Comments on: Rum Review: Ron Zacapa Centenario

By: Bobo Bergstrom

Bobo Bergstrom — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:21 +0000

Hi All,

Z 23 is a great rum, no doubt, it is fantastic.
But there is one that strike all above mentioned rum La Favotite La Flibuste, 33yrs ! This is the most complete rum I ever tasted. If you try it it will stick to your Flavor- brain for life.
I have a restaurant wit over 90 rum and I have gone through a few!
La Flibuste is so complex you are floored about the aroma, taste and after taste. It is, like most Martinique rum’s not over sweet. I read El Dorado 21 got top score in chicago, I would say how on earth would that happen! Was it the last run tasted and not all was spitted in the bucket??? El Dorado is a typical molasses rum, too sweet to score full balance. I would never score it above a Zacapa 23 or a Clement Homere XO.

La Flibuste of Martinique (Yes the Caribbean) is made of fresh pressed cane juice and barreled in Burboun barrels. Bering minimum 31 years when hitting the shelves it is the oldest commercially sold rum in the Caribbean (and I think the world). They now have a special edition, 50 years old that I like to lay my hands on and taste, I will get back with my experience. You can not buy La Flibust many places except the destillery at Le Lamentin (tel 05 96 50 47 32)

With all respect for your preference of flavor, taste La Favorite La Flibuste, then we can talk rum!!
Bobo

By: sergio

sergio — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:55:23 +0000

cant wait till i turn 18 to drink this lol. Hey diego the rum is from zacapa but they dont make it there, but its originally from there. viva zacapa

By: diego

diego — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:16:07 +0000

I am guatemalan and we use to drink a lot of different rums (even the caribeans), and I never tasted something like zacapa rum (may be there are better rums),but its personal if you like it or not. For the guy from Zacapa, that its just a name, its not produced in that town, is produced in the pacific coast (where the sugar cain is produced) and olded in the mountains.
Zacapa Rum won 5 times in a row the price of Best rum in the world, that’s why you can’t find it in the list of the first comment (rum zacapa inaugurated the rum hall of fame, does not participates anymore in that kind of contests).
If you want more info about it
http://www.ronesdeguatemala.com/eng/index.php

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:53:26 +0000

Usually a Captain Morgen Private Stock kind of guy, a bartender at a chain restuarant gave me two rums that they just got in (this was over a year ago). One was Pyrat and the other, Ron Zacapa.

I liked reading how it was made from pressed sugar cane, aged in barrels that aged wines and sherrys, and kept high in the mountains. . .

Whether its rum, vodka, or sour mash whiskey, I like the taste of the drink itself. I want to savor the flavors that I can pick up from the liquid. Once in a while, I will add an ice cube to my drink.

Ron Zacapa is a rum you drink without anything because there’s more flavors coming alive than you can imagine.

This is my drink of choice.

By: JAC

JAC — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:01:02 +0000

I would like to know if you have tried a rum called Zaya Gran Reserva from Trinidad, a sipping rum that is the best i have ever had. Sounds the same as far as the description you had of the Zacapa. I found this one at a sams club liquor store while in Denver on a recent trip. I bought a bottle of the Ron Zacapa today in south florida and will hope it is as good or better than the Zacapa brand you reviewed!!
JC

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:41:59 +0000

a superb rum for sure

By: FRF

FRF — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:06:58 +0000

Fifteen years ago, Ron Zacapa was indeed an excellent rum. It did not have different denominations (8 , 15, 23 years and so on….), it was only one Zacapa Centenario, but it was among the best rums that you could try. Its flavor resembled Pmapero Aniversario or the Appleton State Rum (the aged one).

I tried last week the 23-year Zacapa, and I was DEEPLY dissapointed with it. Now, in the marketing era of mass production, they hae sacrificied taste and quality for quantity that I assume they want to sell. It they have kept the same quality and increased its price I bet people who value quality would pay for it, but this 23-year rum is a flop. Try some other better rum than this, for half its price !!!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 03:57:56 +0000

My first experience with Ron Zacapa was while leaving Aruba, I asked the gentleman at the duty free shop if he had any 15 year old Bacardi, a rum I enjoyed while in Puerto Rico. He asked me if it had to be Bacardi, and I said “no, I am just looking for well aged rum, and that was the only one I knew of”. He suggested that I try Ron Zacapa, he told me his name and that this is the best tasting rum in the world and when I go home and taste this rum, I will remember his name. Well one year has passed and every time I enjoy my glass of rum, I think of returning to Aruba and thanking Alphonse in person.

By: Nuno

Nuno — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:24:53 +0000

Can you tell me the difference between the 23 años and the solera n.23?
thank you!!!

By: Edwin

Edwin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:50:59 +0000

I do agree it is amazing but there is a correction that needs to be made. My family is from Zacapa and to be perfectly honest Zacapa is not near the pacific infact it is north east of the city on the road headed towards the caribean coast of Guatemala. Ive been on that road many times.