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Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Original
Sip it neat, on ice, or in cola and you get orange peel, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg over a sweet molasses base — several tasters call it "Christmas in a bottle." Built on Chairman's Reserve rum with spices infused on top, it's genuinely varied for a spiced bottle, though the orange and sweetness dominate. One reviewer even caught a bubblegum note.
The community says- Real spice balance
- Orange and clove
- High sugar content
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How does Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Original taste?
Aggregated from 104 community reviews.
Sweet, orange-and-cinnamon spiced holiday sipper Most agree it's one of the better spiced rums — balanced spice, real orange, and not cloying. The catch: it's clearly sweet and the orange can overpower, and purists find it drifts toward liqueur.
People who enjoy sweet, spice-forward rums and festive mixers
Purists after dry, unsweetened traditional rum
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How is Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Original rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.5 sits in the “Good” band. 57% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 7% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
67% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 104 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Marijke Rum & Spelletjes
Most helpful positive review
We start our games and rumtasting evening with delicious homemade food and this rum to go with it. Delicious rum, nice and sweet and spicy.
Review by Decky Hicks Doughty
Most helpful critical review
The nose hits you full force with orange peal followed closely by cinnamon, clove and grapefruit with subtle hints of caramel after as if to say "there is rum under this spice". The palate is very sweet, not clogging but very, very sweet. The spices follow after the sugar. Clove, cinnamon, cardamom and orange peal all present and all pretty powerful. The spices stay for the finish but there is a roasted nut not that takes me back to the unspiced Chairman's Reserve. Overall, I prefer the unspiced and by quite some way. Though, if you like spiced rum. This has the spice in spades.
Review by Stevie Slick Probert
smells of Christmas with the taste of nutmeg and cloves touch vanilla and orangey after taste which lingers smoothly away
Review by Old Pirate 🏴☠️🇨🇿
For me, to much of spices in it. But, to be honest, it's made from good rum (Chairman's Reserve) and it will be more enjoyable during Christmas, because the flavouring is a like some Christmas desert (Swedish cinnamon and something else?).
Review by Mirjam van den Berg-Geers
Delicious rum. Nice start to a game night
Review by Solidfunk
Cinnamon, caramel, vanilla. Dark golden pour. It's certainly nicer than the Cruzan or various Captain Morgan varieties, but that shouldn't really be a surprise. The spices tastes more genuine and the Rum less sugary and syrupy. Had a glass in St. Croix.
Review by Christoph
Super intense nose, especially orange. Perfect for an Old Fashioned.
Review by Thomas Thorsen
Too much Orange taste
Review by Rick Meyer
No burn with an abundance of orange, clove and cinnamon …. nose and palate. Tasty! EDIT: I strongly recommend spiced rum be in its own category for the ratings system here. The wide swings in scores don’t represent the category, instead we get those that prefer 55%+ rocket fuel rating a spiced rum in the 5-6 range. It completely skews the bias of the group.
Review by Áron
Ranking it down now. After re-visiting the now opened bottle after few weeks, it developed a bitter aftertaste. Like biting into an orange pith. Not sure why
Review by thomas fraboulet
Incroyable en Rum Old Fashioned, Cable Car ou encore Spiced Negroni. Épicé, sucré avec des notes d'orange, de cannelle, de clous de girofle et de muscade. Un rapport qualité prix difficile à battre à 22€ la bouteille de 1L.
Review by Matt
I made this account for the sole reason of warning people just how bad this rum is. I’ve tried numerous rums over the years. I mainly enjoy more aged, dark rums. Especially love Guyana, Barbados and Jamaican rum. Like many, I started out with spiced rums, and I wanted to branch out and try something different from the standard, bland ones you see everywhere. This particular bottle was very highly rated, one of the top-rated on both RumX and RumRatings, and unlike some of the rarer high-rated bottles, it was fairly easy to get. That made me curious to try it. I’ve now tried it in many different ways: neat, on ice, in a Cuba Libre, just with coke, in a Planter’s Punch even out of curiosity as an old fashioned and I just can’t seem to make it drinkable. The best way I can describe the taste, and especially the aftertaste, is bubblegum. It has a very candy-like quality. Strangely, it doesn’t taste artificial, but I can’t imagine what spice or combination of spices could ever naturally create this flavor. It’s sweet, pungent, and has this bizarre bubblegum note that feels like it shouldn’t even exist in a rum. It’s such a weird, off-putting profile that I can’t wrap my head around it. At this point, the bottle will probably rot in my cabinet forever. I can’t think of a single drink I could use it in. Even in something overpowering, like a Moscow Mule or mixed into Dr. Pepper, the pungent bubblegum flavor bulldozes everything else. It just never tastes good.
