Comments on: Pyrat Rum XO Reserve

By: SmokeyMo's Rum Bar

SmokeyMo's Rum Bar — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:13:54 +0000

It is also interesting to me that there are bad reviews, however, the people who made those comments likely love rums that I think taste bad…and that’s the beauty of the rum gods. You have to understand that each Caribbean island makes very different rums, and then there are many places that make fine rums outside of the Caribbean. The only commonality is the word “Rum” or “Rhum” and the origins of sugar cane some hundred years back. From there, each rum is and should be unique!

One additional note…the original recipe that makes Pyrat IS NOT Patron. Patron owns the rights, distribution, etc. but the rum is made on the Island of Anguilla and is bottled by the Anguilla Rum Company. Patron just simply made a business move and acquired it. Whether they screwed with the recipe is unknown.

By: Tinman

Tinman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:57:51 +0000

Really odd to read so many bad reviews. I got this as a thank you gift from a colleague, and though I don’t really drink rum, I enjoyed every drop of this one. My dad, an avid scotch fan, loved it. My mom, a red wine drinker, loved it. My gf, who doesn’t drink, liked it but it naturally was too strong for her. Its really bizarre to read stuff about blue cheese flavor… Best I can describe is that its creamy-thick, a bit on the sweet side, with some orange peel on the nose and a lingering spiced vanilla/orangey aftertaste. Its definately not sweet enough to be a liqouer, but at the same time a bit sweeter than standard run of the mill rums. In any case, I loved it, too bad they don’t sell it here. :(

By: Marshall

Marshall — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:33:32 +0000

Just purchased a bottle of XO Reserve for $39.77 in Key Largo, I poured a shot over ice and topped with ginger ale, My first thought was it remended me of the taste of a good Kentucky Bourbon with ginger ale–The XO is very acceptable to me

By: Justin Huskey

Justin Huskey — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:50:34 +0000

I am wondering what the little man is on the pyrat rum box. Its not Buddha is it?

By: sues

sues — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:17:26 +0000

Anyone have a receipe for a drink like Ruby tuesday’s Pyrat Hurricane? It has pyrat rum xo reserve and citron. Had it fo first time the other day was very good

By: david

david — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:17:33 +0000

whats wrong with everybody? I am a rum drinkin son of a bitch and Pyrat is awesome end of story. Mixed with coke is spectacular or on the rocks its great. Beats the shit out of Captain Morgan or Bacardi.

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By: Ken K

Ken K — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:49:37 +0000

Well, I’m glad to read others had a similar response… My Sweetie gave me a bottle of Pyrat XO Reserve for my birthday (I usually drink Matusalem Gran Reserva or Clement Rhum Agricole Vieux VSOP), but had been eyeing the Pyrat in the PA State Store (have to visit Jersey for the others)…

I had the same reaction about the cork (smelled funky), the sugary orange-added taste, and the absence of what I consider to be a classic rum flavor (I thought it tasted like a cordial/liquer of some kind). Since I didn’t care for it straight I tried mixing in some Coke, but it just made the Coke very sweet and, again, didn’t add that flavor I associate with Rum so I didn’t think it tasted right. Sweetie agreed. I had the same thought: “Did I get a bad bottle?”

That being said, to each their own… Maybe if I get through the bottle it could grow on me as something completely of its own accord, but that will be a slow journey. (Flip side is, I can casually go through a bottle of Matusalem in 2 days if I’m not careful).

By: Super90

Super90 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:24:36 +0000

Agreed. I had this stuff for the 1st time this 4th of July and and am now trolling the blogs explaining how freakin’ good it is.

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