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A.H. Riise Non Plus Ultra Black Edition Rum
Sipped neat it drinks like a dessert in a glass: caramel, vanilla, toffee and dark chocolate, with cherry, strawberry and banana candy notes layered on top. At 42% there's no heat — it's soft and syrupy. Members are clear it's extremely sweet, more liqueur than rum, and some pick up an artificial "hubba bubba" edge under the sweetness.
The community says- Rich caramel-chocolate
- No alcohol burn
- But: High sugar content
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How does A.H. Riise Non Plus Ultra Black Edition Rum taste?
Aggregated from 631 community reviews.
Very sweet, dessert-style candy rum Loved by sweet-rum fans for its creamy caramel-chocolate character; dismissed by others as a sugared candy drink that buries the base. The one constant: it's very, very sweet.
People who love sweet, dessert-style sippers
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, traditional rum
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41% rate it 8 or higher. 50 selected write-ups from 631 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by Thunderbird
Sweet dried plum and raisin, chocolate and cinnamon... all of that rushes powerfully into the nose and continues on the palate! Creamy, almost liqueur-like, the rum spreads out. In the finish, alongside chocolate and dried plum, a touch of bittersweet chocolate joins in! Overall, this rum gives me the impression it wants to be more of a dessert... but a delicious one.
Review by heckto🥃
Most helpful positive review
A smoky chocolate flavor with a warm plum finish. Vanilla and caramel round out the flavor profile. However, the added sugar is quite strong and dominates on the palate and in the nose. A clear recommendation for sweet rum lovers.
Review by Sebastian Kornett
Most helpful critical review
Sugar with flavors, glycerin, water and alcohol at an overpriced price.
Review by Jürgen Gigl
Nach längerer Zeit wieder im Glas und immer noch gut…
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Day 23 of my Christmas Calendar. Still find it very sweet and lightly spicy with flowery notes and some Christmas spices. -------- Another sweet rum from Riise with a burnt smoky palate and finish. Still too sweet for my palate but a well rounded rum all the same.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
The taste offers notes of cedar wood, vanilla, caramel, golden fruits and molasses.
Review by cigares
A rum with a wonderful Virgin Islands base, but spoiled by kitschy taste additions like strawberry flavoring and other flavors that seem rather unnatural.More a kitsch dessert than a rum.But the base of this rum fascinates me, you can feel it between the sweet additions, but you have to make an effort ;-)
Review by Tom Buteneers
First time in a long time trying this. Had some tiramisu and decided to pair this with it, but it’s actually sweeter. The tiramisu at least has a bit of bitterness from the coffee. Far too much sugar for my palate nowadays. Scored it way higher in the past. Only way this bottle will ever be emptied, is by adding it to a coffee or maybe ask my girlfriend to make a rum cake with it. Or perhaps over ice cream in stead of caramel sauce. I can’t seem to enjoy it anymore.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
Wow. Extrem süß. Eine wirklich super Nachspeise, allerdings kein typischer Rum. Schmeckt schokoladig, leicht fruchtig. Es kommen trotz der Süsse viele Facetten zum Vorschein. Ich kann den Rum auf jeden Fall weiter empfehlen für alle Süßrumfans.
Review by Oliver
Flüssiges Dessert.
Review by Yannick93
A very sweet dessert rum. On the nose, it comes across pleasantly soft with hints of chocolate, caramel, and fruit. On the palate, you can possibly recognize the fruit as citrus, maybe orange. You also find the sweetness and chocolate from the aroma again, and in the background, my pleasant rum base is noticeable. The finish is soft, sweet, and has a slight touch of ginger spice. All in all, a successful rum if you like it sweet and chocolaty.
Review by Tim
Unterscheidet sich an der Nase sehr von anderen A.H. Riise. Heftig künstlicher Fruchtmix aus Erdbeere, Banane, Melone und Kirsche eingebettet in Süßigkeiten. Könnte auch ein flüssiges Kaugummi sein. Hebt sich ab, aber die Frage bleibt, was hier alles künstlich erzeugt wurde. Wenn man diese Spirituose als teuren Dessertlikör betrachtet, kann sie als angenehm eingestuft werden. Preislich irgendwo bei Abzocke.
