Velier Royal Navy

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

"an exceptional blend 🤤"

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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"

"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."

"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"

"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."

"A mio avviso il blend più riuscito uscito da Velier! Si sentono tutti i sapori delle varie distillerie che lo compongono e nessuna prevale sull’altra ma si fondono in maniera perfettamente equilibrata!"

"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."

"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."

"Wow, ein echt toller Blend, hätte ich nicht gedacht. Die Nase wusste gleich zu überzeugen. Leder, Holz und irgendwie dreckig. Am Gaumen dann auch schöne Caroni-Noten. Gummi und Teer sind hervorzuheben. Sehr komplex und auch etwas holzig. Starker Rum."