[...] The Brugal rums are a line of rums made in what is often referred to as the Puerto Rican or Latin American style.  They are double-distilled and very light-bodied.  They are characterized a clean, smooth flavors and are usually enjoyed in the Dominican Republic with Coke or 7-Up.  Brugal’s rums include a wonderful white rum, as well as a gold, the Viejo, and the newly available (in the US) Extra Viejo.  Of course, if you’re in the Dominican Republic you can also probably find yourself a bottle of the Siglo de Oro. [...]

I just received a bottle of Brugal from my brother for my birthday, as he was in the DR. We open the bottle and was amazed at the smell and later the taste.I need to find more friends and family the frequent the DR, I want more.

I was lucky enough to get a bottle of that rum in the dominican airport/duty free. Took me a while to get into the huge oak flavour but once I did the bottle started to empty a lot faster.

Have you tried the garden variety Brugal Anejo? Really excellent stuff for $14 or so. My standby sipping rum.

Hello everyone.my name is mike and I thought I would through my 2 cents worth in about this wonderful rum.this rum is the best I have tasted.every year we visit the Dominican republic and return home to Canada with at least 3 bottles.I’m lucky enough to have friends there that purolater this rum to my home when I want some. All we can buy in Canada is the carta dorada.which is nice to but a far cry from the brugal ( blue ) as I call it.so to all you rum drinkers that have sampled the silo de oro enjoy!

I’m glad I stumbled across this site. Great reviews and I really enjoyed this one. Makes ya wanna drink rum which I suppose would be the highest compliment.
Anyways, I was lucky enough to get a bottle of that rum in the dominican airport/duty free. Took me a while to get into the huge oak flavour but once I did the bottle started to empty a lot faster. Fantastic rum.

Just came back from D.R. Brought home Imperial and Siglo de oro. Did a taste test with my son: Both were absolutely smooth and easy sipping. No burn at all, excellent. Terrific straight up. As both were FANtastic, we decided that value for the money – Imperial was the winner. I paid in D.R. >Siglo de oro= $50. Imperial= $20.
I will never buy Bacardi or Captain Mo again. With terrific rums like Havana Club, Flor de cana, Mount Gay, I don;t bother with ‘the popular mixers’.

Interesting that my bottle seemed to have so little burn. I’m also wondering if maybe your drink got switched on you. The bottle I have is smooth and subtle, very unlike the majority of the Brugal line, which I find to be more boldly flavored.

I agree with you about Barcelo Imperial. A wonderful rum. It is perfect to drink on its own or in a nice cocktail.

I can’t claim to have tried Opthimus…now I’m intrigued.

I tasted this rum last week at a bar at Las Americas airport, and was actually pretty let down by it. Your description of the color and flavors is pretty dead-on, but I found the shot I had to be surprisingly harsh, with a noticeable burn on the palate and especially in the throat. I’ve never been a big fan of Brugal’s rum (or as I prefer to call it, “Brutal”) in the first place — although I’ve consumed more than my fair share while living in the DR for a few months — but I expected something much more smooth and complex from such a pretty blue bottle.

Of course, I concede it’s possible I was the victim of a bait-and-switch, but I did find the rum to be of a higher caliber than the Brugal extra viejo I’m used to drinking.

The Barceló Imperial, OTOH — now THAT’s a terrific rum, and a great buy at about $30 a bottle. I’m looking forward to tasting my hideously-overpriced bottle of 25-year Opthimus.