Don Q Cristal

The best Light Spanish Rum...ever. Full stop. Light, dry, fruity, and sweet. Perfect.

This rum is very well distilled, very clean, smooth and elegant. Mix well with everything, I prefer it with Coke and a wedge of lime. Cuba Libre!

The best with regular Coke…a main staple of Puerto Rico!

I’m leaning now more towards lighter, sippable rums. I’ve compared several including Brugal Especial extra dry, Cruzan Aged Rum (not the light or the dark, just labeled Aged Rum) and Don Q Cristal. I’d rank them 3, 2 and 1, in that order. Don Q Cristal being my favorite. It’s very slightly sweet with no offensive odor or taste. Very pleasant. It’s my new daily sipper. No question. I’ve read that in Puerto Rico it outsells Bacardi 3 to 1.

Best rum in the Caribbean. It's taste mixes well with everything, especially for a "Cuba Libre". It's ten times better than your regular Bacardi. From Don Q Crystal to all it's flavors it is excellently made. I've been a rum drinker all my life and DonQ is by far my number 1 choice. Those who do not like it, don't know how to appreciate a good rum.

I’ve been drinking this rum for about 25 years and there’s always a 1.75 L bottle in my shelf. The smoothest Puerto Rico Libre (Don Q, Coke, lime) are made with this rum. Let’s not talk about mojitos! Can’t do ‘em without this. There are a lot of rum cocktails that really call for a white rum that doesn’t outshine the other ingredients. When that’s the case, there’s no rum better than Don Q, there is none, there is none! 🎵

Now don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my share of some wonderful rum. This stuff is absolutely amazing tho. I can get a 1.75L out here for $25 after tax. My favorite drink is a mojito. Need I say more? This makes the PERFECT mojito. I keep a 1.75 of this on hand for just my mojitos while I keep a bottle of plantation 3 star for my tiki drinks. That’s my recommendation to you

I'll be honest; I don't take straight shots. Never have been able to and likely never will. Thus, mixability and smoothness with the least amount of aftertaste and burn is paramount to me.

This checks those boxes and then some. 2.5 shots mixed with half a can of a 355ml pop and you barely can taste it, with very little aftertaste or burn. I still very much drink to get drunk and this is, bar none, the best mixable rum I've ever tried.

Clean, light, with a sweet finish. Great for mixing.

Let us be honest, for its price this is a great white rum, that is just perfect for making your rum-colas and mojitos. But if you like your Rum to be special, this is not the one for you, its the perfect rum in a way it is not too much of anything, Not in taste, not in price, a perfect basic white rum.