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Navy Rum 100th Anniversary „Replica“ HTR
Top review from Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪:
"Magnificent!On the nose tar, barrel and lightly cherry and vanilla. In the mouth an explosion of perfectly balanced sensations. Still tar, barrel and followed by toastiness and chocolate with a mix of spices.Intense finish that lingers until the next day.In my small way, one of the best rums I have tasted. I assigned 94 because there are too many great rums that I have never tasted and may never taste."
1888 Doblemente Añejado
Top review from Tim :
"The good thing about this rum is that it has not been excessively sugared, like many other rums from this category. However, it is not particularly praiseworthy at first sight because of the alcoholic note, but if you give it a little time, you get a wonderfully woody sherry nose. In addition, caramel and some fruit. In the mouth then even the dark flavors dominate, which makes this rum something special."
El Dorado Rare Collection AN
Top review from Jakob:
"Does not fall in the blind direct comparison with the Velier Albions. Classic Albion notes of sweet vanilla, oak and caramel, but with a somewhat too noticeable bitter note on the palate, without which it would go even higher. Serious alternative in the (still) tolerable price range."
100% Trinidad Rum 21
Top review from Jakob:
"Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: Top Caroni and an excellent representative of the great '96 vintage. Balanced, complex, Caroni-typical notes, dark fruit and beautiful sweetness. An ideal entry-level rum into the high-quality world of tropically aged Caronis with a price-performance ratio that is no longer quite so easy to finance, but still relatively good for Caroni. Excellent."
El Dorado Rare Collection SWR
Top review from Jakob:
"Simply excellent. Brings the Demerara-typical, unique in this form oak vanilla note in perfection in glass. In addition, chocolate melt, hints of latte, fine spices, caramel, a touch of dried fruit and allspice ... I am impressed time and again by the aromatic force that this bottling conjures up in the glass. That a completely tropically stored Guyana in the Skeldon Marque with such a high-class profile remains available for so long at the issue price is in view of the current demand m.E. not rationally explainable - but shall be fine with me. An absolute price-performance tip, even at prices well beyond the 200€."
Cambridge STC❤️E
Top review from Jakob:
"The clearly more relaxed - in the sense of uncomplicated drinkable - STCE from the Velier series. For me, both are almost on par, only the slightly greater aromatic force brings the 2010 razor-thin in front. However, both offer high quality, without any doubt."
Pure Single Jamaican Rum Classic HLCF
Top review from Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪:
"Nice rum, but a little under compared to batch1. The presence of a slight solvent note I liked less and it is less intense. However, we are talking about finesse and personal taste. We are dealing with a rum that I would drink all the time! I do not understand all these new versions of Hampden Velier that I find little different from each other and especially pòco justified in terms of value for money. Velier lately is focusing too much on collectors with the result of making the bottles unobtainable already upon release and overpriced."
Raconteur
Top review from DomM:
"Velier FS (+ a fee spected other contenders) blind cross tasting: Honestly, the results here were very close. The Belier bottlings display a very high quality thourgout the range. Triptych and Pleni came out on top for me closely followed by Destino. I was somewhat surprised, that Sassafras and 2006 came out rather at the bottom, while I enjoyed both very much on their own. Raconteur also quite low in the ranking with Principia clearly at the bottom."
El Dorado Rare Collection EHP
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Surprisingly fruity, fresh enmore! Very unusual, almost Spanish in style! Raspberry, mint, orange peel, glue and plum on the nose, less wood than expected. then fig, light coconut, raisin and wood and grapefruit on the palate. in the finish the raspberry comes back with mint, grapefruit peel, bitter orange, tannins and black tea notes. plus slightly charred barrel notes and really balanced! one of the best enmores so far! You could almost blind pack it with foursquare or Antigua... Really cool stuff... I think it's fantastic. Absolutely underrated!"
Pure Single Jamaican Rum LROK
Top review from Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪:
"Nice rum, but too similar to hampden the younger and the 50 euro difference is a tease to the consumer. Unfortunately lately Velier is releasing overpriced bottlings where you pay for the brand and less for the quality of the product. Personally I would never buy it taking into account that the overproof can be found at 80 euros and this at 110 and the younger at 59."
Papalin Haiti
Top review from Oliver:
"Wow, a complex clairin that is really fun! Great, soft nose. The 4 years of tropical maturation bring a great creaminess. Pear and fresh sugar cane are added. Alcohol very well integrated. A real insider tip!"
Great House (Distillery Edition 2023)
Top review from Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓:
"Blind tasting 01.02.2024, 2nd rum of the evening Nose: But now Jamaica! Some kind of low ester, I would say. Palate: A little too sour for me, seems one-dimensional, but the alcohol is well integrated. But stick with Jamaica. An HGML? The Younger perhaps? Resolution: Wow, the latest GH, really? I would have expected more."
