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C.A.D.C RA Venezuela Rum 2005
"Clearly not my style — this doesn't taste like rum," one taster wrote, and that captures the split here. Think wild herbs, menthol, licorice and cough-drop notes, with juniper and dark chocolate underneath. Several people reached for words like Ricola, Jägermeister and even mouthwash. A 17-year Venezuelan column-still rum at cask strength that drinks more like an herbal liqueur — polarizing on purpose.
The community says- Genuinely unusual
- Cough-syrup character
- Barely rum-like
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How does C.A.D.C RA Venezuela Rum 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 18 community reviews.
Herbal, medicinal, licorice — barely tastes like rum Deeply divisive. Some find the wild-herb, menthol and licorice mix spinning fascinating; others say it barely reads as rum and won't want it again. Almost no one is neutral.
People who like anise, herbal liqueurs and strange, boundary-pushing bottles
Anyone wanting a classic sweet Venezuelan rum
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How is C.A.D.C RA Venezuela Rum 2005 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 5.7 sits in the “Average” band. 38% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 33% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
39% rate it between 6 and 8. 13 selected write-ups from 18 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
7,5:On the nose, we are attacked with wild herbs, like Ricola candies, some mint, dark chocolate, some caramelized roasted nuts, coffee and wood, resin with dried currants, fruit compote and dried fruits. Aeration brings out some tobacco, licorice is still strong, underneath weak tropical fruits try to make some mark, but after some real rest, herbs go weaker, rum becomes more roasted, medicinal with smoke, perhaps even floral and woody. 7,5:On the palate, we have wild herbs mixed with chocolate, cocoa, licorice candy, resin, mint, bitter orange, some wood and peppery, juniper, dried currants, hints of dried fruits and metallic note, leather. All round and balanced. 7,6:The finish is dry, fresh, minty, spicy, quite long with some caramel, roasted notes, cocoa and coffee. Weird, but not bad at all... I like it. 👍
Review by WiltChamberlain
Extrem ungewöhnliche Mischung aus medizinischen und kräutrigen Eindrücken - mit etwas Standzeit wird er runder; dass dieser Rum geliebt oder gehasst wird, ist verständlich, ich persönlich stehe auf diese Komposition
Review by Pavel Spacek
Lecorice for 100%
Review by w00tAN
Super krass kräutig. Im Abgang erinnert mich das eher an Zahnspülung als an Rum aber spannend ist es allemal. Muss ich aber nicht im Schrank stehen haben.
Review by Jakob
Once again, the vegetable-herb note almost omnipresent in the Artesanal bottlings recently both in the nose and on the palate. the first association is therefore also somewhere between cough syrup and salmiakbonbon. It's unclear to me where this note comes from - in any case, the whole thing takes up so much space in the profile that the underlying rum is virtually drowned out. With a rather straightforward Spanish profile like the one from Venezuela, there is therefore not much left aromatically worth mentioning. Too bad.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Cough syrup, iodine ointment, double juniper, Ricola cough drops and Rotbäckchen Immunstark juice in liquid. Strong, sour, bitter and woody-resinous-mentholy... Somehow totally crazy and interesting somehow but also really borderline and unbelievable as this is rum from Venezuela should be? Absolutely strange product ... I would not have expected now so at all. Whether you like it or not, everyone must decide for themselves. Personally, I do not necessarily have to have this rum again in the glass ...
Review by Alex Kunath
Erinnert stark an einen Anis Kräuter Schnapps...leider keinen Guten!
Review by TheJackDrop
"Déroutant. Clairement pas mon style, on ne dirait pas du rhum, mais ça n’est pas mauvais pour autant. Il faut aimé l’absinthe, le jagger, les plantes. Sympa mais pas dans la catégorie du rhum ! En resume, mes notes de degutation : Au nez : Herbacé, Anis, Menthol, Médicamenteux, Beurre En bouche : Herbacé, Médicamenteux, Genévrier, Anis, Réglisse, Menthol La finale plutot orientee vers : Fenouil, Anis"
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
A sample I got, because it seemed interesting. Sometimes I should probably ask others, if they've tasted it. Very herbal in the nose. In the notes i find an almost medicin-like taste. Herbs and molasses in the end
Review by RumTaTa
Ich bin unentschlossen was ich davon halten soll. Ich betrachte es mal als Erfahrung, was Rum so kann. Meine Frau mag Anis und Lakritz und findet ihn lecker aber der Rumgeschmack stört sie 😉
Review by mto75
due to the previous reviews I was already prepared for some, but the rum is really really VERY special 😉 On the nose comes to me anise gingerbread, kumquat, herbal candy. On the palate just as strange, spontaneously I thought of Wick Medinait 😆In the finish juniper schnapps. Must not have more often...
Review by Jonas
Na holla die Waldfee! Finish im Hustensaft-Fass? Oder wird im Nebengeschäft Spitzwegerichsaft hergestellt und das Fass wurde vertauscht? Absolut nicht meins. Wer mal Hustensaft mit mehr Umdrehungen trinken will, sei herzlich eingeladen. Sowas abzufüllen ist...interessant. Deshalb 10 Bonus-Punkte.
Review by Johannes
Oha! I can hardly get this down. It reminds me of a Jägermeister / herbal schnapps. Unfortunately, he is not drinkable for me.
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Expert reviews
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
I would not have expected such a flavor from a CADC. I find the rum incredibly exciting, but I personally would also not like to have a rum at home that is a mix of barrel-aged mojito and cough syrup. But this rum will certainly find its fans
Details about C.A.D.C RA Venezuela Rum 2005
A Column Still Rum from Venezuela, bottled by Heinz Eggert GmbH, at 57,8%.
Community purchases
10 bottles logged by 9 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
30% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
10 purchased · 18 tasted · 3 wishlist · as of
About the C.A.D.C distillery
The C.A.D.C distillery is located in Venezuela. Rums from C.A.D.C have been reviewed 213 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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