Rum & Co GmbH Slia Haselnuss Rumlikör

Rum & Co's Slia Haselnuss Rumlikor is a hazelnut flavoured rum liqueur from Germany, a sweet novelty bottling at 28% that sits well outside the territory of a sipping rum. It is sold as a flavoured sweet drink, and that is squarely how it should be judged.

The profile is dominated by intense sweetness and marzipan with a synthetic note, while the hazelnut it is named for stays faint and the underlying rum is hard to find. This is a heavily sweetened product, and there is no dressing that up, the sugar sits right at the upper limit of the style. The low strength makes it soft, but the artificial, sugary character limits its appeal beyond curiosity. It is best understood as a sweet shot or mixer for those who specifically want a hazelnut cordial, rather than a rum to be approached for its spirit.