Special Reserve LSO

huge, complex Long Pond with endless finish

According to RumX reviews, this cask strength Long Pond delivers huge, complex flavor with sweet glue, tropical fruit, wood and spices, plus an extremely long finish and excellent alcohol integration.

Great complexity
Excellent alcohol integration
Very long finish
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Details about this rum

Country
Distillery
RumX ID
RX25229
ABV
69,4%
Vintage
Bottled
2025
Mark
LSO
Made from
Molasses
Age
20 years
No. of bottles
235
Bottle volume
70cl
Gourmet Pool • Long Pond 2005   20yr   69,4% Special Reserve LSO

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members rave about this powerful Long Pond LSO: despite nearly 70%, the alcohol is described as perfectly integrated. The nose brings sweet glue, roasted notes and wood, while the palate is oily, warm and spicy with tropical fruit, tannins and a very long, woody-roasted finish. A complex, intense Jamaica rum that many call an outstanding debut and a real highlight at tastings.

    Aroma

    Roasted Woody Glue Chocolate

    Taste

    Spicy Woody Oily Roasted

    How is this rum rated?

    Rating (0-10)
    9.1/10 21 reviews
    Top 2% Jamaica
    Top 5% Long Pond

    #5850 11.10.2025 Visiting the Whisky Live Hamburg 2025 event. It was the first of its kind and went off pretty well. They still have to learn a lot about running an event like this. People were allowed to bring backpacks and even cabin bags to the event and that is a problem in my mind. This was the last tasting of the event and I'm happy it was. This is a bomb of an LSO Mark. Fruity, spices and wood marries perfectly with the ABV. The finish is like forever even after drinking water.

    war schon gespannt auf die erste GourmetPool Rum Abfüllung. An der Nase erinnert er mich spontan an die FineDrams EMB 95/97 Abfüllungen (die ich beide 91 Punkten hatte), gereifte tropische Früchte, Kuchenteig, Klebstoff, Karamell. Am Gaumen dreckig-chemische Caroni Anklänge, Fass/Tannine hinten raus. Der hohe ABV macht ordentlich Druck, aber es wirkt nicht sprittig. Wirklich ein exzellentes Debut. Chapeau! Macht Spaß auf mehr…

    Hammer! 😋😋😋 But Long Pond? Never in my life! This is an EMB, and a really, really good one. I'm flashed! If you try it: Don't be fooled by the faint nose. I've never tasted a rum where the intensity of the aromas on the nose and palate are so different. Unconditional recommendation if you are an EMB fan.

    Nose: very balanced, slightly fresh, sticky, hint of sweetness, Palate: boooooooommm! The rum coats the entire mouth with aromas! Fruity and sweet at the beginning, then the spectacle turns into a cask-heavy rum. Finish: the transition is perfectly smooth, at the end tannins and slight bitterness dominate, but glue and tropical fruits keep flashing up! What a rum! The nose barely gives a hint of what's in the glass! The barrel-heavy finish is limited. In addition, excellently integrated alcohol! Excellent!

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