Angostura Premium Rum Aged 7 Years. It’s been a long time since I have reviewed anything from Angostura or for that matter Trinidad Distillers Limited. Until a few days ago I wouldn’t have been expecting to be sitting down and reviewing this rum either.
However, we have Amazon sales to thank for todays review. I was looking for something slightly above supermarket standard as a slightly more premium mixer/sipper and found this on offer for £24.99. The way prices are going in the UK at the moment I figured it wasn’t a bad price, so I plumped for a bottle.
Angostura Premium Rum Aged 7 Years is produced on a multi column still at Trinidad Distiller Limited. It is a blend of 7 different rums aged in ex-bourbon barrels. Once blended together the rum is then “filtered” – which sounds like something I’d expect to hear in Vodka marketing.
Sadly that is pretty much all I can find out about this particular rum. In the UK it is bottled at 40% ABV and a 70cl bottle will usually set you back around £32. Which is in keeping with similar rums such as Bacardi’s 8 Year Old, Flor de Cana 7 and Doorly’s 8 Year Old.
My experience with Angostura products in the past has been mixed. I truly hated their heavily sweeteneed No1 Expression and was pretty much indifferent towards their Aged 5 Years expression and their 1919. The core range doesn’t experiment to
o much and the only noticeable difference as you work your way up is the amount of sweetening they use. For this bottling the Hydrometer bobs at 40% ABV – but I do still suspect that there is some sweetening or alterations post distillation.
With little else of note to say we may as well press on and get on with the nosing and tasting of this rum.
Angostura Premium Rum Aged 7 Years in the glass presents itself as a classic golden rum. On the nose it’s very much influenced by the barrel. So plenty of vanilla and soft oak tones. It’s not hugely woody but it is definitely taking most of its flavour profile from the barrel. I doubt the actual distillate off the still had much “going on”.
It’s sweet but not overly floral like some Angostura offerings. Light caramel, peanut brittle and some shortbread. It’s easy going and accessible. It has a nice balance to it.
There are no real “bum” notes with this rum. Unfortunately it lacks any real depth on the nose. There’s also a slightly alcohol/ethanol led undercurrent which is a little disappointing to find in a 7 year old rum.
Sipped it is very easy going – sweetness leads the way with a lot of vanilla, caramel and those peanut notes. There is however a slight bitterness on the after taste and again the alcohol just doesn’t feel as well integrated as I might have expected.
The mid pal
ate is especially “hot” on the alcohol side. It’s not so much that it has a strong alcohol burn it just has quite a high alcohol like taste. It feels as if a shot of vodka has been mixed in with the rum.
Even when mixed you still get this strong alcohol flavour lurking beneath the sweeter notes and the soft oak. The rum has a fairly nice mouthfeel initially and it goes down really easily whether mixed or sipped. It just has that after taste that is a little off putting.
Even at £25 I can’t see me buying another bottle of this. It’s not a terrible rum but it is a little one dimensional. It’s bang average if I’m being honest.
I think it might be a while before I review another Angostura rum………….
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