Kaniche XO

First taste: NO Way!!! Secondat taste: Perhaps. Now: Oh Yeah.
Not your everyday rum, quite sweet with hints of cinnamon!!! on the palate

Initial smell wasn’t very good - chemical/alcohol. Then I’m thinking … oh no. But then I sipped. I’m an advanced intermediate rum drinker - by no means an expert.

I could taste the caramel immediately, but in a good way, but then later it tasted like liquid cinnamon rolls - 1-2 are good … 3 or more is too much. To me, it’s more sweet than Diplomatico Reserva. Reminded me of Brach’s caramel candy squares I used to eat as a kid.

No burn, no bad after taste. And after a few great sips, I smelled again and could cleanly smell caramel.

I can’t wait to taste the “better” Dictador’s. But I will say that this was a fine introduction. I look forward to sipping XO.

But in the meantime, I’m going to enjoy the rest of the bottle. For $25 US, I’d say it is one hell of a rum. I’m kinda sad that it was the last bottle at TWN & they didn’t have a label on the shelf, so it was the last bottle :(

Can’t believe that the coffee and orange bottles were a higher price. I definitely recommend giving it a try!

This is my 1st Kaniché. Not bad. My 1st taste was gingerbread. Crazy, right. But I like it. Can’t wait to try some of their other bottles.

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Wanted to try a bottle of this and did a taste testing with a few other Barbados sipping rums we have. I like Barbados rums as they do not allow any sugar adulteration to the rum. This is very smooth and had a wonderful blends of flavors It is a little sweeter than the other Barbados sippers we have, but then it is aged less, so I would expect more residual sugars. I would definitely do this one either neat or over the rocks.

It's a solid Barbadian rum—nice, mellow, works as a mixer or as a sipper. The only thing that's keeping me from rating it higher is the price point. If it were around the $25 price point (as it apparently was a few years ago), I'd consider it a steal, but at $35 where I am, it's advisable to save yourself $10 and just get the Doorly's XO instead.

Recommended by Robert at Total Wine, associate was very knowledgeable on Rum. As a sipper, it’s sweet and light with hints of vanilla, cinnamon and coconut. Bargain at $29. Cons are added sugar, enough to make it have a sticky feel to it.

Opened this on Christmas Eve to share with family. Smooth and flavorful. It wasn’t long before I turned around to an empty bottle. I will buy again.

Light amber color. Soft and tasty nose, flowers, resin. Pretty plain. But taste is much better, sweet and pretty simple.

At first struck me as too sweet and mellow, but it has a bit of character lurking underneath the honey and vanilla. It's an easy sipper, and not too shabby at that.