Kikusui Shuzo Ryoma Rhum Japonais
A curiosity for explorers who enjoy unusual spirits: light, vegetal and sake‑like rather than classic tropical rum. Smooth, fairly sweet and low in alcohol, often compared to shochu or whisky, best for experimentation.
- Unique profile
- Smooth, light body
- Herbal vegetal notes
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Weird, sake‑like rum curiosity A curiosity for explorers who enjoy unusual spirits: light, vegetal and sake‑like rather than classic tropical rum. Smooth, fairly sweet and low in alcohol, often compared to shochu or whisky, best for experimentation.
Curious explorers into Japanese spirits, shochu or sake fans, and rum drinkers wanting an off‑beat, herbal, agricole‑adjacent profile at an easy 40% ABV.
Beginners expecting classic sweet caramel rum, anyone wanting rich tropical fruit or cask strength intensity, and purists who dislike sake or very atypical rum profiles.
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RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 6.5 lands squarely in the "Pleasant" band. 24% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 21% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 161 ratings
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
I think this rum is one of the most misunderstood ones in the market. I've been travelling in Japan and tried a lot of their spirits and it with that in mind I scored this rum. The nose starts off with whisky and sake, yes, sake. Then the vegetal and grassy notes appear with some oak and caramel. The palate is light yet complex with sake and Agricole notes. Later you have sake and the vegetal notes mixed with smoke and oak. The finish is medium long with sake and vegetal notes to it. The price is high for such a young rum, but nothing from Japan is cheap.
Review by Jang Huligan
Surprisingly sweet and smooth
Review by Christoph
Besides Nine Leaves, there are quite tasty drops from Japan. On the nose, it goes in the direction of Demerararum á la Pussers. Feels in the mouth at first like Agricole, which was then mixed with dirty molasses. For me, this results in aromas of coffee, caramel and dark chocolate. In the finish you realize then why there is point deduction here, with 40% this rum is unfortunately quite weak out back and a few% more would have given the quite delicious flavors the necessary power.
Review by cigares
Tasted only once and I didn't like it, alcoholic in the nose and in the mouth. Sake scent, as if there was a problem...Then, a little better with herbal notes. It has nothing of a tropical rum.
Review by Vincent D
I was rather suspicious of this rum, but in the end, I'm quite positive. Not much depth, but a woody, vanilla and slightly vegetal profile that might suggest another spirit. Not much length. Slightly bitter finish.
Review by Romain de L
Disappointing. Nose quite faint, plain. Deep brown color. Very sugary to the taste, overpowering, bit burnt bitterness, not so nice aftertaste…
Review by Yannick D.
A very etheric rum! For my part, a little unpleasant on the palate and on the nose. However, many aromas are pleasant in the middle and end of the tasting. Give it a try!
Review by Gd Flo
More cleaving there is not!!! A real UFO, if you like the extra terrestrial ones it is gained if not you leave running. One day I like it, one day I don't, a real curiosity that will not leave you indifferent but that will certainly not make the unanimity.
Review by Mc Pirate
Belle couleur, nez très complexe et agréable une fois le « saké » passé, bouche surprenante sur le saké, pas de rhum en bouche ! Ou alors il faut attendre une bouteille ouverte ou qu’il s’oxyde un peu, beaucoup… Atypique
Review by Daniel
Nase: Erinnert an Agricole, sehr würzig und deutliche Zuckerrohraromen. Gaumen: Würzig warm zu Beginn, dann Kräuter, Tee. Es folgt Schokolade. Abgang: Die pflanzlichen Aromen sowie die Würze halten sich lange, bevor leichte Rauchnoten durchschimmern. Fazit: Ausgefalleneres Exemplar. Es überwiegen pflanzliche und kräuterige Noten mit einem Hauch Schoko. Mir gefällt der Japaner.
Review by JonasTh
Niet veel speciaals aan
Review by Rumclub Latvia
Disappointed
Review by Émile Shevek
Note sbilanciate e gusto dritto
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
15/03/25: tasted @ Brussels Rhum Festival. Wanted to try a Japanese rum for a long time. This was a weird experience. Both the nose and taste had some unique, unusual flavours. Interesting, but not something I need on my shelf.
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