A richly flavoursome rum from the Philippines, inspired by the story of Papa Isio, who played a big part in the late-19th century Philippine revolution. The rum itself is made using sugar cane grown on the island of Negros in the Philippines and matured in oak barrels before its blended and bottled.
Fruity notes up front, with sweet tangerines and apricots. This is followed by vanilla ice-cream, drizzled with runny toffee sauce.
Bags-full of vanilla and cinnamon. Hints of raisin, sultana and marmalade.
Medium length with punchy cinnamon.
Rather exciting stuff.
I think it is great rum
Please, save yourself the disappointment and spend your money elsewhere. This is some kind of horrific sweet liqueur, not rum. Awful stuff that has been marketed well and fooled many of us. Avoid at all costs
Look, there seems to be a bunch of reviews on here suggesting that this rum is awful, not even rum, fake, dish-water etc etc. That is the view expressed by the reviewer, it is not defacto. So for this reviewer, it's a nice easy drinking rum. If you like sweet vanilla tasting spirit then give it a try. If not climb of your high-horse and just put it down to experience.
I was given a bottle of this for my birthday by my son who was taken in by the packaging, the price and the marketing (is indeed I could have been). He was embarrassed to have given this to me once he had had a sniff of this. This is truly awful. It’s nose is like cream soda with added chewy sweets. The palate is chemically and the after taste is thankfully short. I am not even sure that this actually rum. If nothing else this product demonstrates the need to have some international standards for rum in the same way that some other spirits have.
Really horrible, I feel like a mug for having bought it.
