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Cadenhead's Classic Rum Special Edition
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Guyana runs the show here — dark, heavy, almost cartoonishly intense — and that's the whole story with this 17-year Caribbean blend. Dates, dark chocolate, coffee and tobacco sit up front, with a little Jamaican ester poking through the edges. At 50% the alcohol is well integrated, though a couple members note it's soft enough to drink almost like a fruit schnapps. Dry, spicy, long.
The community says- Dark chocolate depth
- Great value
- But: Guyana dominates
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How does Cadenhead's Classic Rum Special Edition taste?
Summarized by AI from 12 community reviews.
Dark, Guyana-heavy 17y blend, dry and spicy Well-liked as an approachable British-style blend at a fair price, but several tasters wish the dominant Guyana would step back and let the other islands speak.
fans of dark Guyana rum and British-style blends
anyone wanting balanced multi-island complexity
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
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Review by 86kringo
Most helpful positive review
I tried it at a trade fair and it will definitely become my standard. 40€, 50% and a great blend from which you could taste many regions!
Review by TheRhumhoe
Most helpful mixed review
Cadenhead's does well with this blend from their permanent range. The nose moves from an ester-like Jamaican edge, to a little Panama roundness, then to a fair amount of dark Guyana influence: dates, dark chocolate, coffee and spices (licorice) don't get in the way. There's a hint of peanut butter too, which is rather strange but not unpleasant. Once in the mouth, it's like drinking a liquid candy. Tobacco, toffee, molasses and hot caramel combine with the dark notes described above to create a mix of flavors that is smooth and creamy on the palate. The alcohol is well integrated, but a few extra degrees would have spiced up the juice a little, which could be mistaken for a fruit brandy. The finish is of decent length, warm and spicy. The roasted, caffeinated and chocolate (dark) side comes out more with the alcohol. It's a pity that the Guyana remains ultra-dominant and doesn't let the blend express itself a little more, as it could have gained in aromatic palette and complexity. Nonetheless, this is a good, approachable rum in the British style.
Review by lars
Price / performance absolutely brilliant. For under 40€ my clear favorite at the moment
Review by SaibotZtar
Strange stuff ... but worth the experience.
Review by Александр Иванов
Not so simple. Marriage of Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana & Panama. Dry, intense, but balanced. Nose: some fruits, orange peels, mango, rubber, sandal wood, cola nut, bright pencil shaving, and little bit esters. Taste: Sharp, dry. Woody, spicy, rubber, iodine, orange peels, tobacco & herbals. Nice salty part. I love it ) Aftertaste: medium, dry. Herbals, iodine, esters & some herbs.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
Cadenhead’s Classic Rum 17Y – 50% This version is a 17-year aging of the famous Cadenhead’s Classic Rum, first released in 2001. Distilled in 2001 and bottled in 2018, it aged entirely in the UK, although the rums composing the blend had tropical/continental aging before arriving at Cadenhead’s. The blend brings together several Caribbean origins, with according to the brand a base that can vary from batch to batch (often marked Guyana/Jamaica). Single cask of 174 bottles, at 50%. Guyana dominates here very strongly, even too much: despite a nice complexity, some notes don't speak to me at all. A small disappointment.
Review by Oli Dekrell
Delicious blend at cask strength
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16 bottles logged by 15 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
43% opened, 2 emptied.
What does Cadenhead's Classic Rum Special Edition cost?
Avg. community purchase price 33 €.
What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.
Current best price: 42.50 €.
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Details about Cadenhead's Classic Rum Special Edition
A rum from Multiple countries, bottled by Cadenhead's, at 50%.
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