Velier Royal Navy Tiger Shark

A Blend that represents the best in English rum. The influence of the different origins is felt, with an expressive nose on Jamaica (solvents, ester, tropical and ripe fruits), Guyana (caramel, sweetness, vanilla) and Trinidad (tar). The mixture is perfectly executed. The palate is carried on spices, chili, wood, tobacco and fruits, giving a heavy and intense profile. The finish is long, savory, with salty, burnt sugar and black tea notes on top. A simply luscious rum.

First Tasting was a bit overwhelming, the second one comes with more flavor and wood. Completely different to Pussers and Black Tot. Some drops of water also tempered the astringency, and brought some sweetness and fruit. Had this in the calendar as well, and realized this needs time to breathe and open up, obviously.

9:On the nose, the first impression we get is very tempting with esters, tropical, dried fruits and roasted wood with nuts, caramel, vanilla.Some solvents are inevitable, but luckily in the background, as the molasses breaks through them easily. An aeration brings more metallic and tarry notes and differnt kind of fruits like unripe banana, raspberry, lemon peel, as molasses is dark with herbal notes, licorice, black tea and tobacco. Very balanced and round. 9:On the palate, the first attack is very intense, spicy and with the roasted wood.The storm quickly calms down as the rum becomes very balanced and round with its complexity as our tasting buds are swimming in delicious gemischt of vegetal, dark molasses notes as black tea, tobacco, mint, then earthy, toasted and a bit dry,tannic wood, dried figs and dates, overripe tropical fruits, some lime peel, as banana is unripe.Nicely sweet with some brown sugar, cream toffee, licorice and lastly a bit flowery. 8,9:The finish is very long, dry, with spicy and roasted, toasted, musty wood, molasses still dark, a bit bitter with black tea, tobacco, there are dried fruits, citrus and nice spectre of medicinal notes as tar and plastic.Flowers swim underneath. Edit:15.2.25 delicious, up 0,1

Great rum! If you want to find fault in every way then I say mixing rums from different distilleries is an interesting attempt, but in my humble opinion it breaks the magic a bit.

#16 RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: dried fruits, woody, spicy, tobacco, ester 🤔 M: woody, intense, spicy, toasted, tobacco, dry, leather, good balanced, oak, vanilla F: dry, tannins, oak, vanilla, roasted Prediction: It‘s definitely a blend from guyana, but there are fruity esters too 🤔 very interesting spicy rum, approx. 60% and approx. 20 years …. Very good balanced blend! I like it a lot. Nose: woody, fruity ester, dried fruits, spicy, tobacco, raisin, vanilla, leather, caramel Mouth: dry, intense, delicious, balanced, heavy, complex, tobacco, toasted, woody, oak, peppery, leather, roasted, raisins, clove, ester, toffee, anise Finish: long, dry, delicous, warm, oak, tannins, black tea, bitter, astringend, raisns, roasted, prunes

Got to taste this rum again today and raise it .4 points since last time. Really good. - Just got my own bottle and this is really good and I’m staying at my previous 8,9. - New day and it stays this time too.

In the Navy Blend Blind Tasting, the Tiger Shark came out on top. The nose in particular is simply inviting and constantly releases new aromas. Both on the nose and on the palate, the Guyana part dominates for me with heavy aromas.

the impression that the slight burn at the beginning was intended to hide notes that reveal themselves wonderfully in this long and fruity finish.

Ester, pineapple and rubber immediately emerge! After some time in the glass, the nose becomes softer and mild, of caramel and a little vanilla, the palate is also impetuous at first, slightly tart and fruity and then changes to warm, roasted woody notes... the finish is warm, spicy and dry! A little fruity again at the very end! A deliciously complex rum

Nice fruity, spicy, woody, toasty and slightly sweet, but also tea and tobacco. Very pleasant. Intense full body on the palate and yet soft, matching the nose. Great blend. Absolutely recommended.

Very balanced Navy rum that offers something of everything. Only Wehrmutströpfchen is the comparatively too strong finish despite the mild nose. The aftertaste is but again super pleasant, in addition to fruity citrus notes, just the right amount of spicy smokiness that remains very long on the palate.

The nose is both lively and subdued, spicy, vegetal (fresh tobacco) with old wood, dried fruit and leather. The palate is soft on entry, and the aromas immediately take over. A little spiciness/spiciness in the mid-palate masks the fruit a little, then the finish, elegant and smooth, long and complex, puts everyone in agreement. In direct comparison with Velier's Navy Rum RX26 and Black Tot 2020 RX4513, it seems a tiny bit weaker. But an excellent Navy Rum nonetheless!