Taste Deluxe Caramel Rum Liqueur

Taste Deluxe Caramel Rum Liqueur is exactly what its name promises, a sweetened caramel liqueur built on a rum base and bottled at 40%. It carries no age statement and makes no pretence of being a dry aged spirit, sitting squarely in the flavoured and sweetened camp where richness and ease matter more than distillery character.

The profile is mild and dessert like, with vanilla and marzipan on the nose and a creamy, liqueur sweetness across the palate before a spiced vanilla finish. That vanilla can read as a little synthetic, and in the glass this drinks more like a vanilla led liqueur than a rum, which is the honest way to set expectations. It is best treated as a sweet after dinner sip or a pour over ice and dessert rather than a spirit for neat contemplation.