Flor de Caña 7 Gran Reserva Rum 70cl

Lovely suttle tasting and smooth rum. Nice to sip, but perfect for a mixer.

I must admit I do enjoy drinking this neat from time to time but it's got nothing on its 18 year older sibling for quality and robustness in flavour and palate. I like indeed.

I bought this bottle and my friends loved it! Delicious on the rocks!

Really smooth rum from Nicaragua. perfect to enjoy it with ginger ale & orange peel.

Not quite smooth enough to work as a sipping rum, though drinkable over ice. Makes a great basic dacquiri, and does a really good rum Old Fashioned (a sugar cube and a few dashes of bitters stirred with ice and a slice of orange). My favourite is to use in a rum Negroni - 1 part each of rum, Campari and sweet vermouth, stirred with ice and orange slice. I know, but trust me, give it a go.

I could taste the nail polish and oils. Gross

I thought this was one of the finest and smoothest rums I've ever tried. It much better on the rocks than mixed with anything, which I feel takes away from the flavor. You'll find yourself forgetting you're sipping on just liquor.

A very nice sipping rum. Makes me want to try the other expressions.

Flor de Caña 7 Años es Muy Suave, Dulce, Especiado y con Mucho Carácter.

Saw a cheaper Flor de Caña in Sainsbury's and liked the look of the bottle but thought i would judge their rum by something a bit higher in the range so i ordered a sample of this.
First off i want to say that this is a higher quality spirit and not to take me comments too harshly.
However i was disappointed. It lacks body, is very "thin" and the alcohol feels too strong for the rum itself. It almost feels like windex on the nose, and i really found myself sipping again and again looking for discernable taste , but ultimately it very much lacks flavour. I like a hearty, strong tasting rum with a medium body, this didn't satisfy me the way i want to be satisfied when drinking rum. I would rather drink an Abuelo 7 any day. It also lacks body but has lovely tastes to it.
I will say that this goes down smoother and with less burn than a Havana Club 7, but i would still pick the Havana Club for it has a little bit more flavour.