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Long Pond The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2005
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"Absolutely delicious rum - lots of funk and fruity notes" is how one member sums it up, and that tracks. This 2005 Long Pond is overripe pineapple and mango, varnish and glue on the nose, then it turns woody, spicy and drier on the palate — menthol and clove creeping in on a long, tannic finish. Tropically aged, well-balanced, and the 55% sits in nicely.
The community says- Overripe tropical fruit
- Well balanced
- But: Spicy for some
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How does Long Pond The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2005 taste?
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Rounded, tropically-aged Long Pond funk Well-loved as a rounded, tropically-aged Long Pond — fruity funk up front, wood and spice behind. A few funk-chasers wished it were punchier or bottled at cask strength.
Fans of aged Jamaican funk who like wood and spice
Those chasing the punchiest high-ester Long Ponds
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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Review by Galli33
One of my favorite from long Pond and still!! Really funky, fruity from the nose to the finish! I really enjoyed the fanatastic tastes of the oak barrel. For me as a ex carpenter, really impressive. The alcohol is intergrated very well. Nose: ester, funky, delicious, pineapple, coconut, overripe fruits, peaches, banana, varnish, nutty, almond, treacle, sweet, toffee, woody Mouth: dry, astringend, balanced, complex, funky, menthol, tannins, roasted, spicy, some ginger notes, amazing oak(barrel), almond, vanilla, pineapple, peaches, coconut, banana, dried apricot, burnt sugar, minty Finish: medium long, dry, astrigend, delicious, tannins, bitter, oak(woody), mocha, peaches, pineapple
Review by Dr.Django
Long Pond aus dem Jahr 2005, das gefällt mir zunehmend mehr! Und auch dieser Rum ist klasse. Jamaica Funk und dazu dunkle Gruchtaromen, sowie Holz und Leder zeichnen diesen Rum aus. Der ist schon sehr gut. Interessanter wäre er meiner Meinung nach in Fassstärke. Vielen Dank für das Sample @Basti
Review by Oliver
Bright, fruity nose with lots of marzipan. Really inviting. A great, creamy mouthfeel on the palate. Pleasant, dry finish. Excellent Long Pond!
Review by cigares
A nose with varnish, funk and overripe fruit, lots of overripe fruit, tropical fruit and yellow fruit. The palate is surprisingly smooth, much more balanced than the nose: wood - fruit - varnish - roasted and spicy play the same score. There's a hint of bitter cherry on the finish, which is moderately long and includes all the flavors of the mouth. A very fine rum, complex and balanced.
Review by Jakob
The nose promises a little more funk than is then actually apparent on the palate - but that does not mean that there is not enough Jamaica in the bottle here. While the nose is still very fresh, the influences of storage become more pronounced in the mouth.
Review by Basti
Once again a 2005 LP and for me once again a direct hit. Reminded me directly of The Whisky Blues LP2005 when I first "sniffed" it. Lots of tropical fruit, especially mango, some glue, esters and various spices. Pretty much the same on the palate, a good mix of fruity flavors, spices and some wood. Unfortunately, there is no precise information on pith, tropical and continental maturation. After tasting it, I'm pretty sure that this is also a partially tropically matured (that much is known) VRW, due to the similarity to the other 2005 VRWs. I like the bottling very much :)
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Another great rum from Long Pond and the funk is there from opening the bottle. I could actually pick up the funky fruits across the table. A very well balanced and complex rum and they did a super finish on it without hiding the Long Pond flavours. What I like about these rums is the high overall quality and the pricing that makes it affordable to most who'd like a good rum.
