TCRL Worthy Park Jamaica WP 2013

‘Hold on to your breeches’, because here the fetid meets the fecund. It is exceptionally peculiar on the nose and disarmingly strange. When I first tried it It actually made me laugh aloud. It smells (stinks) of new cheap tennis balls, gum shoes, blackened grass cuttings, and old cat lady. All of these olfactory objects float within a damp mist of icing sugar. It tastes like a rum version of the movie ‘Apocalypse Now’, one week before the revolutionary mad commander ceased radio contact from deep within the sweaty jungle, fifty clicks up the mekong delta, total tropical degeneracy and carefree decay. This is a ‘gunk-some green’ Worthy Park. It is very (very) youthful, raw, oily, sinewy in its saltiness, with capers, many verdant olives, seaweeds, creamed spinach, sweet furry lemons, weird fruits in a Chernobyl orchard, unfired peat, and fish glue. All of this is delivered upon a pillow soft viscosity. Welcome to Bonkertown, in the Jamaican Parish of Esterville. It is as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz said, “Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure”. But, his world was also imperfect, imbalanced, chaotic and impure. This rum is both, equally. For me this bottle is a special snapshot into a floridly charged sweet distillate mid-way through its hyper-jump from the still, enroute to barrel aged civilisation. WP 2013 LMDW is a super charged exotic embryo untempered by time. Unless you obsess over a slug traversing a razor, you won’t drink it all night, but you’ll probably lean in for a second measure with a wry chuckle. And, right at the end, after the salty funk fades, is a lingering finish of pre-set Turkish delight smeared on some bitter leaf. This tasty pour is alchemic idiosyncrasy

Color: White wineSmell:At the beginning very sweet and fruity.Aromas of ripe mango, papaya and peach with hints of coconut and vanilla.The alcohol is very well integrated.Taste:In the mouth sweet and fruity, we then increasingly spicy.When swallowing fruity and very spicy.Slightly spicy with aromas of ginger and black pepper.Finish:Dry-spicy.In the aftertaste old wood and ginger. At the same time slightly bitter. 84 points

Seit langer Zeit mal wieder ein transcontimental. Dieser worthy park ist tatsächlich auch wieder ganz in Ordnung und schmeckt ein wenig nach Früchten wie Birne. Aufjedenfall eine Empfehlung von mir kann man gut trinken

Solid Worthy Park here. Has a nose that is predominantly herbal, can't quite put my finger on which ones exactly. Also fresh and fruity. On the palate also predominantly herbs but also glue and (tropical) fruits. Alcohol could be better integrated.

It’s still fine 6-9 months after opening but hasn’t improved. Both the TCRL line and WP are marques to approach with some caution and although I like this fine it’s nowhere close to great for the price. Tested side by side with the 2012 column still release that I reviewed earlier and was not impressed by. This is the pot still 2013 release and what a difference the distillation makes. The alcohol is nicely integrated and the flavor is rounded. Have been on the hunt for a new jamaican navy strength to switch up from smith & cross and this one will do the job nicely. Worthy park requires some caveat emptor and I will probably only buy their pot still releases from here on out. Very good navy rum and more elegant in flavor than the S&C.

17.02.2019 Enjoying some samples at home. Colour Light in colour. Nose Fresh, light wood, light apple, light banana, light caramel, pineapple, faint herbal. Palate Round, fresh, light wood, apple, light coconut, banana, light caramel, light citrus, faint honey, light mint. Finish Long and warm, fresh, light wood, light citrus, light caramel, light mint, light herbal. Need to rest for a while to really open up.

Liquid pineapple Extremely mild/light JamaicanPure fruitBarely any glue

Smells like smelly socks, but tastes good

Typical WP ... Nose still ok .... on the palate rather nothing for me ! Somewhat tangy