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2FEAF4F3-2B63-4858-8EF3-D30C3DE15836Jamaica Clarendon Berry Bros & Rudd
Berry Bros & Rudd Clarendon Jamaican Rum 2004 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 17 years · 62.4%

Berry Bros & Rudd Clarendon Jamaican Rum 2004

Sip it neat with a drop of water and this Clarendon shows a bright, fruity side of Jamaica — crushed banana and pineapple up front, funky esters and solvent underneath, with light wood and a hint of smoke. Several members call it elegant and round rather than a wild ester bomb. Long, warm finish. At 62.4% the heat is mostly in check.

The community says
  • Ripe banana fruit
  • Rounded funk
  • But: Not complex

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How does Berry Bros & Rudd Clarendon Jamaican Rum 2004 taste?

Summarized by AI from 16 community reviews.

Bright, fruity Jamaican funk, on the gentle side Members land on the same verdict: fruity, funky and easy to like, but not very complex — a rounded, "gentle" Jamaican rather than a challenging one. A few find the alcohol a touch loose.

Perfect for

fans of fruit-forward, approachable Jamaican pot still

Less suitable for

funk chasers wanting a wild ester bomb

Experience level · Explorer (3/5)

Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

8.5/10 Very good

16 community reviews
9 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

Top 23% at Clarendon

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Distribution of all 16 ratings
9–10 6%
8–9 81%
7–8 13%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Mar 20247,207 reviewsDenmark
8.5/10

#4661 17.03.2024 Sitting at home relaxing a bit with some TV series running on the telly 😊 Nose Intense, light wood, faint smoke, fruity, ester, orange, funky. Palate Light wood, faint roasted, fruity, light leather, light orange, light licorice, vegetal. Finish Very long and warm, fruits, light licorice, faint nutts, light wood. The empty glass has light chocolate notes.

Review by Timo Groeger

Timo Groeger
Apr 20253,258 reviewsGermany
8.4/10

A toast to the DB, thanks to their incompetence I get to drink rum :) Ester, solvent and pineapple on the nose. On the palate also esters, as well as tropical fruits (pineapple and banana). Alcohol not really well integrated.

Review by LukaŽiga

LukaŽiga
Jun 20261,493 reviewsGermany
8.2/10

8,1:On the nose, medicinal with light esters, solvents, funky, quite intense, green, grassy(hay) molasses, banana, kiwi, pineapple, smoky wood and vanilla, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, fruits are fermented, citrus and green fruits arise, buttery tones, burnt sugar, pastry, nuts, some anise. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is medicinal, funky with light esters, menthol, slightly metallic, fruity with pineapple, banana, citrus fruits, the wood is roasted, sweet with burnt sugar, biscuits, pastry, smoky, spicy with anise, allspice, vanilla, slightly peppery and molasses is grassy, herbaceous, vegetal. 8,1:The finish is long, dry&tannic, medicinal, fruity with tropical, green fruits, oak is roasted with chocolate, marzipan, biscuits, spicy, warm with anise, allspice, as molasses is grassy, flowery, slightly dark with black tea, licorice..

Community shelf

14 bottles logged by 11 collectors.

A drinker's rum.

35% opened, 2 emptied.

9 sealed 3 open 2 emptied

What did the community pay for Berry Bros & Rudd Clarendon Jamaican Rum 2004?

Community paid 84–165 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 165 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

14 purchased · 18 tasted · 3 wishlist · as of

Details about Berry Bros & Rudd Clarendon Jamaican Rum 2004

A rum from Jamaica, bottled by Berry Bros & Rudd, at 62.4%.

DistilleryClarendon
CountryJamaica
Raw materialMolasses
ABV62.4%
Age17 years
Vintage2004
Limited edition250 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl
Cask #17
Single cask

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