Habitation Velier Trois Frères Distillery Takamaka

"A complex and well balanced rum in my mind, especially when thinking about the age. Very fruity with spices and herbal/minty/floral notes to balance it all. A bottle already gone from most shelves, but definitely worth a buy if you find it. Price to quality is very good."

"On the nose at the beginning herbaceous-earthy, almost something unpleasant towards wet jute bag. After some standing time, then much fruitier, with watermelon and peach, and also a bit floral. In the background comes confectionery and young wood. On the palate, peach and herbal freshness. The finish is rather short. In diplomatic parlance, one would probably say an 'interesting' rum."

"In this rum I was initially ambivalent!In the nose fresh and sour buttery with a portion of ester !On the palate then a kind of artificiality with gum flavor, later joins a sour vegetable note with herbal essenzz! The rum spreads creamy oily in the mouth, the alcohol is well integrated, the finish is short and unspectacular!After a second tasting I was then sure:The rum is inharmonious and not mine"

"Very disappointed with this Velier! Frankly, it's like drinking bad medicine and chewing rubber. Astringent to the max, I won't finish this 3cl split. One of the first rums in my little experience to disappoint me to this extent, not enjoying the moment at all."

"I feel gin, needels in the tail"

"It's no fun to drink it straight."

"I really enjoyed this and absolutely have no understanding for the low reviews. I thought it was absolutely delightful for its high alcohol and young age, a bomb of flavour. Had a sample, immediately bought a bottle."

"A fairly transparent rum. The nose is light on young tropical fruits. The palate matches the nose with more floral and medicinal notes. The finish is short."

"Crass what a few % more and 3y in the barrel compared to the takamaka White make. As if one would mix mate / herbal tea with peach black tea, plus some cinnamon, clove and spice / fruit bread, neat wood, discreetly again mate and lemon verbena. Very exciting"

"Sweet juice, with lots of lemon and orange peal. Like sweet-citric cocktail on nose. Banana. Pineapple. Young. Гогль-могль! с сахаром. (Нос) Palate: young. sweet chawing gum, again fresh tropical fruits. To be honest expectations was higher. With water comes out more vanilla, plombir ice cream."

"A little disappointing compared to the white. I don't like the nose but the palate is nice, but nothing more."

"Unlike anything I've had before. A bit tequila/mezcal-esque. Dry. Crisp. Pretty clean spirit. Needs wood to make it more interesting. Not bad but not great either."

"The aroma is earthy and rather bland. The taste tastes of penicillin and that strange artificial taste of something. The alcohol is pleasantly integrated throughout, and comes across strongly on the finish, but only a little past the mouth. In the mouth, the gum remains."

"Verhaltene Nase, die am Gaumen durch ein ziemliches Feuerwerk abgelöst wird - allerdings bezogen auf die würzige Schärfe, weniger auf aromatische Komplexität. Der Alkohol ist dabei zwar erkennbar, primär entstammt die Schärfe m.E. aber aus einer pfeffrigen Würznote, eine deutliche Röstaromatik sowie Holzanklängen. Guter Rum, der mir aber zu feurig daherkommt und Abstriche bei den Frucht- und Süssnoten verzeichnen muss."

"The most herbal rum a ever tast how they do that.a bottle for your rum cabinet cheers"