The Rum Mercenary & Kintra Albion Sample X 9 Years
For curious explorers, this young cask-strength Albion is a crisp, unsweetened Demerara with lime, tropical fruit, light funk and salty, coastal notes. RumX members enjoy its freshness and balance for the price.
- Fresh and fruity
- Balanced cask strength
- Good value
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Crisp, funky young Demerara For curious explorers, this young cask-strength Albion is a crisp, unsweetened Demerara with lime, tropical fruit, light funk and salty, coastal notes. RumX members enjoy its freshness and balance for the price.
Enthusiasts who enjoy crisp, high-ABV Demeraras with a bit of funk and fresh citrus, and who want to explore younger pot still rums without added sugar.
Beginners or those sensitive to high ABV, and drinkers expecting long-aged depth or a very sweet, easygoing sipper.
How is The Rum Mercenary & Kintra Albion Sample X 9 Years rated?
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Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Pretty forward yet good Albion. More funky than expected, will lessen after a while. Lemony, dry, chamomille tea. It's a bit of a challenge but hang in there. Good stuff but also a bottle for the geeky fans.
Review by TriRoel
Funk, strong taste but not overwhelming
Review by Rum man
Very fruity and fresh selection from Sample X. Now I want a bottle.
Review by Jackie Flannery
Young Guyana pot still, same league as 2012 The Nectar, SBS or the Barikenn? All very good! C: W wine N: That oiliness. That saltiness and that granny apple peel and celery blend. It reminds me of the SBS Albion. It seems to me that good young rum shows its true self right off the shelf. After 15min all the smells have converged making the nose very balanced. M: I’m finding very hard to stand by the premise that says, “Long aged rums are best”. Based on good quality young rums I’ve tasted I´m a believer that great distillate does not need long aging or tropical heat. This young Albion is a perfect example of that. It might not be the most complex spirit, but it´s crispy and fresh, full of lime and oyster juice. So natural sweet. F: Fast and furious. B: 2 please. Good price too.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
04.02.2023 Enjoying a few samples at home. Colour Light in colour. Nose Light wood, faint polish, light fruits, faint herbal, faint melon, faint orange, light mint. Palate Medium spicy, light wood, light orange, faint leather, light mint, cardamom, faint polish. Finish Medium to long, light wood, light mint, light citrus, cardamom, light herbal.
Review by Jakob
Fresh tropical fruits, subtle sweetness, light sweetness - in the nose, first of all, a quite appealing, if not very exciting profile. Compared to the young PMs, the appearance on the palate is much more pleasing - altogether rounder with more measured alcohol. Again, basically recognizable spiciness, but much more balanced than in the Sample X parallel release of the nine-year-old PM. Slight sweetness, a bit of vanilla, plus some tart bitter notes - but all in all more balanced than the other releases. But the bottom line remains the same - Demeraras seem to benefit from more intensive aging, be it with longer aging in continental warehouses or directly in tropical temperatures.
Community purchases
23 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 7 members.
About the Albion distillery
The Albion distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Albion have been reviewed 521 times with an average of 9.0/10.
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