abyss of rum, I found this one to be one of the darkest of all. It does have a sweet vanilla cherry smell to it but not overpowering at all. This one didn't jump out at me one way or the other, the flavour seemed almost perfectly neutral, not sweet, not citrus, and even the alcohol doesn't burn. But beware it is lurking in the briny deep and will strike without warning. This rum is smooth and I could drink one after another on the rocks and not tire of the flavour. May end up smashed on the rocks :-)

Tiki Zug 🇺🇸 | 1 rating
Posted over 3 years ago

I tend to gravitate towards spiced rum. That being said I enjoyed this very much. Not to much of anything overpowering. well balanced. I like the old bottle I have better than the new one.

Beukeboom 🇺🇸 | 304 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Unlike someone else, I didn't detect a noticeable sweet fragrance from the bottle but more a subtle sweet odor. It does have a sweet flavor to it with an unexpected complexity to it. This could make for a nice sipping rum if you like the sweet ones. IMHO one of the better dark rums for mixing. Works well in Coke Zero. [NOTE: Used 3oz in a 16.9oz Coke Zero mixed together in a cup and it is outstanding!]

LiquidBrass 🇺🇸 | 8 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

Nowadays I find Whalers at Trader Joes for a good price. Nice dark body, decent flavor for sipping straight or mixing.

John Papas 🇺🇸 | 16 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

My other experience with rum this darkbis Gosling's, I would pick which ever is cheaper at the time. Both are nice.

DaveW 🇺🇸 | 15 ratings
Posted 11 years ago

This is another rum I use with ginger beer. It's dark and smooth enough to offset the light and crispy taste of the ginger beer and create the perfect afternoon delight!

Daniel Fishbein 🇺🇸 | 1 rating
Posted almost 6 years ago

Bottle shape a bit different but otherwise identical appearance to one on this site. One liter $10 at Trader Joes, $12 at Bevmo. While sweetness is probably influencing my opinion, its a great QPR (quality to price ratio)

mamajuana 🇺🇸 | 148 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

This rum I was not expecting much from. In fact I thought I would hate it. This is a rum I was aware of for a while. I stopped by a liquor store I never frequent after picking up some dry cleaning. I never like to leave some place without buying anything. This place made it really hard I either have and had not tried everything they had or had, or would never buy or drink it (swill). I saw this bottle and I did consider this to be on my trying list, given its history as a blend created in Hawaii. At 14.99 for 1L I decided to try it, I was in a rare mood for some Cuba Libre. I opened this bottle and I can't say I hated the Aroma of it. In fact I somewhat mildly enjoyed the aroma of this bottle at that price point I heavily enjoyed it actually. The smell almost was of bubblegum and I found my self sniffing the bottle at one point. I tried this against all advice neat first. It had some light fire in the throat but overall I was surprised and consider this a rum that could be sipped rather easily. I mixed this with coke and lime, it was excellent no complaints. This was a surprise to me. I can't rate this less than a 7 due to the price point.




Brand Details

Name: Original Dark
Type: Whaler's
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No