Antillano Blanco

When I bought two bottles of this rum dirt cheap (120 MXN/ around 6 USD) I wasn't expecting much in regards to quality. As a matter of fact, I was looking for the cheapest possible rum to mix with coke and prepare Rompope (a traditional mexican drink made with eggs, milk, vanilla and rum; hence the "Rom-" in Rompope). So far I've only drunk this stuff, Kraken spiced, Captain Morgan and Bacardí Carta Blanca, therefore, my opinion is not to be taken too seriously.

This is a product produced since 1947 (as claimed by the manufacturer), which surprises me, since this has none of the qualities of a product that would last longet than 10 years being made.

Compared to the other rums I've tasted, this one is the worst tasting by far. It reeks of rubbing alcohol and tastes like it too, with a strong accent of acetone and piss-poor vanilla artificial flavoring. It has a surprisingly yellowish hue for something that was bottled as soon as possible after being distilled and is otherwise clear. Airing it did nothing for the flavor, but calming the strong alcohol bite of Antillano rum.

Taking a sip of this felt like an attack, my tongue writhed in pain and slight disgust, inmediately I had a mouthful of saliva and only then did I swallow. It didn't went down easily either. Silly me, I had to drink this dreg neat. Wasn't much better with ice.

It makes a half-assed Cuba Libre and loses none of its unpleasing taste, if Coke's amount of sugar isn't enough for masking it, what in the world will? After this I didn't even bothered to use it for Rompope.

The only good thing to be said about Ron Antillano is the following: It will make you appreciate Bacardi Superior White Rum, this tastes worse.

Now it sits on a drawer in my bedroom, wrapped in a plastic bag, waiting for the next party I'm invited to where it can be properly disposed of in what this rum was clearly meant to do; Get young, barely legal teenagers drunk for dirt cheap.