Review by Timo Groeger
Watching the Tour de France and tasting a few samples at the same time. This is going to be a wonderful afternoon. Lousy stage today, expected more. Anyway, now the last sample. Top Long Pond, for me the best today, pleasant sweetness thanks to caramel and coconut. Delicious.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get are very pleasant sweet notes of tropical, yellow fruits, toasted coconut and roasted wood with nuts and caramel.This is a low esters rum, with solvents not too strong. On aeration it becomes more round and creamy with bourbon notes, fruits are overripe, the caramel is candied, there are coconut biscuits and the molasses is vegetal. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is buttery and at first spicy with pepper, there are tasty tropical fruits and berries, perhaps currants. The coconut is toasted, the wood roasted, after airing even resinous and tannic, waxy and bitter with some menthol.Creamy vanilla, banana and mango neutralize bitterness, balance our tasting, later some bourbon notes join in.Molasses is flowing underneath... 8,3:The finish is long, dry, a bit imbalanced, more bitter, vegetal, as the fruits are now dried, some pineapple and peach stay, the wood is peppery and with caramel. Edit:16.2.25 Still tasty
Review by Johannes
Amazingly good Long Pond! He tastes similar to the NRJ, would have to be tropically stored, goes in right Vale Royal / Cambridge. unfortunately somewhat diluted, but really good!
Review by Thunderbird
In the nose ester, fruit and funk... surprisingly on the palate then quite mature and mature! More on the woody and spicy side! Delicious
Review by Agricoler
Very very tasty just a really round Long Pond.
Review by SaibotZtar
Great 2005 Long Pond. Outstanding nose Tropical fruit, honey, peach and glue. Very round and sweet on the palate. Beautiful sweetness. Fruit and wood are harmoniously combined ... Not too bitter, which I like.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Really awesome release. Extremely smooth and great profile. I've had the bottle for a long time and finally got the chance to try a sample. Mai Tai test follows right away
Review by Tom Buteneers
Simply delightful. Amazing dept in the nose, lovelely influences of the wood on the palate and something sweet and sour in the finish. I enjoyed every drop of it. Tempted to buy a bottle.
Review by Jussi Piirainen
Because this is a 15 years old rum, i did let this rum sit in the glass for a good 15 minutes before tasting it. On the nose: Woody notes and underneath there is overripe pineapples, tropical fruits and peaches. Not that much of ester notes, but there is some menthol notesin there too. Balanced. Taste: Roasted pineapple, little bit of spicyness. Woody notes. Funky. Then in evolves little bit on sweeter side with vanilla and fruit notes. Towards the end you get some menthol that get stronger on the finish. Lovely stuff, its balanced and gives you complexity. Finish: Little bit of bitter and dry. Menthol with little bit of herbal notes in it. Light woody notes. Light peppery and spice notes come in at the end. Damn, now i regret for not winning this bottle at the auction, but luckily i have still something left in my samplebottle. This is aged perfectly in my opinion and goes to my top 5 Jamaicam rums list.
Review by Boletus
A very nice Long Pond between fruity, overripe ester notes - with hints of solvents and wood glue - and tropical ripeness with lots of spices and leathery oak accents. After the very inviting and complex nose, especially on the palate there is initially an impressively diverse battle of aromas, which then gradually turns more and more to the spicy and rather dry side.
Review by Alexander Rasch
Great nose and then very spicy on the palate. A bit too peppery for me. I like it much better on the nose than on the palate. Maybe just a matter of the day, since the LP 2005 bottlings are usually pretty good.
Review by alex
Wahouuuu it's delicious 😋 A lovely basket of fruit, solvent, lovely oak, remarkable complexity and a long finish. Lots of sweetness and well-integrated alcohol.
Review by Peder Frits Nielsen
Absolutely delicious rum - lots of funk and fruity notes..
Review by Pavel Spacek
The most significant taste is clove! Wow!
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
03/05/25: tasted at a local spirits shop. Overall, a good rum which I enjoyed sipping but for me not what I look for in Long Pond. I'm looking for the more punchy, higher ester profiles like in the Velier Cambridges or TECA's. Still quality rum though.
Review by Richard Krupa
Prezrale fruit, methol and margot. Endlessly evolving aromas and flavours
Review by Stijn Zino
Very solid Long Pond. Fresh citrus fruity with Long Pond funk. Long finish. Nice drinking strength, however I still think stronger would have been better. Glad I could taste this one. Not bad, but not a must have.
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
Very nice Long Pond. More esters on the nose than on the palate. Tastes very adult and super matured.
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32 bottles logged by 22 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
18% opened, 4 emptied.
What did the community pay for Long Pond The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2005?
Community paid 45–160 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 152 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about Long Pond The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2005
A rum from Jamaica, bottled by The Nectar, at 55%.
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