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Papa’s Pilar Rye-Finished Rum

  • Distiller

    Multiple

  • Bottler

    Papa's Pilar

  • ABV

    43%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $30 to $59.99

Papa’s Pilar Rye-Finished Rum is made using the brand’s Dark Rum, which is a solera blended rum sourced from multiple locations including Barbados, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela and Florida. This rum was finished in bourbon, port, and Spanish oloroso sherry barrels with an extended maturation in ex-straight rye whiskey barrels and bottled at 43% ABV. Let's dive in!

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  • Raided Score: 80
  • The Daily Pour
  • By t8ke
  • Papas Pilar Rye Cask leans on the spice of rye whiskey barrels to help curb its sweetness and clear dosage and it works pretty well. These rums always tend to lean sweet - if that's your jam then you'll be right at home with their latest release.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • As it stands, this rum feels impossibly overblown and in need of a considerable level of tempering — or, at least, a judicious approach to mixing.
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  • Nose:

    Rye spice on the nose to balance the sticky, maple sweetness of the rum.

  • Taste:

    The palate is full and rich, viscous and layered while remaining an easy sipper.

  • Finish:

    Notes of caramel, pancake syrup, spiced tobacco and a long finish that blends together rye spice, cracked pepper, maple and sweet cocoa

  • Overall:

    Papas Pilar Rye Cask leans on the spice of rye whiskey barrels to help curb its sweetness and clear dosage and it works pretty well. These rums always tend to lean sweet - if that's your jam then you'll be right at home with their latest release.

  • Score:

    80

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources