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Pyrat XO Reserve rum

Pyrat XO Reserve

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Multiple | Gold | 40% ABV | Pot Still

Pyrat XO Rum is produced from nine different Caribbean rums that are blended and then aged up to 15 years in used American sweet oak barrels.

The squat Pyrat XO rum bottle shape is inspired by the typical design of rum bottles kept by pirates and ship captains in the 19th century.

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Tasty, but not quite great
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phteven0_0 🇺🇸 | 1 rating
Posted 5 years ago

Most of the reviews I've read on here explain this rum as overly strong on the alcohol taste. However, that was not my experience at all.

The nose on this rum is quite nice; a subtle hint of vanilla and sugar with an overwhelming scent of orange. As per the reviews, I was going to let it sit in the glass for a little while before sipping, but the smell was too good to wait.

Upon my first sip I was hit immediately with a pungent orange flavor, but to be honest it tasted quite artificial, almost like orange flavored cough syrup. That was really what stuck with me after a few sips, which made it hard to pick out other flavors. After about half my glass, the rum was too sweet for me to continue drinking straight. So, I splashed a bit of Coke in my glass and it was immediately much better on the pallet. Obviously, mixing any spirit with any other substance reduces its original flavor, but due to the pungent orange flavor of this rum, it balanced out perfectly.

This is a very good mixing rum, just don't mix in too much coke, it should be a "Rum with coke" not the other way around.

Johnny 🇩🇰 | 3 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

Hyggelig rom med kraftige orange toner!

forrest loftis 🇺🇸 | 13 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

Pyrat is a quite drinkable rum but probably best mixed. Can be sipped if cut with water and a lime twist. I don't find the Orange flavor that many speak of. At 19.99 a jug it deserves a 7 and will be in my stock for mixing and the desperation sipper !

charbonnet 🇺🇸 | 3 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

Very smooth but with a twist for a finish.

Faulsack 🇩🇪 | 10 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

Orange dominiert in Geruch und Geschmack. Leichte hölzerne Note ist wahrnehmbar.
Süß, Likörartig und mild im Abgang.
Sicherlich gibt es bessere aber er hat was.

Case 🇬🇧 | 15 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

This is an orange rum through and through - like drinking sweet orange marmalade. While this is fun one has to wonder how they arrived at this when the taste is so close to orange liqueur. Neither a clear age nor contents are stated on the label. The most likely explanation is added orange flavoring.

Raul Bello 🇺🇸 | 2 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

I tried it as a sipping rum and it tasted more like "aguardiente" than rum. Horrible burn. I actually asked the store to trade it out for me. First time in 40 years I have asked to return liquor. I did not try it as a mixer.

OmegaP 🇫🇷 | 12 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

Everything is in the title :)
It's not relly a typical rum. It smell orange (or close fruits) it tast orange (with alcool) not too much but enought to have oly that tast (nothing more).

If you want a sugar cane or old cask tast rum, you are wrong with this one but it's really interesting as unique rum style.

Zeck 🇫🇷 | 61 ratings
Posted over 10 years ago

Ce rhum est très fruité, il déroutera donc les amateurs de rhums vieux traditionnels. L'abricot rôti est très présent dès le nez.

shelteredexistence 🇺🇸 | 49 ratings
Posted over 10 years ago

I have hesitated for some time to write this review. Initially, I was put off by the overly orange-liqueur nose and early palette of this rum (Pyrat XO is aged partly in barrels used for orange liqueur). But it has grown on me, and I've developed an appreciation for a certain complexity of flavors around that orange foundation. However, the XO does make a big flavor statement, and it's gotta be your taste to enjoy it. Try before you buy.

Mitch Gomez 🇨🇦 | 17 ratings
Posted over 10 years ago

I find the orange notes to be a little to artificial for my taste




Brand Details

Type: Gold
Company: Pyrat
Country: Multiple
Name: XO Reserve
ABV: 40%
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Pot Still
Women Led: No

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