Anne Bonny‘s Spiced Rum

Anne Bonny's Spiced Rum is a flavoured molasses rum from the United Kingdom, bottled at 40% with no age statement. It is honest in its category, a sweetened and spiced blend that draws on tropical tasting distillate, with tasters detecting the influence of Reunion and especially Jamaica beneath the spicing.

The nose is unusually fruit forward for a spiced rum, pineapple, mango and vanilla lifted by an ester note. The palate keeps the tropical fruit going alongside vanilla, caramel and allspice, while the finish stays on tropical fruit and vanilla. The sweetness and added spice are clearly present and this does not pretend otherwise, but the bright pineapple and mango give it a livelier, more appealing profile than many in the category. As a sweet, fruity spiced rum for easy drinking or mixing, it lands more successfully than most, a friendly bottle for those who enjoy the style done with a tropical accent.