Comments on: Review: Ron Zacapa Centenario

By: flymetoaustralia

flymetoaustralia — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:50:42 +0000

I’ve got to pitch in on this, Mr. Bilgewater.
A few years back, I shared a bottle of this with friends in Guatemala.
It was the newer bottle style, and I bought it at a grocery in Coban.
From my experience, I have to defend zacapa 23s good name.
In my opinion, Zacapa 23 anos is to rums What a good Cognac is to Brandies.
I suspect your bottle was laying around the bilge a bit too long.

By: Neffie

Neffie — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:34:40 +0000

I have been drinking Zacapa rum for over 3 years and have never seen the bottle pictured whether in the U.S., or Mexico. It has always been in a clear glass bottle with a woven band around the middle.

Perhaps the bottle you bought has been on a shelf for a very long time?

As for the bitter finish, I would venture a guess the bottle you have was at one time or more subjected to elevated temperatures and “cooked”. I tasted a bottle that had been left in a hot car all day here in Central Texas. Much of the flavor was gone and the finish was indeed bitter.

You may want to consider trying another taste from a newer bottle and a different source. You may be pleasantly surprised.

By: Rich McKee

Rich McKee — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:42 +0000

Bilge is right. Zacapa is not so much rum as a rum-based liquer … not bad … but not really good rum.

By: Bilge

Bilge — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:04:24 +0000

Rum – as with most all beverages – is an incredibly subjective experience, and I would never suggest that my opinions would match everyone else’. I would, however, take exception to any implications that I might be so sloppy as to review the wrong rum, or that my lack of respect for Ron Zacapa is somehow a shortcoming on my part.

The packaging pictured is how Ron Zacapa was sold for many years, until more recently changing to a more classy bottle. And as to my taste buds, they’re just fine, thank you

By: Jim Ramsey

Jim Ramsey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:53:00 +0000

I, too disagree, with your assessment. I have never seen Ron Zacapa packaged as you describe-perhaps you did not buy the real thing. I have been drinking rum for 0ver 40 years, and Ron Zacapa is the best I have ever tasted. Everyone I serve it to marvels at it–perhaps your taste buds need to be defragged and rebooted. Alone, or with mixers, this rum rocks.

By: Lorn

Lorn — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:47:23 +0000

I agree that it is similar to a liquer, though there is a gentle, peppery burn that lingers with every sip, the sweetness is not over much. I have found that is contains so much depth that I often lose sight of the inital, profound sweetness.

By: Bilge

Bilge — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:12:32 +0000

Thanks for that insightful rebuttal, Eveta. I consider myself humbled and forced to reconsider – perhaps Ron Zacapa is indeed the “best rum in the world”. All those other, seemingly superior rums I’ve enjoyed over the years were merely figments of my deranged imagination, I suppose.

By: Eveta

Eveta — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:34:39 +0000

You Have No Idea of what your talking about!!! Rum Zacapa is the Best Rum In the world.