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TCRL El Salvador 2007
Bourbon-cask fans who like a Foursquare-style sipper will feel at home here. Several tasters blind-guessed Barbados: toasted oak, cocoa, coffee, vanilla and caramel with a streak of glue-like ester on top. It reads sweet without being sugary, and the cask does most of the talking — the light distillate adds little of its own. At 63.9% it comes in hot until it opens up.
The community says- Balanced and complex
- Cocoa and coffee
- Keep in mind: Hot at 63.9%
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How does TCRL El Salvador 2007 taste?
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Cask-strength Foursquare-style bourbon-cask sipper Most people are pleasantly surprised by this El Salvador — "beautifully balanced, complex, sweet" with cocoa and oak. The catch: the bourbon barrel leads and the alcohol runs hot before it settles.
Bourbon-cask and Foursquare drinkers who like a woody, cocoa-heavy sipper
Anyone put off by high ABV or wanting strong native distillate character
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Yes, if you're after bold, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
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What does the community say?
24 community reviews
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Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8,5:On the nose, roasted wood notes like cocoa, nougat, popcorn, caramel, confectionery, burnt sugar, nuts, spicy vanilla, esters, polish and glue, citrus fruits, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, tropical, dried fruits arise, coffee and baking spices, meaty undertones and hints of molasses with black tea. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is slightly dry and medicinal with esters, phenol hints, roasted oak with caramel, praline, chocolate, smoky, spicy with vanilla, a bit salty, the molasses is candied, earthy with tobacco, fresh with tea and flowery, as the fruits dried, citrus and tropical with coconut...Bourbon barrel impact is strong. 8,2:The finish is medium long, slightly dry and tannic, toasted, as notes from the palate continue their journey. Edit:13.6.26
Review by Boletus
Most helpful mixed review
The bourbon barrel is fully at work here with a hefty dose of glue on toasted wood, vanilla, caramel, and coconut. The distillate itself is very light and fits well into the barrel aromas without any notable character of its own. It tends towards the style of a Traveller without a heavily charred barrel or a Foursquare with little depth. A good rum, but nothing special.
Review by Timo Groeger
Yes this is a really sweet Transcontinental Line. Chocolate and caramel, well, just about okay. Still quite okay, this rum, really too sweet, but apparently nobody really cares :)
Review by mto75
upper league Spanish style.
Review by Jarek
Blindly, I would have guessed a Foursquare on the palate
Review by Ondra RumRunner
Transcontinental Rum Line El Salvador is a unique rum that combines tropical aging with European aging, adding depth and complexity to its profile. The aroma reveals strong notes of spice, dried fruit and cocoa, complemented by subtle esters and hints of polish. The palate is rich, with an emphasis on woody and spicy notes that blend harmoniously with vanilla, caramel and dried fruit. The subtle roastiness and esters add interest to the rum and create a long-lasting and intense finish. --- English: Transcontinental Rum Line El Salvador is a unique rum that blends tropical aging with European finishing, adding depth and complexity to its profile. The nose reveals pronounced notes of spices, dried fruits, and cocoa, complemented by subtle esters and hints of polish. The palate is rich, with an emphasis on woody and spicy tones that harmonize beautifully with vanilla, caramel, and dried fruits. A gentle roasted character and esters enhance the rum's intrigue, delivering a long-lasting and intense finish. --- Deutsch: Transcontinental Rum Line El Salvador ist ein einzigartiger Rum, der tropische Reifung mit europäischer Nachreifung verbindet und seinem Profil Tiefe und Komplexität verleiht. In der Nase finden sich ausgeprägte Noten von Gewürzen, Trockenfrüchten und Kakao, ergänzt durch subtile Ester und einen Hauch von Politur. Der Geschmack ist reichhaltig, mit einem Schwerpunkt auf holzigen und würzigen Tönen, die sich harmonisch mit Vanille, Karamell und Trockenfrüchten verbinden. Ein sanft gerösteter Charakter und Ester verleihen dem Rum zusätzlichen Reiz und sorgen für ein langanhaltendes und intensives Finish.
Review by Jan Lu
I wouldn't have expected that from El Salvador. Very nicely balanced. Lots of sweetness and yet not sugary or anything. Then it gets spicier. Alcohol is well integrated and otherwise I have nothing to complain about. Nice.
Review by martin slezák
Colour copper Aroma canagon, diluent, tropical fruit, esters Taste Thinner, esters, caramel, wood, vanilla, coconut, alcohol, alcohol not well integrated Finish medium-long wood, caramel, coconut, alcohol
Review by Johannes
Tastes towards Foursquare. But overall a bit more complex, bourbon, tropical glue, nut, vanilla.
Review by Roman Lelek
Who would guess Salvador IB blinded tasting? I don’t.. was thinking about Barbados, Jamaica or Guayana… The color is quite light yellow..golden..simply not dark. The smell - interesting mixture of sweet, woody and sometimes esters- like nail polish or glue. The taste - intense, alcoholic, but after resting in a glass for a while, sweet cocoa or coffee and wood appears. For me personally I would prefer less % at about 45-50 with keeping the same taste - I would buy it again and again..
Review by Agricoler
For my taste a very good Spanish rum. Classic notes of caramel, coconut and chocolate. Somehow also a nice glue note with vanilla. In the finish surprisingly spicy and nice barrel aromas.
Review by Martin Švojgr
Twdy on Salvador surprised me. I wouldn't have pegged him at all.
Review by Pavel Spacek
For fist smell - 100% FSQ. Not on the taste. There is just small part of coffee and even less chocolate. Nice anyway
Review by Vladimír Rejholec (AlkoTip)
Beautifully balanced, complex, sweet.
Review by Michal S
Such a smaller brother of Foursquare - pleasant smell and taste, chocolate, wood, dried fruit. Fine rum.
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14 bottles logged by 13 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
35% opened, 3 emptied.
What does TCRL El Salvador 2007 cost?
Avg. community purchase price 87 €.
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Current best price: 112.95 €.
14 purchased · 25 tasted · 13 wishlist · as of
Details about TCRL El Salvador 2007
A rum from El Salvador, bottled by Transcontinental Rum Line, at 63,9%.
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