Brinkmann finest Il Padrino (The Godfather of Spirits)

Brinkmann finest Il Padrino is a flavoured German rum themed around chocolate and coffee, a sweet, dessert oriented bottling rather than a spirit forward rum. At 40% with no age statement, it sits among the soft, sweet rums made for indulgent easy drinking.

The profile is exactly what the name promises, chocolate, coffee and caramel on the nose, then chocolate and coffee on the palate, in the mould of the well known sweetened mocha styled rums. This is a sweetened drink and is best treated as one, a smooth, sugary after dinner pour rather than a dry aged rum, though it stops short of the most cloying examples of the type. The low key strength keeps it soft and approachable. Served as a dessert rum it delivers the cocoa and coffee comfort it sets out to, without pretending to be anything drier.