English Harbour 2012 Port Cask Finish Batch 002 5-Year

Dark color, raisins in smell and a nice sweet taste from the port cask. Deserves the 8 points, because this is really a good stuff.

Port barrel heavy aroma with cinammon and raisins, sugarcane, raisins, raisins and vanilla in body. Pleasant warming in the end.

A little flat on the nose for me
on the palate - the 45% kicks in with strong fruity and spicy notes from the port cask
the spicy notes linger on the finish
okay as a sipper

Was excited to get this but although it’s 46% abv it tastes like a 30%, too weak for my taste lacks complexity. Still a good sipper with light port fonish was expecting more like dos maderas

Great taste, great smooth- and thickness, the port cask finish is noticable and quite distinct for me. It ain’t my favourite but still a great sipper to rotate with some others!

Destilace probíhala v měděných kolonách Johna Dorea v Antigua Distillery Ltd. Poté probíhá divoké kvašení, které trvá 36-48 hodin.
Rum zrál 5 let v sudech po bourbonu. Poté byl ještě dostařován 6 - 9 měsíců (někde se uvádí 3 -6měsíců) v sudech po portském společnosti Royal Oporto z nichž některé jsou až 200 let staré.
Aroma: Hebká a hutná zatuchlost portského, javorový sirup, rozinky, pomeranče.
Chuť: Cukrový sirup, lehce kořenitá a kouřová (připálenina).
Dozvuk: Doznívající kořenitost a velká nálož sušeného ovoce (rozinky).
Sladkost: 0/3
Ochutnán vzorek
Můj první rum z Antiguy a spokojenost. Jedná se o velmi příjemný rum s výraznou stopou po portském za opravdu velmi nízkou cenu. 7+/10.

Aroma is nice with fruity tones. First taste is nice, fruity and sweet. Aftertaste is shorten and bitter. Higher level of alcohol (46%) is helping.

I like this rum but prefer something with a little bit more molasses.

On the nose there is strong charcoal and frankincense, the first glasses actually did not have any other apparent scent component. After a few glasses and a few days it started to reveal also other smells which are usually associated with red wine, mainly blackcurrant. The English Harbour lineage is quite apparent, the rum body is similar to the 5y old, what is different here is the blackcurrant jam and charcoal components. For 46% ABV and some 6y aging it is remarkably smooth, but for me the charcoal and frankincense notes are indeed quite odd and they actually spoil the fun for me.

A 6.5 on my scale. Did not get as much of the Port flavor as I have from similarly aged rums. A bit of an afterburn when straight, but a nice oaky taste.