Rum Nation Enmore Small Batch Rare Rums 1997

Lots of glue on the nose - almost like a Long Pond TECA. Demerara notes paired with ester and sherry on the palate. Wow, this is really fun. A real experience!

The spiciness kills everything. Even after 1 hour of "breathing". That is a pity. I still wonder why alcoholic cask strength produces such a pungency. This is much better integrated in whisky. Not a delicacy. If you like glue, you should drink glue. Of course, you can't blame Demerara Distillers for bad spirit. Too many aldehydes! Methanol? Formaldehyde? Preliminary explanation: maturing conditions at high temperatures. Water evaporates more than alcohol.

unglaublich guter und schöner enmore! neue Fassstärke Referenz für mich! krass intensive Oloroso Sherry Noten, dazu nach 2-3 Tropfen Wasser eine schöne Menthol Minz frische, dazu Honig-Banane, maoam Cola kracher, salzige Oloroso Sherry Nuss-Rosinen Noten, und unglaublich smooth und fruchtig, dick und ölig. Nicht zu viel Holz wie sonst bei enmore und einfach extrem harmonisch! Fett! Zur Abwechslung Mal ein gelungenes finish von rum nation, was nicht den Rum komplett dominiert.

Blind tasting, therefore unfortunately only so not at all meaningful photo. [Update, see note below] And unfortunately also the disappointment of the evening. The rum simply doesn't taste at all, and certainly not like a time-honored Guyana rum. How do the many outstanding ratings come about? A real shame. Update 2024-03-09: Tasted again, this time at the Catawiki stand at the "Pueblo del ron" - and, I'm sorry, failed again. But now I know that I tasted exactly this rum in the blind tasting at the time. It's simply too sour for me. I really wonder what kind of Guyana marque this is supposed to be.

One of my first rums from Guyana. Thanks to @Nonkonform. Back in the glass for a few years now. Wow, what an experience! This rum stands out with not so typical Guyana ester notes. An abundance of fruit, glue, nail polish, wood,... You still get a bit of Guyana. The barrel influence is noticeable in the finish and suits the rum perfectly. This is a terrific rum with a unique selling point! Paradoxically, the price seems to be falling. That's fine by me =D

Blind tasting: Strawberry/raspberry flavors. Artificial. Some port or sherry. Not much in the mouth except fizziness and boredom. Tastes like a steel barrel. Long alcoholic finish.

Thx to Gunnar for this Sample of this awesome guyana! Nose: Glue, nail polish, solvents, some fruits (banana, orange peel), old leather, anise, oak, roasted almonds. Reminds me on a Armagnac. Mouth: round, perfect balanced, fully bodied, sherry, solvents, a lot of dried fruits, old leather, caramel, roasted almonds, anise with perfect integration of the abv. Finish: quite long were you can clearly pick the old guyana notes… with a looooooong licorice note. Yummy

OMG this one is wierd. Full strength, full taste but something like Beast compared to other Caronis. ... Enmore - drive destilerka, nyni uz jen funkcni destilacni zarizeni. Patrne jedine drevene destilacni zarizeni na svete, ktere se tesi velke oblibe. Rumy Enmore totiz maji prichut popelu, kuze, tezkeho dreva, coz nadchne zejmena milovniky nakourenych whisky. A pokud tradicnim Guyanskym zpusobem prida vyrobce do rumu trochu melasy, mate v lahvi unikatni velmi vyrazny a tezky rum. Jeden z mych oblibenych.

A mega orgasm that I have just had. Good sherry finish, really good.

9:On the nose, a glue is the first impression we get, perhaps a nail polish and a banana, roasted wood with toffee, leather, roasted almonds and some spice. On aeration, the rum opens up with dried fruits like prunes, raisins, a molasses is dark with black tea, tobacco, licorice, herbaceous tones, musty.The wood gives us marzipan, mocha and cocoa powder...There is also a presence of menthol and some rubber. 9:On the palate, the attack is delicious with fruit attack-dried fruits like prunes, raisins, red fruits with a cherry, banana and citrus.The wood notes are charred, smoky with nuts, caramel, cocoa, later coffee, leather, in a combo with herbaceous molasses and citrus, cola. After resting the rum, yellow fruits arise, berries, spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, rubber, as molasses brings chilli and mint. 9:The finish is long, dry, spicy and dirty with charred wood notes, dried fruits, cherry and menthol..

Very nice marriage of glue with sherry, herbs and sea salt. I really like it! The crucial question is: how would it be without sherry finish? I could imagine he would go clearly in the direction of Velier Uitvlugt 97 not tropical....

Very nice rum, complex and very concentrated. But two concerns that prevent it from being at the top: too much marked by solvents on the nose and why finish in Sherry cask? It doesn't bring anything, it adds other aromas but it was not necessary... I would have preferred clearly without finish...

Wow, what a unusual first impression. Melasse, Ester and a Lot of wood in the nose. After some time it gets spicy and reminds me heavily of Armagnac. On the palate the same, Armagnac with a Rum-Finish. In the aftertaste there is also some Tequilla. And bananas. What is that? A little bit of water is highly recommend, before there where also notes of toilet cleaner and too much nail polish.

07.02.2020 Private tasting i was invited to. Notes. Medium to dark in colour. Nose: Fresh, wood, floral, caramel, cherry, herbs, spice. Palate: Oily, wood, round, fruits, berries, light leather, earthy, anise, mint. Finish: Medium to long, wood, mint, anise, orange, light leather.

Short review here: I liked it. Sometimes these Guyanese Enmore are a bit to much on the bitter side, this was OK there and the rest worked well together. Finished the sample in one go...