Review by AlSting
Der einzige Spiced Rum, den ich nachkaufen oder weiterempfehlen würde. Die Frucht- und Gewürznelken können dem Rum interessante Zisatznoten geben, ohne dass die Süße es zukleistert. Für einen gesüßten Rum erstaunlich vielfältig im Geschmack, eine harmonische Mischung.
Review by Abrahan Reyes
I'm not a fan of spiced rums, but this one isn't bad. However, it's a bit too sweet for my taste. The nose carries notes of caramel and cinnamon, with the palate emphasizing cinnamon. The aftertaste is pleasant as the initial sweetness fades, giving way to a lingering vanilla flavor.
Review by Jack Hemsworth
A very nice spiced rum with the spice front and centre.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5613 31.08.2025 Chairman's Reserve tasting at the German Rum Fest 2025. I was kind of surprised at this one. Usually I don't like spiced rum but this one is pretty well balanced. The price tag is also pretty good and I'd like to try it in a cola one day. The wood is well balanced with spices and some orange and clove. Medium long finish that has some cinnamon and citrus to it. There is a natural sweetness to it and I think most will be able to drink it.
Review by Craig Henthorn
I'll be honest, this review is from memory, as I haven't drank chairman's spiced in a few months, but this is my first review, and chairman's has left a lasting impression on my palette. That should say enough already. Chairman's spiced is my idea of Christmas in a bottle. Strong notes of Orange and orange peel, along with cinnamon, nutmeg and other wintery spices. Tastes good with some ice, or mixed with coke. This one deserves a permanent spot on the shelf
Review by Stefan Persson
This is one of the better spiced rum I’ve tasted. The rating is based on having it neat, but I’ve mostly used it in a spicy Negroni. The base is CR Original a blend of molasses rum from both pot and column still aged in ex-Bourbon casks for an average of 5 years. The spices is infused for the last 6 months of that period. Infused spices is among others “bois bande”, cinnamon, vanilla, allspice, clove, lemon and bitter orange and around 20gpl of sugar. The nose is fruity, spicy, round and woody with scents of orange, cinnamon, clove, caramel, melon and grapefruit. At the palate it’s sweet, spicy, fruity and round with flavors of cinnamon, orange, clove, nutmeg, cardamom and a hint of licorice. The finish is medium long, spicy, fruity and nutty.
Review by Lutz Lungershausen
The rich spice notes make it exciting and complex, but mask the rum character and push it somewhat in the direction of herbal liqueurs. Still: I like the fruity nose and the fresh, lively palate
Review by rum_sk
A cheaper variation of A.H. Riise's Christmas edition rum based spirit. Very nice indeed, I like it especially in cold winter months and during whole December to prep. for Christmas and also during them. You can smell a lot of christmas spices such as clove, cinnamon etc. The taste is exactly the same but with addition to ginger which is dominant from all spices. Medium finish, sweet and tasty as a spiced rum should be. Very enjoyable spiced rum made in St. Lucia. I really love it, jt instantly teleports you to Christmas if you are tasting it outside of festive holidays.
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Details about Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Original
A spirit drink on a rum base from Saint Lucia, distilled by Saint Lucia Distillers, at 40%.
Community purchases
170 bottles logged by 147 collectors.
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30% opened, 24 emptied and repurchased.
What does Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Original cost?
Community paid 18–34 €.
Current best price: 24.57 € – within the typical community range.
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