Aroma visualization from community tastings
Bacardi Gold
Green apple, a hit of nail polish and a short, boozy finish — that's the honest picture here. Members describe it as light, thin and mostly alcoholic, with faint fruit and a slightly bitter fade. Almost no one sips it straight; the general verdict is it exists to disappear into a rum and coke, where it does the job without offending anyone.
The community says- Cheap cola mixer
- Nail polish notes
- Thin, boozy
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The look inside the bottle
How does Bacardi Gold taste?
Aggregated from 51 community reviews.
Thin mixing rum, apple and solvent Most tasters find it thin and boozy with an apple-and-solvent note. Nearly everyone says the same thing: not for sipping, fine buried in cola.
people who just want a cheap cola mixer
anyone hoping to sip it neat
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How is Bacardi Gold rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 4.0 sits in the “Drinkable” band. 0% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 88% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
4% rate it between 6 and 8. 12 selected write-ups from 51 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Mark Leggett
Just wanted to give this a try. Expected it to be pretty bad but actually is not bad. Aroma is very pleasant, flavors of apple, apricot maybe guava with caramel and spice. Not a great sipper but not as bad as I expected.
Review by Timo Groeger
Am Flughafen entdeckt diesen Rum und da er noch fehlte einfach bestellt. Hatte ihn mir schlimmer vorgestellt. Neben einer leichten Fruchtnote ist er überwiegend alkoholisch. Etwas Nagellack lässt sich erkennen. Kein Meisterstück.
Review by X-Savior
On The Rocks: On the nose a strong apple and spice with mild alcohol. Taste is shallow with an apple and spice with a very mild oak and burn. Finish is short starting sweet and going a little bitter. I would not go out of my way to drink this unmixed. Mixed Pepsi Zero: On the nose mild apple and sweet fruit. Taste reveals a mild sweet apple taste. Finish is short with the sweetness fading to slightly bitter. Not really much better mixed but is drinkable.
Review by Anonymous
Bitter with bit of burn
Review by Girish Parmar
Bit stronger .. after taste
Review by Jason Toepfer
Not really developed taste. For a rum is makes me think of burning water. Some light tropical flavors, but seems like to much was stripped during distilling. More profile than their silver, but it's a mixing rum not sipping rum.
Review by Brebur
Not a sipping rum.
Review by Kelly Mason
On the rocks, typical average rum, everyday taste, fruity smells, no apparent tasting notes, just boozy
Review by Shaun Abel
Not impressed, a great gift for someone you don't like
Review by Kieron Wood
Tasted 15-04-2016 This is such a basic shelf rum that can pass you by . Nothing much to it other than the usual sweet vanilla .
Review by Laura Abel
Not a sipping one
Review by Anonymous
Shallow taste. Best mixed.
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Details about Bacardi Gold
A Column Still Rum from Puerto Rico, distilled by Bacardi, at 37,5%.
Community purchases
73 bottles logged by 68 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
35% opened, 13 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Bacardi Gold?
Community paid 4–20 €.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+5 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
73 purchased · 53 tasted · 5 wishlist · as of
About the Bacardi distillery
The Bacardi distillery is located in Puerto Rico. Rums from Bacardi have been reviewed 1,675 times with an average of 6.0/10.
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