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Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998
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Most tasters agree the party is on the palate, not the nose. Give this one time — the nose comes across faint and light, roasted wood, faint coffee, a little citrus — but the mouth opens up: overripe sweetness, gooseberry, tannins, pencil shavings and a savoury, bacon-fat edge, then dry esters in the back half. A lighter Long Pond mark, but 25 years of cask show clearly.
The community says- Complex palate
- Savoury LP spice
- Keep in mind: Faint nose
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How does Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998 taste?
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Light-ester aged Long Pond, big on the palate Well-liked all round: a light-ester, elegantly aged Long Pond that shines on the palate. The recurring gripe is a nose several find faint — and the esters run milder than many hoped.
Long Pond fans wanting savoury, well-aged funk
anyone chasing a loud high-ester bomb
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Yes, if you're after bold, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
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27 community reviews
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Review by Thunderbird
Most helpful positive review
Master tasting from Rest & Be Thankful via RumX A wonderfully subtle nose full of sweet fruit. On the palate it is slightly soft and sweet with restrained fruit... nutty and light coffee flavors develop later. The finish is fresh (mint) paired with coffee. This LP is my favorite of today's tasting (very tasty)
Review by RumTaTa
Most helpful mixed review
Very light rum for the age of 25 years. I have no association with Long Pond on the nose, but that's not surprising because this is one of the lighter marks. Nevertheless, some ITP rums from Long Pond seem much more intense to me, although LSO and ITP are the equivalent mark. Perhaps LSO is a recipe that also leads to different aromatic results. A special feature I find on the nose is wet, musty wood... On the palate, I find the rum more balanced with a good portion of sweetness, fruit and spice. Towards the finish, the sweetness decreases and is replaced by tannins, olives and a nice dryness. The fruit comes through briefly in between. Good rum, unexpectedly light for its age. However, I know cheaper bottlings of this brand that I like more.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
Fruity taste as well as honey, after a while sharply burning. The aftertaste is pleasantly lingering woodiness. Good comfortable Jamaica - but probably not worth the price
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
07.02.2024 retasting at online tasting with Rest & Be Thankful. Nose Faint roasted wood, fruits, light chocolate, faint coffee, light ester. Palate Light roasted wood, tannins, fruits, light ester, faint coffee, berries, naturally sweet, light nutts. Finish Medium long, light wood, citrus, light coffee, mint. ---------------- #4382 22.10.2023 Whisky Live 2023
Review by DomM
Tasted during the RumX masterclass. Huge thanks the guys from R&BT for presenting their range! Very nice exploration of some low(we) ester marks. While some of the noses were a little light, the long aged expressions are very interesting on the palate across the board. Very interesting! :) Very round while intense on the palate. The long maturation really did a good job here.
Review by Jakob
Fresh citrus and tropical fruit aromas, crisp roasted notes, wood influences, light caramel and coffee notes. Expressive, quite versatile aromatically, even though the profile seems a bit too bitter for me.
Review by mto75
After the RumX R&BT tasting on February 7, I tasted the rest again with more calm. The seventh rum and the second Long Pond. But now an LSO, still a long way from the brute TECA, TECC... but here I find more typical LP DNA. On the palate, citrus fruits, green vegetables and already a little meaty notes and gravy... spicy, bacony and toffee-sweet on the palate.
Review by Frank
RumX/Kirsch online tasting Rest&Be Thankful! 25 years old, a light pot and with just over 120 gr/hlpa ester at the upper end of the LSO/ITP range. Nose: the higher ester content compared to the ITP results in much more varied aromas. Doesn't seem so closed at the beginning, but rather fresh with citrus and solvents. The woody spiciness reminds me a little of pencil lead or peanut. Now the fruit becomes a little finer with sweet and sour gooseberry and a delicate caramel-honey note. Needs time, but then beautiful. 8.4 Palate: delicious and more intense than the nose. First impression is sweet, bacony, spicy, aniseed and licorice. Then a good amount of pencil shavings, which mixes pleasantly with the licorice. Somehow also citrusy with gooseberry, but the sweetness clearly comes from the licorice, which I like. 8,5
Review by Speedflo
My first LSO! So I was excited and a bit disappointed with the first schlick. Very interesting long pond notes with a nice ester accompaniment. Still fruity and restrained on the nose, but unfortunately rather entertaining on the palate. The finish is somehow longer than expected. The long barrel ageing is recognizable. In my opinion, the price is not justified at 50cl (despite its age).