36th Release Heavy Trinidad Rum Guyana Stock HTR
Top review from Jakob:
"Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: Develops amazing aromatic complexity with a little patience and time spent in the bottle. Rather dry Caroni with only discreet, but very charming residual sweetness and a lot of barrel influence, which is undoubtedly intense, but does not tip into the too bitter. One of the bottlings where the long availability is qualitatively inexplicable. Exceptionally good."
Hearts Collection - 1994
Top review from Galli33:
"#5 RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: fruits (apricot, cocconut, banana), fruity, woody M: spicy, woody, astrigend, roasted, minty F: oak, vanilla, caramel Prediction: guyana maybe (had some appleton estate in mind, but with that tastes… i‘m unsure) , approx. 55-60%…. totally wrong 🙈 Update: Still the beste AE Hearts for me An amazing Appelton Estate! It has a nice burnt umber color and oily tears. The first impression is a smell of glue and different fruits, the typical Jamaican/appleton smell. For sure this one needs time to fully open. In mouth it has a bitter, complex, ginger, tropical fruits… and low ester. The finish is a warm, dry, salty, woody, vanilla with a bit of orange. Resume: Best of Appelton so far!"
White STC❤️E
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Yet another retaste and here I also stick to my score 😊 This is a surprisingly good white unaged rum. Looking at the price tag you get a lot for your money. Very fruity with an intense nose and starting palate. The chemical factory like my friend calls it is there and the finish is very long and warm. Draws nice curtains in the glass and the empty glass is very nice even after hours."
WPL
Top review from Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪:
"Like the 2006 Forsyths it does not disappoint expectations. Compared to its predecessor this has more presence of ester/solvent notes and seems less toasty...by a little. On the pineapple finish. A very satisfying tasting rum that I would never stop drinking."
DOK
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Despite the relative young age this is a spot on fresh and intense release, wow. When looking at the price tag at release you get a lot of vang for your buck. An intense and fruity rum with a fresh and floral profile. ABV really well integrated and overall just and enjoyable rum."
Patrimonio
Top review from DomM:
"Velier FS (+ a fee spected other contenders) blind cross tasting: Honestly, the results here were very close. The Belier bottlings display a very high quality thourgout the range. Triptych and Pleni came out on top for me closely followed by Destino. I was somewhat surprised, that Sassafras and 2006 came out rather at the bottom, while I enjoyed both very much on their own. Raconteur also quite low in the ranking with Principia clearly at the bottom."
Hearts Collection - 2002
Top review from Oliver:
"On the nose a great combination of fruits (cherry, apples, mango), citrus and sweet notes (caramel, vanilla). Quite dry on the palate with red fruits (cherries again) and spicy wood notes. Little esters, but a pronounced spiciness and creaminess. Great Jamaican rum with little funk but power."
Principia
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Holy moly the claps neatly! But very horny and intense. Strong mocha, vanilla bean, raisin, discreet sherry and rum raisins, dark chocolate with fleur de sel and espresso beans and then again coconut and banana chips. Only the alcohol could be better integrated. Aromatically, however, it is really fun!"
Papalin Haiti
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"12.10.2024 Romhatten Velier tasting. Retasting and I still like it, price to quality is very good in my mind. ----------------- #4565 20.01.2024 Relaxing a bit today ☺️ This is a nice release with nice fruits and light spices. The glue and solvent notes are light and actually becomes the profile. The palate is oily, warm and naturally sweet with some added anise. The finish is medium long and also lightly sweet. The empty glass has medicinal and faint smoky notes."
Fine Australian Rum
Top review from cigares :
"Rum and chocolate tasting by Rum Club Switzerland. A nose of tropical fruit (banana), citrus, varnished wood and sweetness (pastries). A floral note completes the nose. The palate has a fairly lively attack, with fruit and floral notes emerging later. The finish is long, with fruit and wood on the finish. Empty glass, fruit and wood varnish in harmony. A fine, lively, well-balanced rum. It lacks a little depth, but it's very well made and a pleasure to drink."
El Dorado Rare Collection EHP
Top review from Oliver:
"Very inviting nose with dried apricots, raisins and delicate chocolate notes.The palate can then unfortunately not quite keep up with the fantastic nose. Slight alcoholic spiciness perceptible - was briefly even with unsweetened, Spanish style at barrel strength. But that is criticism at a high level. Relatively dry, spicy and pleasant wood notes.Very nice Enmore!"
Hearts Collection - 1993
Top review from Oliver:
"Reminiscent of a T.D.L with some REV through the mint/black tea note. Adds a great and heavy barrel influence due to the tropical aging.After some time grapefruit, herbs and some glue come in. The alcohol is very well integrated. An almost endless finish. Lots to discover here. Great. My #2 from the Hearts Collection!"
Triptych
Top review from DomM:
"Velier FS (+ a fee spected other contenders) blind cross tasting: Honestly, the results here were very close. The Belier bottlings display a very high quality thourgout the range. Triptych and Pleni came out on top for me closely followed by Destino. I was somewhat surprised, that Sassafras and 2006 came out rather at the bottom, while I enjoyed both very much on their own. Raconteur also quite low in the ranking with Principia clearly at the bottom."
