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Velier 2005 Royal Navy Tiger Shark 14-Year rum

Velier 2005 Royal Navy Tiger Shark 14-Year

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29 Velier 2005 Royal Navy Tiger Shark 14-Year Ratings

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Adrian Adame 🇨🇿 | 700 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

vůně velmi příjemná, banán, muškátový oříšek a citrus, 57,18% není znát, z počátku jemná nasládlost, kmín, eukalypt a olej, závěr dlouhý eukalypt a kmín

martin jeppesen 🇩🇰 | 256 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Velier's second royal navy expression, consisting of rum from worthy park and demerara distillers. Average age of 14 years and weighing in at 57,18%vol. Since I'm a big fan of both jamaican and guyaneese rum, this is a bottle I've been looking forward to.
The rum has a deep orange, amber tinge and the nose is intoxicating and bold. Fruity notes of blackcurrant and prunes mingle with raisins, chocolate, black tea, hints of iodine, caramel and old wood. It's very deep. As it rests in the glass, liquorice also emerges, reminding me a lot of port mourant, which I absolutely love.
The taste evolves very rapidly in the mouth. The 57,18%vol is well tempered and just seem to add to the intensity of the rich flavours. Initially there's some sweeter notes of raisins, prunes and chocolate, which balance out the more heavy, tarry mid palate notes of tobacco, leather, liquorice and slightly charred barrel. This is a very rich, balanced rum.
The finish keeps at it for a long time with cloves and raisins.
It's not stated which demerara stills was used in this blend, but to me It feels a bit like a tasty, heavy port mourant, perhaps also diamond, evened out by the sweeter and more fruity jamaican rum. It works
A handful of medium ratings for this rum based on a sip at a festival seems to me, is kinda disrespecting to an amazing blend. If you feel like rating rum as complex as this, It really deserves time and repeated tasting sessions. I write this mostly because the mediocre scores really does no justice to this pearl. Anyone that loves velier, should know that this is among his better bottles, displaying an exceptionally flavourful and balanced blend. Highly recommended.

VikingXO 🇩🇰 | 169 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Absolute fantastic nose. It really wants to come up from the glass. Strong and heavy nose with a very well balanced licorice taste among canation and chocolate. A pot still with full bodied and complex. 2nd release does not disappoint at all !.!.!

Edit: Probably the best ever tasted !!!

Ole Christian Rønning (PREMIUM) 🇳🇴 | 11 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

A Navy rum like it should be! Once you hold the glass under your nose, you can smell the caribbean climate.

vomi1011 🇩🇪 | 403 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Uhhh yes, Worthy Park and Demerara is clearly the combination here. Some heavy aromas from Guyana and fruity flavors from Jamaica.

The nose starts with honey, molasses, sage/herbs (the dilicios combination of Guyana flavors). To make this perfect there are fruity notes of WP, orange, banana, apples with wood.
Also heavy notes of leather and Demerara wood with earh. This is a truly good nose.
The flavors are very shaped and clear, no doubt that it's a WP/Demerara blend.

The taste starts with caramel notes and WP fruits. The start belongs to Demerara and WP.

In the middle I get Demerara flavors of molasses, honey, mint and other herbs. Quite heavy and dark body, after the bright start it's a very beautiful development.
The finish starts with spice, citrus and dry orange peels. Your mouth gets dry, you get great WP oranges with anise finish. This is clearly a high end rum finish.
The aftertaste is dominated by WP with Demerara flavors at the end. It's the logical continuation of the finish with a lot of mint.
The WP has the most part of the taste, but in the middle and in the aftertaste there are also Demerara flavors.
In comparison to Velier Navy Old Rum, the Tiger Shark is much more interesting. The old navy has a bitter wood note from the Caroni cask that distrubs the other flavors from the beginning. There is also a Caroni coating over all flavors.
I would prefer the Tiger Shark, because I know better Caronis than Velier Old Navy Rum, but I don't know better WP/Demerara blends.
It's is a great blend and a very good navy rum, by far the best I ever tried except the Black Tot 50. 91 points.

