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English Harbour 5-Year rum

English Harbour 5-Year

Antigua and Barbuda | Aged | 40% ABV | Column Still (1-4) Distilled

6.5/10
196 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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196 English Harbour 5-Year Ratings

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Peter 🇸🇪 | 94 ratings
Posted almost 2 years ago

Helt okej rum. Lite spritsmak i början men det försvinner med lite luftning. God smak om än lite kort.

Mo McGurk 🇺🇸 | 250 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

Certainly stronger than the 23, but a nice oaky aftertaste just the same.

Smovens 🇺🇸 | 187 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

This is a pretty clean, neutral rum. Not a whole lot going on, but still smooth and easy drinking

mc 🇺🇸 | 81 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

English Harbor 5yr is delicious. A bit of oak and molasses. Smooth enough to drink on the rocks. A nice local choice at the all inclusive.

Turambar 🇫🇷 | 19 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

Un rhum non-trafiqué, de 40%; âgé entre 5 et 25 ans.
Je crois que le rhum a été vieilli dans de petits fûts, certains parlent de fûts dans lesquels on aurait rajouté des copeaux...
Ce rhum est effectivement très boisé, vanille, avec un peu de caramel. La bouche est sèche, moyennement sucrée, sur le bois, et la finale suit les mêmes arômes.
Un rhum à prix doux (acheté 20€ en 2012) mais qui reste assez simple.

Paul B 🇺🇸 | 472 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

I was reluctant to buy this one based upon all of these reviews, but after having been to Antigua just once, I owed it to myself to give it a try. It is very dry and apparently has no added sugar. The aroma and taste are next to nothing, but the after taste is slightly bitter. As usual, I let my sipping rums breathe for a while to remove the burn. At only $26, it is one of the cheapest dry rums that I have found. When this bottle is finally gone, I may miss it and could go looking for another one. I would not use it as a neat sipper, but it makes a fantastic rum and coke or served on the rocks. It is so neutral that it reminds me of the very good people that I met on the island along with some very bad ones.

Update: I have since found out that it has 15 gpl of added sugar, which is apparently the borderline between dry and sweet, so it is actually semi-dry. I have always considered dry rums as having less than 10 gpl of added sugar. So compared to one of my top rated aged rums being a 41 gpl sugar bomb, then no wonder this one tasted dry to me. By the way, flavored rums can range from 53 gpl to 99 gpl of added sugar.

And by the way, after six months with a half bottle remaining, it still tastes the same as the day that I opened it. However, it is rather boring as a sipper and there are many cheaper rums that make equally good rum and cokes. I would almost drop my rating down to a 6, but there is absolutely nothing offensive about this one. It also has no ill after effects whatsoever, so consider this one as a penalty free rum.

Jara 🇨🇿 | 307 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Vůně prvně lehce chemoprén, následují citrusy, červené ovoce, vanilka, koření a dřevo.
Chuť ostřejší, nasládle dřevitá, lehce kouřová, pepř, vanilka, mírná tabáková nahořklost.
Dochuť vanilková, dřevitě lehce nasládlá, kořenitá.
Za cenu do 500,- Kč skvělý.
6,4/10

mrafg1502 🇵🇱 | 5 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Moim zdaniem nadaje się jako zamieniki do koktajlów tiki zamiast rumów z Gujany.

steveinny 🇺🇸 | 36 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Great tasting dram. TOFFE. CARAMEL, NOT TOO SWEET. Enjoyable.

vomi1011 🇩🇪 | 403 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

This rum gets better after some months in the bottle. It's first a little bit harsh.

I get some old celar in the nose, like in the Kirk& Sweeney 12. That's a smell of apricot with wood.
The taste starts also with the old celar, apricot with wood and vanilla. Quite simple taste, there is spice, some tanins and some alcohol in the finish.
Not very complex and young rum but not bad for the price.

Nose: vanilla, white oak, burned sugar, toasted cask, some apricot and peach, old celar
Taste: apricot, white oak, vanilla, soem burned sugar, peach
Finish: spice, some tanins, white oak and apricot

Sweetness: 1.5/5
Fruits: 2/5
Spice: 3/5
Mildness: 2.5/5
Complexity: 2/5
Value (18€): 3/5




Brand Details

Name: 5-Year
Years Aged: 5
ABV: 40%
Type: English Harbour
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Column Still (1-4)
Women leading Rum: No

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