Review by Old Sport
Nose: caramel, rose jam, blackcurrants, vanilla, dried fruit, powdered sugar Flavor: raspberries, blackberries, toffee, lemons and oranges, pineapple, cherries in liqueur, cinnamon Finish: ginger, dark chocolate, blackberries, orange peel, sugar Very enjoyable rum. I know it's very sweet, but I like every type of rum, both very sweet and super dry.
Review by beimii
Very sweet, like a liqueur. Instead of a dessert. How much gr sugar was the dosage? Overpriced!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Take the already very sweet non plus ultra and add the flavors of gummy bananas, strawberry cream candies and pink cocktail cherries and again an extra portion of industrial sugar and a little more caramel... Et voilà: black edition. Mic drop, over and out. Sorry but no, just no.
Review by Malte
Very high residual sugar content, you have to like it. A little sticky on the nose, irritating at first, but not disturbing. Otherwise a wonderfully long finish of wonderful aromas.
Review by LukaŽiga
8:On the nose, we discover a very dark Riise. First coffee, then lots of molasses, black, thick and licorice-like, creamy orange, dark chocolate. This thickness is enveloping and even heady, reminiscent of a very sweet coffee or a burnt, buttery caramel. The brand's trademark candy character is present, but for now it's smoldering under the ashes. It's the aeration that will deliver all the unbridled confectionery we're used to from these rums. Candies join the party: cherry marshmallows, strawberries, tangy banana. 7,8:On the palate, the attack is very soft, then gives way to a whiff of Christmas spices. Another of the brand's signatures, these spices are indeed present. A torrent of vanilla then carries off a host of sweets: milk-strawberry candy, cherry lollipop, creamy orange, vanilla whipped cream. 7,2:In the finish, licorice finds a small place, surrounded above all by a world of powdered sugar.
Review by AllanbergDK
Fantastic.. Best NPU from AH Riise
Review by primus
Surprisingly clean nose, flattering baking aromas, caramel, dark chocolate. Unfortunately a sugar bomb on the palate. The only interesting thing are the strawberry flavors, which I didn't know otherwise, but which fell into my glass with 20 cubes of sugar.
Review by Korkennase🥃
The absolute sweet rum king. The nose is taken by the sweetness and reminds me of brandy beans 😵. The sweetness is also very dominant in the taste, as well as in the finish. The Plantation XO was already a sugar bomb but this rum can top that. Who stands on sweet rums is in good hands here. Too bad that such a product is so messed up with sugar... sorry..., I can not understand. For science 🥃.
Review by Dirk E.
Müsste für meinen Geschmack eine 100 sein aber man weiß ja nie ob noch mal ein besserer kommt. Kirsche, Schokolade, Karamellisiert.
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
Emptied out the bottle, hence the insane amount in the glass. Pleasant sipper as an entry into the world of rum. Sweet and interesting nose. Very sweet taste, with notes of vanilla, caramel and molasses
Review by MJ72
Round and heavy aroma of leather and caramel, very sweet in taste, with caramel and little wood, very mild.
Review by Rumbaer
Wir hatten den Riise Non Plus Ultra zwei mal auf einem Tasting probiert. Von allen probierten Riise bisher war er der "Beste". Er ist aber, so wie alle Riise, direkt im Geruch erkennbar. Die erkennt man blind, ebenso wie den Riise typischen Geschmack. Einfach gnadenlos überzuckert. Der Zucker überdeckt fast alle Aromen und dafür einen solchen Preis aufzurufen empfinde ich als sehr fragwürdig.
Review by SaibotZtar
sweet,sweeter...sweetest...
Review by Juergen63
Tolle dunkle Farbe, karamelliger Geschmack und Aroma
Review by Kay Meertens
Based on the name I was hoping for some darker notes in this one, but it smells and tastes more like a Pink Edition. Marshmallow and cotton candy. That does imply that there's less orange peel in the taste than in the rest of the range.
