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The St. Nicholas Abbey 5 Years Old Rum, hailing from Barbados, captivates with its balanced blend of subtle aromas and flavors. Crafted from sugar cane honey and aged for five years, it offers a refined profile with notes of grass, caramel, and apricot on the nose. The taste reveals a peppery edge, complemented by cream toffee and banana undertones. Users appreciate its easy-drinking elegance and complexity, although its subtlety at 40% ABV may leave some desiring more intensity. This rum is well-suited for sipping, showcasing the small distillery's craftsmanship in utilizing hybrid pot-column distillation techniques.
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About the St. Nicholas Abbey distillery
The St. Nicholas Abbey distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from St. Nicholas Abbey have been reviewed 64 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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Overall a fantastic, elegant and round rum that must be one of the absolute best low ABV 5 years old rums. This one has been on my shelf for a while. Everything from St. Nicholas Abbey is hard to get in Sweden so I waited for a second bottle before opened it up. This is the first aged rum produced by the distillery all by themselves. It’s made from their white rum that’s made from cane syrup in their hybrid still (column/pot) whereafter it’s aged in old bourbon barrels that previously contained their longer aged molasses rums from Foursquare.
Tastingnotizen 05.02.2016 mit Dirk Becker auf der Hanse Spirit: Nase: Süße Noten vor allem Vanille Mund: ebenfalls Vanille, Holz und eine feine Süße Wertung +
This has a very different profile to the unaged version. It seems more refined and less vegetal. There are some fruits (apricot and banana), sweetness (toffee and caramel), peppery and almond notes. It is great to sip neat, albeit at 40% ABV it is fairly subtle in flavour, which is probably the main drawback.
Ein sehr schöner Rum für das junge Alter. Die kleine Destillerie nutzt dabei ausschließlich Zuckerrohrsirup/-honig für die Herstellung. Dieser Rum präsentiert elegante tropische Fruchtnoten, Mokka, etwas Holz und weißen Pfeffer. Dabei sehr ausgewogen und gut eingebundener Alkohol. Schon sehr gut zu Sippen.