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Stefan Persson

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Zafra Master Reserve 30-Year

Oh, Goosh Bottle 3717 out of 6720! Can it be any better then this? Nose, mouth, afterburn - Georgius! The best “Ron” I have ever tasted! Picture: My top fi

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Appleton Estate Joy Anniversary Blend

One of my top 5 It’s much alike the 21-year old, but much smoother even though it’s 90 proof. Another difference is the taste of ginger and species. Unfortunately it’

Best Agricole Best Agricole ever tasted. It’s not what you expect when you taste an Agricole. This one has a nice nose which is not very common when it comes to Agr

English Harbour 1981

One of the best This is the best rum tasted so far, but I have Appleton Joy, El dorado 25 and Zafra 30 left to check out. But i’m sure this one will remain top five t

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Rhum JM Cognac Cask Finish

Very good J.M This is an high class Agricole. Dry, well balanced and complex with a cognac nose. Grassy and floral in mouth with a nice and spicy afterburn. Pictur

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Montebello Single Cask

Montebello 1999 Single Cask 12 Years Got 5cl of this as a gift when I bought me the the 10 year old and some other bottles. I must say it’s surprisingly smooth for an Agricole. The nose

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Malecon Rare Proof 1998 - 18 years

Another great one from Malecon This one is a little bit stronger than the ”Rare Proof 20”, which gives it a signficant character. You can taste wood, caramel, peach and cocoa. In th

El Dorado 21-Year

Just below my top choices If you’re ready to pay around 90€, this is one of the best choices. It’s very smooth and it tastes sweet fruit, spices, leather, some candy and vanill

RL Seale 10-Year

Barbados best rum A fantastic rum in a spectacular bottle. The fragrance is very nice and in the mouth you can feel exotic fruits and some cinnamon. The 43 % gives it a

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Malecon Rare Proof 20-Year

Another nice Panamian Tested this on Birka Cruises rum cruise on the Baltic Sea, and have now bought me two bottles together with two bottles of the 18 year old Rare Proof.

Appleton Estate 21-Year

Fantastic This is the best rum I have tasted from Jamaica so far. If it wasn’t for Appleton Joy, which I have but haven’t tasted yet, I should have given it a 1

Zafra Master Reserve 21

A great one from Panama As most rum lovers I’ve started my rum journey among the Spanish styled ron. Nowadays there are not more than around 15 left in my cabinet. The ones t

Depaz Grande Reserve XO

Next best Agricole This one is much alike the Clement XO. Smooth, nice and subtile with rich flavours and only overruled by Clement XO. It starts to get quit hard to ge

English Harbour 10-Year

WOW I’m a fan of English Harbour and this one doesn’t disappoint me. Very dry and oaky. Can’t compete with the 1981 but a fantastic rum which I always enj

Rhum JM Cuvee 1845

High division rhum This rhum plays in the same division as Clement XO and Depaz Grande Reserve XO. I tasted it onboard the Birka Cruises in the Baltic Sea. They have a g

Ron Quorhum 30-Year

A great one from O & O This must be one of the best from O&O. It’s made out of both suger cane juice and molasses. In the beginning it’s quite sweet and then comes the citru

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English Harbour Small Batch Port Cask Finish

Batch 002 English Harbour have never disappointed me. Bought me this during a vacation in Antigua, have one from batch 001 since before without have tasting it.

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English Harbour Small Batch Sherry Cask Finish

Batch 002 English Harbour have never disappointed me. Bought me this during a vacation in Antigua, have one from batch 001 since before without have tasting it.

Damoiseau Vieux 8-Year

Damoiseau Vieux 8 ans Cuvée de Millenaire 1993 One of the smother Agricole I have tasted, but it should have been more complex to get a real top rate from me. This could have been an everyday Agric

Doorly's 12-Year

Very pricewhorty Another well tasting rum from Barbados. I really like the rum from R.L. Seale’s. Picture: My Bajan shelf.

Clarkes Court Old Grog

Beautiful label The label in itself makes this rum earning its place at my rum shelf, but I really like it. It’s a very good everyday rum to bring to the table with l

Opthimus 25-Year Malt Whiskey Finish

A little bit too sweet! It’s a complex Ron with lots of nice notes, but the strength (43%) don’t quite balance up the sweetness. You can clearly feel whisky notes in the end.