Review by Sven.S
A very soft and round taste. More of a dessert flavor.
Review by Gregor
Creme Brule, butterscotch in the face! But unfortunately much too sweet
Review by Maxi Jones
Sehr Angenehmer Stoff, ich würde ihn jederzeit wieder Kaufen.
Review by denny2195
Vom Geruch her sehr mild und süß, riecht nach Schokolade und vanille. Vom Geschmack her sehr angenehme süße, die Schokolade und den karamell schmeckt man sofort raus genauso die vanille Noten. Ich muss sagen ein gelungener Rum
Review by Nicolas Kröger
Das wohl schlechteste Produkt, was ich je getrunken habe. Dermaßen mit Aromen vollgepumpt, dass diese schon bitter und ätzend rüberkommen - selbst die enorme Süße kann das nicht ausgleichen
Review by Birken Weiler
sehr süß und fruchtig, vielleicht ist es mir auch zu süß
Review by Michal S
Too much sugar, which rather suppresses the character of the rum. It can be drunk, but the drunken rum drinker is unlikely to enjoy it.
Review by Flo89
Süß, süffig, keine Schärfe, „aber“ Rum-Spirit
Review by rum_sk
Probably the best of non plus ultra series along with the regular npu. I like this one actually. Plus it has a nice bottle although the clear one is nicer.
Review by Johannes
Sweet, artificial flavors with chocolate, orange, fruits.
Review by Jennifer
S:Gut, entfaltet sich, am Anfang denkst du uh?! 🤔… aber dann …👍🏼 8,8 J: Auch sehr süß aber andere Aromen wie 👆🏻(founders reserve) weniger würzig, mehr Trockenfrucht-Rosine schokoladig, schmeckt „erwachsener“ ausgeglichen, entfaltet sich gut 8
Review by Jo Hoo
25.05.2026: Für mich zu süß. Dessert-Rum.
Review by Mike Andersen
Best Rum I have tasted. AH 175 year anniversary is a bit sweeter for people who like this I would recommend that one
Review by Ginger & Fred
A very sweet rum spirit but not too sweet. Warm mouthfeel. More of a dessert than a rum. But tastes delicious. Can be made!
Review by Blockzeitwilli
Nase ist schon sehr süß und künstlich. Am Gaumen dann diese Cocktailkirsche die alles überdeckt und noch süßer. Abgang sehr süß und kurz. Für mich geht der eher als Likör durch. Bin selten hart in meinem Urteil. Aber sorry, so gar nicht mein Fall.
Review by Chris71
If you like sweet rum - perfect
Review by Scotty1960
Already very sweet, with a mild fruity taste and a long-lasting almond and mild fruit finish
Review by 86ER
Mehr geht nicht 👌🏻
Review by Jindrich Strobl
Way too sweet for my taste
Review by hoex
To sweet / hubba bubba
Review by Kasper
Well crafted candy rum but not at all my taste. Second taste: sticking with score. Really good if you want to present a sweet dessert from for people that don't like rum.
Review by Stan Hardy
Vollgepackt mit künstlichen Aromen. Unharmonisch. Gnadenlos überteuert
Review by Jakob Deiner
Bisher der beste Riise / Old St. Croix, rote Früchte, Vanille, sehr sehr süß und Marshmallows im Abgang. Trotzdem nicht mein Ding, dann lieber gleich Likör bzw. Legendario 7, der weniger süß und dafür angenehm rummig schmeckt. Drinks: - Pur: 2/5 - Rum Cola: 2/5 (sehr süß) - Rum Mule:
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Auction results 71 € – 91 €
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Avg. community purchase price 89 €
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Details about A.H. Riise Non Plus Ultra Black Edition Rum
A spirit drink on a rum base from Virgin Islands, bottled by A.H. Riise, at 42%.
Community purchases
425 bottles logged by 373 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
32% opened, 37 emptied and repurchased.
What does A.H. Riise Non Plus Ultra Black Edition Rum cost?
Community paid 74–110 €.
Current best price: 89.90 € – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+13 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
425 purchased · 660 tasted · 246 wishlist · as of
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