Kill Devil 2000
For experienced palates seeking an offbeat Barbados: this 21‑year WIRD at 51.3% is dry, complex and a bit dirty. Expect florals, nuts, toffee, tar/rubber and honeyed cacao. Best as a slow sipper.
- Complex profile
- Dry, unsweetened
- Great value
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How does Kill Devil 2000 taste?
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Unusual, dirty-floral old Barbados For experienced palates seeking an offbeat Barbados: this 21‑year WIRD at 51.3% is dry, complex and a bit dirty. Expect florals, nuts, toffee, tar/rubber and honeyed cacao. Best as a slow sipper.
Curious explorers of Barbados who enjoy low-ester funk, floral tones and a dry, technical profile with tar, rubber and honeyed cacao at a confident 51.3%.
Beginners or sweetness-seekers, and anyone sensitive to bitterness, rubber/tar notes or the heat of 50%+ rums.
How is Kill Devil 2000 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.3 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 97% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
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Review by Galli33
#8th dec RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: fresh, woody, various fruits, fruity, after some time i found some hints of rubber and a dominant smell of marzipan Palate: rubber, fruity, barrel, oak, nutty, licorice Finish: medium, toasted, oak Very lovely rum 🤤I enjoyed this one a lot. The Alcohol is integrated very well. My Prediction: Jamaica Clarendon Approx. 60% Approx. 10 years of aging
Review by DomM
Somewhat of an outlier compared to the other 2000 WIRDs I tasted so far… more into the realm of flowers and less pronounced honey notes… not bad though, just different…
Review by Tschusikowsky
Rum X Advent 8.12.22Pure confusion. Like the one song which runs in the bar and you know you know it, but just does not come on it and it does not let you go the whole evening. I was sure I knew the rum. But did not get it.
Review by RumTaTa
Interesting bottling: the rum oscillates between fruity, floral, spicy and medicinal. This continues until the aftertaste. Pleases with well only the bitter tone in the aftertaste is too strong with.
Review by Thunderbird
Day 8 RumX,A lovely fruity nose with a minimal floral note. On the palate it spreads smoothly and mildly. First the fruity side appears before moving into the smoky dirty side! Some vanilla and honey are also there!The finish is relatively unspectacular and short!There he loses unfortunately something, otherwise he would have gotten more points
Review by mto75
for comparison in the other glass the Cave Guildive WIRD 2000 poured. The Kill Devil has a completely different profile. In the CG the more distinctive honey-smoke Rockley notes, the Kill Devil does not have these so, rather floral (violets), fruity and praline/toffee. Toasty on the palate, barrel, mocha, dirty/menthol. For me, clearly not Rockley style (at least not typical), but still interesting.
Review by tojo
Das 8. Türchen im RX-Kalender war mal wieder eine echte Herausforderung. Im Blindtasting nicht draufgekommen. Nase: Holz, Kakao, Lakritze, Nuss Gaumen: Holz, Röstaromen, Pflanzlich, gelbe Früchte ABV: deutlich spürbar, mittel eingebunden. Insgesamt ein eher flaches Profil. Mit zunehmender Zeit geht er weg von einer eher pflanzlichen Basis hin zu süßen Aromen wie Kakao, Schokolade, Banane.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A rum from Barbados that changes from the ordinary. If we find the typical markers beforehand in the nose (spices, fruits, sweet notes) we feel after aeration an empyreumatic touch, close to the tar and floral notes which bring a lot of complexity. The attack in mouth continues on the spicy, chocolate, caramelized frame, but also on the smoked notes, the tar being always perceptible. The whole is round, dry, with character but well controlled. The finish, relatively average in length, is more traditional, smooth and a bit honeyed. A very nice rum that changes the typical profile found in Barbados.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
I love the "red label" releases from Kill Devil (cask strength) because they're generally a lot better than the watered down versions. The nose is fruity with wood, vanilla, toffee, tar and floral notes. After resting i can also get leather notes. The palate is fruity and woody with vanilla, rubber and tar trailed by honey and caramel. The finish is long and warm with fruit, wood and spices. Price to quality is very good.
Review by HenryL
RumX Advent Calendar December 8:The nose I found after some time in the glass very nice. Somewhat reminiscent of whiskey and amaretto, with some orange peel, spices, wet cardboard and something green in the background.In the taste initially not mine at all, reminded me too much of whiskey. With time, a pleasant honey sweetness has come to it. The continues in the finish, which I like better again and is accompanied by light mocha notes.I wanted to try a 2000 WIRD for a long time, I stay with Barbados then but I think I prefer the classic profile.
Review by Jarek
Ich würde nicht so weit gehen den Rum als „Rockley Style“ zu bezeichnen, aber er erinnert mich trotzdem an den West Indies Barbados Rum Artesanal (Rockley Style) 2000 , der einzige Rockley den ich verkosten durfte. Etwas Teer, Gummi und eine medizinische Note sind dabei. Die medizinische Note hält sich auch im Abgang noch sehr lange.
Review by Mentalo
Angenehme Honignote, florale und medizinische Noten. Fruchtnoten sind auch vorhanden, aber nicht stark ausgeprägt. Die Rauchnote fehlt hier komplett. Ist nicht verkehrt, aber der Abgang ist recht kurz
Review by Christian Rudt
Hab den Rum jetzt so lange im Glas gehabt und plötzlich zeigt er seinen dreckigen Charakter mit Teer und Gummi der mehr an caroni als an Barbados denken lässt. Definitiv ein Spätstarter aber dann. Chapeau!🥃
Review by Pavel Spacek
Extra strong technical taste. Pretty far far from Rockley, more like Long Pond
Expert reviews
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
"Doesn't taste as medicinal as a Rockley of the same year (this one is distilled in July, not June), but goes in a similar direction. Beautiful bottling which is not common. Had mistakenly held in the calendar the Taiwan Rum for this rum."
Community purchases
27 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 5 members.
About the West Indies distillery
The West Indies distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from West Indies have been reviewed 5,085 times with an average of 7.8/10.
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