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Montebello Vieux 10 Years

A very nice Agricole from Guadeloupe Montebello isn’t a common Agricole in Sweden, but I’ve read som good reviews and decided to buy me this 10 year old which is mid priced (~65€). You ca

Santa Teresa 1796

Smokey This is a well balanced rum. The aroma is a little bit fruity. In mouth it’s well balanced, smooth not as sweet as most Spanish styled “Ron”, but what

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year

A real good choice The 15 year old isn’t as sweet as 12 year old one. It’s a quite complex rum. It’s very well balanced and you can taste nuts, fruit and some vanilla.

Diplomatico Ambassador Selection

Very nice aroma Could even say extremely nice aroma of mostly fruit. The taste is well balanced with mostly dried fruit and vanilla. It’s not so sweet as the well kno

Gosling's Family Reserve Old

Christmas rum Fantastic package from Bermuda’s only rum company. It’s very dark and the aroma is very complex with its Christmas spices, caramel and some oak. The

My best Zacapa I have also tested the “23” and the “Royal”, but I like this one best. It’s more powerful and has a deeper taste than the others. The sweetness is we

Angostura Cask Collection Number 1 Batch 2

Angostura nice as always! The second edition is in my opinion a little bit better than the 1st, mainly because it’s dryer and not that sweet Significant for the aroma is exot

Angostura Cask Collection Number 1 Batch 1

Sold out??? I thought it was completely sold out in Europe, but then I found some bottles on a German site to complete my last bottle. So now I have four of it.

Perfekt as your 1st Agricole Rhum J.M. XO tastes like many other Agricole but less aggressive, so that’s why I think it’s a good agricole to start with. The flavour are very elega

Pusser's British Navy 15-Year

Defend its place on my rumshelf With a nice bottle, a beautiful label and a fantastic story around “Nelson’s blood” this rum unquestionably defends its place in my rumshelf even if I

English Harbour 5-Year

Rediculus low price 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’s an everyday rum to an excepti

HSE Extra Vieux XO

Anis bomb This one smells like bad cognac (VS or VSOP) but explodes with fantastic flavours in your mouth and there is the anis the most significant. Undoubtedl

Reimonenq Cuvee Prestige 9-Year

Explosion This rhum smells like bad cognac (VS or VSOP) but when it comes into your mouth it’s a complete explosion of flavours and the afterburn hang on in the

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At least an 8 This agricole is very smooth with nice notes. I’m not finished with it yet, but I can really recommend it. Picture: My Guadeloupe shelf.

Angostura 1787 15-Year

Special in a nice way I don’t think that I have tested a rum with a taste comparable with this one before. I’m not sure what it is, maybe grapefruit or citrus. Anyway the A

Saint James Reserve Privee 12-Year

Very smooth Tested it together with the 15yo and I think I like this better because the oaky taste is more balanced in this one. It’s a great Agricole that’s ve

Rum SixtySix Family Reserve

Nice Bajan I quite complex rum that tastes vanilla and chocolate but also a little bit spicy. There’s quite lot of pricewhorty rums from Barbados, and this is on

Sunset Captain Bligh Golden

Captain Bligh XO Special Reserve Rum This one has been on my wishlist for a long time after a sample test long ago and now I finally got me some bottles. It doesn’t disappoint this time

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English Harbour Small Batch Madeira Cask Finish

Batch 002 English Harbour have never disappointed me. Bought me this during a vacation in Antigua, have one from batch 001 since before without have tasting it.

Ron Botran Solera 1893

Not bad at all! This Solera Ron with distillate between 5 and 18 years old has a well balanced sweetness. In your nose you can feel oak, vanilla and caramel but also

Saint James Reserve Privee 15-Year

Too oaky Tested this one together with the 12yo and I find this one a little too oaky for my taste. I like the 12yo better. But this one is also a great Agric

Westerhall Estate No 10

Tasteful standard rum A smooth rum in a nice bottle lots of caramel in nose and mouth with a quite long afterburn.

Good I think it needs some minutes in the glass. In the aroma and taste you can find some vanilla, nuts and dried fruit I think. It’s smooth and the sweetn

J. Bally 12-Year

Nothing special The bottle is why this rhum earns a place on my shelf. The nose and the taste is alright, but no more. It’s quite sharp but there is nothing else that

1931 84th Anniversary

A special blend Now I have tasted it at home and I must say that it didn’t reached my expectations. I now think it tastes to much alcohol. Sa I have to change my rate

El Dorado 12-Year

Quite sweet The 12-year one is quite sweet but not to sweet. It’s very easy to drink and a perfect rum to take your first steps with into the rumworld. It’s very

Ron Quorhum 23-Year

OK from O&O A price worthy rum in Sweden now sold in the same 50cl bottle as Unhiq. Nice aroma of sweetness and nuts. The taste is quite sweet (vanilla) with sig

