S.B.S Guyana SVL

Cherry, caramel, punchy SVL

Red fruit aroma
Caramel and vanilla
Unique Guyana profile
RumX community voice

Big cherry and red fruit over caramel and vanilla; herbal spice and oak round it out. Cask strength heat shows, so several recommend time or a splash of water.

159.00 €

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Details about this rum

Country
Distillery
Brand
S.B.S
RumX ID
RX9406
ABV
53,7%
Category
Column Still Rum
Vintage
2003
Mark
SVL
Made from
Molasses
Distillation
Column Still
Age
17 years
No. of bottles
161
Bottle volume
70cl
1423 World Class Spirits • Diamond 2003   17yr   53,7% S.B.S Guyana SVL

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members love the cherry and red fruit nose with vanilla and caramel. The palate leans caramel and toffee with more red fruit, herbal spice and a woody finish. At 53.7% it can feel lively; many say it opens with time or a splash of water. A popular, limited 161‑bottle Diamond SVL, well regarded across 66 reviews, offering a sweet, fruity Guyana twist.

    Aroma

    Vanilla Cherry Fruity Sweet

    Taste

    Caramel Vanilla Woody Herbal

    How is this rum rated?

    Rating (0-10)
    8.1/10 66 reviews

    A Savalle Still but quite different from SWR, ICBU or AN. Artificial, sweet fruit flavors dominate here - I love it! In the nose HubbaBubba strawberry, fermented fruit and caramel candy. Only in the background the dark spiciness one would otherwise expect. In the mouth continues to be very fruity with an estery acidity, followed by allspice and other spices and after just before the finish a slight herbal note. The finish is unfortunately a bit short - here the wood makes itself felt with a slight bitterness.

    Absolutely not my cup of tea. Smells and tastes like organic waste, but not the nice Jamaica Ester kind.

    A fruity - sweet rum with a slight acidity reminiscent of vinegar. There are still herbs and various spices and a bitterness. The alcohol I felt only moderately well integrated. Nevertheless, an interesting rum.

    Phuuu...... No idea if there's something wrong with my sample, but this was really awful to the point of being undrinkable. The nose gives nothing away... Biting alcohol, something medicinal, a whole bunch of unpleasant spices, wood and herbs. In the mouth it gets almost worse: dryness, bitterness, almost only herbs, cask and nutmeg, all in all incredibly inharmonious. If this rum really is in my sample, I don't understand how you can seriously bottle something like this 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 4,626 times with an average of 8.3/10.

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