Wolfgang Klotz Spirits Travellers Belizean Rum 2008
Most love the sweet, chocolate‑coconut, toffee and oak combo with well-hidden 66%. Critics find it slightly too sweet, a bit simple and short. Consensus: strong, tasty Belize, not a complexity monster.
Fans of sweet, dark, bourbon‑like sippers who enjoy cask‑strength rum with coconut, chocolate, toffee and oak, and want a muscular but still approachable Belize profile.
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Sweet, dark, bourbon‑style cask strength Belize
If you enjoy RumClub Belize or bourbon‑leaning, cask‑strength rums, this is an easy pick: big chocolate‑coconut sweetness, plenty of wood and spice, just don’t expect Hampden‑level complexity.
Beginners or anyone sensitive to high ABV or sweetness, and drinkers specifically chasing extreme complexity or long, evolving finishes.
In der Nase Fouraquare mit seinen typischen Aromen und eine gar nicht mal so schwache Klebernote und spürbaren Alkohol. Am Gaumen dann nicht mehr ganz soviel Kokos und Vanille, dafür Kakao, Eichenholz, etwas Toffee, auch wieder Tabak und leicht metallische Aromen. Recht adstringierend.
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About the Travellers distillery
The Travellers distillery is located in Belize. Rums from Travellers have been reviewed 2,772 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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Debut of Wolfgang Klotz as an independent bottler. A typical Belize? It arrives with a lot of steam, at least on the nose, and needs time to catch its breath. At first, it is strongly reminiscent of the almost classic FRC from 2006, with typical coconut, vanilla and oak, plus more and more sweet fruit notes. Surprisingly sweet on the palate, the brute strength is definitely there but is well balanced by the sweetness and makes this rum extremely drinkable.
Der 2008er Jahrgang von Travellers ist bislang stark. Wie die Abfüllung vom Rumclub eine tolle Abfüllung. Im direkten Vergleich war der RC vielleicht minimal besser ausbalanciert. Aber für mich sind da keine großen Unterschiede. Außer im Preis. Da gewinnt halt der RC im direkten Vergleich halt bei ansonsten ähnlicher Qualität.
Erinnert mich direkt an den Rumclub Belize aus dem selben Jahr. Auch hier an der Nase direkt jede Menge Gewürze, besonders Backgewürze. Etwas Wein, Pflaume, Zartbitterschokolade, leicht künstlich wirkend, etwas Kokosnuss, relativ süß. Am Gaumen ist vieles wiederzufinden was die Nase angekündigt hat. ABV empfinde ich als gut eingebunden. Für mich ein sehr guter Belize. Ein direkter Vergleich mit dem Rumclub muss nochmal her :)
Schöne Nase. Man erahnt schon kernigkeit. Geschmacklich wirklich lecker. Definitiv ein Rum mit Kanten ohne aber zu überfordern. Bleibt auch schön lange stehen. Tolle Arbeit!