Art of Rhum by Vast
Top review from Oliver:
"Tasted for the first time at ProWein in Düsseldorf. Lots of green apple and herbs (dill?) on the nose. On the palate creamy sweet (in a positive sense) and spicy floral. Some nutmeg and green fruits again. After half an hour the rum opens up and you are rewarded with a great balanced profile. Spicy, some floral and a pleasant sweetness. Alcohol very well integrated."
Rhum Rhum PMG Blanc
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Retasting this one today and I stick to my initial score. Typical Agricole with fruits, floral and fresh grass notes. You gat all the flavours as soon as you open the bottle. Leave for 15 minutes and then nose it. Leave the glass for a few hours after finishing it and it's even better on the nose. Price to quality is extremely good."
El Dorado Rare Collection VSG
Top review from cigares :
"A rum decried by the RumX community and praised by Serge Valentin. So I had to buy it and taste it. I was rather disappointed when I opened the bottle, but I'm familiar with the phenomenon... A nose of old leather, flambéed banana, brown sugar and tea, with good concentration. A slightly peaty palate with fat and brown sugar. The finish is abrupt, but honey and cask reappear after a while. The empty glass is splendid with previously hidden aromas. Apart from the fact that this rum is too lively when opened, I find nothing but good in it. It's perfectly balanced and deep. It could have a slightly broader aromatic palette, but then it would be one of the great Demerara rums. Buy it before it disappears from the shelves."
El Dorado Rare Collection PM
Top review from Zucker und Zeste:
"Needs some time in the glass but then shows multilayered flavors that come together, I think, very elegant. He has quite a lot of force to which you have to get used briefly. Unusually, I find the quite present saltiness. A few drops of water I also find not wrong."
Monymusk Jamaica Single Rum MMW
Top review from DomM:
"Starts off with intense notes of roasted nuts and beacon, which evolves into tropical fruits and MM herbal notes after some time. On the palate it is very elegant and way less punchy than expected. Feels almost „light“. Nevertheless very nice one combining roasted notes with a basked of tropical fruits and spices."
Hors d’âge Agricole
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Great Agricole! Nice spice, lots of wood influence and nice peach black tea and dark cocoa and burnt hay, as well as pear notes. Alcohol is a bit too present overall and could be better integrated after 15y, yet this is a very exciting & complex drop and extremely fun!"
Small Batch
Top review from Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪:
"A rum balanced in aromas, for my taste far too much. A fine rum, but the column distillation limits its potential. The nose reveals a light roastiness accompanied by dark chocolate, wood and spice. On the palate there is wood, spice, faint roasting/roasting and balsamic notes with a not too long lychee/grape finish. One senses the use of ex-cognac barrels that give it a refined profile close to agricole. A rum that needs attention, but personally not my style."
Clairin Vieux Sajous - Second Release
Top review from Frank:
"VSGBNose: not a classic Clarin, the oloroso cask has mellowed it considerably. Fruity it is, apple and honeydew melon with a little vinegar. In addition something vegatibles, maybe artichoke, green with something, like chamomile. Palate: hui, seems very sweet, sherry sweet, so quite full-bodied. Cherry, plum and dried, sulfured apricot. On the palate, the sherry fizz - as so often, or almost always - clearly drowns out the actual rum. If you like that, it is quite tasty, but for me always too monotonous and interchangeable. So also here."
Rhum Rhum Libération Integrale 2015
Top review from Galli33:
"WoW what a great rum 🫨 Nose: Sugarcane, honey, fruity, dried apricot, pear, nutty, roasted, a lot of glue paired with a bit of rubber🤤 yummy Mouth: citrus notes, some delicious fresh coconuts, dried apricots, glue, cinnamon, licorice, oak and dark chocolate. The alcohol is integrated perfectly! Finish: Quite long, dry and delicious!"
Last Ward Barbados (Pure Single Rum)
Top review from DomM:
"Very nice on the nose. This feels very mature (in a positive way) with lots of wood, chocolate and hints of coconuts. Those notes are accompanied by lots of ripe and dried fruits and some herbs (a hint of menthol?). The fruit notes are rather intense making this the best MG nose I experienced so far. Lots of wood on the palate without being to dry or bitter. Dark choclate and some dried fruits show up to the party. Nice. This one needs quite some time to breath to fully open up but delivers a very nice MG expression."
Forsyths White WPE
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a retaste and I stick to my score. Pretty good rum from Habitation. The nose is wonderfully fruity with the typical funk, ester and glue and maybe some varnish/polish in the back. The palate is complex and well balanced, again with a nice funk and lots of fruits. A bit dry with wood and wet hay. The finish is long and fruity with a tad of funk and wood."
Great House (Distillery Edition 2024)
Top review from zabo:
"Freshly opened and tasted both neat and as a CubaLibre. Personally, I don't find it one hundred percent convincing neat, as it's a little too aggressive on the palate. Perhaps it should have breathed longer. But it delivers all the better in CubaLibre. I'll probably have to give it more time again."
