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Posted
over 3 years ago
This is supposed to be a stellar mixing rum, but damn is pretty good for sipping. Very creamy feeling and you can taste some funkiness. This is the same as Veritas, but this is the brand name used for the US market.
Nose: ripe banana.
Taste: Ripe tropical fruits, very creamy, and sweet in a good way.
The aftertaste is even better, the fruit flavor dominates your palate for a long time.
I will need to try it on cocktails but damn I already love it like that.
Posted
12 months ago
Waaaayyyyy better than Plantation 3 stars (closest competitor). Banana, Coconut, Pineapple, Citrus, Vanilla, Depth, Creamy.. Great for Sipping and Mixing in Tiki cocktails.
First white rum Iโve really enjoyed on its own and not in a cocktail
Posted
2 years ago
A mix of Foursquare and Hampden this is probably the best lightly aged white rum you can snag and only $30. Donโt sleep on it. This is the go-to. Daiquiri, done. TiโPunch too.
Posted
5 months ago
Seriously tasty, great for a mixer and decent to drink it neat. Rich, warm, inviting, with a bit of bite and flair. A bit pricey but definitely a step up from Plantation 3 star, which until Probitas was always hanging out in my cabinet. Better value than 3-star? Probably not, but I would buy this each time for a more interesting and higher quality blended light rum.
Posted
over 1 year ago
Probably my favorite light rum for Daiquiri's at the moment! Smooth with some funky fruityn notes
Posted
3 years ago
(my first review, take this with a grain of salt)
Nose: Very sweet, with a light fruit scent reminiscent of other young Jamaicans (albeit MUCH less pronounced and more sweet than savory), banana, with hints of molasses.
Palate: Hints of pineapple, orange, burnt sugar, candy corn. Very smooth, not much alcohol flavor.
Tail: Mostly burnt sugar, with a little pepperiness.
Overall, a very solid light rum, and one of my favorites of its kind in my collection. I'm partial to very aggressive overproofs and Jamaicans though, so I would usually look for something with a bit more character to it when reaching for a sipping rum. However, I'd definitely go for this one if I needed a light, less out-there rum for a cocktail or to give my palate a break.
Posted
over 3 years ago
My second Foursquare rum. My second reason to question โwhy all the hypeโ? Again, clearly a quality rum. But Plantation 3 star blows this away and costs 30% less! I will continue to try Foursquare rums. I am certain I will find one that will substantiate the hype. I know a bar by me that has The Sagacity. That will be my next Foursquare test. But as of right now Foursquare is all marketing. Brilliant marketing as I see it. They are the Wall Drug of liquor. Long on words and reputation, short on substance.
Posted
7 months ago
Once again, love the shape of the bottle. It's very retro as it should be for this "old style Daiquiri rum". From a distance the aroma is fruity and sweet. When you stick your nose in the bottle, the ethanol kicks in, so don't. There is some alcohol burn but no mentionable ethanol flavors. Absolutely one of the best sipping rums, but I've not found this to better than Plantation 3 in cocktails. Flavor: 8 Aroma: 9 Bottle appearance: 10 Liquid appearance: 7,5
Takes the classic Daiquiri to new heights. 2-1-1/2. Heaven.
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Probitas versus Velier equals the same damn thing
6
/10
out of 10
The makers of this rum (Velier and Foursquare) are obsessed with truth in what comprises their rums with no additives. However, in so choosing to name the same damn rum as Probitas or Velier, the rum consumer is still confused! Why oh why?!!!! Marketing? Tax reasons? We don't need this confusion!
At any rate, this is two parts Foursquare and one part Velier and all with no additives. This easily impresses the sugar police out there. Not so fast with this puppy! It does rate in my top four white rums and can be sipped neat, so now it's time to differentiate between all four.
On first sip, this Probitas has faint undertones of rhum agricole despite being made entirely from molasses. No easy feat! There is no way that it is better than my top white rum, which is Cana Brava 3 Year from Don Pancho. In a close second place for the whites is Selvarey White from part owner Bruno Mars who obviously uses some of Cana Brava 3 year for his special blend. Then there is third place Plantation Artisanal 3 Stars, which was ideal to place in a side by side comparison against my new Probitas. Yes the Plantation's secret is that it is a dark rum with color filtered out and then having 13 gpl of sugar added. Sugar police would automatically disqualify this Plantation rum. Not this puppy! The Plantation 3 Star easily wins in a side by side neat sipping comparison between the new Probitas. In a distant fifth place is Vizcaya Cristal for it's chocolate and vanilla notes, but having lots of added sugars.
In the end, all four of these white rums need to be on your shelf because it all about what type of drink it is that you wish to make. As for me, I do not care how a blender or distiller arrived at a great rum, even if it means using additives. The end results are all that counts. Those who like to be sugar police are depriving themselves of some really great rums that achieve success without over doing the additives.
And yes, as other reviewers for both names have mentioned, this one makes a truly unique and great original daiquiri.
Update July 23, 2022: I used this rum to make a Bloody Marty (a Bloody Mary with English white rum instead of vodka). The Jamaican funk from the Hampden portion overpowered this drink. Instead, I would rather a Bloody Mario made from Spanish style white rums such as Selvarey White. Plantation 3 Star would also probably be better. And because of this excessive hogo, I have had to lower my rating of this white rum to a 6.