Velier Royal Navy 20yr 57,18%

RX26 Very good Navy Rum <250€

8.9/10267 ratings

Community rating

“Complex blend with tropical and woody notes.”

The "Royal Navy" by Velier is a masterfully blended rum distilled from molasses using pot and column stills, aged for an impressive 20 years. Produced across multiple countries, it features a substantial 57.18% ABV and offers a unique tasting experience. Users praise its complex blend of tropical fruit, woody, estery, and tarred notes with a dominant Caroni influence. Reviewers commonly highlight its oily texture, well-integrated alcohol, and long-lasting finish. However, some criticize its high price and the overpowering Caroni character. Overall, it's a sophisticated choice for rum enthusiasts who appreciate a blend of traditional and industrial flavors, balancing funk, fruitiness, and complexity.

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Highlights

Complex blend of flavors
Distinct Caroni influence
Well-integrated alcohol

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How does this rum taste?

The "Royal Navy" rum is a complex blend known for its tropical fruit, woody, and tarred notes. Its Caroni influence is notable, with an expertly integrated distillation character.

Most frequently mentioned flavors

Aroma

Tropical fruit Woody Ester Tar Complex Vanilla

Taste

Woody Tropical fruit Rubber Complex Spicy Dried fruit

Finish

Woody Spicy Intense Tar Smoky Roasted

Community reviews

8.9/10267 ratings

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Oliver

10 January 2024

9.1/10

“Excellent blend with a great caroni base! My navy reference.”

Aroma

Tar Ester Fruity Metallic Oak

Taste

Ester Chocolate Metallic Dirty Full bodied

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user Oliver

Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷

13 June 2023

9.3/10

“an exceptional blend 🤤”

Aroma

Varnish Tobacco Complex Leather Fruits

Taste

Spice Complex Woody Ester Oily

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷

cigares

11 August 2024

9.0/10

“Velier's Navy Rum. I had high expectations. It's true that the blend is very successful. First there's the Caroni with its empyreumatic machine-shop notes, then the funky Jamaican fruitiness and finally the Demerara, which rounds things out with its roundness and old leather. The same thing in the same order on the palate. But it leaves me wanting more, perhaps a little too hot? Tastes clash a little. I'm not a fan, but I recognize all its qualities, and there are many of them, especially in direct comparison with the already very good Black Tot 2020. Another tasting and more oxidation, it's getting better and better and its rating is rising. Bottle almost empty, this rum is very beautiful. Jamaica takes over with oxidation. Caroni is still present on the nose and a little on the palate.”

Aroma

Tropical fruit Ester Woody Complex Tar

Taste

Tropical fruit Woody Complex Rubber Dried fruit

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user cigares

Zucker und Zeste

2 October 2022

9.0/10

“A mega good blend of very mature rums. Aromatically, the Guyana Rum prevails for me on the palate the most. Very dry.”

Aroma

Ester Tropical fruit Leather Tea Rubber

Taste

Ester Woody Complex Spicy Chocolate

Vincent D

16 March 2024

9.0/10

“Rather Jamaican on the nose. Sweet fruit and glue. Wood, esters. You can come back to it over and over again and smell different things. A pleasant dirty side. On the palate, it explodes! It's woody, sweet, full of fruit and varnish. Glue. A burning sensation. How pleasant! It's warm and coats the palate. The finish is heavier. Less fruity. Bitterness, a hint of tar. Damn, that's good. Keeps its reputation! Next tastings: What a kick! I could smell it for hours.”

Aroma

Ester Glue Overripe Woody Complex

Taste

Woody Tropical fruit Smoky Burnt sugar Complex

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user Vincent D

Mirco

10 March 2024

9.0/10

“3 super rums from 3 countries, which would probably be convincing on their own, combined into a beautiful blend. The individual components are noticeable. The dirty notes of Caroni, the heavy sweetness of Demerara and the fruity esters of Hampden.”

Aroma

Tropical fruit Tar Vanilla Spicy Glue

Taste

Woody Tropical fruit Rubber Solvents Tar

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user Mirco

Jakob

3 September 2022

8.9/10

“Counts among the best blends known to me at all. A Navy representative at the absolute top level with exclusively tropically matured rums in the ensemble.”

