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The Nectar Skeldon The Nectar Of The Daily Drams SWR 1997
Here's the surprise: a 25-year Guyana that leans dark and savory, not just sweet. Expect roasted wood, mocha, dark chocolate and treacle, with plums and dried apricot underneath — plus a Maggi/lovage note several tasters flag. At 47.6% it drinks easy, though a few call the body thin and the finish bitter and a touch sour.
The community says- Dark chocolate, mocha
- Easy drinking strength
- But: Bitter finish
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How does The Nectar Skeldon The Nectar Of The Daily Drams SWR 1997 taste?
Aggregated from 57 community reviews.
Dark, roasted Skeldon with a bitter edge A well-liked heavy Skeldon Demerara — dark chocolate, coffee and dried fruit. The recurring catch: some find it too woody, a bit thin for the age, and bitter into the finish.
Fans of dark, heavy Demerara profiles
Anyone put off by bitter, woody finishes
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.5 sits in the “Very good” band. 96% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Community voices
What does the community say?
11% rate it between 6 and 8. 15 selected write-ups from 57 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Aussierumfan
A fine Skeldon Demerara at great drinking strength for me. Typically dark and heavy. It is quite sweet with a lot of dark fruits and a tobacco note as well. Dark chocolate and some anise. I quite enjoyed this one!
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
I think this was my first Skeldon experience. Very complex in the nose. Got some vanilla and hints of wood. Deep, dark color and very flavourful. I'm getting notes of fresh berries, caramel, vanilla and mocca
Review by Monkispinne
In the mouth, the insanely delicious. Very sweet, malty, plum and chocolate. The finish slightly bitter with rolled out licorice snails.
Review by Rumclub Latvia
Dark, bitter chocolate, cacao, coffee, moka. ❤️ Molasses, leather, toffee
Review by DomM
Like the dark and heavy profile. Very much on the edge of being too woody, though. SBS has clearly the upper hand side-by-side. Side-by-side with some 2001 SWRs, the 1997 come out much more elegant and a little more moderated. Wood influence is more accentuated, on the edge of being overwhelming.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Nice demerara profile. Pleasant drinking strength, heavy syrupy sweetness, vanilla, tobacco and barrel are well integrated, malt, coffee and dried yellow fruit.
Review by Jakob
Heavy sweetness, roastiness and spiciness due to the wood influence, plus malty notes and some fruit - I like it much better than the SBS representative from the same year.
Review by Johannes
Relatively similar to the SBS. Nice blend of wood, coffee and yellow fruit.
Review by mto75
good SWR/Skeldon, only the finish is somewhat weak, but this is also due to the rather low ABV.
Review by Frank
Needs something in the glass, then the nose becomes nice spicy, malty-roasty, dark and intense. Here comes the Skeldon typical: dark caramel, heavy molasses and dark maple syrup. Spicy lovage, almost Maggi is accompanied by dried juicy plum and dried dark currants. Pleases me already very well.malty-spicy-roasty also on the palate. Slightly bitter and some wood acidity comes through. Also reminds me of treacle (strong, sour, licorice). I find mocha as well as chocolate, caramel and fresh brioche. In the back it becomes more sour and malty.clearly does not play at the top Skeldon with, but is, despite the only 47%, an intense, good, if a little too sour.
Review by Christoph
Mixed Skeldon with too much Maggi and in the finish already almost like cough syrup instead of sweet, sour has become
Review by SaibotZtar
Dunkle und Schwer kommt er rüber... Viel Dunkle Früchte.... Pflaumen und Rosinen Trockenfrüchte generell sind sehr im Vordergrund. Ordentlich Holz aber auch eine Schöne Süße... Ölig und kaum Alkohol im Mund zu spüren.
Review by Sebastian.W
The nose is quite nice with vanilla, burnt Sugar dried fruit and roasted nuts. The mouth on the other hand is too woody for my taste. There is a lot of dark chocolate and bitter orange. The finish is also very woody and bitter.
Review by Thunderbird
A very dark Skeldon with a borderline woody bitter notes! He is definitely not my favorite, but a good rum
Review by Oliver
Interesting skeldon. Maple syrup on the nose. Nice bitterness. The slight acidity and thin finish bother me a bit though.
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Auction results 201 € – 238 €
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Details about The Nectar Skeldon The Nectar Of The Daily Drams SWR 1997
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by The Nectar, at 47,6%.
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Community purchases
27 bottles logged by 23 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
22% opened, 3 emptied and repurchased.
What does The Nectar Skeldon The Nectar Of The Daily Drams SWR 1997 cost?
Community paid 208–250 €.
Current best price: 349.13 € – above the typical community range.
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About the Skeldon distillery
The Skeldon distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Skeldon have been reviewed 857 times with an average of 8.9/10.
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