Hors d’âge Traditionnel
Top review from Johannes:
"I love the tropical maturation! You can taste the ageing in this rum, it goes in the direction of the Velier Demerara. Amazing! Compared to the 2006 molasses RX16224, this one is almost worlds better, much more complexity."
White
Top review from Galli33:
"#21st dec RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: varnish, polish, green apple, peaches, earthy, smoky, anise Mouth: complex, molasses, earthy, black tea, grapefruit, peppery, woody?? Finish: mid long, molasses, bitter, varnish, menthol, smoky, mango, fruity My prediction: This could be from Guyana PM and i think I already had this in glass ca. 60%"
Velier 70th Anniversary
Top review from MarcT:
"Last one of my little St. James flight, I like this one the most. It is rare I find an aged Agricole still being fruity, herbal and woody. This has it all. However, it is quite intense, and most definitely needs time to appreciate - do not sip it lazily by the side."
Hearts Collection - 1984
Top review from Christoph:
"I love this oak forest. There are other unicorns besides the 1986 WIRD. You walk in a very old oak forest, fresh resin on the nose (the couch potato could also say glue), some orange keeps in the background, humus-rich forest floor on which grows damp moss. The taste continues with a pleasant bitterness for wood lovers, dried fruits keep in the background. Too much fruit here would also destroy the flair of the forest. With time in the glass, leather and vanilla come through more strongly. The finish is extremely long lasting, complemented by tobacco. Disappointed here who expects a maximum of complexity which is simply not very pronounced."
Clairin Vieux Vaval & Casimir (Whisky Live Paris 2021)
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4568 21.01.2024 Having a go at a few more samples. Very nice rum especially when looking at the price upon release. A bit more specific notes. Nose Light wood, very fruity, light glue and marzipan, medium vegetal note. Palate Well balanced, light wood, fruity, spicy, light vegetal, nice herbal note. Finish Medium long, medium dry, fruity. There is a faint sugarcane note in the profile."
<S>
Top review from Jakob:
"The flavorful outlier among the Velier diamonds - but by no means in a negative sense. Those who like licorice and leather notes in Demerara will find what they are looking for here. I personally like the profile very much and catapults the bottling consequently also in the top range. No classic Diamond essence, rather 70s Demerara notes with tart, heavy sweetness. An absolutely outstanding release."
Rare Cask Series HGML
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I picked up a fresh batch of samples from a friend and had a go at them yesterday. This is a nice and intense release and I particularly love the floral notes that are released once rested for a while. Draws really nice curtains in the glass. The empty glass is really nice and even more flavours can be picked up."
6th Employees Ricky “Dirty Harry” Seeharack HTR
Top review from Jakob:
"Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: Angenehm, dass auch hier die lange tropische Lagerung nicht in zu heftige Bitternoten umschlägt. Die herben Noten sind zwar vorhanden, aber in schöner Balance mit den hier sehr ausgeprägt auftretenden tropischen Früchten (Mango, Kiwi), Teer-, Metall-, Karamell-, Holz- und Würznoten. Nach wiederholtem Tasting liegt er im Direktvergleich für mich hinter dem Schwester-Release zu Ehren von Sonny Black, weil er m.E. bei der Ausgewogenheit klar ins Hintertreffen gerät. Trotzdem ein versteckter Liebling für mich, es gilt, nicht zu vergessen, dass wir hinsichtlich der aufgerufenen Messlatte von Velier und Caroni sprechen; wir bewegen uns also bereits auf höchstmöglichem Niveau."
33th Release High Proof Heavy Trinidad Rum HTR
Top review from Jakob:
"Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: Round 98 Caroni with pleasant sweetness and thanks to the somewhat lower alcohol strength almost an easy sipping rum - as far as one can speak of it with Caroni. In direct comparison with the other Velier Caroni releases in the lower midfield on the way, which is still enough for a very good rating without effort - and once again highlights the almost unique quality of these rums."
PM
Top review from Jakob:
"Bringt ein sehr ähnliches Grundprofil wie die beiden El Dorados aus 97 und 99, wirkt etwas ausgewogener - weit weniger Säure am Gaumen, dafür etwas mehr Holz und schwere Süsse. Der Alkohol ist aber sehr präsent, was für mich klare Abzüge bedingt. Einer der schwächeren Velier Demeraras."
SVW
Top review from Jakob:
"Top rum, but it does not come close to the level of Velier's 1996 SVW. The aroma profile is almost identical, but is somewhat stronger in the spicy notes and at the same time has less expression in the vanilla notes that were so famous in the 1996 SVW. For me, therefore, just below the magic 9.0-point mark, but of course still an exquisite release."
Rhum Rhum Libération Integrale 2020
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"More wood and less almond on the nose than the 45% version. More serious, very dignified, very nice. Mega cool in the mouth. Full, dense, lots of honey. The finish could be a little longer. The closest taste to the Bielle standard (Brut de fut 20XX), without reaching the class of the Liberation series. The 2020 does not disappoint. It's in line with the 2012, but my favorite remains the 2015 with its sunny disposition."
