Planteray Barbados High Ester (Hot Sauce Finish) 2022
People who collect oddball experiments will get the most out of this one: a high-ester Barbados pot-still finished in ex-hot-sauce casks. You taste the fruity, strawberry-banana rum first, then a real chili heat that sits on your tongue for a long time. Fun as a blind-tasting party trick — one member said the rum "kaum vorhanden," almost buried under vinegar and chili.
The community says- Genuinely different
- Fruity ester base
- Lingering chili heat
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How does Planteray Barbados High Ester (Hot Sauce Finish) 2022 taste?
Aggregated from 17 community reviews.
Wild chili-finished ester rum, a novelty Divisive novelty. Some love it as a wild, peppery experiment worth sharing blind; others taste mostly vinegar, chili and alcohol with the rum nearly gone.
Collectors who enjoy strange, experimental bottlings
Anyone wanting a normal sipping rum without chili heat
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How is Planteray Barbados High Ester (Hot Sauce Finish) 2022 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.4 sits in the “Good” band. 64% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 11% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
65% rate it between 6 and 8. 5 selected write-ups from 17 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Johannes
A crazy experiment! High Ester Barbados meets chili. Initially, you can clearly taste this fruity, strawberry high-ester rum, followed shortly afterwards by a distinct spiciness that lingers on the tongue for a long time.
Review by Martin Ekrt
A little sample from Filip, thanks 😉 It's wild, peppery and quite fun. Please more experiments like this than some sweetened patois👏
Review by Tomas Hajlich
Very interesting piece. It's not a sipping rum, but I always like to have it as a curiosity of what someone has done. The idea of putting rum in a barrel after tabasco?🤣 It doesn't burn unpleasantly but it smokes😁 I really enjoy giving it to visitors or friends blind.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
For me, this is probably one of the most disappointing finishes ever made for rum. I might as well drink Tabasco and then a random shot of rum. It tastes primarily of vinegar, chili and green pickled peppers. The rum is virtually non-existent and only adds alcohol in sensory terms...
Review by Martin Švojgr
Some people like it, I don't like it, the spiciness doesn't go over my head.
Details about Planteray Barbados High Ester (Hot Sauce Finish) 2022
A Pot Still Rum from Barbados, bottled by Maison Ferrand, at 49,5%.
Community purchases
6 bottles logged by 2 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Planteray Barbados High Ester (Hot Sauce Finish) 2022?
Community paid 64–64 €.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
6 purchased · 18 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
About the West Indies distillery
The West Indies distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from West Indies have been reviewed 7,507 times with an average of 7.6/10.
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