Review by Johannes
Not very high ester, but lots of spices, goes towards Mount Gay.
Review by zabo
Post-tasting from the Mastertasting of Rest & Be Thankful via RumX, which I unfortunately missed. A comparison of the RX16269 and RX16270. The Long Pond DNA is clearly recognizable in both. Both beautiful rums, but in my opinion too overpriced. In conclusion, I liked the ITP better.
Review by Serge
Tasted as part of the Rest&Be Thankful Masterclass, and a second time in Rube alone. While in the Maserclass all the rums were tasted in ascending order of ester content (which was absolutely fine), I decided to taste the two Low Ester Long Ponds separately in the second round. Both are convincing with fine notes, but I like the LSO a little more overall, as it has more of the hearty spiciness that makes an LP for me. The ITP has a more pleasant mouthfeel and better integrated AbV. In general, I would have liked a more precise indication of the duration of the tropical pre-ageing (which is the essential part for me) in this price range.
Review by Christian Rudt
The second Rest & Be thankful Long Pond in this tasting has slightly more esters and carries the LSO mark. This plus is immediately noticeable on the nose. The citrus fruits are also clearly present here, but far less dominant. The bacon notes on the palate can also be found here, but are much less pronounced than in the ITP. The taste tends towards fermented, but this is offset by the elegance of floral tea notes. However, I liked the bacon notes a little better, which is why this bottling remains the 2nd winner here
Review by Gregor
Weak and restrained on the nose. Then an explosion on the palate. I wasn't prepared for that. Very many and especially very intense aromas from tropical fruits to roasted aromas and tannins. Lots of spices. But the intensity is really crazy. It is also very long-lasting. Definitely should be tried.
Review by Jarek
Part of the Rest & Be Thankful tasting (thanks to RumX and F.L.O. for sharing). Nice and interesting event. All candidates had a very nice nose. I liked the LSO and MPG profiles best. Overall, I often missed the tropical aging.
Review by Alex1981
Rather gentle & light on the nose. Spices & coffee, but need to search for it. Creamy mouthfeel, fruity, medium esters. Astringent, dry & oily mouthfeel. Vanilla sweetness. Much better than the nose! Great alcohol integration, all if the flavors and none of the burn. Unfortunately finish a bit short.
Review by Tim
A Long Pond with a great roasted nose that leaves a balanced impression. On the palate tending towards vegetal, woody and dark bitter, similar on the finish. Something is missing from this rum to get a higher rating though.
Review by Boletus
In this well-aged Long Pond fruity freshness and toasty woodiness unite pleasantly, with the smell dominated more by the lively aromas of not quite ripe fruits, while the roast level clearly increases with longer stay in the mouth (and especially in the finish).
Review by Schnapsschuesse
Surprisingly light to almost boring on the nose compared to the predecessors. Either my nose is failing here, or it is really very discreet. But on the palate much more happens. Overripe sweetness, very balanced wood. Turns in the second half into very potent esters, becomes dry and very complex. Deduction for the really weak nose.
Review by Murphy
Complex. Wood with fruits and fruits with wood. For me it could have a bit more esters. Later even slightly malty on the finish. A slightly bitter almond note. Lots of nice stuff. But I wouldn’t have liked to pay the announced price of >200€ for it. Luckily it was on offer.
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11 bottles logged by 4 collectors.
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18% opened, 1 emptied.
11 purchased · 28 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
Details about Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998
A rum from Jamaica, bottled by Rest & Be Thankful, at 58,6%.
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