El Dorado Rare Collection <PM> SVW
Top review from Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓:
"Strong, very aromatic blend, in which, according to my impression, the PM portion predominates, especially on the nose, which I like quite a bit. Really solid rum, full of character, but can not hold a candle to the AN and SWR of El Dorado. Update 2022-11-28: First impression fully confirmed at second tasting."
Heavy Trinidad Rum HTR
Top review from Thunderbird:
"Ein leichter und doch intensiver Caroni mit genau den typischen Aromen, die ich am Caroni so mag… Das niedrige Alkoholvolumen steht im gut; so lässt er sich relativ entspannt genießen, ohne Einbußen am Geschmackserlebnis hinnehmen zu müssen. Erstklassig"
Millésime
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Pretty good rum from Bally and you get what you pay for. The Agricole notes are there just in a light version. The nose is warm, fruity and woody with nutmeg, tobacco, leather and a hint of varnish. The palate is also fruity and woody with sugarcane, leather, tobacco and a hint of iodine and flowers. The finish is medium long with wood, spices and dried fruits."
Muller LL IV/3177
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a very nice rum and I have a few in store :-) The nose is very fresh and fruity with a floral and sugarcane note. The palate is complex, well balanced with fruits and spices in front and an earthy/vegetal note in the back. The finish is long with vanilla and a vegetal note. "
6th Employees Mahesh “Sonny Black” Bridgelal HTR
Top review from Jakob:
"Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: The age is recognizable, but without imposing an overly dominant bitter note on the rum. Nice sweetness, wood, spice, great fruity note in the finish - only the dirty Caroni notes could be a little more present. However, it fits seamlessly into Velier's series of excellent Caronis and confirms its exceptional position among the flood of releases from the distillery."
SVSG
Top review from Jakob:
"A rum that was somewhat under my radar for a long time - but that doesn't do the bottling justice. The <S> Marque by Diamond is quite recognizable thanks to the dominant liquorice notes. The Versailles component comes forward with minerality, plus the oak barrel with its sweet vanilla note. Clearly the best Demerara blend from Velier in my eyes."
Warren Khong Villa Paradisetto 1988/2020
Top review from Giorgio Garotti:
"First time tasting a Charamel!I found an interesting rum with very pronounced pepper and floral notes with the particularity that both the nose and the taste leaves you with a fresh and pleasant aroma.Overall not very complex but it surprised me pleasantly!"
Single Estate Reserve - Velier 70th Anniversary Edition
Top review from Stefan Persson:
"The 57% gives it some sting. It’s a great rum that’s flavorful, quite smooth and very complex with a rather long finish. I really like that Worthy Park now produce rum under own label."
Guadeloupe Pure Single Agricole Rum
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4074 This is a pretty nice white especially when looking at the price tag. Fruity with nice floral notes and a lightly dry palate. I like the light nutty note that is also there in the empty glass."
1970
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a retaste and I still love it. Yesterday I got this one delivered and I just had to sample it once it was at normal temperature. The nose is typical Agricole with a lot of overripe fruits and a grassy note. There is some sugar there too. The palate is wonderful and an explosion of flavours. Again Agricole comes to mind with a lot of fruits. Slightly bitter with tobacco, smoke and oak and a hint of floral touch. The finish is medium to long, sweet with papaya and toasted oak."
Collection Métissage Fort Dauphin
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Great nose but unfortunately also Relatively thin, here 5% more would have made much... Tasty but unfortunately just too watered down.... Rubber, Armagnac, grape jelly and licorice and menthol are here most dominant but for Savanna relations also directly gone again and a very short finish."
Takamaka
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I think this one would do very well in a cola with a slice of lime, but that's something I'll try later. The nose is fresh and fruity with grass and floral . The palate is light, fresh and oily with raisins, grass and floral notes as well as a hint of mint. The finish is medium long and light with fruits and grassy notes."
Elliott Erwitt (Magnum)
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"A pretty good Saint James. The typical notes are there and I really like the light coffee note in the profile. ABV is pretty well integrated but could have been better. Draws really nice curtains in the glass and the empty glass reveals even more notes like nutts and light ginger."
Rare Cask Series HLCF
Top review from RumTaTa:
"Interesting color! Clearly darker also than older (continental matured) bottlings. The nose is also surprising: I find much more sweetness associated with tropical fruits (banana!) Than sonnst at Hampden. In addition, a floral note comes to it, no disturbing alcohol, decidedly balanced. All together results in an intense but not brute, versatile Hampdennase - I really like! Palate: wow, lots of sweetness again, almost immediate salivation, and very pleasant barrel notes. Hard to believe this rum wasn't aged in a sweet wine barrel! Almost perfect impression and superbly integrated alcohol. The aftertaste leaves a little compared to the very high level of nose and palate is still long and intense and again the attribute "balanced" fits 100%. Yes, this is well over 90 points for me! The price charged is unfortunately unacceptably high."
