Albion S.B.S Guyana 2012
Fans admire the bold, salty-fruity Guyana profile; critics find it too young, acidic and with harsh alcohol. Consensus: an interesting, dry cask-strength Albion that needs water and isn’t universally loved.
Seasoned Demerara and high-proof lovers who enjoy dry, continental-aged Guyanese pot still rums with salty mineral notes, pear/apple fruit and some smoke, and who like experimenting with water.
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Bold, salty, pear-driven young Albion
If you enjoy young high-proof PM/Enmore-style Guyana rums, this is a natural next bottle: similar dry, salty-pear profile, but be ready for punchy alcohol and some youthful edges.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV or sharp acidity, and anyone expecting soft sweetness or long-aged, tropical-style Albion depth and balance.
A not uninteresting rum that reminds me strongly of the one young PM. Vorallem the pear / apple note and the slight acidity brings me this style in memory. Here, in my opinion, with a little more maturation would have been significantly more possible. The alcohol could also be more elegantly integrated. So it remains a young Guyana Rum with interesting moments, but remains below its potential.
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About the Albion distillery
The Albion distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Albion have been reviewed 508 times with an average of 9.0/10.
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A new boring tasting session with young pot still single cask Guyanese rums. Kill Devil 12y, 61,1% Barikenn 8y, 63,3% The Nectar 10y, 62,5% SBS 10y, 64,6% C: W wine N: 5min in and this is pure coastal saltiness. Nasty rum and most likely not aged in the tropics. God, I love these young continental pot still Guyanese, I find then bold, pure distillate, no cask, minimal angel’s share. After a while I get lime and a blend of red apples and celery, petrol fumes and off course oysters. M: In your face natural blend of sweet lime and apple juice. Not complex but still it ends with floral notes and ester. How can a rum with such nasty and salty nose become so sweet? I love this! F: Gentle smoke and sweet B: Yes. Why boring? Every rum brings something slightly different, but I like them all.
Not a bad PM, but nothing exceptional either.
Tasted with The Nectar 2012 Albion, against which - for me - it has the edge. A little fatter, spicier and sweeter on the nose and in the mouth. Also slightly oilier. These are my first Albions. I think there's still room for improvement ... can stay in the barrel a little longer.
Nose is reminiscent of other young PMs with wood and some continental fruits. Starts off with intense burnt notes. Some herbs with anis. A hint of chocolate appears over time.On the palate I get some acidity which I attribute to the high proof. However, the taste is surprisingly sweet with toffee and raisins which show up unexpectedly. Don’t take this wrong, this is very powerful and demanding stuff, far off from crowd pleasing sweetness of course.While this is the first AW I had in the glas I’m somewhat intrigued by the profile. Happy to explore some more bottlings. On the first go, SBS and the Nectar feel pretty similar. The latter maybe a little less sweet with more chocolate rather than toffee. Alcohol noticeable in both bottlings.