Velier Clarendon Monymusk MBS

"Close to a Foursquare with coconut,vanilla,cocoa,precious wood.the little extra (exotic fruits,peach)and a pastry side (marshmallow).excellent 🤤"

"I was expecting much more! A good rum that does not take off, however. The "sweet/pastry" aromas are barely hinted at, coconut and vanilla prevail. You can feel the imprint of continuous distillation, which in my opinion does not always succeed in giving magical rums. Medium unimpressive finish. It does not sound like a Jamaican at all, but a Barbados."

"Nice underdog in the Jamaica range. Zero funky but all the more fruity and palatable after banana bread, milk chocolate with hazelnuts, black pepper, wood, honey and cocoa. very tasty and still relatively affordable and readily available! 😃👏🏼"

"High quality column still which is very enjoyable - yet the alcohol is clearly noticeable. Would not have guessed Clarendon but there is just a little extra touch of fruits alongside your classic (high quality) column still notes which adds an interesting twist."

"I tasted this rum again years later. I'm now more familiar with Jamaican distilleries. My opinion of the pastry register hasn't changed, here no fruity funk but lots of greed, essentially woody (coconut, vanilla, spices, blond tobacco, nuts). Almost a foursquare profile 😅Super nice. It went out at 100€ a keel, a bargain at that price today."

"A very good, but not outstanding MM, I miss the corners, edges and intensity. It has all the important markers (tropical fruit, vanilla, pastry, honey, some cocoa), but everything is very soft... and drinkable. There are much better MM"

""Tout simplement mon préféré à la cave. Coco, Fruité, cacao, intense, complexe mais pas agressif, c’est vraiment mon style ! En resume, mes notes de degutation : Au nez : coco, Cacao, Viennoiseries, Tabac, Pêches En bouche : Fruits secs, Noix de coco, Viennoiseries, Cacao, Amande, Boisé, Crémeux, Délicieux, Concentré La finale plutot orientee vers : Cacao, Fruits tropicaux, Poivré""

"Another great Velier in my mind. Once rested you get all the wonderful flavours from the glass even without lifting the glass to your nose. An intense very well balanced Clarendon. Fruity with light wood and it draws really nice curtains in the glass."

"Edit edit: 😉 nochmal eine frische Flasche aufgemacht (Danke an SaibotZtar) lecker wieder nach oben korrigiert. Der Preis war damals schon gut für das was er kann. Sehr lecker, danke @Serge gut ausgewählt. Geschmacksprofil super getroffen. Und ein guter Konter zum gestrigen Tasting. Edit: Nachdem ich noch das Sample mit einem kleinen Rest drin gefunden habe, musste ich nochmal probieren. Hat sich gelohnt damals eine Flasche davon zu holen. Aber musste ihn trotzallem ein bißchen nach unten korrigieren."

"Very good sipper, lots of coconut, needs water.In my opinion a good alternative to Velier Antigua."

"Blind wäre ich hier nie auf Monymusk gekommen. Eventuell sogar nicht nach Jamaica. Wirklich seichte Vanillenoten, Belize/Foursquare mäßig. Super entspannter Sipper, auch für Einsteiger geeignet die mal hohe % ausprobieren wollen."

"Nouvelle dégustation quelques années après la première. J'avais le souvenir d'un profil beaucoup plus exubérant. Ici, le nez est plutôt discret. On reconnaît la provenance du rhum, on distingue quelques esters, mais le profil est sage. En bouche, par contre, c'est bien meilleur que dans mon souvenir. Bois, caramel, esters, fruits mûrs, coco, vanille. C'est très agréable. Belle longueur sur des marqueurs identiques."

"My last addition from the series, stood here for a long time, often tasted, but still no tasting notes...? Not at all...Nose: fruity-sweet-spicy attack. Right away with coconut and cream toffee, plus ripe peach and tangerine. The sweetness almost goes towards marshmallow. Behind that, cherry wood, a light smoky note and cocoa powder. Delicious and pleasant.Palate: intense and complex. Dry and slightly bitter at first, then salty before moving into spicy. Here then tart nutmeg with pecan, vanilla and then slightly towards umami. Out the back lemon zest with apple, but slightly metallic note and fresh green branches. A really good Mony taster."

"8,7:On the nose, the first thing we get is caramelized-like pastry, on a bit roasted touch, with some parfum on high tropical fruits estery rum. It becomes spicy and bourbon-like with some yellow fruits-apricot, orange peel, then coconut, burnt sugar and a bit vegetal. Aeration brings out more robust notes as toasted wood, roasted nuts and chocolate, fruits are now candied. Out of nowhere rubber arises... Giving the rum some nice rest, it becomes thicker with dark molasses, sweet cocoa, dried fruits and is a bit smoky. The rum is now very round and balanced. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is creamy with pastry and bourbon yellow fruit notes in. Becomes a bit dry and syrupy as yellow fruits become dried, with sweet spices, vanilla, honeyed and caramelized wood. Underneath are some musty/ashy notes. The rum is delicious and warm now, there are nuts, ginger, citrus and medicinal notes. When well rested, as on the nose, the dark side of the palate arises with thick molasses and is a bit roasted, going more perfumed and with some rose water, underpined with a hint of dried fruits. 8,3:The finish is long, woody, dry, quite fresh, a bit astringent, bitter with with tannins, yellow fruits. If we really wait, becomes warm with some baking spices, pastry notes and later tastier with milky cocoa and dried fruits underneath...."

"On the nose I have coconut and tropical fruit, especially vanilla croissants 😋 The palate is very spicy with lots of licorice. A really good Monymusk!"