Pellegrini Rhum Special Kingston
Almost nobody here has a good word for this one. The nose starts fruity but quickly turns to solvent and something plasticky, and the palate follows — sweet, chemical, artificially fruity, with one taster comparing it to blue bubble gum. Heavily sweetened and liqueur-like at 38%. A couple of members rescued it in hot mulled cider, but neat it reads as an artificial oddity, not a rum.
The community says- Works in mulled cider
- Tastes artificial
- Chemical finish
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How does Pellegrini Rhum Special Kingston taste?
Aggregated from 15 community reviews.
Artificial, sweet oddity most tasters reject Widely disliked in blind tastings — most call it artificial and chemical, a few genuinely offensive. Only survives buried in a hot spiced drink.
collectors of weird, blind-tasting curiosities
anyone wanting a real, natural-tasting rum
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How is Pellegrini Rhum Special Kingston rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 3.0 sits in the “Poor” band. 0% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 86% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
7% rate it between 6 and 8. 6 selected write-ups from 15 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by zabo
Zu allererst einmal ein DICKES DANKESCHÖN an TheDunderHut, wieder bei dem Wird&Blind Set dabei gewesen zu sein. Zusammen mit DomM wurde sich dieser Aufgabe gestellt. Leider kein Einhorn dabei gewesen, aber tolle rare Sachen probiert, an die man sonst nicht so gut rankommt. Einzig die Geschichten zu jeden einzelnen Rum des Spliters dazu habe ich wirklich vermisst zu.
Review by Mentalo
Arturs Weird and Blind tasting Nummer 7. Ziemlich süß und auch schwer im Blindtasting irgendwo einzuordnen, aber mir kam sofort eine Erinnerung aus der Kindheit an eine bestimmte Hubba Bubba Sorte (Blaue Dose mit pinken Meterkaugummi).
Review by DomM
While the nose is fruity with solvent and artificial notes, the taste on the palate is just on another level of offensive. Burnt chemicals, artificial flavors, pure hate in liquid form.
Review by Johannes
Weird and Blind tasting @Artur: Deutlich gesüßt, geht in Richtung Marillen Liqueur.
Review by DutchRumPirate
Weird and Blind #7 Received a really nice set from member TheDunderHut, where you never know what you're getting. There are some nice, special rums in there that I wouldn't normally try. I really enjoyed it. This sample: artificially sweet and fruity, chemicals. It goes downhill quickly.
Review by JFehr
Gesüßt, likörig, vanillig. Sehr künstlich
Details about Pellegrini Rhum Special Kingston
A rum from Italy, bottled by Pellegrini, at 38%.
Community purchases
2 bottles logged by 2 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
50% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
2 purchased · 15 tasted · as of
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