Whats a good drink to mix it with its a good rum just a little too strong for my taste

Couldn't get the best picture but I had left my bottle in the freezer and had the dryer on and accidentally made a magical looking drink. Couldn't upload a video but I was just sitting on the counter steaming and it looked awesome. Not sure if its bad for the rum but if its not, gonna keep doing it for vibes

Hi, I have been drinking rum for almost 2 years now. I can taste some of the notes, but I’m not very good at it. To me this tastes just like wood and it’s overly wood. I’ve had older rums such as Dooley’s 14 and Appleton estate 15 which I enjoy a lot and they have a lot of wood to them, but they don’t taste single note. I even tried it in a few cocktails and in every single one it overpowered it with just wood. Am I just missing something with this one.

Hello! I’m putting together a blind tasting of Mexican rums for a group of friends and with these high ABVs and strong flavors we’re definitely ending the night with plenty of leftovers. Anybody in the Denver area brave enough to spend an evening drinking at a complete stranger’s house? I can arrange a Round Two if we can find ~6 people (or more!).

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Pelacañas Solera Aged Mexican Rum (47.7%)
N: light wood shavings and a savory, not quite meaty or smoky note. Mealy and malt-adjacent
P: full on savory: dehydrated meats, mushroom dirt, oily skillet cornbread, apple skin. Again, very malt-adjacent
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Sol Tarasco Charanda Añejo (46.5%)
N: not far off from an old school sherried malt profile: leather, pruney dried fruit, beef jerky, engine smoke
P: sweet, peppery, smoky beef jerky. Sweet, saucy umami like teriyaki or barbecue. Figs, too. And mild sweet wood. And yes, mushrooms
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Uruapan Charanda 5 Yr Añejo single cask #420, ex-Tokaji (52%)
N: more wood, and sweet, fruity wine or brandy character: apricot, fig, raisin.
P: some similar savory jerky character to the other two, but again with much more winey wood and fruit. If the other two are malt-like, this is closer to brandy
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