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Botran Solera 1893 is a dark rum from Guatemala aged using the Solera method in casks that previously held sherry, port and bourbon.
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1 year ago
Nice smell and color, really good taste and nice end. 8/10
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1 year ago
Slighty better than botran 15. More flavoured but not so great. And still this depleasant aftertaste on my tongue.
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1 year ago
I expected a lot more but finally something from Botran that is tolerable neat, but lacking any resemblance of an 8 or higher. Enjoyed sampling some rums on Guatemala fishing trip.
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1 year ago
Tasted 1/26/22 at Laka Lono, neat.
This rum had a rich, deep flavor. Like the blanca, it was not overly sweet. The predominant flavor was caramel and it was a smooth sipper.
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1 year ago
It's a nice thick sipper, needs ice to balance the sweetness. Strong molasses and a few smoky notes.
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over 1 year ago
Een geur van gedroogd fruit, vanille, caramel en eikenhout. Een zoete smaak met tinten van toffee, fruit en vanille. Een medium afdronk met kruidige tinten en gebrand hout. Misschien extra lekker omdat ik deze op een mooie plek in Guatamala drink.
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over 1 year ago
Je to příjemný rum z určitou hloubkou, elegancí, štavnatostí, lehkostí a právě ta lehkost je "je až moc lehká" :-). Poměr ceny kvality, ale velmi příjemný.
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over 1 year ago
Quite a strong one. Definitely not as sweet as I like 'm. With a coke it's quite good. Just a bit is needed to have a good taste. Neat it's a bit too harsh.
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over 1 year ago
Nice smell. Nice taste. Smooth. I like it - slight aftertaste
My first bottle of Rum. I like my choice. Good taste
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About 5 to 10 years ago, I found a bottle of this rum in the old teardrop shape. Thinking that the liquor store would soon get more than just that one bottle, I did similar to what Tomy from Romania suggested years later with his bottle of the same shape. Yes, it was so smooth that I almost consumed it in one day like he said could easily happen, but it actually took two days for this fool to down. At that time, I liked it better than Eldorado 12, which is now my third rated rum. My top two were only found recently thanks to this website.
When I got my new bottle home, I was actually afraid to open it for quite a while. Did Zacapa change the formula? Was it totally different than what I remembered? I cautiously poured a snifter and let it breathe for about twenty minutes. The aroma is of alcohol and caramel. On the tongue, it is a slightly peppered burn with caramel. Going down the pipe is nothing nasty, but nothing memorable. This new version cannot even make it into my top ten thanks to the parent company Zacapa.
When I read many of the other reviews before trying to find it, I was wondering if this is the same rum that I remembered. Unfortunately, it is not! This bottle was also about $10 cheaper than that old bottle, which should have tipped me off right away. I just had to solve the mystery. It's tough being tenacious.
After letting the new bottle with only one snifter removed sit for a few hours, I poured another snifter and let it breathe for a while outside on a breezy day. The burn was gone. However it smelled almost like nothing and tasted almost like flavored water. Flavors going down the pipe are minimal. So once the burn is allowed to breathe off, there is really nothing there to encourage me from buying another bottle. Nothing offensive, but nothing to get excited about either. I would suggest this one to lovers of Don Q Gran Anejo since they are similar.