Dictador Claro 100

Typical rum. Cocoa, vanilla, you can find hundred similar rums.

Drinkable rum, a bit alcoholic with nothing very bold or dense in aromas.

I finally saw this Dictador Claro rum for sale for $21 US (and at a 25% markup at that). What went through my mind when buying it was that I could get to try their Dictador 12 Year Solera in it's infancy with this one. Not even close!!!! The back label states that this rum is made from cane juice and then aged for 100 months in used oak barrels before being filtered to get the color of pale yellow.

So why is it so bad to deserve my low rating of a 4? I am highly tolerant of burn as you all know, but this burn is downright unbearable when served neat. No flavors come through. In other words, this rum is almost worthless for anything. So why not a rating lower than 4? Those lower rums are actually a LOT worse!!!

As an after note, if you get stuck with a bottle of this rum, there is no need to pour it down the drain. Pour some of it over lots of ice and then add a few drops of Angostura Bitters and a few drops of lime juice. Due to no sugar being added to this rum, it probably has a low hangover
effect. However, I seriously doubt that anyone could drink enough of this rum to prove or disprove this theory. You have been warned!

Compared to its rivals in the price range and especially its sibling, the Amber 100 from Dictador, it is a disappointment. I can't describe what's wrong exactly, but besides not having any character I feel in it -- except for maybe some clove ? -- I feel something in it I dont like. I am happy to drink a rum that doesn't have anything special in any direction, but this has something it should not have -- at least not at its price range.