Gourmet Pool Long Pond Special Reserve LSO 2005
World-class Long Pond-style monster: huge complexity, dark fruits and wood, perfectly integrated high ABV and an endless, evolving finish. Widely rated as an outstanding, must-try Jamaican release.
Seasoned Jamaican fans who love dark, funky, high-proof Long Pond/EMB-style profiles with big wood, spices and tropical fruit, and who enjoy spending time dissecting a complex glass.
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World-class dark, funky Long Pond powerhouse
If you enjoy high-ester Long Pond or EMB-style cask strength rums, this is a no-brainer: it delivers that dark, dirty fruit-wood mix with remarkably well-hidden 69.4% and a marathon finish.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike tannic bitterness, heavier oak and dirty, gluey funk in their rum.
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About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 6,427 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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#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…
Auto-translatedHammer! 😋😋😋 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.
Auto-translatedNose: 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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