Spiced Rum reviews from Reddit

"Foursquare spiced and chairman's reserve spiced are the best of spiced rums."

"Foursquare has an excellent spiced rum. I've only ever seen it at Total Wine. It is great."

"Foursquare Spiced is by far the best spiced rum I've had"

"Love Foursquare. The cinnamon flavors is perfect for certain tiki drinks."

"Foursquare is the only good spiced rum."

"People like the Foursquare spiced rum. It’s cheap but it may only be available at Total Wine."

"Dunno about spiced ones really other than Foursquare Spiced and Bristol Black Spiced Rum as it's a category I personally just don't like taste wise for the most part. Those two to me aren't the typical additive/flavouring/sugar bombs you get with a lot of spiced rums so are highly recommended!"

"Foursquare spiced rum isn’t bad."

"Not sure it's available in CA, but Foursquare makes a spiced rum and it's pretty decent. Significantly better than your examples."

"Foursquare Spiced."

"Is the best dark spiced rum. So flavorful."

"Try Kraken 94 proof!"

"Love Kraken, been drinking bacardi forever."

"Kraken. I would also recommend trying a Cuba Libre (Rum, coke and lime juice)"

"Kraken; Bacardi Oakheart"

"Spiced Rum old fashioned with chocolate bitters. I've made one with Kraken, Demerara syrup and Fee Brothers Aztec Chocolate bitters."

"If you want lots spice kraken if you want a little more sweet with spice captain Morgan."

"Kraken has a lot of hype and isn't bad."

"Maybe Kraken, Duppy share spice, Fallen Angel spiced , (cool bottle ) , all fairly solid Choices 😉👌"

"Kraken is sort of hard to track down near me, only one store has it."

"Chairman’s and Foursquare are the most well respected spiced rums."

"Chairmans Resrve St Lucia"

"Chairman's reserve spiced rum is my go-to with eggnog at Christmas."

"Chairman's Reserve spiced is my all time favorite."

"I'd see if you can get Chairman's Reserve Spiced Rum, it's really nice."

"If you can find it around you, I'd check out Chairman's Reserve Spiced."

"The spiced rum that I always go to is Chairman’s Reserve Spiced rum."

"I’ve tried a few. Even got a chairman’s reserve spiced rum which I wasn’t a big fan of, although they make great rum!"

"Avoid spiced rum, but if you must -chairman’s reserve"

"Love Old Monk"

"Old Monk is tasty! Great for a Dark and Stormy."

"Old Monk Rum with coke is great."

"Old monk rum 7 years old blended"

"I really liked Old Monk rum. Similar to kraken, maybe a bit higher quality but still affordable."

"Is even better than Captain <3"

"Sailor jerry"

"Sailor Jerry and coke."

"Sailor Jerry."

"Sailor Jerry is good."

"I also like Don Q spiced."

"Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced."

"I am a fan of Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced. 90 proof, natural flavors, and a touch of barrel."

"Maybe grab an inexpensive Don Q offering"

"Don Q and FS both make spiced expressions that are serviceable."

"Chairman’s Reserve Spiced is all you’ll ever need. You’ll thank me later 🤙"

"Came here to say Chairman’s Reserve Spiced"

"Chairman’s Reserve Spiced"

"Chairman's Reserve is a pretty great one for spiced."

"Oldest rum distillery in the world, and they don't add a metric shit ton of sugars like 90% of rum producers."

"Mount gay is my favorite."

"Mount Gay"

"Mount Gay is not spiced rum."

"Rumbullion - regular or navy strength. not too sweet or artificial IMO and readily available in UK"

"If you've got a sweet tooth Rumbullion is worth a shot."

"I've heard very good things about Rumbullion, as well as Dark Matter."

"Rumbullion I find a decent drop - Christmassy spices."

"Chairmans Reserve Spiced, Pusser’s Spiced or Bayou Spiced are all excellent."

"Chairman s reserve spiced."

"St. Lucia Chairman’s Reserved Spiced"

"For spiced rum, check out lemonhart blackpool. Very tasty stuff and its cheap (at least it is here in canada)."

"I really enjoy the Lemon Hart Blackpool for spiced rum."

"Lemon Hart makes a nice dark rum and coke."

"I love every iteration of Appleton I’ve tried."

"The next step up from that would be either Appleton 8 (one of my personal faves) or Smith and Cross (if you want something a bit stronger)."

"I enjoy the Appleton, good by itself or with something."

"I will always big up a Havana Club 7."

"Havana Club."

"Havana Club."

"Appleton 12 is ideal for this."

"Aged Rum: Appleton 12"

"I've yet to try a spiced rum that was better than a solid run with the spices."

"Plantation is my favorite"

"Plantation spiced is great."

"As for sweet, probably anything from Plantation will do you right."

