FNQ Rum Co Iridium 5-Year

On first impression - Mild alcohol burn and strong taste of vanilla essence (cheap) and very thin. A bit ordinary and underwhelmed by the taste up straight. The bottle has been allowed to breathe and now it is becoming enjoyable with more defined taste of a better quality rum.

Straight - it's still a little thin but pleasant and Mixed - is very easy to consume.

Grab a bottle when you can for something unique / exotic, but it easily fits in with the crowd of many rums sitting in the 7s.

Support the small distilleries....

The first thing you notice when you smell it is have I cracked open a bottle of bourbon and then the taste is like that too.Letting it breathe 24 hours lessens the oaky/bourbon tones but still it's too much,it's quite dry with a decent burn at the end and definitely has no added sugar.You can definitely see the rum scene changing in Australia for the better but this one needs a bit of work to be great