Aroma

Tropical fruit Leather Vanilla Tar Glue

Taste

Oak Smoky Tar Tropical fruit Tobacco

Galli33

30 May 2023

9.1/10

“WoW! That‘s an amazing blend! In the nose you‘ll find sweetness and ester with some wood, a lot of spice and some caroni like Tat notes. Very harmonious rum. The alcohol is integrated very well(for a blend of this kind). I find it a bit better than the royal navy tiger shark. Lovely smell and taste of high quality oak barrel Nose: Ester, glue, tar, varnish, complex, spicy, oak, vanilla, roasted, tobacco, caramelized, cream toffee, sweet, trop fruits, overripe fruits, banana, dried fruits Mouth: complex, dry, intense, strong, full bodied, woody(oak), spicy, vanilla, roasted, smoky, black tea, tobacco, sweet, burnt sugar, caramelized, dried fruits, prunes Finish: long, dry, delicious, intense, black tea, dried fruits, prunes, vanilla, woody(oak), smoky, roasted, hazelnuts”

Aroma

Tropical fruit Ester Glue Caramelized Cream Toffee

Taste

Woody Spicy Barrel Smoky Complex

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user Galli33

Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

1 May 2024

9.0/10

“An exceptional blend that really stole the show from the previously tasted Skeldons 1997, but then surprisingly was even topped by one of the four "mundane" Caronis 1997 from the 1423 tasting box, more precisely the Caroni from Cask #53. Nevertheless, this navy blend simply sets standards in its class, a successful rum in every respect without fault. Thank you, Toni, for sacrificing a bottle from your cellar for this pleasure.”

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Thunderbird

23 January 2024

8.8/10

“An excellent navy rum of the heavy intense aromatic kind... here the Caroni note really comes through... Gumi and tar are clearly perceptible on the nose as well as on the palate. But esters, tropical fruits, wood and spices are not neglected either... the whole thing is extraordinarily complex....I like it very much”

Aroma

Tropical fruit Woody Ester Tar Complex

Taste

Woody Tropical fruit Complex Rubber Tar

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user Thunderbird

Tschusikowsky

5 February 2023

9.0/10

“Far less complex than the Navy Shark, but with a wonderful Caroni note. Not so heavy, nice blend, well integrated alcohol. Water brings out even more the fruity components.”

Aroma

Rubber Hazelnut Red fruits Barrel Tar

Taste

Glue Sweet Ester Complex Woody

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user Tschusikowsky

crazyforgoodbooze

12 March 2024

8.5/10

“Very exciting baby blend! In a direct comparison, however, the Tiger shark wins for me by 0.1 points, as I find it rounder, more palatable, fruitier and even more complex! Nevertheless, a really tasty caroni navy blend that is still available at a good price.”

Aroma

Complex Varnish Dirty Spicy Caramelized

Taste

Dirty Tropical fruit Woody Smoky Rough

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user crazyforgoodbooze

Stefan L

30 July 2024

8.9/10

“Second tasting and I like it a lot, really good 😋 - now third and still awesome… - Forth tasting… yummy… 240730: First tasting after I got my own bottle of Tiger shark and they are different but both really good.”

Aroma

Woody Tobacco Leather Orange peel

Taste

Smoky Woody Tar Full bodied Sweet

Giorgio Garotti

23 January 2023

9.0/10

“There is little to say here..the rums that make it up already speak for themselves..a great blend and a great rum!”

Aroma

Tar Varnish Pineapple Caramelized Cherry

Taste

Tar Varnish Vanilla Licorice Anise

Photo of the rum Royal Navy taken from user Giorgio Garotti

TheRhumhoe

22 October 2022

9.1/10

“A Royal Navy that represents the best of British rum. The nose is mostly Jamaican funk and Guyana's greediness with an avalanche of fruits (tropical fruits, yellow fruits, citrus) all followed by Caroni's dirty, smoky and petroliferous side in ambush. On the palate, Trinidad comes through with plenty of woody, smoky, spicy and hydrocarbon aromas. The floral and fruity notes are more in the background. It is intense, very cleaving but also very pleasant. The finish is persistent, very long on empyreumatic aromas, accompanied by a touch of bitterness with dark chocolate and some dried fruits. A powerful rum, somewhat unstable but whose quality is undeniable.”

Aroma

Tropical fruit Ester Woody Spicy Complex

Taste

Tropical fruit Woody Complex Rubber Solvents

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What are the key facts about this rum?

Country
Multiple countries

Distillery
Multi Distilleries

Bottler
Velier

RumX ID
RX26

ABV
57,18%

Category
Navy Rum

Made from
Molasses

Distillation
Pot and Column Still

Age
20 years

Bottle volume
70cl

Price range
<250€

Type of spirit
Rum

What is the price trend for this rum?

238 €

Ø Market value

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The RumX community has already added 801 bottles to their collections:

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113

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emptied

20%

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