Paradise #4
Top review from Jakob:
"Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023 / Whisky Live 2023 / Bottle Opening 2024: Absolutely impressive cask from the Trinidad stock from 1996. Exquisite blend of sweetness, the typical dirty Caroni markers and spice. The consistently high level of the 1996 Velier Caronis is almost unbelievable!"
Rhum Rhum Libération 2010
Top review from Giorgio Garotti:
"Compared to the other liberations I have tasted it lacks some intensity! The low degree however is really pleasant, and it still retains its unmistakable timbre of citrus, fruit and a noble wood! I would have been curious to hear it at a higher degree!"
EHPM
Top review from Jakob:
"Velier and Demerara is rarely a combination that does not know how to convince - also in this case results in an excellent rum that expresses the magnificent potency of tropically aged Demeraras. Compared to the very great representatives of the Velier era, a tad of complexity in the wood notes is missing, perhaps some freshness and complexity in the spice - but that does not change the high level of this bottling. Very good rum!"
Papalin
Top review from cigares :
"A rum tasted at the German Rum Festival in 2024. A rum I'd heard a lot about but never tasted. The nose is clearly Spanish, caramel and wood. With a dark, complex, oily side that needs to be sought out. The palate is rather weak, acqueous, oily, with wood and caramel and like a background of bitter medicinal herbs and soap. Aromas I should attribute to Caroni? The finish is short, except for those odd aromas that linger a little. Not at all the expression I was expecting. The empty glass reveals Caroni aromas, but more on the oily side than tar and rubber."
Destino Richard Seale
Top review from Jakob:
"To date, the most impressive testimony to the quality Foursquare is capable of producing. Aging in former Madeira barrels brings a perfect flavor complement to the usual Foursquare profile and puts the Destino in a different league than the bulk of other Foursquare bottlings. Excellent."
Créol Straight
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Sehr Grasig, salzig, Mineralisch. Meiner Meinung nach ist der einzige wirkliche gute creol blanc nach wie vor der mit 52% . Zur Abwechslung mag ich die verdünnte Variante hier definitiv mehr wie die overproof Variante."
Alex Webb Edition LROK
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4848 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Fresh, light, light wood, fruity, light mint, light banana, floral, faint chocolate. Palate Round, medium dry, light wood, faint roasted, fruity, faint smoke, light floral, light prunes, anise. Finish Long, light wood, fruits, light floral, light dried fruit, light sugarcane, faint glue, faint chocolate. Also a pretty average Velier release where the price tag will outperform the quality."
Alex Webb Edition
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4849 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Medium intense, light wood, light fruits, light floral, vegetal, light medicinal, light nutts, faint chocolate. Palate Oily, light, light wood, faint roasted, faint chocolate, light floral, light vegetal, herbal, fruits, light dried fruit. Finish Medium long, light wood, dried fruits, light vegetal, spice, light herbal, light nutts. This one was a big disappointment and there are many far cheaper Saint James out there that can compete with this release."
Alex Webb Edition
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4846 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Fresh, light, fruity, light prunes, faint honey, light wood, sugarcane, light peaches, spice. Palate Round, light wood, faint roasted, fruity, light ginger, pineapple, spice, light citrus, faint caramel. Finish Medium long, light wood, fruits, light caramel, light sugarcane, light herbal, light earthy. I had expected a far better quality thinking about it's a Velier, but sometimes you just get a bit disappointed. Not a bad rum but I think the price tag will outperform the quality."
Alex Webb Edition MBS
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4847 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Medium intense, fruity, overripe, light floral, light citrus, spice, light ginger, light vegetal, light caramel. Palate Warm, fruity, light citrus, light wood, light anise, light sugarcane, faint caramel, faint tobacco, medium dry. Finish Medium to long, light wood, light anise, light citrus, light caramel, light earthy, light honey. Again a bit disappointing thinking about this is a Velier release."
Ron Zacapa Reserva Limitada
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Another Limitada to join in and it does so pretty well. Though sweet it's not super sweet on your palate. Though this is a solera method rum, blended from rums aging from 6 to 24 years, they came out with a very decent rum. "
Felicite Gold Trinidad Rum
Top review from cigares :
"Un Caroni historique conservé à la distillerie dans des cuves inox et dilué à l’alcool neutre (de chez Caroni). C’est exactement à ça que pouvait ressembler le Caroni d’avant Luca. Le “Caroni FELICITE” était un embouteillage officiel de Caroni. Le nez est léger avec des fruits tropicaux, du beurre et de l’atelier mécanique. L’attaque en bouche est légère, puis les arômes montent en puissance, mais rien de spectaculaire. La finale est trop courte, hélas. Le verre vide est beau avec un bel atelier mécanique. Un Caroni décevant pour l’amateur mais très buvable et parfait pour ajouter à ma crème glacée. Nettement en dessous du Bristol VSOC 2003."