Nose: honey, molasses, sage/herbs, dry orange, apples, pencil shavings, pickles (a slightl sour note), caramel, wood/earth, vanilla, oil
Taste initial: caramel, dry orang peels, honey, Demerara wood with tannins, leather
Middle: molasses (salt), herbs/sage, mint, honey, wood/tannins, orange peels, anise, leather
Finish: spice, citrus, astringend mouth feel, dry orange peels, anise
Aftertaste: like WPM 2009, fruity, mint, leather, oranges, honey and molasses

Sweetness: 2/5
Fruits: 3.5/5
Spice: 3.5/5
Mildness: 3/5
Complexity: 4.5/5
Value (125€): 4/5

See also thefatrumpirate:
https://thefatrumpirate.com/velier-royal-navy-tiger-shark

RUM.AND.RUMMER 🇺🇸 | 1 rating
Posted over 2 years ago

One of the best rums I have ever tasted. Perfectly balanced combination of 100% topically-aged pot still rums from two of the best distilleries on the planet, Worthy Park in Jamaica and Demerara Distillers Ltd in Guyana!

Starrider 🇸🇬 | 32 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Just finished my second bottle so wanted to share some feedback on this gem. A real treat from nosing, palate, to a great finish. A strong bouquet of funky banana stewed in tea leaves to start, followed by chocolate orange, dried raisins, , sweet plums and lovely finish of blackcurrants, spices and ripe pineapple. Heavy, rich, mouth coating but perfectly balanced. Strongly recommended especially for the experienced palates. Buy and try it when you still can!

wayoutwest 🇬🇧 | 101 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Tried another sample of a higher end rum, so see what it's all about. This time, Velier Tiger Shark

Smells slightly herbal. A subtle blend of flavours coming up. Bit of funk, but as part of something, perhaps slightly acetone.

Tasting it, there's initial burst of varnish, then dry wood. Then the really powerful burn kicks in, then recedes. The finish is where the demerera flavours come to the fore.

There's a reasonable amount of complexity in it, but considering it's navy proof, the flavour is not as rich or deep as I would have thought, considering it's 14 years old. Having said that, it's intriguing me, and it's much more interesting than most rums I've tried. Too interesting not to give it an eight.

kudzey 🇵🇱 | 38 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

I camped hard on catawiki for several weeks and finally got this rum for 80 EUR.

The aroma is very rich and intense, starting with walnuts, citruses and nail polish remover, which is then followed by earthy and fruity notes. After some time the industrial notes take lead i.e., petrol, oli, metal, leather, burnt tires and dust, which are probably coming from the Caroni component. Eventually, some grassy notes appeared, bringing to mind mint, lemongrass, asparagus and onion. Adding water allowed to sense sweeter notes: caramel, toffee, burnt sugar and molasses, together with some sourness.

I let another sample breathe for 5 hours, which caused the DDL's aromas to dominate, mainly honey and oak, with a solid dose of petrol, tires and dust. Ultimately, adding several drops of water made the rum smell like an old sofa.

In the mouth, the initial spiciness caused by high ABV does not last too long and is accompanied and gradually substituted by notes of copper, minerals, red fruits, citrus and honey. Demerara molasses is clearly distinguishable, bringing to mind Pusser's Blue Label. Eventually, the industrial taste of Caroni appears, together with sourness and toasted wood later on. Adding water brought sweeter tastes on the top, with more molasses and honey.

The sample that breathed for 5 hours was definitely more industrial in taste, with much leather, wood, rubber and also molasses. Adding water made this rum drier, with wood and honey taste.

The rum is pleasantly warming and the leather, copper and metal come back in the aftertaste to stay for long, followed by the taste of blood and highly mineralized water.

Tasting this rum was a great experience and inviting to try more industrial-tasting cask-strength classics. Caroni is defenetely on my way

Captain Lee 🇺🇸 | 25 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

Blend of rum from Guyana (Demerara) and Jamaica (Worthy Park) aged average 14 years, 57% ABV
I wanted this to be my favorite rum ever, 'cause c'mon, it's called Tiger Shark! On the other hand, since it isn't readily available in the USA and is a limited bottling, I was scared that it would be my favorite rum ever. As it is, it it really good. The Worthy Park influence is stronger here than the Jamaican component of the Velier Royal Navy Very Old Blend. This is very complex and there is a lot to sort out.

Francois 🇫🇷 | 106 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

I thought it would be even sweeter so that was a relief but problem I thought it would have some more flavor, very flat..




Brand Details

Name: 2005 Royal Navy Tiger Shark 14-Year
Years Aged: 14
Yr Distilled: 2005
Type: Velier
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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