Old J Gold

It's rare to find a rum that is spiced with vigour; if you're not serious about spicing don't bother! "Vigorously Spiced" could actually be the name of this gem. Toffee, toasted marshmallow, citrus, eggnog, nutmeg, spice cake... Dare I say Christmas? Wow, a party in your mouth.

Like Christmas in a bottle. No after taste. Very smooth

The smell of Admiral’s Old J Gold is so devine that it literally makes my taste buds tingle. Drank neat, this rum is delightfully sweet, with very little alcohol burn, thanks to the fact that the vanilla is neither ‘thin’ nor overbearing, but pretty close to perfection. This means two things for Old J Gold. A) It doesn’t become sickly after only two or three glasses. And B) It’s incredibly easy to drink neat. If however you do want to drink this with Coca-Cola, you’ll find that the coke makes this rum even smoother and accentuates the vanilla without stimulating the Persian Lime. Now for some, that may come as a disappointment, but not for me. I’ve had Admiral’s Old J Silver and in that rum, there is a definite distinction between the sweetness from the vanilla on the palate, and the sharpness from the lime in the aftertaste, something which I wasn’t too keen on. So, not being able to detect the lime in this rum is very much a good thing as far as I’m concerned.

Nice easy smooth drink. I had it neat and its not harsh at all.

Bought a bottle by mistake (was after the sliced version) but was not disappointed by this.

I've had the spiced and loved it. Same here with the gold. It's a bit more grown up at 40% so got to watch the quantity. The flavour is everything hoped it we would be. Long live sailor Jerry, but this is the next best thing to the old show recipe. A winner

Sampled this gold rum at Cardiff Rum Festival.

Similar to the tiki fire with lime and vanilla and a touch of spicy, very sweet.

A strong 6 in my opinion- I’m a fan of the smooth vanilla flavours with this one.

Bad flavour and afterburn not a great r at all pretty poor compared to the other old j .. cherry .y favourite and lovely taste

Created to be similar to Sailor Jerry's original recipe but as I haven't tasted that one can't say if they succeeded. Heavy on the vanilla. Overall target market is the Rum is Fun which they are doing very well in. I'm sure some will like this as a base in some concoction.