Paradise #7 (Guyana Stock)
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4853 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Round, complex, wood, light roasted, faint floral, spices, faint chocolate, light anise, faint tar, petrol, faint fruits. Palate Round, complex, wood, light roasted, faint smoke, light anise, light mint, petrol, light tar, faint coffee, light chocolate, faint fruits. Finish Long, wood, faint smoke, light mint, fruits, cinnamon, light citrus, faint tar. Also a very good release but again the price tag it way over the quality."
PM
Top review from Jakob:
"Excellent, classic old Demerara profile with excellent integrated alcohol - the 70% brings complexity but is nowhere near this level perceptible and consequently does not overpower. Lots of heavy sweetness and spice, age is apparent and bitterness is present without being too dominant. It is bottlings like this that are simply lacking today, despite or possibly because of the much higher release frequency. Outstanding!"
Demerara Rum
Top review from Jakob:
"Balanced, but ultimately a bit too tamed. Although here, as with other Moon Demeraras, the dilution does not dilute at all, but compared to other representatives from the 1990 batch is lost a little flavor intensity. Regardless, a very tasty rum remains without blemish, which raises all the more the question of what would have been possible without dilution."
Giuseppe Begnoni HLCF
Top review from Thunderbird:
"I'm a bit ambivalent here... the nose is great with sweet tropical fruits, vanilla and almonds. On the palate, initially a heavy sweetness with fruit... the longer it lingers on the palate, the more bitter it becomes, from bitter orange to black tea steeped too long. The alcohol bites again later on. The finish is also dominated by bitterness. I'm not really convinced, but it's still young 😎"
Rum Sapiens Wedderburn MMW
Top review from cigares :
"Le jour 2 du calendrier Samples de et regoûté un an et demi après. Couleur miel de forêt et huileux. Un nez de vieux bois de cuir usé et de créosote avec des agrumes et de l’umami. Une bouche vive en alcool, mais aussitôt les arômes arrivent. Bienvenue dans un club anglais ! Le butler apporte un très vieux whisky dans une carafe en cristal sur un plateau d’argent. Cuir vieux, bois encaustiqué, tabac froid, feu de cheminée… La finale est longue et équilibrée, très boisée (mais je suis surpris par le vénérable âge de ce rhum). Un tout petit défaut à mon goût, un peu trop d’amertume sur la finale. Un rhum de légende ! J’avais parié sur un vieux Demerara. Verre vide c’est un festival d’arômes insoupçonnés ! Très beau, complexe et pourtant moins savoureux que son frère à l’étiquette rouge."
15 Years Batch #2
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"Die Nase ist wunderschön mit trockenen Früchten. Sehr komplex und sehr fein, aber leider fehlt die Kraft. Hätte er die, wäre er meine Agricole Referenz. Im Mund dann holziger und danach ein langer, samtiger Abgang. Ich hab ihn gerade mit dem Chantal Comte La Mauny 2001 gekostet, der schmeckt sehr ähnlich, etwas kräftiger und ist gleich gut."
Vieux Sajous (LMDW)
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4882 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Fresh, fruity, faint wood, faint tannins, light varnish, light earthy, light floral, light sugarcane, cinnamon. Palate Balanced, fresh, light wood, spice, cinnamon, light floral, light herbal, medium spicy, faint ginger, sugarcane, oily, fruits. Finish Medium long, medium spicy, oily, fresh, faint floral, faint varnish, faint tannins, light wood, fruits. Pretty well balanced release and I look forward to seeing the price in the shops. It is usually sold out pretty fast, so if you need one catch it from the start."
Lontan Grand Arome Blanc 60th Anniversary LMDW
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4561 19.01.2024 Got a set of samples from a former colleague in Sweden and today I'll give them a go. My tastebuds are still hyper sensitive, which can be both good and bad. Pretty good Grand Arôme with nice fruits and light esters on the nose alongside faint glue notes. The palate is well rounded, spicy and has nice berry and tomato notes. The finish is medium to long and oily with light herbs and medicinal notes. The empty glass has light chocolate and strawberry notes as well as faint smoke."
Millésime
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4454 05.11.2023 just came back after visiting a former colleague and he offered a few rums to try. I only have notes because I came unprepared 😊 Nose: roasted wood, plums, raisin, light citrus and nutts. Palate: well rounded, wood, raisin, citrus, light licorice. Finish!: medium long with wood, cherry, citrus and nutts. The empty glass has some chocolate and light grassy notes."
Extra Vieux Small Batch
Top review from Giorgio Garotti:
"Un bielle molto intenso! Si sente la qualità della canna da zucchero usata insieme alla parte vegetale che contraddistingue questa distilleria! Una piacevole parte agrumata si integra perfettamente con la botte e lo rende molto equilibrato! Ha anche una nota dolce molto spiccata di miele e sciroppo che ti invoglia la bevuta!"