Plantation XO 20th Anniversary

Coconut in a bottle The package is very nice. In the aroma you find banana, vanilla and some coconut. In the mouth it’s the coconut that takes over but you can also feel

Ron Zacapa Royal

Didn’t catch me I tested this one on Birka Cruises rum cruise on the Baltic Sea, and it didn’t catch me. Maybe I’m unfair when I rate the XO higher, but right now I’m

Atlantico Private Cask

Quite good Well balanced, lots of vanilla and dried fruit and some arrack, but unfortunately a little too sweet for me. Once I got a bottle that tasted pure arra

Appleton Estate Rare Blend 12-Year

Good every day rum It’s together with Chairman’s Reserve and the 5 year old English Harbour my best every day rums by moment. Th balance is good, it’s fruity and spicy

Chairman's Reserve

Good choice for the money Most people wants to find rum with good value for money. Well, here it is. It’s very hard to find anything better for this amount of money. The only o

Barbancourt Reserve du Domaine 15-Year

Rock Stars Rhum My expectations were very low for this one, Rock Stars Rhum, “Jack Daniels” Rhum with a screw cork. But I must say it’s surprisingly good and really

Smith and Cross Navy Strength

Strong fruity explosion This is a rum with sting! It’s very fruity and quite spicy in the nose and mouth. The afterburn is quite long and dry. If you should have one navy str

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Angostura Cask Collection No 1, Ed 3

Extremely dry Bought one of the bottles that was left in Denmark after the introduction there. It’s OK but extremely dry and it didn’t live up to my expectations af

Pricewhorty Tested this at a restaurant some times ago. Doorly’s XO is as all rum from R.L. Seale’s and The Foursquare distillery pricewhorty. But I won’t let it

Plantation Barbados Grande Reserve

Better than expected! I’m not a fan of Plantation, think it’s a little bit dull. But this one is definitely pricewhorty with it’s quite alright taste and flavour.

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Antigua Distillery Skullduggary

Nice bottle Tasted it this afternoon at Scullduggerys Cafe at Fulmouth harbour in Antigua. The cafes owner is the creator (together with ADL) and owner of the bra

Mount Gay 1703 Old Cask

Must do a 2nd test This was the first rum in English style that I tested and maybe my rate is unfair because of that. Today is the English style my bag, but at that time

Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

A former favourite This was my start on my adult rum journey and many bottles has passed by. Nowadays I’m not so much into the sweet Spanish styled ron. Instead I’m more

Too sweet for me There are some good flavours in it, but too sweet for me.

Earns it place One of the first rums I tasted and it’s still pleasing me. Today I think there is too much taste of arrack. If I want arrack I buy arrack. I will tast

Gosling's Black Seal

Perfect drinkrum Nothing I prefer as avec or for zipping, but perfect for my favourite rumdrink “Dark ‘N’ Stormy”. So I rate it a 5, which for me is the highest rate I

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

Insulin chock Much much too sweet for me. More liquor than rum. So for those how want liquor to the coffe it maybe OK.

Antigua Distillery Cavalier

OK mixer It’s ok to use as a mixer when in Antigua where Goslings is to expensive when you do a false Dark ‘n’ Stormy.

Negrita This is another rum that I used as a youngster to mix my rum and coke. I remember that I liked this better than the white ones.

Kraken Black Spiced

Not for sipping You can use it sipping bu I don’t recommend it. It’s better to use it as a mixer rum. It’s too sweet for me, but I like the bottle.

Negrita spiced Got it from my brother in law. Have used it as a variation in my favourite rum drink, Dark ‘N’ Stormy. It’s not perfect and cannot compete with the or

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Dead Man's Fingers Deadman's Fingers Coconut

Nothing I would buy Got a sample of this as a gift when I bought some other rum. I don’t get a rum feeling at all when I drink it. It’s maybe OK as a mixer in a coconut d

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Compania Ron Carioca Ron Carioca White Rum

Carioca This mixer rum was one of my favourites when I was young and only used rum as a mixer.

Bacardi Superior

The big mixer rum Hard to judge it correctly, but I think that I won’t rate a mixer rum higher then 5. This Bacardi is good enough for most of the simpler rum drinks.

Ronrico Silver Label

Ronrico This rum was another of my favourites when I was young and only used rum as a mixer.

Antigua Distillery Cavalier Light

OK mixer It’s OK to use as a mixer to a TiPunch or RumPunch.

SangSom Special

Thai rice rum The easiest way to get drunk in Thailand is to mix this with Coke or Sprite and it tastes slightly better than its brother Mehkong which is whiskey ma

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