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Stefan Persson

Connoisseur | Sweden
34 Ratings

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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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

1931 84th Anniversary

A special blend Tasted this one on Birka Cruises rum cruise on the Baltic Sea and had to buy me a bottle. It’s quite complex and there is two different pot stills, co

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gosling's Black Seal

Perfect drinkrum Nothing I prefer as avec or for zipping, but perfect for my favourite rumdrink “Dark ‘N’ Stormy”.

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

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

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

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.

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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