Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry

Aroma is promissing, full of vanila, bananna and fruits, but taste is weaker with small and not complex body. Short aftertaste.

Tom Browne would be proud !
Nice 43%abv 100% pot still rum with no plantation dosage. The small amount of sweetness comes from the over ripe pineapple and bananas. Very fruity and floral in the nose plus some nail polish remover ! Plenty of funk and a bit of a bite. I need to be in the right mood for this one but its something different which is good. Will try in a couple of cocktails as I think it will perform well.

I am quite new to Rum, and i find this a little too dry for me. Think i need to find something sweeter.

I saw this one on the liquor store shelf for only $21 and remembered that it had some good reviews. Being a fan of Plantation rums, how could I go wrong in buying it? And to boot, this one specifically states that it is dry, meaning no added sugar. This could be quite interesting.

I got it home and the aroma from the snifter was subdued hogo funk that is unique to Jamaica. So far, so good. Then I sipped it and all Jamaican qualities were lost to excessive aging in cognac casks to give it the Plantation signature. So why did they go through all of that trouble in Jamaica and document in detail on the label only to unfunk it in cognac casks? Yes it is a sweet tasting rum without any added sugar, but it loses all identity as a Jamaican rum. It basically has an identity crisis for trying too hard.

Updated later: My rating rapidly went down from a 6 to a 5. Fearing that this rum would eventually go down the drain, I used it to try and improve on one of the most disgusting drinks called the Hemingway Daiquiri. Instead of the usual cheap 80 proof white rum that Papa preferred, I swapped that out with this rum. Had this rum been around in Papa's days, he would have approved of the higher alcohol content and no added sugar. Well, this rum only marginally improves on that nasty drink. I guess that I need to get more creative to avoid flushing this one down the toilet.

Update March 10, 2021: That bottle has been long gone, but I have since found out why I referred to it as subdued hogo funk. The esters level is quite low at only 156 g/hL AA with volatile substances being only 312 g/hL AA. With funk levels this low, the cognac cask aging definitely dominates it. No wonder it was so cheap. Just add some of your high ester funk rums to this to improve it (maybe).

Dry but a hint of sweetness. This one suited my tounge.

Delicious rum…lacking the funk I expect from a Jamaican pot still but delicious nonetheless. Some fruit but mostly a dry rum that is non-offensive in any way (due to lack of funk). Drank this side by side with El Dorado 12 (~same $40) and this rum fell short by comparison.

A good amount of funky, Jamaican smell and flavour is what this rum is all about. It could be sipped, but is quite strong and has a very long finish. In a mixed drink it stands out, but it’s very pleasant. It is also a great deal coming from plantation at only $38 at the LCBO.

Good amount of funk in the flavour profile, heavy on the bananas, but not a fan of the alcoholic taste in the end

Truly disappointed in this one. I can decide what the funk is. Kinda grassy tasting.

Ok ok.. This one has no sweet stuff inserted. The sweetness comes from the rum itself.
To me. It had a nice Esters head. Very nice