The Antigua Distillery English Harbour Madeira Cask Finish (Batch Number 001)
Warm, woody, honeyed—distinct Madeira cask shines here.
Decidedly woody, lightly sweet, and a bit winey—this Madeira finish splits the room. One to try if you like a pronounced cask influence and don’t mind a touch of bitterness.
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English Harbour Madeira Cask Finish (Batch 001) delivers a nose that leans heavily on wood, vanilla, and a honeyed, slightly fruity character. Members routinely mention a bittersweet, woody palate with caramel, chocolate, dried fruit, and a notable Madeira wine influence—described as both complex and "sehr süßer Geruch, etwas nach Wein" (@Montana). While some, like @crazyforgoodbooze, found the finish "relativ bitter, weinig, scharf und holzig", others appreciated its balance and warmth, as @Stefan Persson puts it: "a very well balanced and full bodied rum." Overall, most agree the Madeira cask touch shapes both aroma and flavor, though not everyone was equally smitten.
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The The Antigua Distillery distillery is located in Antigua. Rums from The Antigua Distillery have been reviewed 1,059 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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Overall a very well balanced and full bodied rum from a great distillery. When I was in Antigua some years ago I was pleased with a guided tour at the distillery and their aging house guided by a fantastic guide who origins from Madeira and is related to the founders of the brand. She told me that Madeira Cask Finish is the one of the three cask finished they’re most pleased with in batch 001. I’ve tasted the batch 002 some years ago and rated it 8+. The nose is great with aromas of fruits, honey, vanilla, wood and Madeira. At the palate the aromas of fruits, vanilla and Madeira comes back but there also flavors of smoke, oak and chocolate.
Madeira finish unfortunately gone wrong, relatively bitter, vinous, spicy and woody. Too bad. The Port cask finish is definitely much better here!
08.12.2018 Had a wonderful meet up with old and new friends at this wonderful hotel. Notes. Dark in colour. Nose: round, wood, fruity, raisin, light caramel, wine/Madeira. Palate: light, wood, roasted, dried fruit, light nutts, chocolate. Finish: medium long, wood, raisin, chocolate, spicy.
Sehr guter Madeira-Einfluss. Schön rund!