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Posted
1 year ago
Very smooth with a nice bite in the end one of the best rums i have ever tried.
Posted
1 year ago
Aroma: honey or caramel, some dried fruit, overall very soft scent.
Taste: honey, caramel and dried fruit but after a while I felt very distinctive taste of wood, so what was sweet at the beginning, suddenly became dry. You will love the finish tho.
Overall: BUY IT, TRY IT. In my country this rum cost something about 25 € which is great price for that quality, and it is one of those rum you have to try. Highly recomend.
Posted
over 1 year ago
Reasonably priced and very reliable over ice and in mixed punch-like drinks.
Moim zdaniem nadaje się jako zamieniki do koktajlów tiki zamiast rumów z Gujany.
Posted
over 1 year ago
think prices wise but dear for this rum was ok enjoyed it but didn't wow me I wouldn't buy again
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
Posted
over 1 year ago
Not a ton of aroma on the front end but a sweet vanilla smell. Big punch of spice/flavor at the front end that is slightly harsh with a burn.
Posted
over 1 year ago
Kind of like 'Yellow Snake' from Jamaica, but less funky, less obtrusive but more harmless and boring. Cheap semi-dry shit with some glimpse of wood, watery, ethanolish... Mojo not found. Thankfully I didnt buy it, my friend did..
Posted
over 1 year ago
In my opinion a little bit flat. Tested only once. Maybe next time!
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over 1 year ago
What a 'pirateish' bottle, rustic, kind you feels old. For full experience must be opened with teeth or thumb while holding sloop's helm:)
Some sherry oak aroma, maybe even charedd, bit of fruitiness (oranges?).
Sweet, but little too harsh on the throat, long woody aftertaste.
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Rediculus low price
8
/10
out of 10
I’m a fan of English Harbour rum and this one doesn’t disappoint me.
This rum must be the best you can get to this ridiculous low price. I haven’t found anyone that can compete so far.
It has also been on Forbes list of the ten best rums in the world and gold award winner in 2005.
Today there’s only one remaining distillery in Antigua which is the Antigua Distillery Ltd (ADL). It was founded when some local rum shop owners got together in 1929 mainly to streamline purchasing and management of the molasses and to get better control over the production, and three years later the company saw the light of day.
1933 they moved to the new built distillery on Rat Island in St. John. Then they had a 4-column copper Savalle Still. At that time the molasses was bought locally.
In the beginning the owners blended and bottled the rum under own label to sell in their shop. It was first in 1947 they released a joint rum, the Cavalier.
In 1991 they replaced the Savalle still with a new 3-column copper John Dore still, and just three years later the English Harbour Rum was released named after the harbour in the south of the island which Admiral Horatio Nelson and the English fleet used during the 18th century.
Today there’s no sugar cane plantation in Antigua instead the molasses is bought from Dom. Rep. and Guyana. After arrival it’s fermented in open-top fermenters were the added yeast marries with wild yeast.
The 5yo was successfully released 2001.
The included rum is aged in former bourbon and Tennessee whiskey barrels between five and eight years before blended and bottled at ABV 40%.
The aroma is nice and I recognize vanilla, oak and some fruits. In the mouth and palate I recognize the same flavors but there are also some smokiness and spices. The finish which is medium long goes the same way.
Overall a very well balanced rum and a perfect everyday rum to an exceptionally low price.
Pictures: My ADL shelf & My opened bottle out in the Stockholm archipelago.