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HSE Black Sheriff One Shot
Vanilla and fresh oak up front, with grassy, earthy sugarcane underneath — the American bourbon barrel really shows, and a few people first mistook it for whisky. Members call it one of the friendlier ways into agricole, though the common gripe is that it drinks thin and watered-down. The grassy, vegetal side can be a shock if you only know molasses rum.
The community says- Easy agricole entry
- Bourbon-like vanilla wood
- Tastes watered down
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How does HSE Black Sheriff One Shot taste?
Aggregated from 195 community reviews.
Bourbon-leaning starter agricole, a bit watery Most see it as an easy first agricole with a bourbon-like vanilla-and-wood profile. The recurring catch: it tastes reduced and watery, so the fruit and body feel light.
Bourbon and whisky drinkers curious about agricole
People wanting a bold, concentrated agricole
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.0 sits in the “Good” band. 42% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 6% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
78% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 195 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Stefan Persson
It’s a blend of three-to-four-year old rum aged in American oak bourbon barrels It’s quite young and that’s noticeable when it’s coming to the deep in the rum and the powerfulness. Overall I’m getting a little of a whisky feeling, but that’s not bad. I think it’s quite good for being so young.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
There is no doubt that this was finished aiming a bit for a bourbon/whisky lover. Fruity and fresh with smoky wood. Definitely a rum for whisky lovers. For the price a very good rum.
Review by Torsten vom Endt
Meine Erwartungshaltungen wurden nicht so ganz erfüllt. Man schmeckt die Fasslagerung raus und die typische Agricole Süße fehlt irgendwie im Gesamten. Die Gewürzenote ist recht ausgeglichen wodurch die klare Fruchtigkeit fehlt, was aber auch nicht wirklich verwundert kommt ja aus dem Hause HSE 😀
Review by Vincent D
Rapport qualité-prix intéressant. C'est trop réduit et très dilué. Mais il reste une trame boisée et vanille super agréable et mille fois meilleure que n'importe quel boisson spiritueuse ersatz de rhum type Don Papa. Édit : testé en apéro et première impression confirmée. Étonnement sucré quand même.
Review by Frank
RumX Advent calendar, 15.12., blind: First impression: Agricole, quite clear, but was very diluted. I'm not going to like it. That's how it actually is. I had already tasted it at the Agricole tasting, 10th GRF, Berlin. There: "It's nothing at all, diluted, tastes artificially flavored... Not for the feint-hearted" Nose: freshly squeezed apple juice at the very beginning, slightly perfumed, dusty dry, old wooden floorboards, but also a slight sweetness with tangerine, vanilla and tobacco. Palate: thin and watered down, some sweet licorice. Slightly tart, herbal, freshly cut branches, watered down sugar syrup. Caraway, cap and aniseed on the finish. Old right flat. A great pity.
Review by Tim
Sehr guter Einsteigerrum in die Agricolewelt. In vielerlei Hinsicht ausreichend angenehme und runde Aromen, die ein leckeres Erlebnis bereiten.
Review by Tom Buteneers
RumXmas #15, blind: Very first scent reminded me of Barbados (vanilla, bourbon), but then the agricole profile opened up with the fresh, grassy en vegetal notes. Alcohol is either not that high or integrated very well, but I would guess around 45%. Bittersweet woody finish. Said it before, so why not again: Saint-James? 😜 Feels a bit watered down, but a nice starter agricole. I think it would make a nice addition in a Mai Tai.
