Long Pond Rum Sponge No. 17 ITP
This Long Pond offers unexpectedly suave, pastry-forward notes with coconut, caramel, and gentle tropical fruits, diverging from classic high-ester profiles. One to try if you enjoy a more rounded, approachable Jamaican rum.
Sweet, round, pastry-forward Long Pond with gentle, tropical fruit.
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How does this rum taste?
- Extremely round and sweet
- Sehr harmonisch
- Pastry and caramel dominate
Rum Sponge No. 17 ITP (Long Pond 2004) stands out for its pastry-like sweetness, leading with caramel, vanilla, coconut, and ripe banana—a combo users say brings “Foursquare” and “Belize” to mind nearly as much as Jamaica. The typical Long Pond esters remain subtle, as noted by Oliver: “Untypischer und sehr spannender Charakter,” while Serge adds, “bringt Charakterzüge einer (guten) Column Distillation ins Spiel.” The overall feel is round and smooth, with roasted and woody touches mellowed by tropical fruit. Some wish for more Long Pond funk, but call it “sehr zugänglich und trotzdem komplex.”
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About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 5,585 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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"In a blind tasting, I would have guessed a blend of Long Pond and (very good) Belize. Extremely exciting profile. Very approachable yet complex. Atypical and very exciting character. A real highlight in the RumSponge tasting!"
"Heavy sweetness of vanilla, caramel and coconut, which briefly make you think of Belize, Barbados or even New Yarmouth 1994 - accompanied by tropical fruits, which due to the ester number in the comparatively low range but appear relaxed and make the rum quite drinkable. Interesting release, which I would not have blindly assigned ad hoc Long Pond."
"Overall a great and complex rum without expected funkiness. The nose is fruity, woody and round with aromas of vanilla and caramel At the palate it’s fruity, spicy, sweet, complex and round with flavors of banana and caramel."
"An ITP and mW the first 2004 LP. The nose goes towards cake dough and toffee, less fruity than eg the LP ITP-15 from 2006. On the palate spicy with allspice, vanilla, barrel. Delicious part!"