"These ppl are making it too complicated. Bumbu. Get bumbu. It's delicious."

"Bumbu rum & coke is fantastic."

"Bumbu Rum"

"Smugglers Cove has a great recipe!"

"Cruzan Is not that bad I meant."

"Best recommendation is for you to make your own spiced rum."

"Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Rum is my go-to."

"Chairman's reserve spiced rum"

"Cut to the Spice is my go to spiced rum."

"I can also recommend Cut to the Spice rum, it was immensely popular."

"Try some flor de Cana 5 year. This is the best Cuba libre."

"Flor de caña!"

"Black Tears is my latest reasonably priced discovery 👍 Quite relaxed in terms of random spices and strange flavour choices. Nice and sweet, nice and smooth. Recommend."

"Or buy Black Tears Cuban Spiced. We buy this often for Dark N Stormies and it is very solid!"

"Zaya is a pretty good mixer rum imo. Its got strong vanilla notes for me and it goes well with coke"

"Zaya."

"Bounty Spiced!"

"Bounty or Chairman’s Reserve spiced from St. Lucia."

"I remember Canerock being nice, still had the character of a good Jamaican rum."

"I found a rum called Canerock pretty interesting."

"Throwing that in the ring as well"

"Boukman Botanical rhum is tasty and unique."

"Sailor jerrys"

"Sailor Jerry's"

"I highly recommend Old J, the recipe is almost exactly the same."

"Old J is good."

"My favorite widely available spiced rum is captain morgan private stock."

"Capt M private stock is very sugary and strong with the spices."

"Malahat Spiced Rum out of San Diego."

"A solstice spiced rum that's pretty epic"

"Brinley Gold Shipwreck Spiced Rum 👍🏽"

"Pussers gunpowder spiced is also a banger."

"It's by far the best spiced rum I’ve ever had"

"Cane Rock and Blackpool are the best spiced rums in my opinion."

"Siesta Key Distillery in Sarasota, Florida. The Spiced rum that I compare all others to."

"I made my own spice rum following a recipe in the smugglers cove book. I used Real McCoy 3 year white rum and it tasted better than any store bought spiced rum."

"I really like El Dorado 8 and I think that should fall in your price range."

"Ron Zacapa 23yr, Diplomatico(clear and reserva), El dorado."

"Just picked up Foursquare's spiced rum. Delicious and stupidly cheap."

"Recently tried Marianne de Paraguay’s spiced rum at a bartender’s suggestion and thought it tasted great."

"Chairman's Reserve Spice Rum is very nice and about $35 bottle."

"Lemon Hart makes a great spiced rum they call 'Blackpool spiced'."

"Seacrets Distillery makes a very nice spiced rum."

"Maggie’s Farm if you can get it."

"Humbolt spiced rum"

"Siesta Key Spiced is really good."

"RedLeg Spiced Rum"

"Dark Matter is a good spiced rum that tastes like the raisins you get in a rum & raisin chocolate bar."

"Appleton Estate 12 year in my neck of the woods, is $40.00-ish something."

"Makes a damn good cuba libre and is also pretty tasty straight up - I probably wouldn't say it is spiced though."

"I would recommend you check Anders Erickson, Make and Drink & The Rum Revival videos about spiced rums, and you will have a broad overview of the spiced rums category ;)"

"Sea Fever. It has a really unique taste."

"Sams club or Costco brand. $15 for half gal tasted just like captain"

"Black Seal"

"Goslings"

"Puerto Angel agricole"

"Maybe try making your own with a decent aged rum?"

"The best is made with one smaller bottle of Bacardi black."

"Plantation 3 star, plantation 5 star, plantation OFTD."

"I suggest you get: Plantation 5 year."

"If you like Old Monk, try Gosling's Black Seal."

"If you have a Total Wine nearby check out the Doorly's line up and RL Seale 10yr."

"Ron Del Barillito three star is basically a spiced rum, but it’s much nicer to drink than most of the others."

"If you’re in Michigan, Burl and Sprig makes a spiced rum that’s a blend of four rums up to eight years in age that’s quite tasty."

"However, I have heard a lot of good things about Neptune rum!"

"I found a spiced rum from 82°W distillery in Tampa, Florida, called "Paradise," that I enjoy neat."

"I enjoy Compass Spiced Rum."

"I'm a fan of the Seacrets spiced rum on the rocks."

"Don Papa."

"Ironworks blue nose is not spiced but it’s got some incredible flavours."

"I just tried blackheart for the first time recently, when exploring some less expensive options than captain or Bacardi."

"It's sweet, and doesn't taste a ton like rum."

"Devil's Bridge is a very different spice profile."

"For bottom shelf, I don't think Cruzan Aged is that bad."

"Bacardi 151 Proof, even comes with a flame proof cap."