Bayou Select Rum
Loved by René Müller, TheFrenchRefillAn approachable, newcomer-friendly molasses rum at 40% with easy caramel, vanilla and light wood. RumX members find it soft, slightly sweet and simple—good for relaxed sipping or sweet-leaning cocktails.
- Soft and smooth
- Caramel vanilla sweetness
- Cocktail-friendly
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Details about Bayou Select Rum
How does Bayou Select Rum taste?
Aggregated from 29 community reviews.
Soft, sweet, simple crowd-pleaser An approachable, newcomer-friendly molasses rum at 40% with easy caramel, vanilla and light wood. RumX members find it soft, slightly sweet and simple—good for relaxed sipping or sweet-leaning cocktails.
Those who enjoy sweet, gentle rums with caramel and vanilla, want an easy Louisiana-style sipper, or need a soft, flavorful base for simple mixed drinks.
Drinkers seeking dry, complex or high-ABV rums, and anyone avoiding added sugar or sensitive to clearly sweet, flavored profiles.
How is Bayou Select Rum rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 7.2 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 55% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 10% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Rum reviews
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Review by TheJackDrop
A fine discovery A light, easy-drinking rum, but not without interest, In addition to caramel and vanilla, there's some dried fruit, fig and redcurrant... pretty cool. Too bad the finish is short!
Review by René Müller
A little sharp in the aroma but nice and smooth in the taste. Slightly sweet and mega spicy. Not so much aftertaste
Review by patataslocos
Vanilla, caramel
Review by TheFrenchRefill
It's a very sweet rum that I really like! The caramel and woodiness really stand out! A very nice little rum
Review by Decky Hicks Doughty
A quite rounded nose. Mixed dried fruits; figs, raisins and cherries. Popcorn, vanilla and coffee in the background. Similar to a bourbon. The palate is more wood dominant than on the nose. Maple, vanilla and raisin keep things sweet. The finish is medium in length. Kind of reminds me of unbuttered toasted brown bread. A bit leathery too. Overall it's okay. Not unpleasant but also not something I'd immediately buy if on offer. A bit too boring.
Review by JFehr
Karamellig, Vanille und eine leichte Ahornnote. Alkohol nicht optimal eingebunden, etwas zu süßlich und leicht abgestanden
Review by Kieron Wood
Tasted 03-06-2017 This is one that I expected to have hat Louisiana vibe of something exciting,sadly it's rather dull and tasted dosed although denied when asked ..
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
"Bayou is very much its own man. I can't really think of many rums it compares to. It's probably closest to a Demerara such as Woods or OVD but it has a very distinctive profile which means you wouldn't mistake it for such a rum. A rum which you would..."Read full review →
Community purchases
71 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 27 members.
About the Bayou distillery
The Bayou distillery is located in USA. Rums from Bayou have been reviewed 151 times with an average of 7.0/10.
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