Pyrat XO Reserve

I gave it a 5 because 4 was a flawed bottle. The Bottle's only flaw, was the alcohol in it. Really a horrible smelling and tasting rum. Completely smelled and tasted like lighter fluid. I got it as a gift and at first, thought it was a joke.

Not a terrible rum, but certainly overpriced.

The best thing here is the flair in packaging, including a little metal pendant with some sort of Buddha type character, a yellow hand tied ribbon, etc.

The rum is a fine mixer but not very memorable.

Sviezi, pomarancovy, menej vyrazny rumik s nadhernou dochutou.

The problem with this rum is the orange flavor. Almost to much for me giving it a fake-ness that destroys the essence of rum.

I can detect some decent rum under the overpowering bitter orange flavor. Ladies favorite, not mine.

Pyrat has a nice start but a really harsh finish. It needs a soda or other mixer to swallow without having the shakes.

I only just now read the "time to breathe" review and will be trying that.

The rum itself is at best mediocre, but I love my little Buhda pyrat key chain present. To rough for my taste and the price...paid 46 $ CAD for it and deeply regret it.

Really not much to say about it average Rum with not much "caractere".

Not the best rum I've tasted, but not so bad. Orange taste is lighter when you give your glass a little time, as read in another comment.

This was my first foray into the world of sipping rums. Knowing it was distributed or produced by the parent company that also looks after Patron tequila, I was expecting it to be an over hyped, over marketed spirit. While that is mostly true, it gave me a great opening into the world of what rum can offer. Gone were my ideas of Bundaberg and Lamb's navy rum (even though I loved those as rum n cokes)