El Dorado 15 Vintage
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"Nachdem ich das Geschmacksprofil der gezuckerten Variante grundsätzlich sehr schön fand, war ich sehr neugierig. Ein tolles Demerara-Profil. Sehr würzig, Fassreife genau richtig. Schöne Teernoten, getrocknete Früchte und Karamell. Erstaunlich langer, schöner Abgang. Ein komplexer, gekonnter Blend. Ich hatte vor kurzem den Rare Collection Skeldon, die DNA ist absolut vergleichbar. Einziger Minuspunkt sind Kraft und Konzentration, da kann mir den Full Proofs natürlich nicht mitgehalten werden. Ich hab 34€ für die Flasche bezahlt!!!😀😀😀"
<SV>PM
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"25.02.2017 A nice afternoon in the basement with rum and some delicious food. Notes Medium dark colour. Nose Wood, light roasted, plum, light licorice, faint chocolate, light caramel. Palate Intense, oily, wood, light smoke, dried fruit, plum, light licorice, earthy. Finish Very long, wood, light smoke, raisin, plum, tobacco, licorice"
Créol
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"30.11.2019 A great afternoon and evening with friends, good food and of course, rum. Notes Medium dark in colour. Nose Lightly sweet, light wood, fruity, citrus, sugarcane, light citrus, grass. Palate Light wood, grass, citrus, lightly sweet, Agricole, faint strawberry, light earthy, medium dry. Finish Medium long, light wood, light strawberry, pear, faint caramel, vegetal, medium dry."
1989
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"Super Nase. Vanille, Karamell, getrocknete Früchte. Darüber schweben schöne Lösungsmittel- und Lacknoten. Erdig, frisch (Artischoke?). Sehr komplex, allein länger daran zu riechen erfreut das Herz. Sehr komplex und würzig im Mund. Ein wirklich toller Rum. So schön können Lösungsmittel- und Lacknoten sein.🤪 Schade, dass er so selten ist."
Black Tot Rum Demerara Aged 40 Years
Top review from Christoph:
"Ingenious Navy Rum you notice the long maturation. In the tasting comparison, most found the Last Consignment better, I personally liked the 40Y due to the even stronger maturation that you notice clearly in comparison better. Less fruity, but woodier, mustier than the Last Consignment. Arr!"
Extra
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"02.10.2016 - 03.10.2016 A great extended weekend with rum friends. This was a nice event and lots of space between the tables. Only problem was the level of English at some of the exhibitors. Here are the rums we tasted at the event itself, nothing truly unique but we had fun. This is the second half of the tastings. Notes Medium dark in colour. Nose Wood, light roasted, faint smoke, coconut, citrus, spice. Palate Round, wood, tannins, light smoke, fruity, banana, citrus, faint coffee, warm. Finish Medium long, wood, tannins, orange, light nutts, faint coconut."
Père Labat Single Cask
Top review from Andi:
"I find it super well-balanced, extremely tasty and drinkable, exactly to my taste at the moment. Addendum: Photo + still one of my favorites! I could drink it every day. I've lowered my rating from 9.5 to 8.9 points, I still think it's drinkable. But my inexperience and lack of comparisons led me to do so at the time."
Cuvée 250th Anniversary
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is an expensive drop and the price is probably high because of the rareness of the release and what it celebrates. Overall the rum is well balanced, lightly sweet and kind of light. Fruity with spices and caramel on top. Would be a nice collectors item in my mind."
Small Batch Rare Rums
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I was a bit disappointed because these rare releases are usually pretty good. This one however fell outside the normal range and is a bit out of balance in my mind. I'd say their regular Small Batch Rare Rums Enmore is better. Price to quality is off on this one by quite a margin actually."
La Tour De L‘Or Rhum Vieux Agricole Brut de fût de Marie Galante
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"Frische Nase, gelbe Früchte, sehr harzig. frisch und ausgewogen. Würzig, Zedernholz, Tabak im Mund. Perfekte Stärke. Würzig und gebrannter Zucker im Abgang. Alleinstellungsmerkmal Harz. Toller Rum."
1977
Top review from cigares :
"Sour apple and vegetal on the nose with vermouth, reminds me of green Chartreuse. The palate is soft, still with vermouth. The aromas crumble and the finish is a little short. But the vegetal flavors persist for quite a long time. The empty glass brings different aromas, with a hint of lemon. A quiet river meanders through the tall grass."
Ron Zacapa Centenario White Label (4 Medals)
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"The good old zacapa, worlds apart from the current bottlings. Significantly drier, woodier and more complex. Beautiful thing! Too bad that zacapa no longer produces like this..."
Demerara (Pink Label)
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is yet another wonderful rum from the wildlife collection. The nose can be picked up from quite some distance away. A heavy and wonderful nose that sets off fruity mixed with some polish followed with nice spices and a woody touch. The palate is complex yet well balanced with fruits and spices. In the back i get wonderful licorice and toffee. The finish is long with coffee, spices and fruits. I get some nougat in there as well. "
Montebello Vieux Rhum
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Another freat rum that is extremely rare now. I was lucky to get a sample and at the time of release the price to quality was very good. You may still be able to get it at auction for an OK price. Very fresh and floral with fruits and leather. Lightly dry, complex and intense in a way. If you get the chance give it a go."