Blackadder Raw Cask Rum Finest Panama Rum 2005
Loved by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰, lukasdrinkinghabits & 9 more
For curious explorers ready for more depth, this 15-year Panama is a dark, roasted sipper: coffee, caramel, dark chocolate, raisins and dried fruit over balanced oak. At 50.5%, it’s powerful yet very approachable and surprisingly smooth, often compared to classic Demerara-style rums and praised as one of the standout Panamas on RumX.
- Rich coffee chocolate
- Balanced sweetness
- Smooth for 50.5%
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Dark, coffee‑chocolate Panama powerhouse For curious explorers ready for more depth, this 15-year Panama is a dark, roasted sipper: coffee, caramel, dark chocolate, raisins and dried fruit over balanced oak. At 50.5%, it’s powerful yet very approachable and surprisingly smooth, often compared to classic Demerara-style rums and praised as one of the standout Panamas on RumX.
Fans of darker, coffee‑and‑chocolate driven rums who enjoy a slightly Spanish-style sweetness but want it unsweetened, fuller in strength and with real roasted depth.
Those sensitive to 50% ABV, anyone who dislikes roasted, bitter oak notes, or drinkers expecting a very light, fruity Panama profile.
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5074 01.02.2025 Tasting at the "Nordlichter Treffen 2025". ------------------------------------ Nose Wood, light molasses, faint smoke, sugarcane, spice, light chocolate, light caramel, dried fruit. Palate Light oily, wood, light roasted, light caramel, faint chocolate, light cherry, faint coffee, dried fruit. Finish Medium to long, light oily, wood, dried fruit, light caramel, light molasses, faint coffee.
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
In 2018, Blackadder bottled two exciting Panama rums. The color as dark as colored rums from Guyana or Trinidad. The alcohol content is as low as old Armagnac. Of the 15 and 20-year-old duo, I particularly like the 15-year-old. The rum is not a monster of complexity, but it brings perfect balance to the point. Raisins and chocolate on the nose. Really a lot of it. Coffee, caramel, like a giant espresso caramel with roasted hazelnut. But alongside this sweet side, tobacco, cloves and orange peel add a lovely depth to the rum. The game continues in the mouth. First coffee-caramel candy with some tonka, but then also an amazingly clear fruit (red apple and red currant) and towards the finish with a woody, tiring bitterness, which is, however, very well integrated into the sweet and fruity flavors. Wood and toasty caramel on the finish. This is relaxed, but not the highlight of this excellent Panamarum. If you are looking for a reference in this profile, you can compare it with the WDC Cuban 1992, which is not quite at the same level. Nevertheless, it is the best Panamarum I know (and there aren't many yet). By the way, he also makes a great Old Cuban 😉🤤
Review by Dr.Django
blackadder panama 1998 & blackadder panama 2003 im Direktvergleich. Beide sind sich vom Profil sehr ähnlich. Leckere süße Rums spanischen Stils, die überraschend rauchig sind. Der Panama aus 1998 ist dabei etwas rauchiger und hinterlässt im Abgang kalte Asche. Der jüngere Vertreter ist am Gaumen gefälliger, öliger und sehr süffig mit etwas weniger Rauch und keiner Asche. Blind hätte ich hier auf einen Rum mit Zuckerzugabe getippt. Panama 1998: 83 Pkt. Panama 2003: 85 Pkt.
Review by Serge
Verkoste den hier erst mal einzeln und dann in einer zweiten Session gegen den 20yo. Nase ist satt geladen mit Karamell, dunkler Schokolade, Rosinen, Röstnoten, Leder und Fass. Am Gaumen dann das gleiche mit etwas Kaffee und einer Fruchtigkeit nach roten Früchten. Sehr guter Panama bleibt aber für mich noch hinter rx242 (Bellamy 1983)
Review by Schnubbii
Lots of caramel here too, less raisins than the 20y. A little more fruity and multi-faceted than the 20y, but the 20y has a little more depth, which I like a little better. On the other hand, the 15y has a nice fruity component on the palate.
Review by w00tAN
Northern Lights Meeting 2025: The color is already blatant .... even if it was helped there, very handsome. Raisins and caramel on the nose, In the mouth a fine sweetness super mild nice fruitiness. All in all, very mild and drinkable. Medium-long finish. In a direct comparison with the 20 year old, it's ahead for me.
Review by Johannes
Gefällt mir sehr gut! Melasse und Kaffeenoten dominieren.
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