Comments on: Rum Review: Ron Zacapa Centenario

By: Matt Robold

Matt Robold — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:08:18 +0000

That’s a tough one. They’re both so good.

These days I tend to favor Appleton Estate 12 over Zacapa. Not that there’s anything wrong with Zacapa, but my palate has just shifted toward the drier and the funkier flavors that you find in the Jamaican rums.

Also Appleton 12 makes a slammin’ Mai Tai or a great sipper.

By: Nikolas

Nikolas — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:52:13 +0000

I would like your opinion:

1. Ron Zacapa 23 centenario or Appleton Estate 12 years old?
2. Served ONLY with ice OR as a coctail?
3. If coctail, what are the best ingredients to use?

Thanks!!

By: Chef Bobo

Chef Bobo — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:23:46 +0000

Hi all rum snobs, I am a proud one. I do like my Chairman’s and coke but sipping rum is the best. I agree Z23 is very very good but I wish you all could lay your hand on a bottle of Le Favourite, La Flibuste 30 yr old. That is a rare rum that surpass any thing I tasted in sophisticated rum, even asome noches better than Z23. Why El Dorado rate so high is beyonned my understanding. It is too sweet and flavoured and coloured with molasses. Perhaps the tasters never tasted really good rum like Z23 or Le Favourite.
And last but not least, you must try Ron Barrilito *** from Puerto Rico!!! I have heard about a Barrilito ***** and would love to taste a bottle.

By: Anthony P. Maingot

Anthony P. Maingot — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:10:04 +0000

I totally agree with Bobo Bergstrom that Martinique’s “La Favorite” rum is the best there is. He knows because he has 90 varieties in his restaurant and I know because I have 310 varieties in my own collection. If you will Google me you will find what I have written about rums. And, before the leave the subject, I serve Zacapa at home after dinner. It is for the money, simply unbeatable. Boire a bonne sante!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:33:24 +0000

I discovered Ron Zacapa while on vacation in Antigua, While it is a little sweet I find it very flavorful and the best sipping rum I have ever tasted.
If you are ever on the Island of Antigua locate and try “Papa Zooks Rum and Fish” restaurant. Not sure if I would recommend mixing with anything stronger than soda water and lime.
Thanks.

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