The Antigua Distillery English Harbour Reserve 10 Years

Expect pronounced wood, vanilla, and dry-spice notes with understated fruit and tobacco. One to try if you like oak-led, dry rums.

7.4  / 10  (64 reviews)

Classic vanilla and oak, lightly fruity, subtle tobacco, easy sipper.

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    How does this rum taste?

    • complex and well balanced
    • relatively long finish
    • good entry-level rum

    English Harbour Reserve 10 Years is a dry, oaky rum that leans hard into vanilla, wood, and subtle spice—notes that pop up again and again in RumX tastings. Users highlight a crisp, balanced character, with Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰 citing a "sweet and fruity" nose wrapped up with vanilla, caramel, and tobacco, and LukaŽiga adds, "honey, tobacco and vanilla dominate" on the nose. The palate is described as "fairly smooth and the alcohol discreet" (LukaŽiga), with oak and mild fruit persistent throughout. Some find it "a good entry-level rum with notes of vanilla and wood" (Johannes), while others mention a light bitterness or "thin" texture at 40% ABV, yet value it for its honest, straightforward profile.

    Aroma

    Vanilla Woody Caramel Spice

    Taste

    Woody Vanilla Dry Spicy

    How is this rum rated?

    7.4  / 10  (64 reviews)

    "The molasses is bought from Dom.Rep. and Guyana. After distillation it’s aged in former bourbon barrels of American oak, which are charred, for between 10 and 25 years. To enhance the oak taste is a handful of oak chips added to each barrel. In my opinion is it a great rum that overall is very dry and oaky."

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    9.2 / 10
    Review by: Stefan Persson

    "Bought thanks to reviews of Mr.Persson.🙏 8:On the nose, this is an expressive rum with relatively atypical aromas.Honey, tobacco and vanilla dominate, but more discreet notes of rubber and tar add interesting complexity. On aeration tropical fruits burst out, dried fruits, vanilla becomes toasted, butterscotch is noticed, also coconut and roasted nuts. Well, hello Bajan relative! Half a notch higher grade achieved through the wisps of air. 7,9::On the palate, the attack is fairly smooth and the alcohol discreet, although this rum is a bit dry. The notes that were secondary on the nose that make their mark first on the palate: rubber and tar... Well then the torch is taken by Bajan notes:caramel, dried fruits, coconut, butterscotch and some tropical with a pinch of cinammon/nutmeg.Caramel, orange peel give us a slight bitter middle, after a while also coffee wants to be noticed. 8:The finish is relatively long, with smoky, burnt, spicy(peppery) aromas. A slight note of very ripe banana is noticeable, in the end licorice appears.A little bitterness stays... I like Bajans= I like this rum🙂.. Edit:16.4.25"

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    8.0 / 10
    Review by: LukaŽiga

    "This is one of those rum you either like or not. The nose is sweet and fruity with vanilla. In the back i can find caramel and tobacco. The palate is light, complex and well balanced with fruits and spices topped with oak. The finish is medium to long with a nice wood/vanilla feeling in my throat. "

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    8.1 / 10
    Review by: Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

    "All my Tastings and Scores are purely based on “Rums under £50”. I rarely look at Rums over £50 for my YouTube."

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    8.5 / 10
    Review by: Steve the Barman
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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Brand
    English Harbour
    RumX ID
    RX1883
    ABV
    40%
    Category
    Column Still Rum
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Column Still
    Age
    10 years
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <50€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    The Antigua Distillery 10yr &nbsp; 40% English Harbour Reserve 10 Years

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    The RumX community has already added 95 bottles to their collections:

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    Open rate
    32%
    Ø Market value
    36€

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    About the The Antigua Distillery distillery

    The The Antigua Distillery distillery is located in Antigua. Rums from The Antigua Distillery have been reviewed 1,047 times with an average of 8.0/10.


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