Post #709758 by AdOrAdam on Sat, Mar 1, 2014 1:35 PM

I recently got some Barbancourt 8 star.

I tried some neat, it was pleasant but I found it a bit unremarkable. Not bad, just unremarkable & low on the grassy flavour I was expecting. I ran through trying it over ice / in a ti punch / in a ti punch over ice & wasn't much impressed. Mixing it in a few cocktails, my review of them is:

In a Mai tai (with Appleton 8 ) - I forwent the Appleton 12 to try this combo I heard was good... the grassy flavour is so faint, the drink does not pop.

In a Donga Punch - again the rhum is faint (the cinnamon overpowers a bit).

In a Three Dots & a Dash (with El Dorado 8 ) - I heard this drink was great for Barbancourt 8 & this is a nice drink, although, again, the rhum is ever so faint.

I don't think I'll continue to use it in cocktails calling for 'Martinique rum' (its a too low on the grassy flavour) but I will certainly try out a few drinks that call for it by name (like a Barbancourt Rum Cup).

As a rum, I can see why people like it but Im unlikley to buy it again, it doesn't live up to my expectations.

Its still worth posting a pic I took:

Cheers all :)