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Westerhall Plantation rum

Westerhall Plantation

Grenada | Gold

7.1/10
20 ratings
Recommendable to most
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Kieron wood 🇬🇧 | 621 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

This is not a great rum but is still drinkable. It's a raw rum with nothing flavour wise added. Still has a decent body but just doesn't rock my world I'm afraid ..

Marty 🇺🇸 | 102 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

I had to waiver a little, but in the end, I'll agree with the majority.

Gerome 🇺🇸 | 43 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

The color was very golden. The sweet is very inviting with a banana cakey syrup sweetness. Very long legs and slight alcohol on the noise. And nothing to my liking once on my mouth. I thought maybe I should try it with a snifter. To no avail no improvement. I add a droplet of water on one occasion and with a ice cube on the other. Nothing improved. I was torn between getting this or plantation 5 year. Well the top broke off while trying to open the bottle,annoying but no biggie. I mixed it and that's when it showed up for the party. O well I wanted a low level sipper but this will do for my mixing. Join your brother pyrat XO and black magic in the mixing cabinet.

Update 4/17/17.

It's getting better. On the nose I notice banana and Citrus. Smooth going down. I'll revisit it again.

nomad 🇺🇸 | 137 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

Smooth and light with a nice warmth.

sugar test- 7g

JackOrion 🇺🇸 | 61 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

Smart move bottling it above the standard 80 proof. It's far to smooth to be a slight 40% The extra kick adds some excitement yet remains an easy spirit to sip.
Carmel vanilla and wafts of banana and citrus. Not overly sugary nor dry. An all around non offender. Being just so, a snob might mistakenly think it mundane. Quite the contrary. It's a rum that falls into the realm of standards. A measuring stick, a starting point and I imagine not an easy feat to achieve. When you go too far one way or the other this is a rum that will bring you back to the core of what a well crafted golden rum is and should be.
Deserves more than 8 out of 10 but sometimes your mecca lies beyond the realm of standard. Westerhall Plantation is not that sort of rum but saying so is not a knock rather an admiration.

rumfan69 🇬🇧 | 6 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

Thought I'd give this on a try as it's affordable, has spent a few years ageing and isn't loaded with sugar or crazy amounts of colourant. It's not half bad either, nose is light and hints at the time spent in charred oak, you get the taste of that tobacco too when you drink it alongside some mild acidity and an overall bittersweet vanilla flavour. It's ok, especially if you're partial to a drop of sweet Bourbon and the odd cigar.

mamajuana 🇺🇸 | 148 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

This rum is very flavorful and blended well. Fruit on the nose, with lots of spice and some citrus flavors going on. Very smooth overall and easy sipper with a nice kick. Batch number 21308. Blue wax over real cork top. Wax smelled like pine trees and smoke.

RumRunner 🇺🇸 | 38 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Hard to find but if you see it don't miss the opportunity. Better than many rums that are twice the price. It's a particularly good summer rum. Very refreshing and light with a good accent on vanilla and caramel. You'll pick up a hint of banana too. This rum is exceptionally smooth and is recommended for newbies and more experienced palates alike.

Dan Ozga 🇺🇸 | 4 ratings
Posted almost 9 years ago

This was my first time drinking a light rum on the rocks. My first word was wow you can taste the caramel. This would definitely be good mixing with a coke or in a mixed drink.

Juno 🇺🇸 | 51 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

Great profile, hints of caramel, nutmeg, and vanilla. Extremely smooth and very flavorful for a light- dark rum.

Skipjack 🇺🇸 | 20 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

I first tasted this rum at the Bitter End Yacht Club in the BVI's and due to the excitement of the day of small boat sailing and a breezy day of hiking, I really loved it. This proves that many things impact your taste buds as I'm not nearly as enamored with this rum at home as I was standing in a open beach bar staring out across the sea.

Bottle: A classy update on old school labels including the melted wax over the syn-cork topper. It has a nautical look without looking out of date. I like the bottle a lot.
Color: Golden
Bottle Aroma: I rarely see anyone say that a rum has a maple syrup nose or flavor to it, perhaps that is looked down upon, but not to my nose. I really like the smell of this rum, it makes me want to make a concoction for serving with waffles.
Glass Aroma: The rum now steps out behind the cognac like smells in the bottle and you have a pleasant presentation that is building expectations.
Taste: When it first hits, you immediately have heat but give it time as it will dissipate and leave you with a layer of sweet flavor that slowly dries and become oaky with hints of other spices. What a great little rum.

I like this rum and I obviously loved it when we first met. But there is something about that hit of heat that turns me off and the final aftertaste does not make me want more. I suspect that second comment is specific to my palate and other drinkers will not experience this rum the same. I recommend trying it though, you might find it on your shelf afterwards.

This is a pressed sugar cane rum which surprises me a little as it has little of the agricole flavors I would expect to come with it.




Brand Details

Name: Plantation
Type: Westerhall
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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