SaibotZtar Barrel Aged Mai Tai Blend 2023
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Nail polish, glue and overripe banana come barreling out — a Hampden/Long Pond blend built for one job: the Mai Tai. Members who tried it neat were surprised how ripe it drinks for a one-year-old at 61.5%, with pineapple, marzipan and plenty of oak backing the ester punch. Fruity Hampden meets the spicy, woody edge of Long Pond. Loud, dry, and made for high-ester cocktail people.
The community says- Massive ester punch
- Great in Mai Tai
- But: Hot at 61.5%
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How does SaibotZtar Barrel Aged Mai Tai Blend 2023 taste?
Summarized by AI from 15 community reviews.
Loud Hampden/Long Pond blend for the Mai Tai Consensus: a seriously well-made high-ester blend that "rockt den Mai Tai" and holds up neat too. Only catch — it's young, hot, and a tiny batch.
high-ester fans building a killer Mai Tai
beginners — the esters and 61.5% are a wall
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkyCocktails & mixingSipping neat
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Review by zabo
Edit: Simply just drinkable 😋 What can you say about such a blend? Super tasty, more of it, mega good in Mai Tai. Super well done SaibotZtar. Keep it up. Thanks for sharing it with me, now I'm hooked and want a bottle of it 😀
Review by Serge
Thanks Tobi for the sample – that's already an impressive blend you've made there. It really rocks the Mai Tai (if you're on team High Ester for Mai Tai). But even neat – despite the young age – it's very tasty and relatively mature. For me, both fruity HD and bacon-spicy LP components are detectable and harmonize well. I've drunk much more expensive stuff that didn't taste nearly as good.
Review by Johannes
Perfect high ester blend! Will definitely work extremely well in a Mai Tai!
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, esters, nail polish, varnish, fermented, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red fruits, briny olive, roasted wood notes like pastry, marzipan, caramel, brown sugar, spicy with allspice, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the molasses is fresh with tea, flowery, dark with licorice, mango, papaya and citrus fruits arise, the wood is spicy with baking spices, slightly smoky, creamy, balanced. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is medicinal with esters, nail polish, glue, varnish, later rubber, fruity with fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red fruits, slightly astringent, the wood is roasted with cocoa, caramel, marzipan, barrel impact is obvious, spicy with allspice, slightly smoky, nutty, resinous, as the molasses is vegetal with briny olive, flowery, herbaceous. 8,5:The finish is medium long, dry&tannic, dirty, medicinal with burnt rubber, esters, glue, plastic, phenol, fruity with red and tropical fruits, the wood is roasted, burnt, smoky and spicy, as the molasses is floral..
Review by Timo Groeger
Really a great piece Tobi, really strong. Jamaica as it is written in the book and as I have often written. Tropical fruits, especially banana and pineapple, but also an ester bomb. On the palate also some glue and nail polish.
Review by RumTaTa
Blind tasting, sample from SaibotZtar: Nose: Ester and bourbon, plus something like incense sticks or incense candles, leather, dried apricots... hmm quite a mix I can't place yet. At first I thought Jamaica but then got unsure again. Let's see if the palate reveals more: dry, fruity, Jamaica again here, varnish, then plenty of wood, slightly bitter, alcohol 57-62%, here I think it's a younger Hampden from a very active cask. Finish: long, tannins, cask, fruity. I have no idea what I have in the glass, it's not Agricole, a pot still, nose Clarendon/Barbados, palate Jamaica, finish Jamaica/Guyana, possibly a younger Hampden (one from CoR tasted similar) or a blend, but I like it very much.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Clearly more esters and less dry, but somewhat sweeter and much more intense than the 2022 blend. Here the alcohol is a bit more present and it also feels noticeably younger. Overall, I like the 2022 much better and find it more complex in my opinion. Still, a really well-made high ester blend!
Review by Balu DeBaer
Pure, it is really good. On the nose, I immediately thought of Long Pond and was even right. It is brilliant in a Mai Tai. Thanks for letting me be part of it.
Review by Rum man
This is a great blend in a Mai Tai! The esters and fruits shine beautifully through the rest of the Mai Tai components. But in a clear, p recise way. On itself, it is a demanding rum. Big on esters and fruits. The wood also comes around to say hello but it drinks fairly hot/is spicy. It is obviously meant as a mixer but you get a better understanding of what it does in the Mai Tai when trying it as a component. A big congratulations to Saibotzar for creating this successful blend!
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Details about SaibotZtar Barrel Aged Mai Tai Blend 2023
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by SaibotZtar, at 61.5%.
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