Review by Galli33
#14 RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: agricole, grass, sugarcane, earthy, roasted M: earty, grass, agricole, floral, roasted, nutty, soft, vanilla F: oak, vanilla, tannins, soft Prediction: this one is for sure a agricole (maybe saint james or depaz)! approx. 45%, 5- 10years…. Very soft (watered down, maybe) rum. Pleasant to drink Alcohol is intergrated very well. Nose: sugarcane, vanilla, grass, roasted, vegetal, agricole, sweet, woody Mouth: Dry, soft, light, grass, agricole, earthy, roasted, smoky, vanilla, oak, caramel Finish: short, dry, light, minty, fresh, oak, smoky, nutty, tannins
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Tag 15 RumX Adventskalender: Nase: grasig, kräuterig, aber auch irgendwie fruchtig, Richtung Rotwein. Gaumen: ähnlich der Nase, aber ist da überhaupt Alkohol drin? Wirkt für mich deutlich verdünnt. Mein (richtiger) Tipp: verdünnter Agricole. Nicht schlecht, aber deutlich zu wässrig, weswegen schlicht Körper fehlt.
Review by Tschusikowsky
RumX Adventskalender 15.12.21: in der Nase hat ich keinen Hinweis auf einen Agricole Rum. Im Mund dan unverkennbar. Ich kann die unterschiedlichen Profile der Agricole Destillerien einfach nicht auseinander halten bzw. erkennen. Dieser ist ist sehr dünn. Dennoch bin ich überrascht, wie dennoch eine schöne Komplexität rüberkommt. Sicherlich ein guter Einsteiger
Review by SaibotZtar
RumX Adventskalender 2021 Tag 15 Sehr wässrig und schwach ... Florale Noten... Absolut nicht meins ...
Review by tojo
Der HSE ist bislang leider das schwächste Sample im RX-Kalender. Heftige Noten von Gras, Pflanze und Holz an der Nase. Am Gaumen eher leicht und holziger Einschlag, Leder, Frucht auch eine leichte Süße von Honig. Somit schafft er gerade so das „gut“.
Review by Mike H.
Too much reduction resulted in a very watery agricole. A little wood, vanilla and vegetable both in nose and mouth. Not really great.
Review by Godspeed
Mon rhum de <> pendant mon déménagement. Très bon pour les ti punch vieux spontané entre emballage et transport des boîtes. Comme tout le monde savent déjà, rhum agricole est mon style préféré de loin et c’est pas une surprise que cette agricole pas cher me plait alors que c’est, pour dire vrai, un clochard dans le monde des agricoles. Mais quand même, pour 25€ à Carrefour je me plains pas. Mais bof, je suis impatient d’être installé à mon noveau appartement où je vais faire mon grand retour à rhums (agricoles) de grand qualité 😋😋🫡
Review by Christoph
Hier glaubt man wirklich zunächst Bourbon zu trinken, erkennt nach einer Weile im Glas dann aber doch wieder (im positiven) typische HSE Noten. Eine nette Abwechslung zum „Standard“ HSE 55 den ich sonst im Ti-Punch verwende.
Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
Un milieu de bouche qui manque énormément de concentration.
Review by Morgan Garet
Bon rhum de GS avec un bon rapport qualité/prix.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
sehr geile Kombi aus agricole mit Bourbon Einfluss
Review by Oliver
Toller Einsteiger-Agricole. Riecht und schmeckt wie ein Bourbon.
Review by thomas fraboulet
Plus de puissance que le HSE Ragtime, plus boisé et meilleure finale. Produit dirigé vers les amateurs de Bourbon qui souhaitent débuter dans le rhum. Un rhum vieux correct pour débuter avec une disponibilité en grande surface.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →Again its all just very average. Theres nothing I particularly dislike about this rhum. What is there is not unpleasant. Its just there isn't a great deal there. It's all just a bit too subtle and a bit to mismatched to really work. It tries to appeal to both rum...
Details about HSE Black Sheriff One Shot
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Distillerie du Simon, at 40%.
Community purchases
822 bottles logged by 685 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
36% opened, 117 emptied and repurchased.
What does HSE Black Sheriff One Shot cost?
Community paid 15–30 €.
Current best price: 31.80 € – above the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+9 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
822 purchased · 216 tasted · 94 wishlist · as of
About the Distillerie du Simon distillery
The Distillerie du Simon distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Distillerie du Simon have been reviewed 5,004 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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