Razel‘s Choco Brownie Rum

Razel's Choco Brownie Rum is exactly what the label says: a heavily flavoured, sweet dessert rum that drinks like a warm brownie. The molasses base sits at a soft 38.1% and serves mainly to carry the chocolate, so this belongs firmly with the liqueur end of the shelf, not with aged sipping rum.

The nose is chocolate, cookie and cocoa, sweet throughout, and the palate piles on chocolate, cookie and a maple edge with plenty of sugar. The finish brings maple, milk chocolate and a coffee note. There is no dryness or structure to speak of, and none is intended; this is built for indulgence. It comes into its own as a fun digestif, a party pour, or poured over ice cream, where its rich brownie-and-maple character is the entire appeal. Drinkers after classic rum balance will find it sweet and one-note, by design.