Kirkland Spiced

So, bought a big old bottle of this stuff for $15 at Costco on a whim. First bottle was fantastic, like $40-$50 fantastic. After downing said bottle in about a week, and I’m not much of a drinker, I went back to Costco to grab another. Second bottle, meh. Still drinkable straight but something was missing. It seemed harsher and needed more breathing room to get rid of a jet fuel-like burn straight from the bottle. Ultimately, will still buy because $15!!! But I sense I’ll be “chasing the dragon”.

Don’t start with this rum, but use it later in the evening after you have had your fill of the good stuff. It’s spiced and, since you bought it at Costco, you have a lot of it, so drink it up as a mixer with lots of ice. Fine in a pinch.

Meh. It’s just ok. The Kraken is better for a daily drinker.

This is a very well priced rum that's not a great choice for drinking neat, but perfectly good for a dark & stormy.

Is it a bottle of dosed, artificial flavors - yes. Did you know that going in - I hope so. It is cloyingly sweet with fruity notes of banana and undertones of vanilla. If you want to improve it at all, it is best to add ginger and cinnamon sticks in the bottle and give it some time.

At the end of the day, I prefer it to Captain Morgan and it's a higher proof. So it's perfect for easy sipping, cheap frozen daiquiris and painkillers. If you are a rum person it will last a year or two and do what you got it for.

This a good rum by volum. It works well when people just drop by for a drink. Hid the good stuff.

I thought this was good when I tried it at someone else's home. However, when I bought some and had a few drinks, I needed allergy meds for whatever added flavours that were put into it.

Not a quality rum by any means but it is a great rum for mixing all the way.

My neighbor turned me on to this and I found it very amateurish. Asked him where he got it. That answered my question and should answer yours. Costco! No need to carry on any further.

Smells like bad vanilla extract, and taste like poor decisions. On the front it has a strong vanilla and carmel flavor follow by a throat punch of alcohol. If you consume the whole Costco size bottle I'm sure you'll skin your knees, then wake up feeling like you have been eat by a wolf and shit off a cliff. So pick up a bottle today and give it to a friend.