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5ca90e00-6a7e-11ed-a81c-c5af2584d732USA Privateer Rum Distillery
Privateer Single Cask Rum Navy Yard 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 3 years · 55%

Privateer Single Cask Rum Navy Yard

Coconut and vanilla drinkers who want some real oak behind the sweetness will click with this one. It's a young American pot-still rum at cask strength, heavy on coconut, caramel and toasted wood, with a small hint of glue on the nose. One taster called it "Foursquare squared"; a few felt the young oak leans a bit too dominant. Warm, spiced, a little hot.

The community says
  • Coconut and vanilla
  • Real oak depth
  • But: Young wood dominates

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How does Privateer Single Cask Rum Navy Yard taste?

Summarized by AI from 30 community reviews.

Coconut and oak-driven young cask-strength pot still Well-liked for its coconut-caramel-oak profile and surprising depth at only three years. The recurring gripe: the young wood can push a touch too hard, and it runs hot.

Perfect for

Fans of oak-forward pot-still rum and Foursquare-style profiles

Less suitable for

Anyone who dislikes young oak or high-proof heat

Experience level · Expert (4/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

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

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What does the community say?

8.2/10 Very good

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

Top 11% of USA rumsTop 17% at Privateer Rum Distillery

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Distribution of all 30 ratings
9–10 0%
8–9 73%
7–8 23%
6–7 3%
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

Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0

Review by cigares

Most helpful positive review

cigares
Dec 20251,173 reviewsSwitzerland
8.1/10

Rum Friendly Club Advent Calendar Day 1. Un nez boisé, vanillé, avec des fruits secs et de la noix de coco. Très agréable même si le bois jeune domine un peu trop. La bouche est douce, boisée, les fruits secs et la coco viennent ensuite. Une bouche un peu simple mais savoureuse. En finale aussi le bois vanillé et la coco dominent un peu trop. Le bois reste longtemps après que les fruits aient disparu.

Review by Happy Oner

Most helpful mixed review

Happy Oner
Happy Oner
Dec 2025177 reviewsCzech
6.9/10

Small, a lot of added oak, pleasant to drink.

Review by Florent Apl

Florent Apl
Jun 2026183 reviewsPoland
8.1/10

Édit: I put this review under the wrong ref, here it is in the correct place. My first privateer. On the nose, I have coconut, wood and a very small hint of glue. On the mouth, it's coconut, fruity, sweet and a little spicy. You can feel the alcohol. The finale is rather short, it's kn the coconut and the caramel. In a blind test I might have gone for Belize, only the hint of glue on the nose would make me think otherwise. It's nice and pleasant but not groundbreaking.

Community shelf

4 bottles logged by 4 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

25% opened, 0 emptied.

3 sealed 1 open 0 emptied

What did the community pay for Privateer Single Cask Rum Navy Yard?

Avg. community purchase price 73 €.

What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.

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Details about Privateer Single Cask Rum Navy Yard

A Pot Still Rum from USA, distilled by Privateer Rum Distillery, at 55%.

CountryUSA
CategoryPot Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
DistillationPot Still
ABV55%
Age3 years
Limited edition228 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl
Cask #619
Single cask

About the Privateer Rum Distillery distillery

The Privateer Rum Distillery distillery is located in USA. Rums from Privateer Rum Distillery have been reviewed 510 times with an average of 7.9/10.

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Avg Rating 8.0/10 over 15,000 Rums

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