Gosling's Black Seal

i got this rum to try a dark a stromy ..and i like it but not something i would buy regularly

Tasted on 5/2/22 at Laka Lono, part of a Steph-select 4 Gosling tasting night.
Aroma: molasses
Finish: dry
Flavor: cloves???
This tied for first with the goslings gold among the four.
Update: July 26, 2023
Laka Lono Kill Devil rum club tasting
Appearance: dark but not black
Aroma: Christmas 🎄
Flavor: dank and plum pudding

This stuff is pretty cheap, although I found it on the second shelf of my liquor store. The labeling and the bottle are as simple as they come and certainly reflect it's price point. Meanwhile, the bottle handles well and is very light, which I like. Taste is unremarkable, with a slightly bitter aftertaste that I can't quite pin down. Smooth and easy to drink. Color seems artificial, and I noticed the liquid and particularly the coloring agents seem to stick to the sides of the bottle. You can also tell by looking through the liquid that it seems unnatural. So all in all, seems to be a colored and flavored product and not a truly authentic dark rum. Not horrible, but not interesting either.

Nečekal jsem od toho nic, takže mě to lehounce mile překvapilo.

I know this is the only rum officially allowed in a dark and stormy, and I can't disagree. On its own it's basically a thick black concoction, but it's perfect in a d&s.

Decent rum but unfortunately nothing really special about it.

Tastes good not amazing or anything special, but great with ginger beer. Possibly the best rum for a dark n stormy.

Works good for all your classic drinks, but my favorite to use this in is egg nog! I was surprised when I sipped this neat as well. Nothing outstanding, but not unbearable in the least.

This is solid, especially for the price point. It's a black blended rum, but still very unique. Molasses and spices on the nose with undertones of caffeine, little licorice. I get kind of a black pepper finale. That spiced molasses really carries through on the taste, finishes with that pepper, oak, a little acetone actually. I wouldn't drink it neat, but I could see it going really well with big flavors like tropical fruits and obviously your dark & stormy.

Nice molasses on the nose but it doesn't fully translate on drinking. Some molasses but a burnt flavor as well. A little bitter on the finish.