![]() Let's go on but first drink lots of sparkling water (it lifts the sugar off your mouth's walls and off your oesophagus, if you have been mad enough to swallow more than a mocha-spoonful of it. The NAS was much more elegant back in 2016. Comments: well yes, this thing ought to be 'prohibido'. You immediately gulp down half a litre of sparkling water and it's still not enough to eradicate all that damn ultra-sweet caramel. Way too sweet, it rapidly becomes sickening, almost repulsive. By the way, does Nestlé not own a distillery yet? Mouth: no, this is just too much. One cannot help but think of After Eight thin mints. Nose: molasses, burnt caramel, and coffee liqueur in astronomical quantities, plus a bit of fresh mint that, against all odds, keeps this 'thing' afloat. And then, this baby still managed to snag the Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition! Colour: espresso. That said, we had tasted a NAS version of El Ron Prohibido in 2016, and we survived quite easily, and even better (Whisky Fun 78 points). We place as much trust in the age stated on the bottle as we do in the content of a speech by Nigel Farage. After all, they do exist.Įl Ron Prohibido 15 yo 'Gran Reserva' (40%, OB, Mexico, +/-2023) You'll notice, however, that we make sure to taste them now and again, for the cause. Of course, if you're tasting mainly juices heretofore unknown, laden with sugar, packaged like baubles from Swarovski's or Franklin Mint, and bearing the names of unlikely heroes of the revolucion, that will be something else. There are so many! It's a real joy, and the standard seems to be rising, even if we mostly taste small-batch and single-cask rums proposed by independent selectors. Let me please remind you that my humble assessments of any spirits are done from the point of view of a malt whisky enthusiast who, what's more, is aboslutely not an expert in rum, brandy, tequila, vodka, gin or any other spirits.
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